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Polymorphisms of the XRCC1, XRCC3 and XPD genes and risk of colorectal adenoma and carcinoma, in a Norwegian cohort: a case control studyCamilla Furu Skjelbred
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Telemark Hospital, N 3710 Skien, Norway
BMC Cancer 6:67. 2006..In this study we have focused on the XRCC1, XRCC3 and XPD genes, involved in base excision repair, homologous recombinational repair and nucleotide excision repair, respectively...- Resection rectopexy for external rectal prolapse reduces constipation and anal incontinenceE Johnson
Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Ulleval University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Scand J Surg 96:56-61. 2007..The main aim was to examine constipation and anal incontinence in patients before and after resection for external rectal prolapse... - [Surgery and stenting for oesophageal cancer]Egil Johnson
Gastrokirurgisk avdeling, Ulleval universitetssykehus, 0407 Oslo
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 125:286-8. 2005..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the results of surgery and stenting for operable and inoperable oesophageal cancer... - Survival and complications after insertion of self-expandable metal stents for malignant oesophageal stenosisEgil Johnson
Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Ulleval University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Scand J Gastroenterol 41:252-6. 2006..To report on survival and complications after insertion of self-expandable stents in patients with malignant oesophageal stenosis... - [Internal rectal invagination treated with rectopexy and sigmoid resection]Egil Johnson
Gastrokirurgisk avdeling, Ullevål universitetssykehus 0407 Oslo
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 124:632-3. 2004..Internal rectal intussusception, usually occurring in women, causes constipation and incomplete evacuation of stool... - Effect of an extract based on the medicinal mushroom Agaricus blazei murill on release of cytokines, chemokines and leukocyte growth factors in human blood ex vivo and in vivoE Johnson
Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Scand J Immunol 69:242-50. 2009.... - [Surgical treatment of anal fissure]Erlend Landsend
Gastrokirurgisk avdeling, Ulleval universitetssykehus, Oslo
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 123:3366-7. 2003..Anal fissure is very painful; surgery is warranted when medical treatment fails... - [Secondary anterior sphincteroplasty for anal incontinence after delivery]Egil Johnson
Gastrokirurgisk avdeling, Ulleval universitetssykehus, Oslo
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 123:2443-4. 2003..The prevalence of anal sphincter rupture at vaginal delivery is from 0.5 to 2.5 %. More than 50 % of these patients may need a secondary anterior sphincteroplasty because of anal incontinence... - Short- and long-term results of secondary anterior sphincteroplasty in 33 patients with obstetric injuryEgil Johnson
Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Ulleval, Norway
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 89:1466-72. 2010..To study short- and long-term improvement in obstetric anal incontinence after secondary overlapping sphincteroplasty and repeat repairs... - Effect of an extract of the mushroom Agaricus blazei Murill on expression of adhesion molecules and production of reactive oxygen species in monocytes and granulocytes in human whole blood ex vivoSoosaipillai Bernardshaw
Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Ulleval University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
APMIS 115:719-25. 2007..The rich beta-glucan content of AbM could play a crucial role in this immune response... - An extract of the medicinal mushroom Agaricus blazei Murill differentially stimulates production of pro-inflammatory cytokines in human monocytes and human vein endothelial cells in vitroSoosaipillai Bernardshaw
Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Ulleval University Hospital, Kirkeveien 166, 0407 Oslo, Norway
Inflammation 29:147-53. 2005..AbM did neither induce synthesis of cytokines IL-10 nor IL-12 in monocytes or EC. Our results demonstrate the differential effect of AbM stimulation on the magnitude of pro-inflammatory cytokines produced by monocytes and EC... - Long-term outcome after intestinal resection for Crohn's diseaseErlend Landsend
Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, , Oslo, Norway
Scand J Gastroenterol 41:1204-8. 2006..3 years after the first repeat resection. CONCLUSIONS: This study indicates a diminution of Crohn's disease activity with time, as demonstrated by no need for intestinal repeat resection more than 25 years after the first resection... - [Pain and rehabilitation after inguinal hernia repair in adult male patients]Hans Olaf Johannessen
Gastrokirurgisk avdeling og Dagkirurgisk senter, Ulleval universitetssykehus, 0407 Oslo
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 124:1916-8. 2004..Increased awareness of post-hernia repair pain motivated a study of pain and rehabilitation after day surgery... - Human umbilical vein endothelial cells express complement receptor 1 (CD35) and complement receptor 4 (CD11c/CD18) in vitroHarald Langeggen
Research Forum, Ulleval Hospital, University of Oslo, Norway
Inflammation 26:103-10. 2002..The presence of CR1 (CD35) and CR4 (CD1c/CD18) on HUVEC indicates that endothelial cells (EC) have the potential to bind C3b and iC3b, respectively, which both mediate biological effects in the course of complement activation... - [Treatment of oesophageal perforations]Ghous Gondal
Gastrokirurgisk avdeling, Ulleval universitetssykehus, 0407 Oslo
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 128:1050-2. 2008..Esophageal perforation is a serious condition with a high mortality. Treatment is both surgical and conservative... - [Treatment of neutropenic enterocolitis]Ghous Gondal
Gastrokirurgisk avdeling, Oslo universitetssykehus, Ullevål 0407, Oslo, Norway
