Delineating the genetic and environmental risk factors in autoimmune diseases
Transcriptome profiling of immune cells in thymus with focus on autoimmune risk loci
Immunogenetic studies of CFS/ME
Functional genomic studies of chronic low back pain patients with modic changes and response to antibiotic treatment
Epigenetic (methylation and microRNA) and transcriptomic studies of disease activity and treatment response in rheumatoid arthritis and other phenotypes
Characterization of coagulation factors role in cancer
Hemothrombogenomics: Delineating the genetic cause in patients with inherited bleeding or thrombotic disease
Recent publications
Gjefsen E, Bråten LCH, Goll GL, Wigemyr M, Bolstad N, Valberg M, Schistad EI, Marchand GH, Granviken F, Selmer KK, Froholdt A, Haugen AJ, Dagestad MH, Vetti N, Bakland G, Lie BA, Haavardsholm EA, Nilsen AT, Holmgard TE, Kadar TI, Kvien T, Skouen JS, Grøvle L, Brox JI, Espeland Aet al.(2020) The effect of infliximab in patients with chronic low back pain and Modic changes (the BackToBasic study): study protocol of a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial BMC Musculoskelet Disord, 21(1), 698 DOI 10.1186/s12891-020-03720-5, PubMed 33087100
Sandling JK, Pucholt P, Hultin Rosenberg L, Farias FHG, Kozyrev SV, Eloranta ML, Alexsson A, Bianchi M, Padyukov L, Bengtsson C, Jonsson R, Omdal R, Lie BA, Massarenti L, Steffensen R, Jakobsen MA, Lillevang ST, ImmunoArray Development Consortium and DISSECT consortium, Lerang K, Molberg Ø, Voss A, Troldborg A, Jacobsen S, Syvänen AC, Jönsen Aet al.(2020) Molecular pathways in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus revealed by gene-centred DNA sequencing Ann Rheum Dis, 80(1), 109-117 DOI 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-218636, PubMed 33037003
Tapia G, Mortimer G, Ye J, Mårild K, Chipper-Keating S, Gillard BT, Viken MK, Lie BA, Stene LC, Gillespie KM, Størdal K(2020) Maternal Microchimerism in Cord Blood and Risk of Celiac Disease in Childhood J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr, 71(3), 321-327 DOI 10.1097/MPG.0000000000002811, PubMed 32833392