Rolf I. Skotheim

  • Group leader; Dr. philos.
  • +47 2278 1727

Rolf Skotheim is heading the Genome biology group at the Department of molecular oncology, Institute for cancer research, Oslo university hospital-Radiumhospitalet. He is also Professor at the Scientific computing and machine learning group, Section for machine learning, Department of informatics, University of Oslo.

Current research projects are presented at the website of the Genome biology group.

 

Publications 2024

Skotheim RI, Bogaard M, Carm KT, Axcrona U, Axcrona K (2024)
Prostate cancer: Molecular aspects, consequences, and opportunities of the multifocal nature
Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer, 1879 (2), 189080
DOI 10.1016/j.bbcan.2024.189080, PubMed 38272101

Sveen A, Johannessen B, Klokkerud SM, Kraggerud SM, Meza-Zepeda LA, Bjørnslett M, Bischof K, Myklebost O, Taskén K, Skotheim RI, Dørum A, Davidson B, Lothe RA (2024)
Evolutionary mode and timing of dissemination of high-grade serous carcinomas
JCI Insight, 9 (3)
DOI 10.1172/jci.insight.170423, PubMed 38175731

Publications 2023

Bogaard M, Skotheim RI, Maltau AV, Kidd SG, Lothe RA, Axcrona K, Axcrona U (2023)
'High proliferative cribriform prostate cancer' defines a patient subgroup with an inferior prognosis
Histopathology, 83 (6), 853-869
DOI 10.1111/his.15012, PubMed 37501635

Meier Strømme J, Johannessen B, Skotheim RI (2023)
Deviating Alternative Splicing as a Molecular Subtype of Microsatellite Stable Colorectal Cancer
JCO Clin Cancer Inform, 7, e2200159
DOI 10.1200/CCI.22.00159, PubMed 36821799

Publications 2022

Axcrona K, Aas K, Axcrona U, Skotheim RI (2022)
Re: Spatially Resolved Clonal Copy Number Alterations in Benign and Malignant Tissue
Eur Urol, 83 (2), 183
DOI 10.1016/j.eururo.2022.11.013, PubMed 36464529

Carm KT, Johannessen B, Bogaard M, Bakken AC, Maltau AV, Hoff AM, Axcrona U, Axcrona K, Lothe RA, Skotheim RI (2022)
Somatic mutations reveal complex metastatic seeding from multifocal primary prostate cancer
Int J Cancer, 152 (5), 945-951
DOI 10.1002/ijc.34226, PubMed 35880692

Fontugne J, Cai PY, Alnajar H, Bhinder B, Park K, Ye H, Beg S, Sailer V, Siddiqui J, Blattner-Johnson M, Croyle JA, Noorzad Z, Calagua C, MacDonald TY, Axcrona U, Bogaard M, Axcrona K, Scherr DS, Sanda MG, Johannessen B, Chinnaiyan AM, Elemento O, Skotheim RI, Rubin MA, Barbieri CE et al. (2022)
Collision tumors revealed by prospectively assessing subtype-defining molecular alterations in 904 individual prostate cancer foci
JCI Insight, 7 (4)
DOI 10.1172/jci.insight.155309, PubMed 35050902

Grasso C, Popovic M, Isaevska E, Lazzarato F, Fiano V, Zugna D, Pluta J, Weathers B, D'Andrea K, Almstrup K, Anson-Cartwright L, Bishop DT, Chanock SJ, Chen C, Cortessis VK, Dalgaard MD, Daneshmand S, Ferlin A, Foresta C, Frone MN, Gamulin M, Gietema JA, Greene MH, Grotmol T, Hamilton RJ et al. (2022)
Association Study between Polymorphisms in DNA Methylation-Related Genes and Testicular Germ Cell Tumor Risk
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 31 (9), 1769-1779
DOI 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-22-0123, PubMed 35700037

Kidd SG, Bogaard M, Carm KT, Bakken AC, Maltau AMV, Løvf M, Lothe RA, Axcrona K, Axcrona U, Skotheim RI (2022)
In situ expression of ERG protein in the context of tumor heterogeneity identifies prostate cancer patients with inferior prognosis
Mol Oncol, 16 (15), 2810-2822
DOI 10.1002/1878-0261.13225, PubMed 35574900

Skotheim RI, Axcrona U, Axcrona K (2022)
Re: Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 1 Drives the Metastatic Progression of Prostate Cancer
Eur Urol, 81 (4), 431
DOI 10.1016/j.eururo.2021.12.031, PubMed 35031159

Strømme JM, Johannessen B, Kidd SG, Bogaard M, Carm KT, Zhang X, Sveen A, Mathelier A, Lothe RA, Axcrona U, Axcrona K, Skotheim RI (2022)
Expressed prognostic biomarkers for primary prostate cancer independent of multifocality and transcriptome heterogeneity
Cancer Gene Ther, 29 (8-9), 1276-1284
DOI 10.1038/s41417-022-00444-7, PubMed 35194199

Wolowczyk C, Neckmann U, Aure MR, Hall M, Johannessen B, Zhao S, Skotheim RI, Andersen SB, Zwiggelaar R, Steigedal TS, Lingjærde OC, Sahlberg KK, Almaas E, Bjørkøy G (2022)
NRF2 drives an oxidative stress response predictive of breast cancer
Free Radic Biol Med, 184, 170-184
DOI 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2022.03.029, PubMed 35381325

Publications 2021

Kidd SG, Carm KT, Bogaard M, Olsen LG, Bakken AC, Løvf M, Lothe RA, Axcrona K, Axcrona U, Skotheim RI (2021)
High expression of SCHLAP1 in primary prostate cancer is an independent predictor of biochemical recurrence, despite substantial heterogeneity
Neoplasia, 23 (6), 634-641
DOI 10.1016/j.neo.2021.05.012, PubMed 34107378

