Kristian Berg

Publications published since 2002 or in press by Kristian Berg

61 publications found

Publications 2011

1. Agostinis P, Berg K, Cengel KA, Foster TH, Girotti AW, Gollnick SO, Hahn SM, Hamblin MR, Juzeniene A, Kessel D, Korbelik M, Moan J, Mroz P, Nowis D, Piette J, Wilson BC, Golab J (2011)
   Photodynamic therapy of cancer: an update
   CA Cancer J Clin, 61 (4), 250-81
   PubMed 21617154
2. Berg K, Golab J, Korbelik M, Russell D (2011)
   Drug delivery technologies and immunological aspects of photodynamic therapy
   Photochem Photobiol Sci, 10 (5), 647-8
   PubMed 21487635
3. Berg K, Nordstrand S, Selbo PK, Tran DT, Angell-Petersen E, Høgset A (2011)
   Disulfonated tetraphenyl chlorin (TPCS2a), a novel photosensitizer developed for clinical utilization of photochemical internalization
   Photochem Photobiol Sci, 10 (10), 1637-51
   PubMed 21773635
4. Jerjes WK, Upile T, Wong BJ, Betz CS, Sterenborg HJ, Witjes MJ, Berg K, van Veen R, Biel MA, El-Naggar AK, Mosse CA, Olivo M, Richards-Kortum R, Robinson DJ, Rosen J, Yodh AG, Kendall C, Ilgner JF, Amelink A, Bagnato V, Barr H, Bolotine L, Bigio I, Chen Z, Choo-Smith LP et al. (2011)
   The future of medical diagnostics: review paper
   Head Neck Oncol, 3, 38
   PubMed 21861912
5. Upile T, Jerjes WK, Sterenborg HJ, Wong BJ, El-Naggar AK, Ilgner JF, Sandison A, Witjes MJ, Biel MA, van Veen R, Hamdoon Z, Gillenwater A, Mosse CA, Robinson DJ, Betz CS, Stepp H, Bolotine L, McKenzie G, Barr H, Chen Z, Berg K, D'Cruz AK, Sudhoff H, Stone N, Kendall C et al. (2011)
   At the frontiers of surgery: review
   Head Neck Oncol, 3 (1), 7
   PubMed 21306627
6. Weyergang A, Selbo PK, Berstad ME, Bostad M, Berg K (2011)
   Photochemical internalization of tumor-targeted protein toxins
   Lasers Surg Med, 43 (7), 721-33
   PubMed 22057500

Publications 2010

1. Berg K, Berstad M, Prasmickaite L, Weyergang A, Selbo PK, Hedfors I, Høgset A (2010)
   Photochemical internalization: a new tool for gene and oligonucleotide delivery
   Top Curr Chem, 296, 251-81
   PubMed 21504105
2. Berg K, Weyergang A, Prasmickaite L, Bonsted A, Høgset A, Strand MT, Wagner E, Selbo PK (2010)
   Photochemical internalization (PCI): a technology for drug delivery
   Methods Mol Biol, 635, 133-45
   PubMed 20552345
3. Johansen P, Berg K, Selbo PK, Hofbauer GF (2010)
   [Photochemical internalisation (PCI): a further development of photodynamic therapy for the treatment of skin cancer]
   Praxis (Bern 1994), 99 (23), 1423-8
   PubMed 21082595
4. Reiners JJ, Agostinis P, Berg K, Oleinick NL, Kessel D (2010)
   Assessing autophagy in the context of photodynamic therapy
   Autophagy, 6 (1), 7-18
   PubMed 19855190
5. Selbo PK, Weyergang A, Høgset A, Norum OJ, Berstad MB, Vikdal M, Berg K (2010)
   Photochemical internalization provides time- and space-controlled endolysosomal escape of therapeutic molecules
   J Control Release, 148 (1), 2-12
   PubMed 20600406
6. Woodhams J, Lou PJ, Selbo PK, Mosse A, Oukrif D, MacRobert A, Novelli M, Peng Q, Berg K, Bown SG (2010)
   Intracellular re-localisation by photochemical internalisation enhances the cytotoxic effect of gelonin--quantitative studies in normal rat liver
   J Control Release, 142 (3), 347-53
   PubMed 19932724

