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Rolf
Bjerkvig
Professor
Visit Address: 
Jonas Lies vei 91
5020 Bergen
Postal Address: 
Postboks 7800
5020 Bergen
Phone: 
+47 55 58 63 52
+47 951 18 268
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Books
  • Rokstad, Anne Mari Aukan; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Espevik, Terje; Lund-Johansen, M. 2005. Cell encapsulation therapy for malignant gliomas. Springer. 16 pages.
  • Mikkelsen, T.; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Laerum, O.D.; Rosenblum, M. 1998. Brain Tumor Invasion: Clinical, Biological and Therapeutic Considerations.
  • Mikkelsen, T.; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Laerum, O.D.; Rosenblum, M. 1998. Brain Tumor Invasion: Clinical, Biological and Therapeutic Considerations.
  • Mikkelsen, T.; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Lærum, Ole Didrik; Rosenblum, M. 1998. Brain Tumor Invasion: Clinical, Biological and Therapeutic Consideration. ISBN: 0-471-15452-0.
  • Mikkelsen, T; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Laerum, OD; Rosenblum, ML. 1998. Brain Tumor Invasion. Biological, Clinical and Therapeutic Considerations. John Wiley & Sons.
  • Mikkelsen, T; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Laerum, OD; Rosenblum, ML. 1998. Brain Tumor Invasion. Biological, Clinical and Therapeutic Considerations. John Wiley & Sons.
  • Mikkelsen, T; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Lærum, Ole Didrik; Rosenblum, M. 1998. Brain Tumor Invasion: Biological, Clinical and Therapeutic Considerations. ISBN: 0-471-15452-0.
  • Mikkelsen, T; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Lærum, Ole Didrik; Rosenblum, ML. 1998. Brain tumor invasion: Biological, clinical, and therapeutic considerations. John Wiley & Sons.
Journal articles
  • Daphu, Inderjit Kaur; Horn, Sindre August; Stieber, Daniel; Varughese, Jobin K.; Spriet, Endy; Dale, Hege Avsnes; Skaftnesmo, Kai Ove; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Thorsen, Frits Alan. 2014. In vitro treatment of melanoma brain metastasis by simultaneously targeting the MAPK and PI3K signaling pathways. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 15: 8773-8794. doi: 10.3390/ijms15058773
  • Stieber, Daniel; Golebiewska, Anna; Evers, Lisa; Lenkiewicz, Elizabeth; Brons, Nicolas H.C.; Nicot, Nathalie; Oudin, Anaïs; Bougnaud, Sébastien; Hertel, Frank; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Vallar, Laurent; Barrett, Michael T.; Niclou, Simone P. 2014. Glioblastomas are composed of genetically divergent clones with distinct tumourigenic potential and variable stem cell-associated phenotypes. Acta Neuropathologica. 127: 203-219. doi: 10.1007/s00401-013-1196-4
  • van Lith, Sanne A.M.; Navis, Anna C.; Verrijp, Kiek; Niclou, Simone P.; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Wesseling, Pieter; Tops, Bastiaan; Molenaar, Remco; van Nordeen, Cornelis J.F.; Leenders, William P.J. 2014. Glutamate as chemotactic fuel for diffuse glioma cells: Are they glutamate suckers? Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. CR. Reviews on Cancer. 1846: 66-74. doi: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2014.04.004
  • Daphu, Inderjit Kaur; Sundstrøm, Terje; Horn, Sindre August; Huszthy, Peter Csaba; Niclou, Simone P; Sakariassen, Per Øystein; Immervoll, Heike; Miletic, Hrvoje; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Thorsen, Frits Alan. 2013. In vivo animal models for studying brain metastasis: value and limitations. Clinical and Experimental Metastasis. 30: 695-710. Published 2013-01-16. doi: 10.1007/s10585-013-9566-9
  • Eisenreich, Sophie; Abou-El-Ardat, Khalil; Szafranski, Karol; Valenzuela, Jaime A.C.; Rump, Andreas; Nigro, Janice Marie; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Gerlach, Eva-Maria; Hackmann, Karl; Schröck, Evelin; Krex, Dietmar; Kaderali, Lars; Schackert, Gabriele; Platzer, Mathias; Klink, Barbara. 2013. Novel CIC point mutations and an exon-spanning, homozygous deletion identified in oligodendroglial tumors by a comprehensive genomic approach including transcriptome Sequencing. PLoS ONE. 8. 11 pages. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076623
  • Eskilsson, Eskil; Talasila, Krishna Mukharji; Røsland, Gro Vatne; Leiss, Lina Wik; Saed, Halala Sdik; Brekka, Narve; Sakariassen, Per Øystein; Lund-Johansen, Morten; Enger, Per Øyvind; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Miletic, Hrvoje. 2013. ACTIVATION OF THE PROTOTYPICAL SFK c-Src PROMOTES ANGIOGENESIS OF HUMAN GLIOBLASTOMA. Neuro-Oncology. 15: 3-3.
  • Fack, F; Espedal, Heidi; Obad, Nina; Keunen, Olivier; Gotlieb, E; Sakariassen, Per Øystein; Miletic, Hrvoje; Niclou, Simone P; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 2013. GLIOBLASTOMA ADAPTATION TO ANTI-VASCULAR THERAPY INVOLVES AN UP-REGULATION OF GLYCOLYSIS WHERE LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE (LDH) REPRESENTS A POTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC TARGET. Neuro-Oncology. 15: 7-7.
  • Golebiewska, Anna; Bougnaud, Sébastien; Stieber, Daniel; Brons, Nicolas H.C.; Vallar, Laurent; Hertel, Frank; Klink, Barbara; Schröck, Evelin; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Niclou, Simone P. 2013. Side population in human glioblastoma is non-tumorigenic and characterizes brain endothelial cells. Brain. 136: 1462-1475. doi: 10.1093/brain/awt025
  • Golebiewska, Anna; Stieber, Daniel; Evers, Lisa; Lenkiewicz, Elizabeth; Brons, Nicolas H.C.; Nicot, Nathalie; Oudin, Anaîs; Bougnaud, Sébastien; Hertel, Frank; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Barrett, Mike; Vallar, Laurent; Niclou, Simone P. 2013. CLONAL EVOLUTION MEETS CANCER STEM CELLS IN GLIOBLASTOMA. Neuro-Oncology. 15: 208-209.
  • Johannessen, Tor-Christian Aase; Prestegarden, Lars; Grudic, Amra; Hegi, Monika E.; Tysnes, Berit Bølge; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 2013. The DNA repair protein ALKBH2 mediates temozolomide resistance in human glioblastoma cells. Neuro-Oncology. 15: 269-278. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/nos301
  • Johannessen, Tor-Christian Aase; Wagner, Marek; Straume, Oddbjørn; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Eikesdal, Hans Petter. 2013. Tumor vasculature: the Achilles' heel of cancer? Expert opinion on therapeutic targets. 17: 7-20. doi: 10.1517/14728222.2013.730522
  • Klink, Barbara; Miletic, Hrvoje; Stieber, Daniel; Huszthy, Peter Csaba; Jaime Alberto Campos, Valenzuela; Balss, Jörg; Wang, Jian; Schubert, Manja; Sakariassen, Per Øystein; Sundstrøm, Terje; Torsvik, Anja; Aarhus, Mads; Mahesparan, Rupavathana; von Deimling, Andreas; Kaderali, Lars; Niclou, Simone P; Schröck, Evelin; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Nigro, Janice Marie. 2013. A novel, diffusely infiltrative xenograft model of human anaplastic oligodendroglioma with mutations in FUBP1, CIC, and IDH1. PLoS ONE. 8: e59773. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059773
  • Petersen, Kjell; Rajcevic, Uros; Rahim, Siti Aminah Abdul; Jonassen, Inge; Kalland, Karl-Henning; Jimenez, Connie R.; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Niclou, Simone P. 2013. Gene set based integrated data analysis reveals phenotypic differences in a brain cancer model. PLoS ONE. 8. 11 pages. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068288
  • Podergajs, Neza; Brekkå, Narve; Radlwimmer, Bernhard; Herold-Mende, Christel; Talasila, Krishna Mukharji; Tiemann, Katja; Rajcevic, Uros; Lah, Tamara T.; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Miletic, Hrvoje. 2013. Expansive growth of two glioblastoma stem-like cell lines is mediated by bFGF and not by EGF. Radiology and Oncology. 47: 330-337. doi: 10.2478/raon-2013-0063
  • Primon, Monika; Huszthy, Peter Csaba; Motaln, Helena; Talasila, Krishna Mukharji; Torkar, Ana; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Turnšek, Tamara L. 2013. Cathepsin L silencing enhances arsenic trioxide mediated in vitro cytotoxicity and apoptosis in glioblastoma U87MG spheroids. Experimental Cell Research. 319: 2637-2648. doi: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2013.08.011
  • Røsland, Gro Vatne; Talasila, Krishna Mukharji; Eskilsson, Eskil; Jahedi, Roza Zehtab; Azuaje, Fransisco; Stieber, Daniel; Foerster, Sarah; Varughese, Jobin K.; Ritter, Christoph; Niclou, Simone P; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Miletic, Hrvoje. 2013. DISTINCT FUNCTIONAL ROLES OF WILD-TYPE EGFR AND ITS MUTANT EGFRvIII IN GLIOBLASTOMA DEVELOPMENT. Neuro-Oncology. 15: 6-6.