Pluta J, Pyle LC, Nead KT, Wilf R, Li M, Mitra N, Weathers B, D'Andrea K, Almstrup K, Anson-Cartwright L, Benitez J, Brown CD, Chanock S, Chen C, Cortessis VK, Ferlin A, Foresta C, Gamulin M, Gietema JA, Grasso C, Greene MH, Grotmol T, Hamilton RJ, Haugen TB, Hauser R et al. (2021)
Identification of 22 susceptibility loci associated with testicular germ cell tumors
Nat Commun, 12 (1), 4487
DOI 10.1038/s41467-021-24334-y, PubMed 34301922

Sveen A, Johannessen B, Eilertsen IA, Røsok BI, Gulla M, Eide PW, Bruun J, Kryeziu K, Meza-Zepeda LA, Myklebost O, Bjørnbeth BA, Skotheim RI, Nesbakken A, Lothe RA (2021)
The expressed mutational landscape of microsatellite stable colorectal cancers
Genome Med, 13 (1), 142
DOI 10.1186/s13073-021-00955-2, PubMed 34470667

Tryggestad AMA, Axcrona K, Axcrona U, Bigalke I, Brennhovd B, Inderberg EM, Hønnåshagen TK, Skoge LJ, Solum G, Saebøe-Larssen S, Josefsen D, Olaussen RW, Aamdal S, Skotheim RI, Myklebust TÅ, Schendel DJ, Lilleby W, Dueland S, Kvalheim G (2021)
Long-term first-in-man Phase I/II study of an adjuvant dendritic cell vaccine in patients with high-risk prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy
Prostate, 82 (2), 245-253
DOI 10.1002/pros.24267, PubMed 34762317

Publications 2020

Hoff AM, Kraggerud SM, Alagaratnam S, Berg KCG, Johannessen B, Høland M, Nilsen G, Lingjærde OC, Andrews PW, Lothe RA, Skotheim RI (2020)
Frequent copy number gains of SLC2A3 and ETV1 in testicular embryonal carcinomas
Endocr Relat Cancer, 27 (9), 457-468
DOI 10.1530/ERC-20-0064, PubMed 32580154

Zhao S, Hoff AM, Skotheim RI (2020)
ScaR-a tool for sensitive detection of known fusion transcripts: establishing prevalence of fusions in testicular germ cell tumors
NAR Genom Bioinform, 2 (1), lqz025
DOI 10.1093/nargab/lqz025, PubMed 33575572

Publications 2019

Carm KT, Hoff AM, Bakken AC, Axcrona U, Axcrona K, Lothe RA, Skotheim RI, Løvf M (2019)
Interfocal heterogeneity challenges the clinical usefulness of molecular classification of primary prostate cancer
Sci Rep, 9 (1), 13579
DOI 10.1038/s41598-019-49964-7, PubMed 31537872

Neckmann U, Wolowczyk C, Hall M, Almaas E, Ren J, Zhao S, Johannessen B, Skotheim RI, Bjørkøy G, Ten Dijke P, Holien T (2019)
GREM1 is associated with metastasis and predicts poor prognosis in ER-negative breast cancer patients
Cell Commun Signal, 17 (1), 140
DOI 10.1186/s12964-019-0467-7, PubMed 31694641

Smeby J, Sveen A, Eilertsen IA, Danielsen SA, Hoff AM, Eide PW, Johannessen B, Hektoen M, Skotheim RI, Guren MG, Nesbakken A, Lothe RA (2019)
Transcriptional and functional consequences of TP53 splice mutations in colorectal cancer
Oncogenesis, 8 (6), 35
DOI 10.1038/s41389-019-0141-3, PubMed 31092812

Publications 2018

Celestino R, Nome T, Pestana A, Hoff AM, Gonçalves AP, Pereira L, Cavadas B, Eloy C, Bjøro T, Sobrinho-Simões M, Skotheim RI, Soares P (2018)
CRABP1, C1QL1 and LCN2 are biomarkers of differentiated thyroid carcinoma, and predict extrathyroidal extension
BMC Cancer, 18 (1), 68
DOI 10.1186/s12885-017-3948-3, PubMed 29321030

Eilertsen IA, Sveen A, Strømme JM, Skotheim RI, Nesbakken A, Lothe RA (2018)
Alternative splicing expands the prognostic impact of KRAS in microsatellite stable primary colorectal cancer
Int J Cancer, 144 (4), 841-847
DOI 10.1002/ijc.31809, PubMed 30121958

Løvf M, Zhao S, Axcrona U, Johannessen B, Bakken AC, Carm KT, Hoff AM, Myklebost O, Meza-Zepeda LA, Lie AK, Axcrona K, Lothe RA, Skotheim RI (2018)
Multifocal Primary Prostate Cancer Exhibits High Degree of Genomic Heterogeneity
Eur Urol, 75 (3), 498-505
DOI 10.1016/j.eururo.2018.08.009, PubMed 30181068

Rajpert-De Meyts E, Skotheim RI (2018)
Complex Polygenic Nature of Testicular Germ Cell Cancer Suggests Multifactorial Aetiology
Eur Urol, 73 (6), 832-833
DOI 10.1016/j.eururo.2018.02.023, PubMed 29530636

Publications 2017

Berg KCG, Eide PW, Eilertsen IA, Johannessen B, Bruun J, Danielsen SA, Bjørnslett M, Meza-Zepeda LA, Eknæs M, Lind GE, Myklebost O, Skotheim RI, Sveen A, Lothe RA (2017)
Multi-omics of 34 colorectal cancer cell lines - a resource for biomedical studies
Mol Cancer, 16 (1), 116
DOI 10.1186/s12943-017-0691-y, PubMed 28683746

Lågstad S, Zhao S, Hoff AM, Johannessen B, Lingjærde OC, Skotheim RI (2017)
chimeraviz: a tool for visualizing chimeric RNA
Bioinformatics, 33 (18), 2954-2956
DOI 10.1093/bioinformatics/btx329, PubMed 28525538

