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
Exploring the phenotype of the immunological cells infiltrating the joint tissue of the juvenile idiopathic arthritis patients by transcriptome profiling both the synovial fluid and tissue.
Multiomic studies of disease activity and treatment response in rheumatoid arthritis and other phenotypes
Recent publications
Hajdarevic R, Lande A, Rekeland I, Rydland A, Strand EB, Sosa DD, Creary LE, Mella O, Egeland T, Saugstad OD, Fluge Ø, Lie BA, Viken MK(2021) Fine mapping of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) suggests involvement of both HLA class I and class II loci Brain Behav Immun, 98, 101-109(in press) DOI 10.1016/j.bbi.2021.08.219, PubMed 34403736
Viste R, Lie BA, Viken MK, Rootwelt T, Knudsen-Heier S, Kornum BR(2021) Narcolepsy type 1 patients have lower levels of effector memory CD4+ T cells compared to their siblings when controlling for H1N1-(Pandemrix™)-vaccination and HLA DQB1∗06:02 status Sleep Med, 85, 271-279 DOI 10.1016/j.sleep.2021.07.024, PubMed 34388506
Viken MK, Pedersen AL, Andersen M, Jensen T, Lie BA, Boulland LML(2021) HLA-B*27 typing using a triplex real time PCR in routine laboratory HLA, 98(4), 366-369 DOI 10.1111/tan.14386, PubMed 34342381