  • Sundstrøm, Terje; Daphu, Inderjit Kaur; Wendelbo, Ingvild Haukaas; Hodneland, Erlend; Lundervold, Arvid; Immervoll, Heike; Skaftnesmo, Kai Ove; Babic, Michal; Jendelova, Pavla; Sykova, Eva; Lund-Johansen, Morten; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Thorsen, Frits Alan. 2013. Automated tracking of nanoparticle-labeled melanoma cells improves the predictive power of a brain metastasis model. Cancer Research. 73: 2445-2456. Published 2013-04-15. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-12-3514
  • Sundstrøm, Terje; Varughese, Jobin K.; Harter, Patrick; Prestegarden, Lars; Petersen, Kjell; Azuaje, Fransisco; Tepper, Clifford; Ingham, Elizabeth; Even, Lisa; Johnson, Sarah; Skaftnesmo, Kai Ove; Lund-Johansen, Morten; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Ferrara, Katherine W.; Thorsen, Frits Alan. 2013. BRAIN-SPECIFIC GENE SIGNATURE OF MELANOMA METASTASIS. Neuro-Oncology. 15: 27-27.
  • Talasila, Krishna Mukharji; Brekkå, Narve; Mangseth, Kjersti; Stieber, Daniel; Evensen, Lasse; Røsland, Gro Vatne; Torsvik, Anja; Wagner, Marek; Niclou, Simone P.; Mahesparan, Rupavathana; Vintermyr, Olav Karsten; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Nigro, Janice Marie; Miletic, Hrvoje. 2013. Tumor versus stromal cells in culture-survival of the fittest? PLoS ONE. 8. 12 pages. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081183
  • Talasila, Krishna Mukharji; Soentgerath, Anke; Euskirchen, Philipp; Rosland, Gunnar Alm; Wang, Jian; Huszthy, Peter; Prestegarden, Lars; Skaftnesmo, Kai Ove; Sakariassen, Per Øystein; Eskilsson, Eskil; Stieber, Daniel; Keunen, Olivier; Nigro, Janice; Vintermyr, Olav Karsten; Lund-Johansen, Morten; Niclou, Simone P; Mork, Stian; Enger, Per Øyvind; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Miletic, Hrvoje. 2013. EGFR wild-type amplification and activation promote invasion and development of glioblastoma independent of angiogenesis. Neuro-Oncology. 15: 6-6.
  • Talasila, Krishna Mukharji; Soentgerath, Anke; Euskirchen, Philipp; Røsland, Gro Vatne; Wang, Jian; Huszthy, Peter Csaba; Prestegarden, Lars; Skaftnesmo, Kai Ove; Sakariassen, Per Øystein; Eskilsson, Eskil; Stieber, Daniel; Keunen, Olivier; Brekkå, Narve; Moen, Ingrid; Nigro, Janice Marie; Vintermyr, Olav Karsten; Lund-Johansen, Morten; Niclou, Simone P; Mørk, Sverre; Enger, Per Øyvind; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Miletic, Hrvoje. 2013. EGFR wild-type amplification and activation promote invasion and development of glioblastoma independent of angiogenesis. Acta Neuropathologica. 125: 683-698. doi: 10.1007/s00401-013-1101-1
  • Torsvik, Anja; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 2013. Mesenchymal stem cell signaling in cancer progression. Cancer Treatment Reviews. 39: 180-188. doi: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2012.03.005
  • Wagner, Marek; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Wiig, Helge; Dudley, Andrew C. 2013. Loss of adipocyte specification and necrosis augment tumor-associated inflammation. Adipocyte. 2: 176-183. doi: 10.4161/adip.24472
  • Bougnaud, Sébastien; Golebiewska, Anna; Oudin, Anaîs; Brons, Nicolas H.C.; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Niclou, Simone P. 2012. Differential tumor-stroma interactions in glioblastoma. Neuro-Oncology. 14: 13-13. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/nos183
  • Fack, Fred; Zheng, Leon Liang; Frezza, Christian; Keunen, Olivier; Kalna, Gabriela; Nazarov, Petr; Gottlieb, Eyal; Niclou, Simone P; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 2012. METABOLIC ANALYSIS OF GLIOBLASTOMA XENOGRAFTS AFTER ANTI-ANGIOGENIC TREATMENT. Neuro-Oncology. 14: 58-58.
  • Gole, Boris; Huszthy, Peter Csaba; Popovic, Mara; Jeruc, Jera; Ardebili, Youssef S.; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Lah, Tamara T. 2012. The regulation of cysteine cathepsins and cystatins in human gliomas. International Journal of Cancer. 131: 1779-1789. doi: 10.1002/ijc.27453
  • Golebiewska, A; Bougnaud, S.; Stieber, D; Brons, Nicolas H.C.; Vallar, Laurent; Hertel, F.; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Niclou, S. 2012. SIDE POPULATION IN HUMAN GLIOBLASTOMA DOES NOT CHARACTERIZE CANCER STEM CELL POPULATIONS AND IS EXCLUSIVELY STROMA-DERIVED. Neuro-Oncology. 14: 42-43.
  • Huszthy, Peter Csaba; Daphu, Inderjit Kaur; Niclou, Simone P; Stieber, Daniel; Nigro, Janice Marie; Sakariassen, Per Øystein; Miletic, Hrvoje; Thorsen, Frits Alan; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 2012. In vivo models of primary brain tumors: pitfalls and perspectives. Neuro-Oncology. 14: 979-993. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/nos135
  • Johannessen, Tor-Christian Aase; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 2012. Molecular mechanisms of temozolomide resistance in glioblastoma multiforme. Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy. 12: 635-642. doi: 10.1586/ERA.12.37
  • Lång, Emma Helena; Grudic, Amra; Pankiv, Serhiy; Bruserud, Øystein; Simonsen, Anne; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Bjørås, Magnar; Bøe, Stig Ove. 2012. The arsenic-based cure of acute promyelocytic leukemia promotes cytoplasmic sequestration of PML and PML/RARA through inhibition of PML body recycling. Blood. 120: 847-857. doi: 10.1182/blood-2011-10-388496
  • Najbauer, Joseph; Huszthy, Peter Csaba; Barish, Michael E.; Garcia, Elizabeth; Metz, Marianne Z.; Myers, Sarah M.; Gutova, Margarita; Frank, Richard T.; Miletic, Hrvoje; Kendall, Stephen Edward; Glackin, Carlotta A.; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Aboody, Karen S. 2012. Cellular host responses to gliomas. PLoS ONE. 7. 12 pages. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035150
  • Torsvik, Anja; Røsland, Gro Vatne; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 2012. Comment to: "Spontaneous transformation of adult mesenchymal stem cells from cynomolgus macaques in vitro" by Z. Ren et al. Exp. Cell Res. 317 (2011) 2950-2957, Spontaneous transformation of mesenchymal stem cells in culture: Facts or fiction? Experimental Cell Research. 318: 441-443. doi: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2011.12.009
  • Torsvik, Anja; Røsland, Gro Vatne; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 2012. Spontaneous Transformation of Stem Cells In Vitro and the Issue of Cross-Contamination. International Journal of Biological Sciences. 8: 1051-1052. doi: 10.7150/ijbs.3665
  • Viel, Thomas; Talasila, Krishna Mukharji; Monfared, Parisa; Wang, Jian; Jikeli, Jan F.; Waerzeggers, Yannic; Neumaier, Bernd; Backes, Heiko; Brekkå, Narve; Thorsen, Frits Alan; Stieber, Daniel; Niclou, Simone P; Winkeler, Alexandra; Tavitian, Bertrand; Hoehn, Mathias; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Miletic, Hrvoje; Jacobs, Andreas Hans. 2012. Analysis of the growth dynamics of angiogenesis-dependent and -independent experimental glioblastomas by multimodal small-animal PET and MRI. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 53: 1135-1145. doi: 10.2967/jnumed.111.101659
  • Wagner, Marek; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Wiig, Helge; Melero-Martin, Juan M.; Lin, Ruei-Zeng; Klagsbrun, Michael; Dudley, Andrew C. 2012. Inflamed tumor-associated adipose tissue is a depot for macrophages that stimulate tumor growth and angiogenesis. Angiogenesis. 15: 481-495. doi: 10.1007/s10456-012-9276-y
  • Atai, Nadia A; Renkema-Mills, Nynke A; Bosman, Joost; Schmidt, Nadja; Rijkeboer, Denise; Tigchelaar, Wikky; Bosch, Klazien S; Troost, Dirk; Jonker, Ard; Bleeker, Fonnet E; Miletic, Hrvoje; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Hamer, Philip C De Witt; Van Noorden, Cornelius JF. 2011. Differential Activity of NADPH-Producing Dehydrogenases Renders Rodents Unsuitable Models to Study IDH1(R132) Mutation Effects in Human Glioblastoma. Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry. 59: 489-503. doi: 10.1369/0022155411400606
  • Bjerkvig, Rolf; Keunen, Oliver; Niclou, Simone P. 2011. Optimising Treatment In Gliomas - Translational. European Journal of Cancer. 47: S63-S64.