Smebye ML, Agostini A, Johannessen B, Thorsen J, Davidson B, Tropé CG, Heim S, Skotheim RI, Micci F (2017)
Involvement of DPP9 in gene fusions in serous ovarian carcinoma
BMC Cancer, 17 (1), 642
DOI 10.1186/s12885-017-3625-6, PubMed 28893231

Sveen A, Johannessen B, Tengs T, Danielsen SA, Eilertsen IA, Lind GE, Berg KCG, Leithe E, Meza-Zepeda LA, Domingo E, Myklebost O, Kerr D, Tomlinson I, Nesbakken A, Skotheim RI, Lothe RA (2017)
Multilevel genomics of colorectal cancers with microsatellite instability-clinical impact of JAK1 mutations and consensus molecular subtype 1
Genome Med, 9 (1), 46
DOI 10.1186/s13073-017-0434-0, PubMed 28539123

Zhao S, Løvf M, Carm KT, Bakken AC, Hoff AM, Skotheim RI (2017)
Novel transcription-induced fusion RNAs in prostate cancer
Oncotarget, 8 (30), 49133-49143
DOI 10.18632/oncotarget.17099, PubMed 28467780

Publications 2016

Cekaite L, Eide PW, Lind GE, Skotheim RI, Lothe RA (2016)
MicroRNAs as growth regulators, their function and biomarker status in colorectal cancer
Oncotarget, 7 (6), 6476-505
DOI 10.18632/oncotarget.6390, PubMed 26623728

Lorenz S, Barøy T, Sun J, Nome T, Vodák D, Bryne JC, Håkelien AM, Fernandez-Cuesta L, Möhlendick B, Rieder H, Szuhai K, Zaikova O, Ahlquist TC, Thomassen GO, Skotheim RI, Lothe RA, Tarpey PS, Campbell P, Flanagan A, Myklebost O, Meza-Zepeda LA (2016)
Unscrambling the genomic chaos of osteosarcoma reveals extensive transcript fusion, recurrent rearrangements and frequent novel TP53 aberrations
Oncotarget, 7 (5), 5273-88
DOI 10.18632/oncotarget.6567, PubMed 26672768

Moen LV, Ramberg H, Zhao S, Grytli HH, Sveen A, Berge V, Skotheim RI, Taskén KA, Skålhegg BS (2016)
Observed correlation between the expression levels of catalytic subunit, Cβ2, of cyclic adenosine monophosphate-dependent protein kinase and prostate cancer aggressiveness
Urol Oncol, 35 (3), 111.e1-111.e8
DOI 10.1016/j.urolonc.2016.10.002, PubMed 27838142

Ramberg H, Grytli HH, Nygård S, Wang W, Ögren O, Zhao S, Løvf M, Katz B, Skotheim RI, Bjartell A, Eri LM, Berge V, Svindland A, Taskén KA (2016)
PBX3 is a putative biomarker of aggressive prostate cancer
Int J Cancer, 139 (8), 1810-20
DOI 10.1002/ijc.30220, PubMed 27273830

Smebye ML, Haugom L, Davidson B, Trope CG, Heim S, Skotheim RI, Micci F (2016)
Bilateral ovarian carcinomas differ in the expression of metastasis-related genes
Oncol Lett, 13 (1), 184-190
DOI 10.3892/ol.2016.5384, PubMed 28123539

Publications 2015

Brabrand S, Johannessen B, Axcrona U, Kraggerud SM, Berg KG, Bakken AC, Bruun J, Fosså SD, Lothe RA, Lehne G, Skotheim RI (2015)
Exome sequencing of bilateral testicular germ cell tumors suggests independent development lineages
Neoplasia, 17 (2), 167-74
DOI 10.1016/j.neo.2014.12.005, PubMed 25748235

Bruun J, Kolberg M, Ahlquist TC, Røyrvik EC, Nome T, Leithe E, Lind GE, Merok MA, Rognum TO, Bjørkøy G, Johansen T, Lindblom A, Sun XF, Svindland A, Liestøl K, Nesbakken A, Skotheim RI, Lothe RA (2015)
Regulator of Chromosome Condensation 2 Identifies High-Risk Patients within Both Major Phenotypes of Colorectal Cancer
Clin Cancer Res, 21 (16), 3759-70
DOI 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-14-3294, PubMed 25910952

Hoff AM, Alagaratnam S, Zhao S, Bruun J, Andrews PW, Lothe RA, Skotheim RI (2015)
Identification of Novel Fusion Genes in Testicular Germ Cell Tumors
Cancer Res, 76 (1), 108-16
DOI 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-15-1790, PubMed 26659575

Hoff AM, Johannessen B, Alagaratnam S, Zhao S, Nome T, Løvf M, Bakken AC, Hektoen M, Sveen A, Lothe RA, Skotheim RI (2015)
Novel RNA variants in colorectal cancers
Oncotarget, 6 (34), 36587-602
DOI 10.18632/oncotarget.5500, PubMed 26474385

Johannessen B, Sveen A, Skotheim RI (2015)
TIN: An R Package for Transcriptome Instability Analysis
Cancer Inform, 14, 109-12
DOI 10.4137/CIN.S31363, PubMed 26448683

Kolberg M, Høland M, Lind GE, Ågesen TH, Skotheim RI, Hall KS, Mandahl N, Smeland S, Mertens F, Davidson B, Lothe RA (2015)
Protein expression of BIRC5, TK1, and TOP2A in malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumours--A prognostic test after surgical resection
Mol Oncol, 9 (6), 1129-39
DOI 10.1016/j.molonc.2015.02.005, PubMed 25769404

Mesquita D, Barros-Silva JD, Santos J, Skotheim RI, Lothe RA, Paulo P, Teixeira MR (2015)
Specific and redundant activities of ETV1 and ETV4 in prostate cancer aggressiveness revealed by co-overexpression cellular contexts
Oncotarget, 6 (7), 5217-36
DOI 10.18632/oncotarget.2847, PubMed 25595908

