Long-term persistence of human donor alveolar macrophages in lung transplant recipients

I Eguíluz-Gracia, HHL Schultz, LIB Sikkeland… - Thorax, 2016 - thorax.bmj.com
Background Alveolar macrophages (AMFs) are critical regulators of lung function, and may
participate in graft rejection following lung transplantation. Recent studies in experimental …

[HTML][HTML] Resuscitation with 100% O2 increases cerebral injury in hypoxemic piglets

BH Munkeby, WB Børke, K Bjørnland, LIB Sikkeland… - Pediatric …, 2004 - nature.com
Perinatal asphyxia is a major cause of immediate and postponed brain injury in the newborn.
We hypothesized that resuscitation with 100% O 2 compared with ambient air is …

Airway inflammation and ammonia exposure among female Palestinian hairdressers: a cross-sectional study

M Nemer, LIB Sikkeland, M Kasem… - Occupational and …, 2015 - oem.bmj.com
Objectives Little is known about the working conditions and airway inflammation in hairdressers
in Palestine. We aimed to investigate if hairdressers in Palestine have a higher level of …

Macrophage enrichment from induced sputum

LIB Sikkeland, J Kongerud, AM Stangeland, T Haug… - Thorax, 2007 - thorax.bmj.com
Since induced sputum has become a widely used non-invasive method of recovering cells
from the surfaces of the bronchial airways, isolating specific cell populations will be …

[HTML][HTML] A role for the terminal C5-C9 complement pathway in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

LIB Sikkeland, T Ueland, MB Lund… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic progressive interstitial lung disease characterized
by damage to the alveolar epithelium, leading to fibrosis and excessive accumulation …

Lung CD4+ T-cells in patients with lung fibrosis produce pro-fibrotic interleukin-13 together with interferon-γ

LIB Sikkeland, SW Qiao, T Ueland… - European …, 2021 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Progressive fibrosing interstitial lung diseases (PF-ILD) have poor prognosis and survival,
and their pathogenesis is not well understood [1]. Mechanistically, lung fibrosis is thought to …

[HTML][HTML] Systemic and airway inflammation after exposure to fumes from military small arms

LIB Sikkeland, AK Borander, ØA Voie… - American Journal of …, 2018 - atsjournals.org
Methods As described previously (4, 5) 54 healthy nonsmoking men (19–62 yr of age) were
recruited and randomized to shooting sessions with small arms, each using only one of …

Lung disease, T-cells and inflammation in common variable immunodeficiency disorders

…, B Fevang, T Ueland, LIB Sikkeland… - … Journal of Clinical …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction. Besides hypogammaglobulinemia and recurrent infections, abnormalities of T-cells
might contribute to lung damage in common variable immunodeficiency disorders (CVID…

Airway inflammation in paper mill workers

LIB Sikkeland, T Haug, AM Stangeland… - … of occupational and …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Paper mill workers are exposed to culturable microorganisms (MOs). We hypothesized that
inflammatory airway response could be detected in sputum of nonsymptomatic workers. …

Circulating lipopolysaccharides in the blood from “bioprotein” production workers

LIB Sikkeland, M Skogstad, R Øvstebø… - Occupational and …, 2008 - oem.bmj.com
Background: Workers producing bacterial single-cell protein (BSCP), “bioprotein,” are exposed
to organic dust containing high levels of endoxins (lipopolysaccharides, LPS). Workers in …