  • Daphu, Inderjit Kaur; Immervoll, Heike; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Thorsen, Frits Alan. 2011. A novel and clinically relevant mouse model reflecting the disease progression in melanoma brain metastasis in patients. Clinical and Experimental Metastasis. 28: 238-238.
  • Daphu, Inderjit Kaur; Immervoll, Heike; Wendelbo, Ingvild Haukaas; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Thorsen, Frits Alan. 2011. Molecular imaging and genetic studies reveal selective homing of human brain metastatic cells to various organs in NOD/SCID mice. Clinical and Experimental Metastasis. 28: 194-194.
  • Duenisch, Pedro; Reichart, Rupert; Mueller, Ulrike; Brodhun, Michael; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Romeike, Bernd; Walter, Jan; Herbold, Christian; Regenbrecht, Christian R.A.; Kalff, Rolf; Kuhn, Susanne A. 2011. Neural cell adhesion molecule isoform 140 declines with rise of WHO grade in human gliomas and serves as indicator for the invasion zone of multiform glioblastomas and brain metastases. Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology. 137: 399-414. doi: 10.1007/s00432-010-0888-6
  • Euskirchen, Philipp; Skaftnesmo, Kai Ove; Huszthy, Peter Csaba; Brekkå, Narve; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Jacobs, Andreas H.; Miletic, Hrvoje. 2011. NUMB does not impair growth and differentiation status of experimental gliomas. Experimental Cell Research. 317: 2864-2873. doi: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2011.09.002
  • Golebiewska, Anna; Brons, Nicolaas HC; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Niclou, Simone P. 2011. Critical appraisal of the side population assay in stem cell and cancer stem cell research. Cell Stem Cell. 8: 136-147. doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2011.01.007
  • Jacobsen, Hege; Dicko, Aly; Wang, Jian; Storli, Kristian Eeg; Leh, Sabine; Thorsen, Frits Alan; Pavlin, Tina; Sondenaa, Karl; Gullberg, Donald; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Enger, Per Øyvind. 2011. Separate analysis of the cancer and stroma cell populations from orthotopically implanted tumor biopsies in eGFP scid mice. Clinical and Experimental Metastasis. 28: 203-203.
  • Keunen, Olivier; Johansson, Mikael; Oudin, Anaîs; Sanzey, Morgane; Rahim, Siti A. Abdul; Fack, Fred; Thorsen, Frits Alan; Taxt, Torfinn; Bartos, Michael; Jirík, Radovan; Miletic, Hrvoje; Wang, Jian; Stieber, Daniel; Stuhr, Linda Elin Birkhaug; Moen, Ingrid; Brekke, Cecilie; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Niclou, Simone P. 2011. Anti-VEGF treatment reduces blood supply and increases tumor cell invasion in glioblastoma. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America. 108: 3749-3754. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1014480108
  • Svendsen, Agnete; Verhoeff, Joost JC; Immervoll, Heike; Brøgger, Jan C; Kmiecik, Justyna; Poli, Aurélie; Netland, Inger Anne; Prestegarden, Lars; Planaguma, Jesus; Torsvik, Anja; Kjersem, Anneli Bohne; Sakariassen, Per Øystein; Heggdal, Jan Ingemann; van Furth, Wouter R; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Lund-Johansen, Morten; Enger, Per Øyvind; Felsberg, Joerg; Brons, Nicolas H.C.; Tronstad, Karl Johan; Waha, Andreas; Chekenya, Martha. 2011. Expression of the progenitor marker NG2/CSPG4 predicts poor survival and resistance to ionising radiation in glioblastoma. Acta Neuropathologica. 122: 495-510. doi: 10.1007/s00401-011-0867-2
  • Szczepanski, C; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Tenstad, Olav; Thorsen, Frits Alan; Wendelbo, Ingvild Haukaas; Martinez, Aurora; Baumann, Anne; Prestegarden, Lars. 2011. Treatment of Solid Cancers Using a New Cationic Cytolytic Peptide. European Journal of Cancer. 47: S148-S148.
  • Wang, Jian; Daphu, Inderjit Kaur; Pedersen, Paal-Henning; Miletic, Hrvoje; Hovland, Randi; Mørk, Sverre; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Tiron, Crina Elena; McCormack, Emmet Martin; Micklem, David Robert; Lorens, James; Immervoll, Heike; Thorsen, Frits Alan. 2011. A novel brain metastases model developed in immunodeficient rats closely mimics the growth of metastatic brain tumours in patients. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology. 37: 189-205. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2010.01119.x
  • Wang, Jian; Svendsen, Agnete; Kmiecik, Justyna; Immervoll, Heike; Skaftnesmo, Kai Ove; Planaguma, Jesus; Reed, Rolf K.; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Miletic, Hrvoje; Enger, Per Øyvind; Brekke, Cecilie; Chekenya, Martha. 2011. Targeting the NG2/CSPG4 Proteoglycan Retards Tumour Growth and Angiogenesis in Preclinical Models of GBM and Melanoma. PLoS ONE. 6. 14 pages. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023062
  • Bjerkvig, Rolf. 2010. Cancer stem cells: current controversies. European Journal of Cancer. 8: 5-5.
  • Chekenya, Martha; Netland, Inger Anne; Verhoeff, Joost JC; Svendsen, Agnete; Brøgger, Jan; Immervoll, Heike; Planaguma, Jesus; Kjersem, Anneli Bohne; Sakariassen, Per Øystein; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Heggedal, JI; Enger, Per Øyvind; Tronstad, Karl Johan; van Furth, Wouter R. 2010. NG2 PROMOTES RESISTANCE TO IONIZING RADIATION BY ELEVATED PEROXIREDOXIN-1 AND DNA DAMAGE RESPONSE IN GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME. Neuro-Oncology. 12: 8-8.
  • Christensen, Karina; Aaberg-Jessen, Charlotte; Andersen, Claus; Goplen, Dorota; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Kristensen, Bjarne Winther. 2010. Immunohistochemical expression of stem cell, endothelial cell, and chemosensitivity markers in primary glioma spheroids cultured in serum-containing and serum-free medium. Neurosurgery. 66: 933-947. doi: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000368393.45935.46
  • Daphu, Inderjit Kaur; Immervoll, Heike; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Thorsen, Frits Alan. 2010. A NOVEL PATIENT MELANOMA BRAIN METASTASIS MODEL DEVELOPED IN NOD-SCID MICE REFLECTS THE CLINICAL METASTATIC DISEASE PROGRESSION IN PATIENTS. Neuro-Oncology. 12: 135-136.
  • Garcia, Pierre; Youssef, Ihsen; Utvik, Jo K.; Florent-Béchard, Sabina; Barthélémy, Vanassa; Malaplate-Armand, Catherine; Kriem, Badreddine; Stenger, Christophe; Koziel, Violette; Olivier, Jean-Luc; Escanye, Marie-Christine; Hanse, Marine; Allouche, Ahmad; Desbène, Cérdric; Yen, Frances T.; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Oster, Thierry; Niclou, Simone P; Pillot, Thierry. 2010. Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor Cell-Based Delivery Prevents Synaptic Impairment and Improves Memory in Mouse Models of Alzheimer's Disease. Journal of Neuroscience. 30: 7516-7527. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4182-09.2010
  • Golebiewska, Anna; Brons, Nicolaas HC; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Niclou, Simone P. 2010. CANCER STEM CELLS IN GLIOBLASTOMA, WHAT ARE THEY? Neuro-Oncology. 12: 123-123.
  • Golebiewska, Anna; Brons, Nicolaas HC; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Niclou, Simone P. 2010. CANCER STEM CELLS IN GLIOBLASTOMA, WHAT ARE THEY? Neuro-Oncology. 12: 40-40.
  • Goplen, Dorota; Bougnaud, Sébastien; Rajcevic, Uros; Bøe, Stig Ove; Skaftnesmo, Kai Ove; Voges, Jurgen; Enger, Per Øyvind; Wang, Jian; Tysnes, Berit Bølge; Lærum, Ole Didrik; Niclou, Simone P; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 2010. alpha B-Crystallin Is Elevated in Highly Infiltrative Apoptosis-Resistant Glioblastoma Cells. American Journal of Pathology. 177: 1618-1628. doi: 10.2353/ajpath.2010.090063
  • Huszthy, Peter Csaba; Brokstad, Karl Albert; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Miletic, Hrvoje. 2010. Successful engraftment of glioblastoma biopsy spheroids in immunocompetent rats. European Journal of Cancer. 8: 76-76.
  • Huszthy, Peter Csaba; Immervoll, Heike; Wang, Jian; Goplen, Dorota; Miletic, Hrvoje; Eide, Geir Egil; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 2010. Cellular effects of oncolytic viral therapy on the glioblastoma microenvironment. Gene Therapy. 17: 202-216. doi: 10.1038/gt.2009.130
  • Johannessen, Tor-Christian Aase; Grudic, Amra; Tysnes, Berit Bølge; Nigro, Janice Marie; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 2010. APPLICATION OF A NOVEL P53 REPORTER ASSAY IN HUMAN GLIOBLASTOMA CELLS. Neuro-Oncology. 12: 96-96.