Munkley J, Oltean S, Vodák D, Wilson BT, Livermore KE, Zhou Y, Star E, Floros VI, Johannessen B, Knight B, McCullagh P, McGrath J, Crundwell M, Skotheim RI, Robson CN, Leung HY, Harries LW, Rajan P, Mills IG, Elliott DJ (2015)
The androgen receptor controls expression of the cancer-associated sTn antigen and cell adhesion through induction of ST6GalNAc1 in prostate cancer
Oncotarget, 6 (33), 34358-74
DOI 10.18632/oncotarget.6024, PubMed 26452038

Rounge TB, Furu K, Skotheim RI, Haugen TB, Grotmol T, Enerly E (2015)
Profiling of the small RNA populations in human testicular germ cell tumors shows global loss of piRNAs
Mol Cancer, 14, 153
DOI 10.1186/s12943-015-0411-4, PubMed 26265322

Sveen A, Kilpinen S, Ruusulehto A, Lothe RA, Skotheim RI (2015)
Aberrant RNA splicing in cancer; expression changes and driver mutations of splicing factor genes
Oncogene, 35 (19), 2413-27
DOI 10.1038/onc.2015.318, PubMed 26300000

Publications 2014

Løvf M, Nome T, Bruun J, Eknaes M, Bakken AC, Mpindi JP, Kilpinen S, Rognum TO, Nesbakken A, Kallioniemi O, Lothe RA, Skotheim RI (2014)
A novel transcript, VNN1-AB, as a biomarker for colorectal cancer
Int J Cancer, 135 (9), 2077-84
DOI 10.1002/ijc.28855, PubMed 24687856

Nome T, Hoff AM, Bakken AC, Rognum TO, Nesbakken A, Skotheim RI (2014)
High frequency of fusion transcripts involving TCF7L2 in colorectal cancer: novel fusion partner and splice variants
PLoS One, 9 (3), e91264
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0091264, PubMed 24608966

Oppelt A, Haugsten EM, Zech T, Danielsen HE, Sveen A, Lobert VH, Skotheim RI, Wesche J (2014)
PIKfyve, MTMR3 and their product PtdIns5P regulate cancer cell migration and invasion through activation of Rac1
Biochem J, 461 (3), 383-90
DOI 10.1042/BJ20140132, PubMed 24840251

Smebye ML, Sveen A, Haugom L, Davidson B, Tropé CG, Lothe RA, Heim S, Skotheim RI, Micci F (2014)
Chromosome 19 rearrangements in ovarian carcinomas: zinc finger genes are particularly targeted
Genes Chromosomes Cancer, 53 (7), 558-67
DOI 10.1002/gcc.22166, PubMed 24634323

Sveen A, Johannessen B, Teixeira MR, Lothe RA, Skotheim RI (2014)
Transcriptome instability as a molecular pan-cancer characteristic of carcinomas
BMC Genomics, 15 (1), 672
DOI 10.1186/1471-2164-15-672, PubMed 25109687

Vedeld HM, Skotheim RI, Lothe RA, Lind GE (2014)
The recently suggested intestinal cancer stem cell marker DCLK1 is an epigenetic biomarker for colorectal cancer
Epigenetics, 9 (3), 346-50
DOI 10.4161/epi.27582, PubMed 24384857

Publications 2013

Alagaratnam S, Harrison N, Bakken AC, Hoff AM, Jones M, Sveen A, Moore HD, Andrews PW, Lothe RA, Skotheim RI (2013)
Transforming pluripotency: an exon-level study of malignancy-specific transcripts in human embryonal carcinoma and embryonic stem cells
Stem Cells Dev, 22 (7), 1136-46
DOI 10.1089/scd.2012.0369, PubMed 23137282

Avery S, Hirst AJ, Baker D, Lim CY, Alagaratnam S, Skotheim RI, Lothe RA, Pera MF, Colman A, Robson P, Andrews PW, Knowles BB (2013)
BCL-XL mediates the strong selective advantage of a 20q11.21 amplification commonly found in human embryonic stem cell cultures
Stem Cell Reports, 1 (5), 379-86
DOI 10.1016/j.stemcr.2013.10.005, PubMed 24286026

Barros-Silva JD, Paulo P, Bakken AC, Cerveira N, Løvf M, Henrique R, Jerónimo C, Lothe RA, Skotheim RI, Teixeira MR (2013)
Novel 5' fusion partners of ETV1 and ETV4 in prostate cancer
Neoplasia, 15 (7), 720-6
DOI 10.1593/neo.13232, PubMed 23814484

Chung CC, Kanetsky PA, Wang Z, Hildebrandt MA, Koster R, Skotheim RI, Kratz CP, Turnbull C, Cortessis VK, Bakken AC, Bishop DT, Cook MB, Erickson RL, Fosså SD, Jacobs KB, Korde LA, Kraggerud SM, Lothe RA, Loud JT, Rahman N, Skinner EC, Thomas DC, Wu X, Yeager M, Schumacher FR et al. (2013)
Meta-analysis identifies four new loci associated with testicular germ cell tumor
Nat Genet, 45 (6), 680-5
DOI 10.1038/ng.2634, PubMed 23666239

Kraggerud SM, Hoei-Hansen CE, Alagaratnam S, Skotheim RI, Abeler VM, Rajpert-De Meyts E, Lothe RA (2013)
Molecular characteristics of malignant ovarian germ cell tumors and comparison with testicular counterparts: implications for pathogenesis
Endocr Rev, 34 (3), 339-76
DOI 10.1210/er.2012-1045, PubMed 23575763

Løvf M, Thomassen GO, Mertens F, Cerveira N, Teixeira MR, Lothe RA, Skotheim RI (2013)
Assessment of fusion gene status in sarcomas using a custom made fusion gene microarray
PLoS One, 8 (8), e70649
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0070649, PubMed 23967081