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 130:143-5. 2010..Neutropenic enterocolitis is a life-threatening complication that usually occurs in connection with chemotherapy for acute leukemias. Our experience with diagnosis and treatment of these patients is presented... - The Mushroom Agaricus blazei Murill Elicits Medicinal Effects on Tumor, Infection, Allergy, and Inflammation through Its Modulation of Innate Immunity and Amelioration of Th1/Th2 Imbalance and InflammationGeir Hetland
Department of Cellular Therapy, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo University Hospital, Ullernchaussen 70, 0130 Oslo, Norway
Adv Pharmacol Sci 2011:157015. 2011..These effects are mediated through the mushroom's stimulation of innate immune cells, such as monocytes, NK cells, and dendritic cells, and the amelioration of a skewed Th1/Th2 balance and inflammation... - An extract of the mushroom Agaricus blazei Murill protects against lethal septicemia in a mouse model of fecal peritonitisSoosaipillai Bernardshaw
Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Ulleval University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Shock 25:420-5. 2006..Further studies are needed on humans when considering whether AbM could be used as an alternative treatment modality for patients at risk of contracting serious bacterial peritonitis... - An extract based on the medicinal mushroom Agaricus blazei Murill stimulates monocyte-derived dendritic cells to cytokine and chemokine production in vitroD T Førland
Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Ulleval, Norway
Cytokine 49:245-50. 2010..We conclude that stimulation of MDDC with an AbM-based extract resulted in increased production of proinflammatory, chemotactic and some Th1-type cytokines in vitro... - Effect of a medicinal extract from Agaricus blazei Murill on gene expression in a human monocyte cell line as examined by microarrays and immuno assaysL K Ellertsen
Division of Environmental Medicine, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
Int Immunopharmacol 6:133-43. 2006..Although most genes induced by AbM were also induced by LPS, AbM produced a unique profile, e.g., as to a particular increase in mRNA for the cytokines IL1A, CXCL1, CXCL2 and CXCL3, as well as PTGS2 (cyclooxygenase2)... - An extract of the mushroom Agaricus blazei Murill administered orally protects against systemic Streptococcus pneumoniae infection in miceS Bernardshaw
Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Ulleval University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Scand J Immunol 62:393-8. 2005..Our results suggest that AbM extract may be useful as additional prophylactic and possibly therapeutic treatment against bacterial and possibly other infections in humans... - Effects of the medicinal mushroom Agaricus blazei Murill on immunity, infection and cancerG Hetland
Department of Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Scand J Immunol 68:363-70. 2008..We also present some novel findings, which point to highly different biological potency between AbM extracts of different source and manufacturing... - Morbidity and functional outcome after restorative proctocolectomy for ulcerative colitisE Johnson
Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, , University of Oslo, Norway
Eur J Surg 167:40-5. 2001..CONCLUSION: Continence-preserving proctocolectomy carries considerable morbidity, but the long term functional outcome is satisfactory and does not seem to deteriorate substantially... - Effects on gene expression and viral load of a medicinal extract from Agaricus blazei in patients with chronic hepatitis C infectionB Grinde
Division of Infectious Disease Control, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Ulleval University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Int Immunopharmacol 6:1311-4. 2006.... - [Inguinal and femoral hernia repair in Norway 1990-2003]Odd Mjåland
Gastrokirurgisk avdeling, Sørlandet sykehus, 4604 Kristiansand
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 125:1338-40. 2005..The purpose of this study was to chart changes in surgical treatment of inguinal or femoral hernia in Norway from 1990-91 to 1999-2003... - HUVEC take up opsonized zymosan particles and secrete cytokines IL-6 and IL-8 in vitroHarald Langeggen
Research Forum and Department of Pediatrics, , Kirkevej Kirkeveien 166, 0404 Oslo, Norway
FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 36:55-61. 2003..Moreover, EC may participate in the anti-infection defense effort by secreting proinflammatory and chemotactic cytokines in response to the contact with pathogens... - GPX Pro198Leu and OGG1 Ser326Cys polymorphisms and risk of development of colorectal adenomas and colorectal cancerRikke Hansen
National Institute of Occupational Health, Copenhagen, Denmark
Cancer Lett 229:85-91. 2005..56 (95% confidence interval 0.33-0.95), while no association were found with risk of adenomas. This indicates that a low repair capacity of oxidative DNA damage may not be a risk factor for development of colorectal adenomas or carcinoma... - [Appendicitis and appendectomy in Norway 1990-2001]Inger Johanne Bakken
Seksjon for epidemiologisk forskning, SINTEF Unimed, Trondheim
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 123:3185-8. 2003..The purpose of this study was to examine the incidence of appendicitis and appendectomy in Norway from 1990 to 2001... - [Laparoscopic surgery in Norway]Odd Mjåland
Gastrokirurgisk avdeling Sykehuset i Vestfold, Tønsberg 3116 Tønsberg
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 122:2520-3. 2002..Laparoscopic procedures in gastrointestinal surgery have increasingly been used over the last ten years. This study explores the use of various common laparoscopic procedures in Norway... - [Cholecystectomy in Norway 1990-2002]Inger Johanne Bakken
Seksjon for epidemiologisk forskning, SINTEF Helse, 7465 Trondheim
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 124:2376-8. 2004..The purpose of this study was to investigate cholecystectomy incidence and laparoscopy rates in Norway (1990-2002)...