  • Jul-Larsen, Åsne; Grudic, Amra; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Bøe, Stig Ove. 2010. Subcellular distribution of nuclear import-defective isoforms of the promyelocytic leukemia protein. BMC Molecular Biology. 11. 12 pages. doi: 10.1186/1471-2199-11-89
  • Keunen, Oliver; Johansson, M; Oudin, A; Sanzey, M; Rahim, SABA; Fack, F; Thorsen, F; Taxt, Torfinn; Wang, Jian; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Niclou, SP. 2010. ANTI-ANGIOGENIC TREATMENT IN A CLINICALLY RELEVANT GLIOBLASTOMA MODEL REDUCES BLOOD FLOW AND INCREASES TUMOR CELL INVASION. Neuro-Oncology. 12: 20-20.
  • Najbauer, Joseph; Huszthy, Peter Csaba; Garcia, Elizabeth; Merz, Marianne Z.; Gutova, Margarita; Frank, Richard T.; Miletic, Hrvoje; Glackin, Carlotta A.; Barish, Michael E.; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Aboody, Karen S. 2010. NESTIN-EXPRESSING CELLS IN TUMOR ANGIOGENESIS. Neuro-Oncology. 12: 6-6.
  • Prestegarden, Lars; Svendsen, Agnete; Wang, Jian; Sleire, Linda; Skaftnesmo, Kai Ove; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Yan, Tao; Askland, Lasse Haugen; Persson, Andreas; Sakariassen, Per Øystein; Enger, Per Øyvind. 2010. Glioma cell populations grouped by different cell type markers drive brain tumor growth. Cancer Research. 70: 4274-4279. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-09-3904
  • Rahim, S Abdul; Rajcevic, U; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Niclou, SP. 2010. FUNCTIONAL VALIDATION OF NOVEL MOLECULAR TARGETS FOR ANTI-ANGIOGENIC TREATMENT OF MALIGNANT GLIOMAS. Neuro-Oncology. 12: 49-49.
  • Stieber, D; Sakariassen, Per Øystein; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Niclou, Simone P. 2010. HIGH-RESOLUTION GENOMIC PROFILING OF XENOGRAFTED HUMAN GLIOMAS TO DELINEATE NONANGIOGENIC AND HIGHLY ANGIOGENIC PHENOTYPES IN A CLINICALLY RELEVANT MODEL SYSTEM. Neuro-Oncology. 12: 48-48.
  • Stieber, Daniel; Lenkiewicz, Elizabeth; Evers, Lisa; Vallar, Laurent; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Barrett, Mikael; Niclou, Simone P. 2010. FLOW SORT ARRAY COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION TO ASSESS TUMOR HETEROGENEITY IN GLIOBLASTOMA. Neuro-Oncology. 12: 66-67.
  • Szczepanski, C; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Prestegarden, Lars. 2010. A new lytic peptide for the treatment of cancer. European Journal of Cancer. 8: 58-59.
  • Torsvik, Anja; Røsland, Gro Vatne; Svendsen, Agnete; Molven, Anders; Immervoll, Heike; McCormack, Emmet Martin; Lønning, Per Eystein; Primon, Monica; Sobala, Ewa; Tonn, Jörg Christian; Goldbrunner, Roland; Schichor, Christian; Mysliwietz, Josef; Lah, Tamara; Motaln, Helena; Knappskog, Stian; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 2010. Spontaneous Malignant Transformation of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Reflects Cross-Contamination: Putting the Research Field on Track - Letter. Cancer Research. 70: 6393-6396. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-10-1305
  • Wiig, Helge; Tenstad, Olav; Iversen, Per Ole; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 2010. Interstitial fluid: the overlooked component of the tumor microenvironment? Fibrogenesis & tissue repair. 3. Published 2010-07-23. doi: 10.1186/1755-1536-3-12
  • Bjerkvig, Rolf. 2009. BRAIN TUMOR INITIATION AND DEVELOPMENT, INFLUENCE OF CANCER STEM-LIKE CELLS. Neuro-Oncology. 11: 874-874.
  • Bjerkvig, Rolf; Johansson, Mikael; Miletic, Hrvoje; Niclou, Simone P. 2009. Cancer stem cells and angiogenesis. Seminars in Cancer Biology. 19: 279-284. doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2009.09.001
  • Huszthy, Peter Csaba; Giroglou, Tsanan; Tsinkalovsky, Oleg; Euskirchen, Philipp; Skaftnesmo, Kai Ove; Bjerkvig, Rolf; von Laer, Dorothee; Miletic, Hrvoje. 2009. Remission of invasive, cancer stem-like glioblastoma xenografts using lentiviral vector-mediated suicide gene therapy. PLoS ONE. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006314
  • Johannessen, Tor-Christian Aase; Wang, Jian; Skaftnesmo, Kai Ove; Sakariassen, Per Øystein; Enger, Per Øyvind; Petersen, Kjell; Øyan, Anne Margrete; Kalland, Karl-Henning; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Tysnes, Berit Bølge. 2009. Highly infiltrative brain tumours show reduced chemosensitivity associated with a stem cell-like phenotype. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology. 35: 380-393. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2009.01008.x
  • Jul-Larsen, A; Jul-Larsen, Åsne; Grudic-Feta, Amra; Grudic, A; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Bøe, Stig Ove. 2009. Cell-cycle regulation and dynamics of cytoplasmic compartments containing the promyelocytic leukemia protein and nucleoporins. Journal of Cell Science. 122: 1201-1210. doi: 10.1242/jcs.040840
  • Miletic, Hrvoje; Huszthy, Peter Csaba; Giroglou, Tsanan; Tsinkalovsky, Oleg; Euskirchen, P; Skaftnesmo, Kai Ove; Bjerkvig, Rolf; von Laer, Dorothee. 2009. Lentiviral Vectors Mediate Efficient Suicide Gene Therapy in an Invasive Xenograft Model of Human Glioblastoma. Molecular Therapy. 17: S302-S302.
  • Miletic, Hrvoje; Niclou, Simone P; Johansson, Mikael; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 2009. Anti-VEGF therapies for malignant glioma: treatment effects and escape mechanisms. Expert opinion on therapeutic targets. 13: 455-468. doi: 10.1517/14728220902806444
  • Niclou, SP; Johansson, Mikael; Keunen, O; Wang, Jian; Thorsen, Frits Alan; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 2009. PHENOTYPIC AND PHYSIOLOGIC EFFECTS OF BEVACIZUMAB IN A HIGHLY INFILTRATIVE AND ANGIOGENIC HUMAN GLIOBLASTOMA MODEL. Neuro-Oncology. 11: 906-906.
  • Rajcevic, U; Peterson, K; Knol, Jaco C; Loos, Maarten; Bougnaud, Sébastien; Miletic, Hrvoje; Wang, Jian; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Jimenez, Connie R; Niclou, SP. 2009. MOLECULAR VARIATIONS IN TUMOR-HOST INTERACTIONS BETWEEN INVASIVE AND ANGIOGENIC PHENOTYPE IN HIGH-GRADE GLIOMAS. Neuro-Oncology. 11: 961-961.
  • Rajcevic, Uros; Petersen, Kjell; Knol, Jaco C; Loos, Maarten; Bougnaud, Sébastien; Klychnikov, Oleg; Li, Kan Wa; Pham, Thang V; Wang, Jian; Miletic, Hrvoje; Peng, Zhao; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Jimenez, Connie R; Niclou, Simone P. 2009. iTRAQ-based proteomics profiling reveals increased metabolic activity and cellular cross-talk in angiogenic compared with invasive glioblastoma phenotype. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 8: 2595-2612. doi: 10.1074/mcp.M900124-MCP200
  • Røsland, Gro Vatne; Svendsen, Agnete; Torsvik, Anja; Sobala, Ewa; McCormack, Emmet Martin; Immervoll, Heike; Mysliwietz, Josef; Tonn, Jörg Christian; Goldbrunner, Roland; Lønning, Per Eystein; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Schichor, Christian. 2009. Long-term cultures of bone marrow-derived human mesenchymal stem cells frequently undergo spontaneous malignant transformation. Cancer Research. 69: 5331-5339. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-08-4630
  • Thulin, Asa; Ringvall, Maria; Dimberg, Anna; Kårehed, Karin; Väisänen, Timo; Väisänen, Marja-Riitta; Hamad, Osama; Wang, Jian; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Nilsson, Bo; Pihlajaniemi, Taina; Akerud, Helena; Pietras, Kristian; Jahnen-Dechent, Wilhelm; Siegbahn, Agneta; Olsson, Anna Karin. 2009. Activated Platelets Provide a Functional Microenvironment for the Antiangiogenic Fragment of Histidine-Rich Glycoprotein. Molecular Cancer Research. 7: 1792-1802. doi: 10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-09-0094
  • Wang, Jian; Miletic, Hrvoje; Sakariassen, Per Øystein; Huszthy, Peter Csaba; Jacobsen, Hege; Brekka, N; Li, X; Mork, S; Chekenya, Martha; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Enger, Per Øyvind. 2009. PHENOTYPIC MODULATION OF EXPERIMENTAL GLIOMAS: PROGRESSION FROM GLIOMATOSIS CEREBRI-LIKE LESIONS TO GLIOBLASTOMA. Neuro-Oncology. 11: 897-897.