Nome T, Thomassen GO, Bruun J, Ahlquist T, Bakken AC, Hoff AM, Rognum T, Nesbakken A, Lorenz S, Sun J, Barros-Silva JD, Lind GE, Myklebost O, Teixeira MR, Meza-Zepeda LA, Lothe RA, Skotheim RI (2013)
Common fusion transcripts identified in colorectal cancer cell lines by high-throughput RNA sequencing
Transl Oncol, 6 (5), 546-53
DOI 10.1593/tlo.13457, PubMed 24151535

Schumacher FR, Wang Z, Skotheim RI, Koster R, Chung CC, Hildebrandt MA, Kratz CP, Bakken AC, Bishop DT, Cook MB, Erickson RL, Fosså SD, Greene MH, Jacobs KB, Kanetsky PA, Kolonel LN, Loud JT, Korde LA, Le Marchand L, Lewinger JP, Lothe RA, Pike MC, Rahman N, Rubertone MV, Schwartz SM et al. (2013)
Testicular germ cell tumor susceptibility associated with the UCK2 locus on chromosome 1q23
Hum Mol Genet, 22 (13), 2748-53
DOI 10.1093/hmg/ddt109, PubMed 23462292

Sveen A, Nesbakken A, Ågesen TH, Guren MG, Tveit KM, Skotheim RI, Lothe RA (2013)
Anticipating the clinical use of prognostic gene expression-based tests for colon cancer stage II and III: is Godot finally arriving?
Clin Cancer Res, 19 (24), 6669-77
DOI 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-13-1769, PubMed 24166914

Publications 2012

Agesen TH, Sveen A, Merok MA, Lind GE, Nesbakken A, Skotheim RI, Lothe RA (2012)
ColoGuideEx: a robust gene classifier specific for stage II colorectal cancer prognosis
Gut, 61 (11), 1560-7
DOI 10.1136/gutjnl-2011-301179, PubMed 22213796

Camões MJ, Paulo P, Ribeiro FR, Barros-Silva JD, Almeida M, Costa VL, Cerveira N, Skotheim RI, Lothe RA, Henrique R, Jerónimo C, Teixeira MR (2012)
Potential downstream target genes of aberrant ETS transcription factors are differentially affected in Ewing's sarcoma and prostate carcinoma
PLoS One, 7 (11), e49819
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0049819, PubMed 23185447

Cekaite L, Rantala JK, Bruun J, Guriby M, Agesen TH, Danielsen SA, Lind GE, Nesbakken A, Kallioniemi O, Lothe RA, Skotheim RI (2012)
MiR-9, -31, and -182 deregulation promote proliferation and tumor cell survival in colon cancer
Neoplasia, 14 (9), 868-79
DOI 10.1593/neo.121094, PubMed 23019418

Celestino R, Sigstad E, Løvf M, Thomassen GO, Grøholt KK, Jørgensen LH, Berner A, Castro P, Lothe RA, Bjøro T, Sobrinho-Simões M, Soares P, Skotheim RI (2012)
Survey of 548 oncogenic fusion transcripts in thyroid tumors supports the importance of the already established thyroid fusions genes
Genes Chromosomes Cancer, 51 (12), 1154-64
DOI 10.1002/gcc.22003, PubMed 22961909

Matheu A, Collado M, Wise C, Manterola L, Cekaite L, Tye AJ, Canamero M, Bujanda L, Schedl A, Cheah KS, Skotheim RI, Lothe RA, López de Munain A, Briscoe J, Serrano M, Lovell-Badge R (2012)
Oncogenicity of the developmental transcription factor Sox9
Cancer Res, 72 (5), 1301-15
DOI 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-11-3660, PubMed 22246670

Nyquist KB, Panagopoulos I, Thorsen J, Haugom L, Gorunova L, Bjerkehagen B, Fosså A, Guriby M, Nome T, Lothe RA, Skotheim RI, Heim S, Micci F (2012)
Whole-transcriptome sequencing identifies novel IRF2BP2-CDX1 fusion gene brought about by translocation t(1;5)(q42;q32) in mesenchymal chondrosarcoma
PLoS One, 7 (11), e49705
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0049705, PubMed 23185413

Paulo P, Ribeiro FR, Santos J, Mesquita D, Almeida M, Barros-Silva JD, Itkonen H, Henrique R, Jerónimo C, Sveen A, Mills IG, Skotheim RI, Lothe RA, Teixeira MR (2012)
Molecular subtyping of primary prostate cancer reveals specific and shared target genes of different ETS rearrangements
Neoplasia, 14 (7), 600-11
DOI 10.1593/neo.12600, PubMed 22904677

Skotheim RI, Meza-Zepeda LA, Hovig E, Lønning PE, Lothe RA, Myklebost O (2012)
[Genome sequencing for personalized cancer treatment]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 132 (21), 2406-8
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.12.0784, PubMed 23160594

Sveen A, Bakken AC, Ågesen TH, Lind GE, Nesbakken A, Nordgård O, Brackmann S, Rognum TO, Lothe RA, Skotheim RI (2012)
The exon-level biomarker SLC39A14 has organ-confined cancer-specificity in colorectal cancer
Int J Cancer, 131 (6), 1479-85
DOI 10.1002/ijc.27399, PubMed 22173985

Sveen A, Ågesen TH, Nesbakken A, Meling GI, Rognum TO, Liestøl K, Skotheim RI, Lothe RA (2012)
ColoGuidePro: a prognostic 7-gene expression signature for stage III colorectal cancer patients
Clin Cancer Res, 18 (21), 6001-10
DOI 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-11-3302, PubMed 22991413

Publications 2011

Alagaratnam S, Lind GE, Kraggerud SM, Lothe RA, Skotheim RI (2011)
The testicular germ cell tumour transcriptome
Int J Androl, 34 (4 Pt 2), e133-50; discussion e150-1
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2011.01169.x, PubMed 21651573

