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  • Association between coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and long-term exposure to air pollution: Evidence from the first epidemic wave in China 
    Zheng, Pai; Chen, Zhangjian; Liu, Yonghong; Song, Hongbin; Wu, Chieh-Hsi; Li, Bingying; Kraemer, Moritz U. G.; Tian, Huaiyu; Zheng, Yuxin; Stenseth, Nils Christian; Jia, Guang (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
    People with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cardiovascular disease, or hypertension have a high risk of developing severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and of COVID-19 mortality. However, the association between ...
  • Association between plasma glucose in pregnancy and DNA methylation of candidate CpG sites 
    Kiryushchenko, Nadezhda (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
    Background: Increased plasma glucose levels in pregnancy or gestational diabetes may have implications for future maternal health, such as increased risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) developing within 10 years. ...
  • Association of vaccination, international travel, public health and social measures with lineage dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 
    Yang, Lingyue; Wang, Zengmiao; Wang, Lin; Vrancken, Bram; Wang, Ruixue; Wei, Yuanlong; Rader, Benjamin; Wu, Chieh-Hsi; Chen, Yuyang; Wu, Peiyi; Li, Bingying; Lin, Qiushi; Dong, Lu; Cui, Yujun; Shi, Mang; Brownstein, John S.; Stenseth, Nils Christian; Yang, Ruifu; Tian, Huaiyu (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
    Continually emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern that can evade immune defenses are driving recurrent epidemic waves of COVID-19 globally. However, the impact of measures to contain the virus and their effect on lineage ...
  • Associations between changes in population mobility in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and socioeconomic factors at the city level in China and country level worldwide: a retrospective, observational study 
    Stenseth, Nils Christian (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
    Background Until broad vaccination coverage is reached and effective therapeutics are available, controlling population mobility (ie, changes in the spatial location of a population that affect the spread and distribution ...
  • Associations between timing and magnitude of spring blooms and zooplankton dynamics in the southwestern Barents Sea 
    Dong, Kaixing; Kvile, Kristina Øie; Stenseth, Nils C.; Stige, Leif C. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
    During the past decades, many high-latitude marine systems have experienced a strong warming trend with poorly understood consequences for trophic coupling and ecosystem functioning. A key knowledge gap is how timing and ...
  • Asymmetricity and sign reversal of secondary Bjerknes force from strong nonlinear coupling in cavitation bubble pairs 
    Pandey, Vikash (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    Most of the current applications of acoustic cavitation use bubble clusters that exhibit multibubble dynamics. This necessitates a complete understanding of the mutual nonlinear coupling between individual bubbles. In this ...
  • Atg8 Proteins in Autophagy and Death Receptor-Induced Apoptosis in Prostate Cancer CellsRestricted Access 
    Szalai, Paula Maria (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
    Autophagy and apoptosis are two important cellular processes, whose dysfunctions are involved in many severe diseases, including cancer. Bulk autophagy is typically mediated by the sequestration of cytoplasmic material ...
  • Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) MHC I localizes to endolysosomal compartments independently of cytosolic sorting signals 
    Bjørnestad, Synne Arstad; Solbakken, Monica Hongrø; Jakobsen, Kjetill Sigurd; Jentoft, Sissel; Bakke, Oddmund; Progida, Cinzia (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
    Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I and II are crucial for the adaptive immune system because they are involved in peptide presentation to T cells. Until recently, it was believed that MHC genes and their ...
  • The Atlantic salmon genome provides insights into rediploidization 
    Lien, Sigbjørn; Koop, Ben F; Sandve, Simen Rød; Miller, Jason R.; Kent, Matthew Peter; Nome, Torfinn; Hvidsten, Torgeir Rhoden; Leong, Jong; Minkley, David R.; Zimin, Aleksey; Grammes, Fabian; Grove, Harald; Gjuvsland, Arne Bjørke; Walenz, Brian; Hermansen, Russell A.; von Schalburg, Kristian R.; Rondeau, Eric; Genova, Alex Di; Antony Samy, Jeevan Karloss; Vik, Jon Olav; Vigeland, Magnus Dehli; Caler, Lis; Grimholt, Unni; Jentoft, Sissel; Våge, Dag Inge; de Jong, Pieter J.; Moen, Thomas; Baranski, Matthew; Palti, Yniv; Smith, Douglas W.; Yorke, James A.; Nederbragt, Alexander J.; Tooming-Klunderud, Ave; Jakobsen, Kjetill Sigurd; Jiang, Xuanting; Fan, Dingding; Hu, Yan; Liberles, David A.; Vidal, Rodrigo; Iturra, Patricia; Jones, Steven J.M.; Jonassen, Inge; Maass, Alejandro; Omholt, Stig William; Davidson, William S (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
    The whole-genome duplication 80 million years ago of the common ancestor of salmonids (salmonid-specific fourth vertebrate whole-genome duplication, Ss4R) provides unique opportunities to learn about the evolutionary fate ...
  • Atmospheric brightening counteracts warming-induced delays in autumn phenology of temperate trees in Europe 
    Wu, Zhaofei; Chen, Shouzhi; De Boeck, Hans J.; Stenseth, Nils Christian; Tang, Jing; Vitasse, Yann; Wang, Shuxin; Zohner, Constantin; Fu, Yongshuo H. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
    Aim Ongoing climate warming has been widely reported to delay autumn phenology, which in turn impacts carbon, water, energy and nutrient balances at regional and global scales. However, the underlying mechanisms of ...