  • Wang, Jian; Miletic, Hrvoje; Sakariassen, Per Øystein; Huszthy, Peter Csaba; Jacobsen, Hege; Brekkå, Narve; Li, X; Zhao, P; Mørk, Sverre; Chekenya, Martha; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Enger, Per Øyvind. 2009. A reproducible brain tumour model established from human glioblastoma biopsies. BMC Cancer. 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-465
  • Wang, Jian; Tsinkalovsky, Oleg; Svendsen, Agnete; Prestegarden, Lars; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Enger, Per Øyvind. 2009. Targeting the tumor stroma: a novel therapeutic strategy based on separate analysis of the malignant and stromal cell compartments in brain tumors. Neuro-Oncology. 11: 221-222.
  • Wang, Jian; Tsinkalovsky, Oleg; Zhao, P; Prestegarden, L; Li, X; Cormark, E; Gjertsen, Bjørn Tore; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Enger, Per Øyvind. 2009. TARGETING THE TUMOR STROMA: A NOVEL THERAPEUTIC STRATEGY BASED ON SEPARATE ANALYSIS OF THE MALIGNANT AND STROMAL CELL COMPARTMENTS IN BRAIN TUMORS. Neuro-Oncology. 11: 965-965.
  • Chekenya, Martha; Krakstad, Camilla; Svendsen, Agnete; Netland, Inger Anne; Staalesen, Vidar; Tysnes, Berit Bølge; Selheim, Frode; Wang, Jian; Sakariassen, Per Øystein; Sandal, Tone; Lønning, Per Eystein; Flatmark, Torgeir; Enger, Per Øyvind; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Sioud, M; Stallcup, William B. 2008. The progenitor cell marker NG2/MPG promotes chemoresistance by activation of integrin-dependent PI3K/Akt signaling. Oncogene. 27: 5182-5194. doi: 10.1038/onc.2008.157
  • Huszthy, Peter Csaba; Goplen, Dorota; Thorsen, Frits Alan; Immervoll, Heike; Wang, Jian; Gutermann, Anja; Miletic, Hrvoje; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 2008. Oncolytic herpes simplex virus type-1 therapy in a highly infiltrative animal model of human glioblastoma. Clinical Cancer Research. 14: 1571-1580. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-07-2000
  • Huszthy, Peter Csaba; Wang, Jian; Enger, Per Øyvind; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Miletic, Hrvoje. 2008. Human glioblastoma tissue engraftment in immunocompetent rodent hosts. Neuro-Oncology. 10: 815-815. doi: 10.1215/15228517-2008-051
  • Johannessen, Tor-Christian Aase; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Tysnes, Berit Bølge. 2008. DNA repair and cancer stem-like cells - Potential partners in glioma drug resistance? Cancer Treatment Reviews. 34: 558-567. doi: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2008.03.125
  • Miletic, Hrvoje; Huszthy, Peter Csaba; Giroglou, Tsanan; Euskirchen, P; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Van Laer, D. 2008. Efficient suicide gene therapy with lentiviral pseudotyped vectors in an invasive xenograft model of human glioblastoma. Neuro-Oncology. 10: 797-798.
  • Najbauer, Joseph; Barish, Michael E.; Garcia, Elizabeth; Metz, Marianne Z.; Gutova, Margarita; Frank, Richard T.; Kendall, Stephen Edward; Glackin, Carlotta A.; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Aboody, Karen S. 2008. Host cell recruitment by gliomas. European Journal of Cancer. 6: 71-72. doi: 10.1016/S1359-6349(08)71447-2
  • Niclou, SP; Danzeisen, C; Brons, NHC; Eikesdal, Hans Petter; Enger, Per Øyvind; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 2008. COMPLETE SEPARATION AND PHENOTYPING OF THE TUMOR-HOST CELLULAR COMPARTMENTS IN TUMOR-BEARING NOD/SCID MICE. Neuro-Oncology. 10: 853-854.
  • Niclou, Simone P; Danzeisen, Claude; Brons, Nicolaas HC; Eikesdal, Hans Petter; Enger, Per Øyvind; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 2008. Complete separation and phenotyping of the tumor-host cellular compartments in tumor bearing nod/scid mice. Neuro-Oncology. 10: 1148-1148.
  • Niclou, Simone P; Danzeisen, Claude; Eikesdal, Hans Petter; Wiig, Helge; Brons, Nicolaas HC; Poli, Aurélie MF; Svendsen, Agnete; Torsvik, Anja; Enger, Per Øyvind; Terzis, Jorge A; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 2008. A novel eGFP-expressing immunodeficient mouse model to study tumor-host interactions. The FASEB Journal. 22: 3120-3128. doi: 10.1096/fj.08-109611
  • Prestegarden, Lars; Misra, Anjan; Ware, ML; Yeh, RF; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Feuerstein, BG. 2008. Amplifying small amounts of tumor DNA allows detection of DNA copy number abberations with array-CGH. BioTechniques. 44: S3-S6.
  • Thorsen, Frits Alan; Daphu, Inderjit Kaur; Pedersen, Paal-Henning; Wang, Jian; Miletic, Hrvoje; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 2008. DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW BRAIN METASTASES MODEL IN IMMUNODEFICIENT ANIMALS. Neuro-Oncology. 10: 854-854.
  • Thorsen, Frits Alan; Jirak, Daniel; Wang, Jian; Sykova, Eva; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Enger, Per Øyvind; van der Kogel, Albert; Hajek, Milan. 2008. Two distinct tumor phenotypes isolated from glioblastomas show different MRS characteristics. NMR in Biomedicine. 21: 830-838. Published 2008-10-21. doi: 10.1002/nbm.1263
  • Wang, Jian; Sakariassen, Per Øystein; Tsinkalovsky, Oleg; Immervoll, Heike; Bøe, Stig Ove; Svendsen, Agnete; Prestegarden, Lars; Røsland, Gro Vatne; Thorsen, Frits Alan; Stuhr, Linda Elin Birkhaug; Molven, Anders; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Enger, Per Øyvind. 2008. CD133 negative glioma cells form tumors in nude rats and give rise to CD133 positive cells. International Journal of Cancer. 122: 761-768. doi: 10.1002/ijc.23130
  • Bjerkvig, Rolf. 2007. New approaches to treatment of brain cancer. Anticancer Research. 27: 1375-1375.
  • Grudic, Amra; Jul-Larsen, Åsne; Haring, SJ; Wold, MS; Lønning, Per Eystein; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Bøe, Stig Ove. 2007. Replication protein A prevents accumulation of single-stranded telomeric DNA in cells that use alternative lengthening of telomeres. Nucleic Acids Research. 35: 7267-7278. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkm738
  • Grudic, Amra; Jul-Larsen, Åsne; Haring, Stuart J.; Wold, Marc S.; Lønning, Per Eystein; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Bøe, Stig Ove. 2007. Replication protein A prevents accumulation of single-stranded telomeric DNA in cells that use alternative lengthening of telomeres. Nucleic Acids Research. 35: 7267-7278.
  • Raa, Anette Bjaaland; Stansberg, Christine; Steen, Vidar Martin; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Reed, Rolf Kåre; Stuhr, Linda Elin Birkhaug. 2007. Hyperoxia retards growth and induces apoptosis and loss of glands and blood vessels in DMBA-induced rat mammary tumors. BMC Cancer. 7. 10 pages. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-7-23
  • Stuhr, Linda Elin Birkhaug; Raa, Anette Bjaaland; Øyan, Anne Margrete; Kalland, Karl-Henning; Sakariassen, Per Øystein; Petersen, Kjell; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Reed, Rolf Kåre. 2007. Hyperoxia retards growth and induces apoptosis, changes in vascular density and gene expression in transplanted gliomas in nude rats. Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 85: 191-202. doi: 10.1007/s11060-007-9407-2
  • Sundlisæter, Eirik; Dicko, Aly; Sakariassen, Per Øystein; Søndenaa, Karl; Enger, Per Øyvind; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 2007. Lymphangiogenesis in colorectal cancer - Prognostic and therapeutic aspects. International Journal of Cancer. 121: 1401-1409. doi: 10.1002/ijc.22996
  • Thorsen, Frits Alan; Enger, Per Øyvind; Wang, Jian; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Pedersen, PH. 2007. Human glioblastoma biopsy spheroids xenografted into the nude rat brain show growth inhibition after stereotactic radiosurgery. Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 82: 1-10. doi: 10.1007/s11060-006-9240-z
  • Tysnes, Berit Bølge; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 2007. Cancer initiation and progression: Involvement of stem cells and the micro environment. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. CR. Reviews on Cancer. 1775: 283-297. doi: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2007.01.001
  • Brekke, Cecilie; Brekke, C; Lundervold, Arvid; Enger, Per Øyvind; Brekken, Christian; Stalsett, E; Stålsett, Eli; Pedersen, Tina Bugge; Haraldseth, Olav; Kruger, PG; Krüger, Per Gøran; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Chekenya, Martha. 2006. NG2 expression regulates vascular morphology and function in human brain tumours. NeuroImage. 29: 965-976. doi: Se sammendrag
  • Bøe, Stig Ove; Haave, Marte; Jul-Larsen, Åsne; Grudic, Amra; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Lønning, Per Eystein. 2006. Promyelocytic leukemia nuclear bodies are predetermined processing sites for damaged DNA. Journal of Cell Science. 119: 3284-3295. doi: 10.1242/jcs.03068
  • Goplen, Dorota; Wang, Jian; Enger, Per Øyvind; Tysnes, Berit Bølge; Terzis, A. Jorge A.; Lærum, Ole Didrik; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 2006. Protein disulfide isomerase expression is related to the invasive properties of malignant glioma. Cancer Research. 66: 9895-9902. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-05-4589
  • Huszthy, Peter Csaba; Brekken, Christian; Pedersen, Tina Bugge; Thorsen, Frits Alan; Sakariassen, Per Øystein; Skaftnesmo, Kai Ove; Haraldseth, Olav; Lønning, Per Eystein; Lonning, PE; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Enger, Per Øyvind. 2006. Antitumor efficacy improved by local delivery of species-specific endostatin. Journal of Neurosurgery. 104: 118-128.
