• DOPA Homeostasis by Dopamine: A Control-Theoretic View 

      Kleppe, Rune; Waheed, Qaiser; Ruoff, Peter (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-11)
      Dopamine (DA) is an important signal mediator in the brain as well as in the periphery. The term “dopamine homeostasis” occasionally found in the literature refers to the fact that abnormal DA levels can be associated with ...
    • Hepcidin analysis in pneumonia: Comparison of immunoassay and LC-MS/MS 

      Oppen, Kjersti; Brede, Cato; Skadberg, Øyvind; Steinsvik, Trude; Holter, Jan Cato; Michelsen, Annika Elisabet; Heggelund, Lars (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Background The iron-regulatory hormone hepcidin is a promising biomarker to differentiate anaemia of inflammation from iron deficiency. Plasma hepcidin concentrations increase substantially during inflammation, and the ...
    • Personalized medicine to improve treatment of dopa-responsive dystonia—a focus on tyrosine hydroxylase deficiency 

      Nygaard, Gyrid; Szigetvari, Peter D.; Grindheim, Ann Kari; Ruoff, Peter; Martinez, Aurora; Haavik, Jan; Kleppe, Rune; Flydal, Marte I. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-11)
      Dopa-responsive dystonia (DRD) is a rare movement disorder associated with defective dopamine synthesis. This impairment may be due to the fact of a deficiency in GTP cyclohydrolase I (GTPCHI, GCH1 gene), sepiapterin ...