Publications 2009

1. Mojzisova H, Bonneau S, Maillard P, Berg K, Brault D (2009)
   Photosensitizing properties of chlorins in solution and in membrane-mimicking systems
   Photochem Photobiol Sci, 8 (6), 778-87
   PubMed 19492105
2. Norum OJ, Bruland ØS, Gorunova L, Berg K (2009)
   Photochemical internalization of bleomycin before external-beam radiotherapy improves locoregional control in a human sarcoma model
   Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 75 (3), 878-85
   PubMed 19665318
3. Norum OJ, Gaustad JV, Angell-Petersen E, Rofstad EK, Peng Q, Giercksky KE, Berg K (2009)
   Photochemical internalization of bleomycin is superior to photodynamic therapy due to the therapeutic effect in the tumor periphery
   Photochem Photobiol, 85 (3), 740-9
   PubMed 19076314
4. Norum OJ, Giercksky KE, Berg K (2009)
   Photochemical internalization as an adjunct to marginal surgery in a human sarcoma model
   Photochem Photobiol Sci, 8 (6), 758-62
   PubMed 19492102
5. Norum OJ, Selbo PK, Weyergang A, Giercksky KE, Berg K (2009)
   Photochemical internalization (PCI) in cancer therapy: from bench towards bedside medicine
   J Photochem Photobiol B, 96 (2), 83-92
   PubMed 19467605
6. Selbo PK, Rosenblum MG, Cheung LH, Zhang W, Berg K (2009)
   Multi-modality therapeutics with potent anti-tumor effects: photochemical internalization enhances delivery of the fusion toxin scFvMEL/rGel
   PLoS One, 4 (8), e6691
   PubMed 19690617
7. Upile T, Jerjes W, Sterenborg HJ, El-Naggar AK, Sandison A, Witjes MJ, Biel MA, Bigio I, Wong BJ, Gillenwater A, MacRobert AJ, Robinson DJ, Betz CS, Stepp H, Bolotine L, McKenzie G, Mosse CA, Barr H, Chen Z, Berg K, D'Cruz AK, Stone N, Kendall C, Fisher S, Leunig A et al. (2009)
   Head & neck optical diagnostics: vision of the future of surgery
   Head Neck Oncol, 1, 25
   PubMed 19594907
8. Weyergang A, Berg K, Kaalhus O, Peng Q, Selbo PK (2009)
   Photodynamic therapy targets the mTOR signaling network in vitro and in vivo
   Mol Pharm, 6 (1), 255-64
   PubMed 19125612

Publications 2008

1. Bonsted A, Wagner E, Prasmickaite L, Høgset A, Berg K (2008)
   Photochemical enhancement of DNA delivery by EGF receptor targeted polyplexes
   Methods Mol Biol, 434, 171-81
   PubMed 18470645
2. Lai PS, Pai CL, Peng CL, Shieh MJ, Berg K, Lou PJ (2008)
   Enhanced cytotoxicity of saporin by polyamidoamine dendrimer conjugation and photochemical internalization
   J Biomed Mater Res A, 87 (1), 147-55
   PubMed 18085655
3. Weyergang A, Kaalhus O, Berg K (2008)
   Photodynamic targeting of EGFR does not predict the treatment outcome in combination with the EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor Tyrphostin AG1478
   Photochem Photobiol Sci, 7 (9), 1032-40
   PubMed 18754049
4. Weyergang A, Kaalhus O, Berg K (2008)
   Photodynamic therapy with an endocytically located photosensitizer cause a rapid activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinases extracellular signal-regulated kinase, p38, and c-Jun NH2 terminal kinase with opposing effects on cell survival
   Mol Cancer Ther, 7 (6), 1740-50
   PubMed 18566245

Publications 2007

1. Berg K, Folini M, Prasmickaite L, Selbo PK, Bonsted A, Engesaeter BØ, Zaffaroni N, Weyergang A, Dietze A, Maelandsmo GM, Wagner E, Norum OJ, Høgset A (2007)
   Photochemical internalization: a new tool for drug delivery
   Curr Pharm Biotechnol, 8 (6), 362-72
   PubMed 18289045
2. Folini M, Bandiera R, Millo E, Gandellini P, Sozzi G, Gasparini P, Longoni N, Binda M, Daidone MG, Berg K, Zaffaroni N (2007)
   Photochemically enhanced delivery of a cell-penetrating peptide nucleic acid conjugate targeting human telomerase reverse transcriptase: effects on telomere status and proliferative potential of human prostate cancer cells
   Cell Prolif, 40 (6), 905-20
   PubMed 18021178
3. Peng Q, Berg K (2007)
   Introduction to the special issue on photodynamic therapy and photodetection
   Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 6 (12), 1233
4. Weyergang A, Selbo PK, Berg K (2007)
   Y1068 phosphorylation is the most sensitive target of disulfonated tetraphenylporphyrin-based photodynamic therapy on epidermal growth factor receptor
   Biochem Pharmacol, 74 (2), 226-35
   PubMed 17531956
5. Yip WL, Weyergang A, Berg K, Tønnesen HH, Selbo PK (2007)
   Targeted delivery and enhanced cytotoxicity of cetuximab-saporin by photochemical internalization in EGFR-positive cancer cells
   Mol Pharm, 4 (2), 241-51
   PubMed 17263556