  • Piepoli, Tiziana; Jakupoglu, Cemile; Gu, Wenli; Lualdi, Elena; Suarez-Merino, Blanca; Poliani, Pietro L.; Cattaneo, Maria Grazia; Ortino, Barbara; Goplen, Dorota; Wang, Jian; Mola, Rosa; Inverardi, Francesca; Frassoni, Carolina; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Steinlein, Ortrud; Vicentini, Lucia M.; Brüstle, Oliver; Finocchiaro, Gaetano. 2006. Expression studies in gliomas and glial cells do not support a tumor suppressor role for LGI1. Neuro-Oncology. 8: 96-108. doi: 10.1215/15228517-2005-006
  • Sakariassen, Per Øystein; Prestegarden, Lars; Wang, Jian; Skaftnesmo, Kai Ove; Mahesparan, Rupavathana; Molthoff, Carla; Sminia, Peter; Sundlisæter, Eirik; Misra, Anjan; Tysnes, Berit Bølge; Chekenya, Martha; Peters, Hans; Lende, Gabriel; Kalland, Karl-Henning; Øyan, Anne Margrete; Petersen, Kjell; Jonassen, Inge; van der Kogel, Albert; Feuerstein, Burt G.; Terzis, A. Jorge A.; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Enger, Per Øyvind. 2006. Angiogenesis-independent tumor growth mediated by stem-like cancer cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America. 103: 16466-16471. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0607668103
  • Sundlisæter, Eirik; Wang, Jian; Sakariassen, Per Øystein; Marie, Michael Bruno Eric; Mathisen, Juan Robbie; Karlsen, Bård-Ove; Prestegarden, Lars; Skaftnesmo, Kai Ove; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Enger, Per Øyvind. 2006. Primary glioma spheroids maintain tumourogenicity and essential phenotypic traits after cryopreservation. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology. 32: 419-427. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2006.00744.x
  • Terzis, A. Jorge A.; Niclou, Simone P.; Rajcevic, Uros; Danzeisen, Claude; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 2006. Cell therapies for glioblastoma. Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy. 6: 739-749. doi: 10.1517/14712598.6.8.739
  • Thorsen, Frits Alan; Afione, Sandra; Huszthy, Peter Csaba; Tysnes, Berit Bølge; Svendsen, Agnete; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Kotin, Robert M.; Lønning, Per Eystein; Hoover, Frank. 2006. Adeno-associated virus (AAV) serotypes 2, 4 and 5 display similar transduction profiles and penetrate solid tumor tissue in models of human glioma. Journal of Gene Medicine. 8: 1131-1140. doi: 10.1002/jgm.939
  • Werbowetski-Ogilvie, Tamra E.; Sadr, Mohamad Seyed; Jabado, Nada; Angers-Loustau, Alexandre; Agar, Nathalie Y.R.; Wu, Jing; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Antel, Jack P.; Faury, Damien; Rao, Yi; Del Maestro, Rolando F. 2006. Inhibition of medulloblastoma cell invasion by Slit. Oncogene. 25: 5103-5112. doi: 10.1038/sj.onc.1209524
  • Bjerkvig, Rolf; Tysnes, Berit Bølge; Aboody, Karen S.; Najbauer, Joseph; Terzis, A. Jorge A. 2005. Opinion: the origin of the cancer stem cell: current controversies and new insights. Nature Reviews. Cancer. 5: 899-904. doi: 10.1038/nrc1740
  • Brekke, Cecilie; Lundervold, Arvid; Enger, Per Øyvind; Brekken, Christian; Stålsett, Eli; Pedersen, Tina Bugge; Haraldseth, Olav; Kruger, Per Gunnar; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Chekenya, M. 2005. NG2 expression regulates vascular morphology and function in human brain tumours. NeuroImage. 29: 965-976. Published 2005-10-25. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.08.0
  • Goplen, Dorota; Wang, Jian; Tysnes, Berit Bølge; Terzis, A. Jorge A.; Lærum, Ole Didrik; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 2005. Bacitracin inhibits glioma cell migration and invasion in vitro. Neuro-Oncology. 7: 357-357.
  • Günther, Willy; Skaftnesmo, Kai Ove; Arnold, Hans; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Terzis, A. Jorge A. 2005. Distribution patterns of the anti-angiogenic protein ADAMTS-1 during rat development. Acta Histochemica. 107: 121-131. doi: 10.1016/j.acthis.2004.07.009
  • Schichor, Christian; Kerkau, Siglinde; Visted, Therese; Martini, Rudolf; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Tonn, Jörg Christian; Goldbrunner, Roland. 2005. The brain slice chamber, a novel variation of the Boyden Chamber Assay, allows time-dependent quantification of glioma invasion into mammalian brain in vitro. Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 73: 9-18. doi: 10.1007/s11060-004-3341-3
  • Werbowetski, T; Sadr, MS; Jabado, N; Angers-Loustau, A; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Antel, J; Faury, D; Rao, Y; Del Maestro, R F. 2005. Slit2-Roundabout 1(Robo1) signaling inhibits medulloblastoma but not glioma cell invasion in three-dimensions. Neuro-Oncology. 7: 357-358.
  • Enger, Per Øyvind; Sakariassen, Per Øystein; Skaftnesmo, Kai Ove; Wang, Jian; Sundlisæter, Eirik; Prestegarden, Lars; Misra, Anjan; Tysnes, Berit Bølge; Chekenya, Martha; Feuerstein, Burt G.; Terzis, A. Jorge A.; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 2004. Angiogenesis-independent growth by brain tumor cells exhibiting cancer stem cell properties. Neuro-Oncology. 6: 309-309.
  • Fischer, Walter; Gustafsson, Lotta; Mossberg, Ann-Kristin; Grønli, Janne; Mørk, Sverre; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Svanborg, Catharina. 2004. Human alpha-lactalbumin made lethal to tumor cells (HAMLET) kills human glioblastoma cells in brain xenografts by an apoptosis-like mechanism and prolongs survival. Cancer Research. 64: 2105-2112.
  • Jul-Larsen, Åsne; Jul-Larsen, A; Visted, T; Karlsen, BO; Rinaldo, Christine H; Bjerkvig, R; Lonning, PE; Lønning, Per Eystein; Boe, SO; Bøe, Stig Ove. 2004. PML-nuclear bodies accumulate DNA in response to polyomavirus BK and simian virus 40 replication. Experimental Cell Research. 298: 58-73.
  • Sakariassen, Per Øystein; Prestegarden, Lars; Wang, Jian; Terzis, A. Jorge A.; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Enger, Per Øyvind. 2004. Forced differentiation suppresses the proliferative rate of cancer cells in brain tumours. Neuro-Oncology. 6.
  • Stensvaag, V; Furmanek, T; Lønning, K; Terzis, A J; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Visted, T. 2004. Cryopreservation of alginate-encapsulated recombinant cells for antiangiogenic therapy. Cell Transplantation. 13: 35-44.
  • Werbowetski, T; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Del Maestro, R F. 2004. Evidence for a secreted chemorepellent that directs glioma cell invasion. Journal of Neurobiology. 60: 71-88.
  • Bjerkvig, Rolf; Ersland, Lars; Nordli, H; Enger, Per Oyvind; Huszthy, Peter; Lundervold, Arvid; Strandenes, T; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Lund-Johansen, Morten. 2003. Imaging of experimental rat gliomas using a clinical MR scanner. Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 63: 225-231.
  • Bjerkvig, Rolf; Read, Tracy Ann; Vajkoczy, Peter; Aebischer, P; Pralong, W; Platt, S; Melvik, J.E.; Hagen, A; Dornish, Michael. 2003. Cell therapy using encapsulated cells producing endostatin. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum. 88: 137-141.
  • Giese, A; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Berens, M.E.; Westphal, M. 2003. Cost of migration: invasion of malignant gliomas and implications for treatment. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 15: 1624-1636.
