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Kjetil H. Elvevold

Post Doc

Telefon (+47)
776 44686/45394

E-mail
kjetilhe@fagmed.uit.no

Qualifications:
BSc., 1994, University of Tromsø
MSc., 1995-1997, University of Tromsø

Title of the Master of Science thesis(hovedfag):
"Lysosomal enzymes in liver endothelial cells"

Ph.D. 2000-2005
Title of Ph.D thesis : "Scavenger functions of liver sinusoidal endothelial cells in vitro and in vivo".

Present employment:
2005- Post Doc, Department of Experimental Pathology, University of Tromsø

Publications:
Uptake of lithium carmine by sinusoidal endothelial and Kupffer cells of the rat liver: new insights into the classical vital staining and the reticulo- endothelial system, Y. Kawai, B. Smedsrød, K. Elvevold and K. Wake. Cell Tissue Research, 1998, 292:395-410

Elvevold, K., Nedredal, G.I., Revhaug, A., Smedsrod, B. Pig liver scavenger endothelial cells in a bioartificial liver. In: Cells of the hepatic sinusoid (eds.: E. Wisse, D. Knook, De Zanger, M. Arthur). Vol. 8, Kupffer Cell Foundation, Leiden, The Netherlands, pp 314-316 (2001).

Nedredal, G.I., Elvevold, K.H., Ytrebo, L.M., Olsen, R., Revhaug, A., Smedsrod, B. Liver sinusoidal endothelial cells represent an important blood clearance system in pig. Comparative Hepatology 2: 1 (2003)

Dmitri N. Svistounov, Tore J. Berg, Peter A.G. McCourt, Svetlana N. Zykova, Kjetil H. Elvevold, Ryoji Nagai, Seikoh Horiuchi and Bård H. Smedsrød . Lack of recognition of Nε -(carboxymethyl)lysine by the mouse liver reticulo-endothelial system: implications for pathophysiology. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 309 (2003) 786-791

Elvevold KH, Nedredal GI, Revhaug A, Smedsrod B.
Scavenger properties of cultivated pig liver endothelial cells.Comp Hepatol. 2004 Aug 1

Hansen, B., Longati, P., Elvevold, K., Nedredal, G.I., Schledzewski, K., Olsen, R., Falkowski, M., Kzhyshkowska, J., Carlsson, F., Johansson, S., Smedsrod, B., Goerdt, S., McCourt, P. Stabilin-1 and stabilin-2 are both directed into the early endocytic pathway in hepatic sinusoidal endothelium via interactions with clathrin/AP-2, independent of ligand binding. Exp Cell Res. 2005 Feb 1;303(1):160-73.

Elvevold K, Nedredal GI, Revhaug A, Bertheussen K, Smedsrod B. Long-term preservation of high endocytic activity in primary cultures of pig liver sinusoidal endothelial cells.
Eur J Cell Biol. 2005 Sep;84(9):749-64.