Danielsen SA, Cekaite L, Ågesen TH, Sveen A, Nesbakken A, Thiis-Evensen E, Skotheim RI, Lind GE, Lothe RA (2011)
Phospholipase C isozymes are deregulated in colorectal cancer--insights gained from gene set enrichment analysis of the transcriptome
PLoS One, 6 (9), e24419
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0024419, PubMed 21909432

Lind GE, Danielsen SA, Ahlquist T, Merok MA, Andresen K, Skotheim RI, Hektoen M, Rognum TO, Meling GI, Hoff G, Bretthauer M, Thiis-Evensen E, Nesbakken A, Lothe RA (2011)
Identification of an epigenetic biomarker panel with high sensitivity and specificity for colorectal cancer and adenomas
Mol Cancer, 10, 85
DOI 10.1186/1476-4598-10-85, PubMed 21777459

Løvf M, Thomassen GO, Bakken AC, Celestino R, Fioretos T, Lind GE, Lothe RA, Skotheim RI (2011)
Fusion gene microarray reveals cancer type-specificity among fusion genes
Genes Chromosomes Cancer, 50 (5), 348-57
DOI 10.1002/gcc.20860, PubMed 21305644

Paulo P, Barros-Silva JD, Ribeiro FR, Ramalho-Carvalho J, Jerónimo C, Henrique R, Lind GE, Skotheim RI, Lothe RA, Teixeira MR (2011)
FLI1 is a novel ETS transcription factor involved in gene fusions in prostate cancer
Genes Chromosomes Cancer, 51 (3), 240-9
DOI 10.1002/gcc.20948, PubMed 22081504

Ribeiro FR, Paulo P, Costa VL, Barros-Silva JD, Ramalho-Carvalho J, Jerónimo C, Henrique R, Lind GE, Skotheim RI, Lothe RA, Teixeira MR (2011)
Cysteine-rich secretory protein-3 (CRISP3) is strongly up-regulated in prostate carcinomas with the TMPRSS2-ERG fusion gene
PLoS One, 6 (7), e22317
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0022317, PubMed 21814574

Sagona AP, Nezis IP, Bache KG, Haglund K, Bakken AC, Skotheim RI, Stenmark H (2011)
A tumor-associated mutation of FYVE-CENT prevents its interaction with Beclin 1 and interferes with cytokinesis
PLoS One, 6 (3), e17086
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0017086, PubMed 21455500

Sveen A, Agesen TH, Nesbakken A, Rognum TO, Lothe RA, Skotheim RI (2011)
Transcriptome instability in colorectal cancer identified by exon microarray analyses: Associations with splicing factor expression levels and patient survival
Genome Med, 3 (5), 32
DOI 10.1186/gm248, PubMed 21619627

Ågesen TH, Berg M, Clancy T, Thiis-Evensen E, Cekaite L, Lind GE, Nesland JM, Bakka A, Mala T, Hauss HJ, Fetveit T, Vatn MH, Hovig E, Nesbakken A, Lothe RA, Skotheim RI (2011)
CLC and IFNAR1 are differentially expressed and a global immunity score is distinct between early- and late-onset colorectal cancer
Genes Immun, 12 (8), 653-62
DOI 10.1038/gene.2011.43, PubMed 21716316

Publications 2010

Berg M, Agesen TH, Thiis-Evensen E, INFAC-study group, Merok MA, Teixeira MR, Vatn MH, Nesbakken A, Skotheim RI, Lothe RA (2010)
Distinct high resolution genome profiles of early onset and late onset colorectal cancer integrated with gene expression data identify candidate susceptibility loci
Mol Cancer, 9, 100
DOI 10.1186/1476-4598-9-100, PubMed 20459617

Brekke HR, Ribeiro FR, Kolberg M, Agesen TH, Lind GE, Eknaes M, Hall KS, Bjerkehagen B, van den Berg E, Teixeira MR, Mandahl N, Smeland S, Mertens F, Skotheim RI, Lothe RA (2010)
Genomic changes in chromosomes 10, 16, and X in malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors identify a high-risk patient group
J Clin Oncol, 28 (9), 1573-82
DOI 10.1200/JCO.2009.24.8989, PubMed 20159821

Burum-Auensen E, Skotheim RI, Schjølberg AR, Røislien J, Lothe RA, Clausen OP (2010)
Spindle proteins are differentially expressed in the various histological subtypes of testicular germ cell tumors
J Carcinog, 9, 1
DOI 10.4103/1477-3163.60358, PubMed 20411023

Costa VL, Henrique R, Danielsen SA, Duarte-Pereira S, Eknaes M, Skotheim RI, Rodrigues A, Magalhães JS, Oliveira J, Lothe RA, Teixeira MR, Jerónimo C, Lind GE (2010)
Three epigenetic biomarkers, GDF15, TMEFF2, and VIM, accurately predict bladder cancer from DNA-based analyses of urine samples
Clin Cancer Res, 16 (23), 5842-51
DOI 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-10-1312, PubMed 20975101

Micci F, Skotheim RI, Haugom L, Weimer J, Eibak AM, Abeler VM, Trope CG, Arnold N, Lothe RA, Heim S (2010)
Array-CGH analysis of microdissected chromosome 19 markers in ovarian carcinoma identifies candidate target genes
Genes Chromosomes Cancer, 49 (11), 1046-53
DOI 10.1002/gcc.20813, PubMed 20725991

Sagona AP, Nezis IP, Pedersen NM, Liestøl K, Poulton J, Rusten TE, Skotheim RI, Raiborg C, Stenmark H (2010)
PtdIns(3)P controls cytokinesis through KIF13A-mediated recruitment of FYVE-CENT to the midbody
Nat Cell Biol, 12 (4), 362-71
DOI 10.1038/ncb2036, PubMed 20208530

Publications 2009

Brekke HR, Kolberg M, Skotheim RI, Hall KS, Bjerkehagen B, Risberg B, Domanski HA, Mandahl N, Liestøl K, Smeland S, Danielsen HE, Mertens F, Lothe RA (2009)
Identification of p53 as a strong predictor of survival for patients with malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors
Neuro Oncol, 11 (5), 514-28
DOI 10.1215/15228517-2008-127, PubMed 19182148