  • Mahesparan, R; Read, TA; Lund-Johansen, Morten; Skaftnesmo, KO; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Engebraaten, O. 2003. Expression of extracellular matrix components in a highly infiltrative in vivo glioma model. Acta Neuropathologica. 105: 49-57.
  • Svanborg, C; Agerstam, H; Aronson, A; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Duringer, C; Fischer, W; Gustafsson, L; Hallgren, O; Leijonhuvud, I; Linse, S; Mossberg, A.K.; Nilsson, H; Pettersson, J; Svensson, M. 2003. HAMLET kills tumor cells by an apoptosis-like mechanism--cellular, molecular, and therapeutic aspects. Advances in Cancer Research. 88: 1-29.
  • Thorsen, F; Ersland, Lars; Nordli, Håkon; Enger, PO; Huszthy, PC; Lundevold, A; Standnes, T; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Lund-Johansen, Morten. 2003. Imaging of experimental rat gliomas using a clinical MR scanner. J Neurooncol. 63: 225-31.
  • Visted, Therese; Enger, Per Oyvind; Lund-Johansen, Morten; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 2003. Mechanisms of tumor cell invasion and angiogenesis in the central nervous system. Frontiers in Bioscience. 8: e289-304.
  • Visted, Therese; Furmanek, T; Sakariassen, P; Foegler, WB; Sim, K; Westphal, H; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Lund-Johansen, Morten. 2003. Prospects for delivery of recombinant angiostatin by cell-encapsulation therapy. Human Gene Therapy. 14: 1429-1440.
  • Visted, Therese; Furmanek, Tomasz; Sakariassen, Per Øystein; Foegler, William B.; Sim, B. Kim Lee; Westphal, Hans; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Lund-Johansen, Morten. 2003. Prospects for delivery of recombinant angiostatin by cell-encapsulation therapy. Human Gene Therapy. 14: 1429-1440.
  • Wilhelmsson, U; Eliasson, C; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Pekny, M. 2003. Loss of GFAP expression in high-grade astrocytomas does not contribute to tumor development or progression. Oncogene. 29: 3407-3411.
  • Chekenya, M; Chekenya, M; Hjelstuen, Mari H.; Hjelstuen, Mari H.; Enger, Per Øyvind; Enger, Per Øyvind; Haraldseth, Olav; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 2002. NG2 proteoglycan promotes angiogenesis-dependent tumor growth in the central nervous system by sequestering angiostatin. The FASEB Journal. 16: 586-588.
  • Chekenya, Martha; Enger, Per Oyvind; Thorsen, Frits; Tysnes, Berit Bølge; Al-Sarraj, Safa; Read, Tracy-Ann; Furmanek, Tomaz; Mahesparan, Rupavathana; Levine, Joel M.; Butt, Arthur; Pilkington, Geoffrey; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 2002. The glial precursor proteoglycan, NG2, is expressed on tumour neovasculature by vascular pericytes in human malignant brain tumours. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology. 28: 367-380.
  • Chekenya, Martha; Hjelstuen, Mari; Enger, Per Oyvind; Thorsen, Frits; Jacob, Anne L.; Probst, Beatrice; Haraldseth, Olav; Pilkington, Geoffrey; Butt, Arthur; Levine, Joel M.; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 2002. NG2 proteoglycan promotes angiogenesis-dependent tumor growth in CNS by sequestering angiostatin. The FASEB Journal. 16: 586-588.
  • Enger, Per Oyvind; Thorsen, Frits; Lønning, Per Eystein; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Hoover, Frank. 2002. Adeno-associated viral vectors penetrate human solid tumor tissue in vivo more effectively than adenoviral vectors. Human Gene Therapy. 13: 1115-1125.
  • Read, Tracy-Ann; Thorsen, Frits; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 2002. Localised delivery of therapeutic agents to CNS malignancies: old and new approaches. Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology. 3: 257-273.
  • Sørensen, Dag; Read, Tracy-Ann; Porwol, T; Reino-Olsen, B; Timpl, R; Sasaki, T; Iversen, PO; Benestad, H; Sim, B.K.L.; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 2002. Endostatin reduces intratumoral vascularization, blood flow and growth of gliosarcomas. Neuro-Oncology. 4: 1-8.
  • Eikesdal, Hans Petter; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Dahl, Olav. 2001. Vinblastine and hyperthermia target the neovasculature in BT(4)AN rat gliomas: therapeutic implications of the vascular phenotype. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. 51: 535-544.
  • Eikesdal, Hans Petter; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Mella, Olav; Dahl, Olav. 2001. Combretastatin A-4 and hyperthermia; a potent combination for the treatment of solid tumors. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 60: 147-154.
  • Eikesdal, Hans Petter; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Raleigh, James A.; Mella, Olav; Dahl, Olav. 2001. Tumor vasculature is targeted by the combination of combretastatin A-4 and hyperthermia. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 61: 313-320.
  • Hedberg, Kristina.M.; Mahesparan, R; Read, Tracy-Ann; Tysnes, Berit Bølge; Thorsen, Frits; Visted, Therese; Bjerkvig, Rolf; fredman, pam. 2001. The glioma-associated gangliosides 3'-isoLM1, GD3 and GM2 show selective area expression in human glioblastoma xenografts in nude rat brains. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology. 27: 451-464.
  • Read, Tracy-Ann; Farhadi, Mohammed; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Olsen,, Bjørn Reino; Rokstad, Anne Mari; Huszthy, Peter Csaba; Vajkoczy, Peter. 2001. Intravital microscopy reveals novel antivascular and antitumor effects of endostatin delivered locally by alginate-encapsulated cells. Cancer Research. 15: 6830-6837.
  • Read, Tracy-Ann; Read, Tracy-Ann; Sorensen, DR; Sorensen, DR; Mahesparan, R; Mahesparan, R; Enger, Per Øyvind; Enger, Per Øyvind; Timpl, R; Timpl, R; Olsen, BR; Olsen, BR; Hjelstuen, Mari H.; Hjelstuen, Mari H.; Haraldseth, Olav; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 2001. Local endostatin treatment of gliomas administered by microencapsulated producer cells. Nature Biotechnology. 19: 29-34.
  • Read, Tracy-Ann; Sørensen, Dag.R; Mahesparan, R; Enger, Per Oyvind; Timpl, Rupert; Olsen,, Bjørn Reino; Hjelstuen, Mari Helene; Haraldseth, Olav; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 2001. Local endostatin treatment of gliomas administered by microencapsulated producer cells. Nature Biotechnology. 1: 29-34.
  • Tysnes, Berit Bølge; Maurer, H. Rainer; Porwol, Torsten; Probst, Beatrice; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Hoover, Frank. 2001. Bromelain reversibly inhibits invasive properties of glioma cells. Neoplasia. 2: 469-479.
  • Visted, Therese; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Enger, Per Oyvind. 2001. Cell encapsulation technology as a therapeutic strategy for CNS malignancies. Neuro-Oncology. 3: 201-210.
  • Mahesparan, R; Tysnes, Berit Bølge; Read, Tracy-Ann; Enger, Per Oyvind; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Lund-Johansen, Morten. 2000. Extracellular matrix-induced cell migration from glioblastoma biopsies in vitro. Acta Neuropathologica. 97 (3): 231-239.
  • Sandmair, AM; Turunen, M; Loimas, S; Vainio, P; Tyynela, K; Vanninen, R; Vapalahti, M; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Janne, J; Yla-Herttuala, S. 2000. Herpes simplex thymidine kinase gene therapy in an experimental BT4C glioma model. Cancer Gene Therapy. 7: 413-421.
  • Thorsen, Frits; Read, Tracy-Ann; Lund-Johansen, Morten; Tysnes, Berit Bølge; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 2000. Alginate encapsulated producer cells. A potential new approach for the treatment of malignant brain tumors. Cell Transplantation. 9: 773-783.
  • Visted, Therese; Thorsen, Jon; Thorsen, Frits; Read, Tracy-Ann; Ulvestad, Elling; Engebraaten, Olav; Sørensen, Dag; Ylä-Herttuala, Seppo; Tyynela, Kristina; Rucklidge, Garry; Edvardsen, Klaus; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Lund-Johansen, Morten. 2000. LacZ transfected glioma cells in syngeneic rats: Growth pattern and characterization of the host immune response against cells transplanted inside and outside the CNS. International Journal of Cancer. 85: 228-235.
  • Enger, PØ; Visted, T; Thorsen, Frits Alan; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Lund-Johansen, Morten. 1999. Retroviral transfection of the LacZ gene from Liz 9 packing cells to glioma spheroids. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience. 17: 665-672.
  • Mahesparan, Ruby; Tysnes, BB; Read, TA; Enger, PØ; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Lund-Johansen, Morten. 1999. Extracellular matrix-induced cell migration from gliobastoma biopsies in vitro. Acta Neuropathologica. 97: 231-39.
  • Røldahl, Eyvind; Pedersen, Paal-Henning; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Haarr, Lars. 1999. Infection of Rat Brain Cell Aggregates with Neurovirulent and Nonneurovirulent Strains of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1. Experimental Cell Research. 248: 306-313.