  • Attachement site selection of life stages of the Ixodes ricinus on a main large host in Europe, the red deer (Cervus elaphus) 
    Mysterud, Atle; Hatlegjerde, Idar Lauge; Sørensen, Ole Jakob (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)
    Background: Ticks and tick-borne diseases are increasing in many areas of Europe and North America due to climate change, while land use and the increased abundances of large hosts play a more controversial role. The pattern ...
  • Attachment sites of different life stages of Ixodes ricinus ticks and infection of tick-borne pathogens in roe deer, badger, red fox and squirrel 
    Hügli, Christian (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
    As an effect of climate change and alterations in land use, the ranges of roe deer and also that of their ectoparasites, like the sheep tick (Ixodes ricinus) are expanding. This has also increased the occurrence of tick-borne ...
  • Attraction of cod Gadus morhua from coastal spawning grounds to salmon farms 
    Skjæraasen, Jon Egil; Karlsen, Ørjan; Langangen, Øystein Ole Gahr; Meier, Sonnich; Dunlop, Katherine Mary; van der Meeren, Terje; Keeley, Nigel B.; Myksvoll, Mari Skuggedal; Dahle, Geir; Moland, Even; Nilsen, Rune; Elvik, Kristine Marit Schrøder; Bannister, Raymond; Olsen, Esben Moland (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
    Wild fish aggregate at aquaculture net-pens, but the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. This study examined how salmon farms attract coastal Atlantic cod Gadus morhua from their inshore spawning grounds. ...
  • Attuning to a changing ocean 
    Stenseth, Nils Christian; Payne, Mark R.; Bonsdorff, Erik; Dankel, Dorothy Jane; Durant, Joel Marcel; Anderson, Leif G.; Armstrong, Claire W.; Blenckner, Thorsten; Brakstad, Ailin; Dupont, Sam; Eikeset, Anne Maria; Goksøyr, Anders; Jónsson, Steingrímur; Kuparinen, Anna; Våge, Kjetil; Österblom, Henrik; Paasche, Øyvind (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
    The ocean is a lifeline for human existence, but current practices risk severely undermining ocean sustainability. Present and future social−ecological challenges necessitate the maintenance and development of knowledge ...
  • Australian funnel-web spiders evolved human-lethal δ-hexatoxins for defense against vertebrate predators 
    Herzig, Volker; Sunagar, Kartik; Wilson, David T. R.; Pineda, Sandy S.; Israel, Mathilde R.; Dutertre, Sebastien; McFarland, Brianna Sollod; Undheim, Eivind Andreas Baste; Hodgson, Wayne C; Alewood, Paul F.; Lewis, Richard J.; Bosmans, Frank; Vetter, Irina; King, Glenn F.; Fry, Bryan G. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
    Australian funnel-web spiders are infamous for causing human fatalities, which are induced by venom peptides known as δ-hexatoxins (δ-HXTXs). Humans and other primates did not feature in the prey or predator spectrum during ...
  • B cell receptor ligation induces display of V-region peptides on MHC class II molecules to T cells 
    Huszthy, Peter Csaba; Gopalakrishnan, Ramakrishna Prabhu; Jacobsen, Johanne Tracey; Haabeth, Ole Audun; Løset, Geir Åge; Braathen, Ranveig; Schenck, Karl; Tveita, Anders Aune; Munthe, Ludvig Andre; Bogen, Bjarne (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    The B cell receptors (BCRs) for antigen express variable (V) regions that are enormously diverse, thus serving as markers on individual B cells. V region-derived idiotypic (Id) peptides can be displayed as pId:MHCII complexes ...
  • b- and a2-adrenoceptor control of vascular tension and catecholamine release in female normotensive and spontaneously hypertensive rats 
    Berg, Torill (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    As in humans, young, female, spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) have a lower blood pressure than male SHR. In male, normotensive rats (WKY), α2- and β1+2-adrenoceptors (AR) reciprocally controlled catecholamine release ...
  • Bacillus cereus biofilm formation on central venous catheters of hospitalised cardiac patients 
    Ikram, Samman; Heikal, Adam; Finke, Sarah; Hofgaard, Antje; Rehman, Yasir; Sabri, Anjum Nasim; Økstad, Ole Andreas (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    Formation of bacterial biofilms is a risk with many in situ medical devices. Biofilm-forming Bacillus species are associated with potentially life-threatening catheter-related blood stream infections in immunocompromised ...
  • Bacillus thuringiensis CbpA is a collagen binding cell surface protein under c-di-GMP control 
    Finke, Sarah; Fagerlund, Annette; Smith, Veronika; Krogstad, Veronica; Zhang, Mimmi; Saragliadis, Athanasios; Linke, Dirk; Nielsen-Leroux, Christina; Økstad, Ole Andreas (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    Cyclic diguanylate (c-di-GMP) signalling affects several cellular processes in Bacillus cereus group bacteria including biofilm formation and motility, and CdgF was previously identified as a diguanylate cyclase promoting ...
  • Back and forth: day–night alternation between cover types reveals complementary use of habitats in a large herbivore 
    De Groeve, Johannes; Van de Weghe, Nico; Ranc, Nathan; Morellet, Nicolas; Bonnot, Nadège C.; Gehr, Benedikt; Heurich, Marco Dietmar; Hewison, A. J. Mark; Kröschel, Max; Linnell, John Durrus; Mysterud, Atle; Sandfort, Robin; Cagnacci, Francesca (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
    Context The Complementary Habitat Hypothesis posits that animals access resources for different needs by moving between complementary habitats that can be seen as ‘resource composites’. These movements can occur over a ...