Godmann M, Gashaw I, Eildermann K, Schweyer S, Bergmann M, Skotheim RI, Behr R (2009)
The pluripotency transcription factor Krüppel-like factor 4 is strongly expressed in intratubular germ cell neoplasia unclassified and seminoma
Mol Hum Reprod, 15 (8), 479-88
DOI 10.1093/molehr/gap040, PubMed 19505997

Micci F, Weimer J, Haugom L, Skotheim RI, Grunewald R, Abeler VM, Silins I, Lothe RA, Trope CG, Arnold N, Heim S (2009)
Reverse painting of microdissected chromosome 19 markers in ovarian carcinoma identifies a complex rearrangement map
Genes Chromosomes Cancer, 48 (2), 184-93
DOI 10.1002/gcc.20628, PubMed 18973136

Skotheim RI, Thomassen GO, Eken M, Lind GE, Micci F, Ribeiro FR, Cerveira N, Teixeira MR, Heim S, Rognes T, Lothe RA (2009)
A universal assay for detection of oncogenic fusion transcripts by oligo microarray analysis
Mol Cancer, 8, 5
DOI 10.1186/1476-4598-8-5, PubMed 19152679

Publications 2008

Ahlquist T, Lind GE, Costa VL, Meling GI, Vatn M, Hoff GS, Rognum TO, Skotheim RI, Thiis-Evensen E, Lothe RA (2008)
Gene methylation profiles of normal mucosa, and benign and malignant colorectal tumors identify early onset markers
Mol Cancer, 7, 94
DOI 10.1186/1476-4598-7-94, PubMed 19117505

Alagaratnam S, Hardy JR, Lothe RA, Skotheim RI, Byrne JA (2008)
TPD52, a candidate gene from genomic studies, is overexpressed in testicular germ cell tumours
Mol Cell Endocrinol, 306 (1-2), 75-80
DOI 10.1016/j.mce.2008.10.043, PubMed 19041365

Kilpinen S, Autio R, Ojala K, Iljin K, Bucher E, Sara H, Pisto T, Saarela M, Skotheim RI, Björkman M, Mpindi JP, Haapa-Paananen S, Vainio P, Edgren H, Wolf M, Astola J, Nees M, Hautaniemi S, Kallioniemi O (2008)
Systematic bioinformatic analysis of expression levels of 17,330 human genes across 9,783 samples from 175 types of healthy and pathological tissues
Genome Biol, 9 (9), R139
DOI 10.1186/gb-2008-9-9-r139, PubMed 18803840

Lind GE, Ahlquist T, Kolberg M, Berg M, Eknaes M, Alonso MA, Kallioniemi A, Meling GI, Skotheim RI, Rognum TO, Thiis-Evensen E, Lothe RA (2008)
Hypermethylated MAL gene - a silent marker of early colon tumorigenesis
J Transl Med, 6, 13
DOI 10.1186/1479-5876-6-13, PubMed 18346269

Ribeiro FR, Skotheim RI, Henrique R, Teixeira MR (2008)
Chapter 30: Array-based comparative genomic hybridization in prostate cancer: research and clinical applications
In Methods of cancer diagnosis, therapy and prognosis (Hayat MA, ed.), Springer Publishers, II, 415-430
PublikaID 26, ISBN 978-1-4020-8441-6

Publications 2007

Almstrup K, Leffers H, Lothe RA, Skakkebaek NE, Sonne SB, Nielsen JE, Rajpert-De Meyts E, Skotheim RI (2007)
Improved gene expression signature of testicular carcinoma in situ
Int J Androl, 30 (4), 292-302; discussion 303
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2007.00758.x, PubMed 17488342

Kleivi K, Lind GE, Diep CB, Meling GI, Brandal LT, Nesland JM, Myklebost O, Rognum TO, Giercksky KE, Skotheim RI, Lothe RA (2007)
Gene expression profiles of primary colorectal carcinomas, liver metastases, and carcinomatoses
Mol Cancer, 6, 2
DOI 10.1186/1476-4598-6-2, PubMed 17201907

Lind GE, Skotheim RI, Lothe RA (2007)
The epigenome of testicular germ cell tumors
APMIS, 115 (10), 1147-60
DOI 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2007.apm_660.xml.x, PubMed 18042148

Skotheim RI, Nees M (2007)
Alternative splicing in cancer: noise, functional, or systematic?
Int J Biochem Cell Biol, 39 (7-8), 1432-49
DOI 10.1016/j.biocel.2007.02.016, PubMed 17416541

Publications 2006

Iljin K, Wolf M, Edgren H, Gupta S, Kilpinen S, Skotheim RI, Peltola M, Smit F, Verhaegh G, Schalken J, Nees M, Kallioniemi O (2006)
TMPRSS2 fusions with oncogenic ETS factors in prostate cancer involve unbalanced genomic rearrangements and are associated with HDAC1 and epigenetic reprogramming
Cancer Res, 66 (21), 10242-6
DOI 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-06-1986, PubMed 17079440

Lind GE, Skotheim RI, Fraga MF, Abeler VM, Esteller M, Lothe RA (2006)
Novel epigenetically deregulated genes in testicular cancer include homeobox genes and SCGB3A1 (HIN-1)
J Pathol, 210 (4), 441-9
DOI 10.1002/path.2064, PubMed 17029216

Lothe RA, Skotheim RI, Kallioniemi O, Esteller M (2006)
To the Readers and Future Authors of Critical Reviews in Oncogenesis
Critical Reviews in Oncogenesis, 12 (1-2), 1-2
PublikaID 27