  • Fjellbirkeland, Lars; Laerum, Ole Didrik; Eide, Geir Egil; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 1998. Invasiveness by lacZ transfected non-small cell lung cancer cells into human bronchial tissues in vitro. Lung Cancer. 21: 7-19.
  • Nygaard, Svein Jacob Tjoflaat; Haugland, Hans Kristian; Lærum, Ole Didrik; Lund-Johansen, Morten; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Tysnes, Ole-Bjørn. 1998. Dynamic determination of human glioma invasion in vitro. Journal of Neurosurgery. 89: 441-447.
  • Nygaard, Svein Jacob Tjoflaat; Haugland, Hans Kristian; Lærum, Ole Didrik; Lund-Johansen, Morten; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Tysnes, Ole-Bjørn. 1998. Dynamic determination of human glioma invasion in vitro. Journal of Neurosurgery. 89: 441-447.
  • Bjerkvig, Rolf; Lund-Johansen, Morten; Edvardsen, Karl Otto. 1997. Tumor cell invasion and angiogenesis in the central nervous system. Current Opinion in Oncology. 9: 223-229.
  • Bjerkvig, Rolf; Lund-Johansen, Morten; Edvardsen, Karl Otto. 1997. Tumor cell invasion and angiogenesis in the central nervous system. Current Opinion in Oncology. 9: 223-229.
  • Mahesparan, Ruby; Tysnes, Berit Bølge; Edvardsen, Klaus; Haugland, Hans Kristian; Cabrera, IG; Lund-Johansen, Morten; Engebraaten, O; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 1997. Role of high molecular weight extracellular matrix proteins in glioma cell migration. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology. 23: 102-12.
  • Mahesparan, Ruby; Tysnes, Berit Bølge; Edvardsen, Klaus; Haugland, Hans Kristian; Cabrera, IG; Lund-Johansen, Morten; Engebraaten, [Mangler fornavn]; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 1997. Glioma cell migration on extracellular components. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology. 23: 102-112.
  • Terzis, AJ; Thorsen, Frode; Heese, O; Visted, T; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Dahl, Olav; Arnold, H; Gundersen, Geir. 1997. Proliferation, migration and invasion of human glioma cells exposed to paclitaxel (Taxol) in vitro. British Journal of Cancer. 75: 1744-1762.
  • Garcia-Cabrera, Immaculada; Edvardsen, Klaus; Read, Tracy-Ann; Tysnes, Berit Bølge; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 1996. The lac-z reporter gene: a tool for in vitro studies of malignant glioma cell invasion. Invasion and Metastasis. 16: 107-115.
  • Ness, G. O.; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Akslen, Lars A.; Lillehaug, Johan; Varhaug, Jan Erik. 1996. Primary organ-culture of non neoplastic and neoplastic thyroid tissue as multicellular spheroids. International Journal of Oncology. 6: 1071-1078.
  • Nygaard, Svein Jacob Tjoflaat; Pedersen, Paal-Henning; Mikkelsen, T.; Terzis, J.; Tysnes, Ole-Bjørn; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 1996. Glioma cell invasion visualized by scanning confocal laser microscopy in an in vitro co-culture system. Inversion Metastasis. 15: 179-188.
  • Tysnes, Berit Bølge; Larsen, L. Frydenlund; Ness, GO; Mahesparan, Ruby; Edvardsen, Klaus; Garcia-Cabrera, I; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 1996. Stimulation of glioma-cell migration by laminin and inhibition by anti-alpha 3 and anti-beta 1 integrin antibodies. International Journal of Cancer. 67: 777-784.
  • Tysnes, Berit Bølge; Larsen, L. Frydenlund; Ness, GO; Mahesparan, Ruby; Edvardsen, Klaus; Garcia-Cabrera, I; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 1996. Stimulation of glioma-cell migration by laminin and inhibition by anti-alpha 3 and anti-beta 1 integrin antibodies. International Journal of Cancer. 67: 777-784.
  • Tysnes, Berit Bølge; Larsen, LF; Ness, GO; Mahesparan, Ruby; Edvardsen, Klaus; Cabrera, IG; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 1996. Stimulation of glioma-cell migration by laminin and inhibition by anti-alpha 3 and anti-beta 1 integrin antibodies. International Journal of Cancer. 6: 1071-1078.
  • Brustugun, OT; Mellgren, Gunnar; Gjertsen, BT; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Døskeland, SO. 1995. Sensitive and rapid detection of _b-galactosidase expression in intact cells by microinjection of fluorescent substrate. Experimental Cell Research. 219: 372-378.
  • Fjellbirkeland, Lars; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Lærum, Ole Didrik. 1995. Tumor fragment spheroids from human non-smal-cell lung cancer maintained in organ culture. Virchows Archiv. 426: 169-178.
  • Garcia-Cabrera, I; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 1995. Kreftcellers spredning i hjernen. Naturen. 4. 151-156.
  • Ness, GO; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Akslen, Lars A.; Lillehaug, JR; Varhaug, Jan Erik. 1995. Primary organ culture of non-neoplastic and neoplastic thyroid tissue multicellular spheroids. International Journal of Oncology. 6: 1071-1078.
  • Ness, GO; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Akslen, Lars A.; Lillehaug, JR; Varhaug, Jan Erik. 1995. Primary organ culture of non-neoplastic and neoplastic thyroid tissue as multicellular spheroids. International Journal of Oncology. 6: 1071-1078.
  • Ness, GO; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Akslen, Lars A.; Lillehaug, JR; Varhaug, Jan Erik. 1995. Primary organ culture of non-neoplastic and neoplastic thyroid tissue as multicellular spheroids. International Journal of Oncology. 6: 1071-1078.
  • Pedersen, Paal-Henning; Edvardsen, KE; Garcia-Cabrera, I; Mahesparan, Ruby; Thorsen, J; Rosenblum, M; Mathiesen, B; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 1995. Migratory patterns of lacz transfected human glioma cells in the rat brain. International Journal of Cancer. 62: 767-771.
  • Ulvestad, E; Williams, K; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Tiekotter, K; Antel, J; Matre, Roald. 1995. Human microglial cells have phenotypic and functional characteristics in common with both macrophages and dendritic antigen-presenting cells. Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 56: 732-740.
  • Wester, Knut; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Cressey, L; Engebraaten, O; Mork, S. 1995. Organ culture of a glioblastome from a patient with unusually long survival. Neurosurgery. 35: 428-432.
  • Edvardsen, Klaus; Pedersen, Paal-Henning; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Hermann, G.G.; Zeuthen, J.; Lærum, Ole Didrik; Walsh, FS; Bock, E. 1994. Transfection of glioma cells with the neural-cell adhesion molecule NCAM: Effect on glioma cell invasion and growth in vivo. International Journal of Cancer. 58: 116-122.
  • Edvardsen, Klaus; Pedersen, Paal-Henning; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Hermann, GG; Zeuthen, J; Lærum, Ole Didrik; Walsh, FS; Bock, E. 1994. Transfection of glioma cells with the neural-cell adhesion molecule NCAM: Effect on glioma cell invasion and growth in vivo. International Journal of Cancer. 58: 116-122.
  • Marienhagen, K.; Pedersen, Paal-Henning; Terzis, A. J.; Lærum, Ole Didrik; Arnold, H.; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 1994. Interactions between fetal rat brain cells and mature brain tissue in vivo and in vitro. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology. 20: 130-143.
  • Marienhagen, K; Pedersen, PH; Terzis, AJA; Lærum, Ole Didrik; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 1994. Interactions between fetal rat brain cells and mature brain tissue in vivo and in vitro. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology. 20: 130-143.
  • Ness, G. O.; Pedersen, Paal-Henning; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Lærum, Ole Didrik; Lillehaug, Johan. 1994. Three-dimensional growth of glial cell lines affects growth factor and growth factor receptor mRNA levels. Experimental Cell Research. 214: 433-436.
Reports and theses
  • Johannessen, Tor-Christian Aase; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 2009. Highly infiltrative brain tumours show reduced chemosensitivity associated with a stem cell-like phenotype. Universitetet i Bergen.
  • Brunborg, Gunnar; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Hannevik, Merete; Irgens, Ågot; Nakken, Karl Otto; Haldorsen, Tor; Oftedal, Gunnhild; Tynes, Tore; Blaasaas, Karl Gerhard. 2003. Mobiltelefon og helse. Najonalt folkehelseinstitutt, Oslo. 48 pages.
Book sections
  • Pedersen, Paal-Henning; Nygaard, Svein Jacob Tjoflaat; Baardsen, Roald; Tysnes, Berit Bølge; Engebraaten, O; Bjerkvig, Rolf. 1998. Glioma cell invasion studied in organotypic models. In:
    • Mikkelsen, T; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Lærum, Ole Didrik; Rosenblum, M. 1998. Brain Tumor Invasion: Biological, Clinical and Therapeutic Considerations. ISBN: 0-471-15452-0.
  • Brustugun, Odd Terje; Mellgren, Gunnar; Gjertsen, Bjørn Tore; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Døskeland, Stein Ove. 1996. Sensitive and rapid detection of B-galactosidase expression in intact cells by microinjection of fluorecent substrate. In:
    • Slavik, J. 1996. Fluorecence microscopy and fluorescent probes.

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