• Conditional expression of retrovirally delivered anti-MYCN shRNA as an in vitro model system to study neuronal differentiation in MYCN-amplified neuroblastoma 

      Henriksen, Jørn Remi; Haug, Bjørn Helge; Büchner, Jochen; Tømte, Ellen; LØkke, cecilie; Flaegstad, Trond; Einvik, christer (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      Background: Neuroblastoma is a childhood cancer derived from immature cells of the sympathetic nervous system. The disease is clinically heterogeneous, ranging from neuronal differentiated benign ganglioneuromas to aggressive metastatic tumours with poor prognosis. Amplification of the MYCN oncogene is a well established poor prognostic factor found in up to 40% of high risk neuroblastomas. Using ...
    • MYCN-regulated miRNAs Inhibit Secretion of the Tumor Suppressor DICKKOPF-3 (DKK3) in Neuroblastoma 

      Haug, Bjørn Helge; Henriksen, Jørn Remi; Buechner, Jochen; Kogner, Per; Martinsson, Tommy; Flægstad, Trond; Sveinbjørnsson, Baldur; Einvik, Christer (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      The MYCN oncogene is frequently amplified in neuroblastoma. It is one of the most consistent markers of a bad prognosis for this disease. Dickkopf-3 (DKK3) is a secreted protein of the Dickkopf family of Wnt regulators. It functions as a tumor suppressor in a range of cancers, including neuroblastoma. MYCN was recently found to downregulate DKK3 mRNA. In this study, we show that MYCN knockdown in ...
    • A staphylococcus aureus TIR domain protein virulence factor blocks TLR2-mediated NF-κB signaling 

      Askarian, Fatemeh; van Sorge, Nina; Sangvik, Maria; Beasley, Federico C; Henriksen, Jørn Remi; Sollid, Johanna U Ericson; van Strijp, Jos A. G.; Nizet, Victor; Johannessen, Mona (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2014)
    • Targeted MYCN suppression and its effect on miRNA in neuroblastoma 

      Henriksen, Jørn Remi (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2010-12-03)
      Neuroblastoma is the most common extra-cranial tumour disease in children, and accounts for 15% of all childhood cancer deaths. MYCN is a transcription factor and a proto-oncogene that most often initiates transcription of target genes involved in increased proliferation and inhibition of differentiation. MYCN amplified neuroblastoma represents the most aggressive form of this disease. Silencing of ...
    • Tumour-suppressor microRNAs let-7 and mir-101 target the proto-oncogene MYCN and inhibit cell proliferation in MYCN-amplified neuroblastoma 

      Buechner, Jochen; Tømte, Ellen; Haug, Bjørn Helge; Henriksen, Jørn Remi; Løkke, Cecilie; Flægstad, Trond; Einvik, Christer (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2011-06-07)
      BACKGROUND: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) regulate expression of many cancer-related genes through posttranscriptional repression of their mRNAs. In this study we investigate the proto-oncogene MYCN as a target for miRNA regulation.<p> <p>METHODS: A luciferase reporter assay was used to investigate software-predicted miRNA target sites in the 30 -untranslated region (30 UTR) of MYCN. The miRNAs were ...