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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
Epidemiological studies suggest a relationship between blood lipids and immune-mediated diseases, but the nature of these associations is not well understood. We used genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to investigate ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
Despite recent medical advances, atherosclerosis is a global burden accounting for numerous deaths and hospital admissions. Immune-mediated inflammation is a major component of the atherosclerotic process, but earlier ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
Objectives: Biomarkers for diagnosis and therapy efficacy in tuberculosis (TB) are requested. We have studied biomarkers that may differentiate between active and latent TB infection (LTBI), the influence of HIV infection ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
Background We have previously demonstrated an association between increased sFRP3 expression and adverse outcome in a population of HF irrespective of cause and left ventricular ejection fraction. In this study we evaluated ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
Introduction Systemic sclerosis (SSc) and mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) are chronic immune-mediated disorders complicated by vascular organ damage. The aim of this study was to examine the serum levels of the ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
Background Associations between Vitamin D3 [25(OH)D], vitamin D binding protein (VDBP) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are previously reported. We aimed to further investigate these associations on ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
Background
Despite recent advances in microbiological techniques, the etiology of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is still not well described. We applied polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and conventional ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
Objective: We investigated whether elevated plasma levels of immune markers were associated with verbal memory and hippocampal subfield volumes in patients with severe mental illnesses and in healthy controls.
Method: 230 ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
Objectives: The tumor necrosis factor superfamily member 14, LIGHT (homologous to lymphotoxin, exhibits inducible expression, and competes with HSV glycoprotein D for herpes virus entry mediator (HVEM), a receptor expressed ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
Aim Cardiac inflammation is important in the pathogenesis of heart failure. However, the consequence of systemic inflammation on concomitant established heart failure, and in particular diastolic heart failure, is less ...