Publications 2006

1. Berg K, Høgset A, Prasmickaite L, Weyergang A, Bonsted A, Dietze A, Lou PJ, Bown S, Norum OJ, Møllergard HM, Selbo PK (2006)
   Photochemical internalization (PCI): A novel technology for activation of endocytosed therapeutic agents.
   Med Laser Appl, 21, 239-251
   PublikaID 73
2. Bonsted A, Engesaeter BØ, Høgset A, Berg K (2006)
   Photochemically enhanced adenoviral transduction in a multicellular environment
   Photochem Photobiol Sci, 5 (4), 411-21
   PubMed 16583022
3. Bonsted A, Engesaeter BØ, Høgset A, Maelandsmo GM, Prasmickaite L, D'Oliveira C, Hennink WE, van Steenis JH, Berg K (2006)
   Photochemically enhanced transduction of polymer-complexed adenovirus targeted to the epidermal growth factor receptor
   J Gene Med, 8 (3), 286-97
   PubMed 16342300
4. Dietze A, Selbo PK, Prasmickaite L, Weyergang A, Bonsted A, Engesaeter B, Hogset A, Berg K (2006)
   Photochemical internalization (PCI): a new modality for light activation of endocytosed therapeuticals
   J Environ Pathol Toxicol Oncol, 25 (1-2), 521-36
   PubMed 16566739
5. Engesaeter BØ, Bonsted A, Lillehammer T, Engebraaten O, Berg K, Maelandsmo GM (2006)
   Photochemically mediated delivery of AdhCMV-TRAIL augments the TRAIL-induced apoptosis in colorectal cancer cell lines
   Cancer Biol Ther, 5 (11), 1511-20
   PubMed 17012835
6. Engesaeter BØ, Tveito S, Bonsted A, Engebraaten O, Berg K, Maelandsmo GM (2006)
   Photochemical treatment with endosomally localized photosensitizers enhances the number of adenoviruses in the nucleus
   J Gene Med, 8 (6), 707-18
   PubMed 16518880
7. Kloeckner J, Boeckle S, Persson D, Roedl W, Ogris M, Berg K, Wagner E (2006)
   DNA polyplexes based on degradable oligoethylenimine-derivatives: combination with EGF receptor targeting and endosomal release functions
   J Control Release, 116 (2), 115-22
   PubMed 16959361
8. Lou PJ, Lai PS, Shieh MJ, Macrobert AJ, Berg K, Bown SG (2006)
   Reversal of doxorubicin resistance in breast cancer cells by photochemical internalization
   Int J Cancer, 119 (11), 2692-8
   PubMed 16991130
9. Ndoye A, Dolivet G, Høgset A, Leroux A, Fifre A, Erbacher P, Berg K, Behr JP, Guillemin F, Merlin JL (2006)
   Eradication of p53-mutated head and neck squamous cell carcinoma xenografts using nonviral p53 gene therapy and photochemical internalization
   Mol Ther, 13 (6), 1156-62
   PubMed 16564229
10. Prasmickaite L, Cekaite L, Hellum M, Hovig E, Høgset A, Berg K (2006)
    Transcriptome changes in a colon adenocarcinoma cell line in response to photochemical treatment as used in photochemical internalisation (PCI)
    FEBS Lett, 580 (24), 5739-46
    PubMed 17007842
11. Prasmickaite L, Hellum M, Kaalhus O, Høgset A, Wagner E, Berg K (2006)
    Photochemical internalization of transgenes controlled by the heat-shock protein 70 promoter
    Photochem Photobiol, 82 (3), 809-16
    PubMed 16420102
12. Selbo PK, Weyergang A, Bonsted A, Bown SG, Berg K (2006)
    Photochemical internalization of therapeutic macromolecular agents: a novel strategy to kill multidrug-resistant cancer cells
    J Pharmacol Exp Ther, 319 (2), 604-12
    PubMed 16902053
13. Weyergang A, Selbo PK, Berg K (2006)
    Photochemically stimulated drug delivery increases the cytotoxicity and specificity of EGF-saporin
    J Control Release, 111 (1-2), 165-73
    PubMed 16466823

Publications 2005

1. Berg K, Dietze A, Kaalhus O, Høgset A (2005)
   Site-specific drug delivery by photochemical internalization enhances the antitumor effect of bleomycin
   Clin Cancer Res, 11 (23), 8476-85
   PubMed 16322311
2. Bonsted A, Høgset A, Hoover F, Berg K (2005)
   Photochemical enhancement of gene delivery to glioblastoma cells is dependent on the vector applied
   Anticancer Res, 25 (1A), 291-7
   PubMed 15816550
3. Engesaeter BØ, Bonsted A, Berg K, Høgset A, Engebråten O, Fodstad Ø, Curiel DT, Maelandsmo GM (2005)
   PCI-enhanced adenoviral transduction employs the known uptake mechanism of adenoviral particles
   Cancer Gene Ther, 12 (5), 439-48
   PubMed 15678152
4. Gederaas OA, Schønberg SA, Ramstad S, Berg K, Johnsson A, Krokan HE (2005)
   Cell specific effects of polyunsaturated fatty acids on 5-aminolevulinic acid based photosensitization
   Photochem Photobiol Sci, 4 (4), 383-9
   PubMed 15803209

