[PDF][PDF] Genome-wide ancestry patterns in Rapanui suggest pre-European admixture with Native Americans

…, A Seguin-Orlando, M Rasmussen, M Liang, ST Flåm… - Current Biology, 2014 - cell.com
Background Rapa Nui (Easter Island), located in the easternmost corner of the Polynesian
Triangle, is one of the most isolated locations on the planet inhabited by humans. …

[HTML][HTML] Multimodal human thymic profiling reveals trajectories and cellular milieu for T agonist selection

M Heimli, ST Flåm, HS Hjorthaug, D Trinh… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
To prevent autoimmunity, thymocytes expressing self-reactive T cell receptors (TCRs) are
negatively selected, however, divergence into tolerogenic, agonist selected lineages represent …

The HLA profiles of mixed connective tissue disease differ distinctly from the profiles of clinically related connective tissue diseases

ST Flåm, R Gunnarsson, T Garen… - …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Objective. The Norwegian nationwide MCTD cohort was established to obtain unbiased data
on key disease issues, and thereby reappraise the concept of MCTD. In the current study, …

[HTML][HTML] Correlation between gene expression and MRI STIR signals in patients with chronic low back pain and Modic changes indicates immune involvement

MD Vigeland, ST Flåm, MD Vigeland, A Espeland… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Disability and distress caused by chronic low back pain (LBP) lacking clear pathoanatomical
explanations cause huge problems both for patients and society. A subgroup of patients …

Genetic risk variants for autoimmune diseases that influence gene expression in thymus

…, SS Amundsen, H Helgeland, ST Flåm… - Human molecular …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have boosted our knowledge of genetic risk variants
in autoimmune diseases (AIDs). Most risk variants are located within or near genes with …

[HTML][HTML] Human thymic putative CD8αα precursors exhibit a biased TCR repertoire in single cell AIRR-seq

M Heimli, S Tennebø Flåm, H Sagsveen Hjorthaug… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Thymic T cell development comprises T cell receptor (TCR) recombination and assessment
of TCR avidity towards self-peptide-MHC complexes presented by antigen-presenting cells. …

[HTML][HTML] Transcriptome profiling of human thymic CD4+ and CD8+ T cells compared to primary peripheral T cells

…, I Gabrielsen, H Akselsen, AYM Sundaram, ST Flåm… - BMC genomics, 2020 - Springer
Background The thymus is a highly specialized organ of the immune system where T cell
precursors develop and differentiate into self-tolerant CD4+ or CD8+ T cells. No studies to date …

[PDF][PDF] The HLA profiles of mixed connective tissue disease differ distinctly from the profiles of clinically related connective tissue diseases

ST Flam, R Gunnarsson, T Garen, BA Lie… - Rheumatology (Oxford …, 2015 - Citeseer
Objective. The Norwegian nationwide MCTD cohort was established to obtain unbiased data
on key disease issues, and thereby reappraise the concept of MCTD. In the current study, …

Lack of association among peptidyl arginine deiminase type 4 autoantibodies, PADI4 polymorphisms, and clinical characteristics in rheumatoid arthritis

…, BK Andreassen, Ø Molberg, ST Flåm… - The Journal of …, 2018 - jrheum.org
Objective. We aimed to jointly investigate the role of antipeptidyl arginine deiminase type 4
antibodies (anti-PAD4) and polymorphisms in the PADI4 gene together with clinical variables …

[HTML][HTML] Long-Term Use of Amoxicillin Is Associated with Changes in Gene Expression and DNA Methylation in Patients with Low Back Pain and Modic Changes

MD Vigeland, ST Flåm, MD Vigeland, A Espeland… - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Long-term antibiotics are prescribed for a variety of medical conditions, recently including
low back pain with Modic changes. The molecular impact of such treatment is unknown. We …