Skotheim RI, Autio R, Lind GE, Kraggerud SM, Andrews PW, Monni O, Kallioniemi O, Lothe RA (2006)
Novel genomic aberrations in testicular germ cell tumors by array-CGH, and associated gene expression changes
Cell Oncol, 28 (5-6), 315-26
DOI 10.1155/2006/219786, PubMed 17167184

von Eyben FE, Jacobsen GK, Skotheim RI, von der Maase H, Rorth M (2006)
Precursor lesions in testis and dysgenetic gonads
Hum Pathol, 37 (6), 773; author reply 774
DOI 10.1016/j.humpath.2006.01.006, PubMed 16733221

Publications 2005

Hofer MD, Browne TJ, He L, Skotheim RI, Lothe RA, Rubin MA (2005)
Identification of two molecular groups of seminomas by using expression and tissue microarrays
Clin Cancer Res, 11 (16), 5722-9
DOI 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-05-0533, PubMed 16115909

Lind GE, Skotheim RI, Fraga MF, Abeler VM, Henrique R, Saatcioglu F, Esteller M, Teixeira MR, Lothe RA (2005)
The loss of NKX3.1 expression in testicular--and prostate--cancers is not caused by promoter hypermethylation
Mol Cancer, 4 (1), 8
DOI 10.1186/1476-4598-4-8, PubMed 15691383

Skotheim RI, Lind GE, Monni O, Nesland JM, Abeler VM, Fosså SD, Duale N, Brunborg G, Kallioniemi O, Andrews PW, Lothe RA (2005)
Differentiation of human embryonal carcinomas in vitro and in vivo reveals expression profiles relevant to normal development
Cancer Res, 65 (13), 5588-98
DOI 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-05-0153, PubMed 15994931

von Eyben FE, Jacobsen GK, Skotheim RI (2005)
Microinvasive germ cell tumor of the testis
Virchows Arch, 447 (3), 610-25
DOI 10.1007/s00428-005-1257-8, PubMed 15968545

Publications 2003

Kraggerud SM, Lee MP, Skotheim RI, Stenwig AE, Fosså SD, Feinberg AP, Lothe RA (2003)
Lack of parental origin specificity of altered alleles at 11p15 in testicular germ cell tumors
Cancer Genet Cytogenet, 147 (1), 1-8
DOI 10.1016/s0165-4608(03)00160-2, PubMed 14580764

Skotheim RI (2003)
Molecular biology of testicular germ cell tumours: new insights into a genetic developmental model
In Series of dissertations submitted to the Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Unipub, Oslo, no. 92, 1 b. (flere pag.)
BIBSYS 030808197, ISBN 82-8072-065-0

Skotheim RI, Abeler VM, Nesland JM, Fosså SD, Holm R, Wagner U, Flørenes VA, Aass N, Kallioniemi OP, Lothe RA (2003)
Candidate genes for testicular cancer evaluated by in situ protein expression analyses on tissue microarrays
Neoplasia, 5 (5), 397-404
DOI 10.1016/s1476-5586(03)80042-8, PubMed 14670177

Skotheim RI, Kallioniemi A, Bjerkhagen B, Mertens F, Brekke HR, Monni O, Mousses S, Mandahl N, Soeter G, Nesland JM, Smeland S, Kallioniemi OP, Lothe RA (2003)
Topoisomerase-II alpha is upregulated in malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors and associated with clinical outcome
J Clin Oncol, 21 (24), 4586-91
DOI 10.1200/JCO.2003.07.067, PubMed 14673046

Skotheim RI, Korkmaz KS, Klokk TI, Abeler VM, Korkmaz CG, Nesland JM, Fosså SD, Lothe RA, Saatcioglu F (2003)
NKX3.1 expression is lost in testicular germ cell tumors
Am J Pathol, 163 (6), 2149-54
DOI 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)63571-7, PubMed 14633588

Skotheim RI, Lothe RA (2003)
The testicular germ cell tumour genome
APMIS, 111 (1), 136-50; discussion 50-1
DOI 10.1034/j.1600-0463.2003.11101181.x, PubMed 12752254

Publications 2002

Kraggerud SM, Skotheim RI, Szymanska J, Eknaes M, Fosså SD, Stenwig AE, Peltomäki P, Lothe RA (2002)
Genome profiles of familial/bilateral and sporadic testicular germ cell tumors
Genes Chromosomes Cancer, 34 (2), 168-74
DOI 10.1002/gcc.10058, PubMed 11979550

Skotheim RI, Monni O, Mousses S, Fosså SD, Kallioniemi OP, Lothe RA, Kallioniemi A (2002)
New insights into testicular germ cell tumorigenesis from gene expression profiling
Cancer Res, 62 (8), 2359-64
PubMed 11956097

Smith-Sørensen B, Lind GE, Skotheim RI, Fosså SD, Fodstad Ø, Stenwig AE, Jakobsen KS, Lothe RA (2002)
Frequent promoter hypermethylation of the O6-Methylguanine-DNA Methyltransferase (MGMT) gene in testicular cancer
Oncogene, 21 (57), 8878-84
DOI 10.1038/sj.onc.1205978, PubMed 12483540

Publications 2001

Skotheim RI, Diep CB, Kraggerud SM, Jakobsen KS, Lothe RA (2001)
Evaluation of loss of heterozygosity/allelic imbalance scoring in tumor DNA
Cancer Genet Cytogenet, 127 (1), 64-70
DOI 10.1016/s0165-4608(00)00433-7, PubMed 11408068

Skotheim RI, Kraggerud SM, Fosså SD, Stenwig AE, Gedde-Dahl T, Danielsen HE, Jakobsen KS, Lothe RA (2001)
Familial/bilateral and sporadic testicular germ cell tumors show frequent genetic changes at loci with suggestive linkage evidence
Neoplasia, 3 (3), 196-203
DOI 10.1038/sj.neo.7900153, PubMed 11494113

Publications 2000

Skotheim RI (2000)
Genetic alterations in testicular germ cell tumours
R.I. Skotheim, Oslo, 1 b. (flere pag.)
BIBSYS 00006856x

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