Publications 2004

1. Berg K, Selbo PK, Prasmickaite L, Høgset A (2004)
   Photochemical drug and gene delivery
   Curr Opin Mol Ther, 6 (3), 279-87
   PubMed 15264430
2. Høgset A, Prasmickaite L, Selbo PK, Hellum M, Engesaeter BØ, Bonsted A, Berg K (2004)
   Photochemical internalisation in drug and gene delivery
   Adv Drug Deliv Rev, 56 (1), 95-115
   PubMed 14706447
3. Kloeckner J, Prasmickaite L, Høgset A, Berg K, Wagner E (2004)
   Photochemically enhanced gene delivery of EGF receptor-targeted DNA polyplexes
   J Drug Target, 12 (4), 205-13
   PubMed 15506169
4. Ndoye A, Bouali S, Dolivet G, Leroux A, Erbacher P, Behr JP, Berg K, Guillemin F, Merlin JL (2004)
   Sustained gene transfer and enhanced cell death following glucosylated-PEI-mediated p53 gene transfer with photochemical internalisation in p53-mutated head and neck carcinoma cells
   Int J Oncol, 25 (6), 1575-81
   PubMed 15547693
5. Ndoye A, Merlin JL, Leroux A, Dolivet G, Erbacher P, Behr JP, Berg K, Guillemin F (2004)
   Enhanced gene transfer and cell death following p53 gene transfer using photochemical internalisation of glucosylated PEI-DNA complexes
   J Gene Med, 6 (8), 884-94
   PubMed 15293347
6. Prasmickaite L, Høgset A, Engesaeter B BØ, Bonsted A, Berg K (2004)
   Light-directed gene delivery by photochemical internalisation
   Expert Opin Biol Ther, 4 (9), 1403-12
   PubMed 15335308
7. Prasmickaite L, Høgset A, Olsen VM, Kaalhus O, Mikalsen SO, Berg K (2004)
   Photochemically enhanced gene transfection increases the cytotoxicity of the herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase gene combined with ganciclovir
   Cancer Gene Ther, 11 (7), 514-23
   PubMed 15118758

Publications 2003

1. Berg K, Prasmickaite L, Selbo PK, Hellum M, Bonsted A, Høgset A (2003)
   Photochemical internalization (PCI)--a novel technology for release of macromolecules from endocytic vesicles
   Oftalmologia, 56 (1), 67-71
   PubMed 12886687
2. Folini M, Berg K, Millo E, Villa R, Prasmickaite L, Daidone MG, Benatti U, Zaffaroni N (2003)
   Photochemical internalization of a peptide nucleic acid targeting the catalytic subunit of human telomerase
   Cancer Res, 63 (13), 3490-4
   PubMed 12839932
3. Hellum M, Høgset A, Engesaeter BO, Prasmickaite L, Stokke T, Wheeler C, Berg K (2003)
   Photochemically enhanced gene delivery with cationic lipid formulations
   Photochem Photobiol Sci, 2 (4), 407-11
   PubMed 12760539

Publications 2002

1. Høgset A, Engesaeter BO, Prasmickaite L, Berg K, Fodstad O, Maelandsmo GM (2002)
   Light-induced adenovirus gene transfer, an efficient and specific gene delivery technology for cancer gene therapy
   Cancer Gene Ther, 9 (4), 365-71
   PubMed 11960287
2. Høgset A, Prasmickaite L, Hellum M, Engesaeter BO, Olsen VM, Tjelle TE, Wheeler CJ, Berg K (2002)
   Photochemical transfection: a technology for efficient light-directed gene delivery
   Somat Cell Mol Genet, 27 (1-6), 97-113
   PubMed 12774944
3. Prasmickaite L, Høgset A, Berg K (2002)
   The role of the cell cycle on the efficiency of photochemical gene transfection
   Biochim Biophys Acta, 1570 (3), 210-8
   PubMed 12020812
4. Prasmickaite L, Høgset A, Berg K (2002)
   Photochemical transfection. Light-induced, site-directed gene delivery
   Methods Mol Med, 69, 123-35
   PubMed 11987772
5. Selbo PK, Høgset A, Prasmickaite L, Berg K (2002)
   Photochemical internalisation: a novel drug delivery system
   Tumour Biol, 23 (2), 103-12
   PubMed 12065848