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  • Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology
  • Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology
  • Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology

Overview

Anders Sundan is primarily affiliated with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway. Their research spans key areas in medicine, particularly focused on molecular biology and hematology, with a strong emphasis on multiple myeloma and related biochemical pathways.

The main fields of study for this scientist include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these fields, their work further explores subfields such as:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Hematology
  • Oncology
  • Immunology
  • Physiology

Their primary research topics address a range of biomedical themes, including:

  • Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments
  • Protein Degradation and Inhibitors
  • Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis
  • Ubiquitin and Proteasome Pathways
  • Immune Cells in Cancer
  • Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions
  • Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling

Anders Sundan's recent publications illustrate the scope and depth of their research. Notable papers include:

  • Conversion of ATP to adenosine by CD39 and CD73 in multiple myeloma can be successfully targeted together with adenosine receptor A2A blockade (2020) - Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
  • Receptor binding competition: A paradigm for regulating TGF-β family action (2020) - Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews
  • Clonal evolution after treatment pressure in multiple myeloma: heterogenous genomic aberrations and transcriptomic convergence (2022) - Leukemia
  • Monoclonal immunoglobulins promote bone loss in multiple myeloma (2020) - Blood
  • Intracellular IL-32 regulates mitochondrial metabolism, proliferation, and differentiation of malignant plasma cells (2021) - iScience

They have collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Tobias S. Slørdahl
  • Kristine Misund
  • Anders Waage
  • Therese Standal
  • Anne-Marit Sponaas

Their work has appeared predominantly in journals such as:

  • Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
  • Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews
  • Leukemia
  • Blood
  • iScience

The scientist is recognized as a Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters in the fields of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology.

Best Publications

  • Soluble CD14 participates in the response of cells to lipopolysaccharide.

    E A Frey;D S Miller;T G Jahr;A Sundan

  • Inflammatory Response After Open Heart Surgery: Release of Heat-Shock Protein 70 and Signaling Through Toll-Like Receptor-4

    Brit Dybdahl;Alexander Wahba;Egil Lien;Trude H. Flo

  • Human Toll-Like Receptor 2 Mediates Monocyte Activation by Listeria monocytogenes, But Not by Group B Streptococci or Lipopolysaccharide

    Trude H. Flo;Øyvind Halaas;Egil Lien;Egil Lien;Liv Ryan

  • Osteoprotegerin is bound, internalized, and degraded by multiple myeloma cells

    Therese Standal;Carina Seidel;Øyvind Hjertner;Torben Plesner

  • Differential expression of Toll-like receptor 2 in human cells.

    Trude H. Flo;Øyvind Halaas;Sverre Torp;Liv Ryan

  • The involvement of CD14 in stimulation of cytokine production by uronic acid polymers

    Terje Espevik;Mark Otterlei;Gudmund Skjåk-Braek;Liv Ryan

  • Addiction to c-MYC in multiple myeloma

    Toril Holien;Thea Kristin Våtsveen;Hanne Hella;Anders Waage

  • Bone morphogenetic protein-4 inhibits proliferation and induces apoptosis of multiple myeloma cells.

    Öyvind Hjertner;Henrik Hjorth-Hansen;Magne Börset;Carina Seidel

  • Bone morphogenetic protein-5, -6 and -7 inhibit growth and induce apoptosis in human myeloma cells.

    Torstein Baade Ro;Randi Utne Holt;Anne-Tove Brenne;Henrik Hjorth-Hansen

  • Activin A inhibits BMP-signaling by binding ACVR2A and ACVR2B

    Oddrun Elise Olsen;Karin Fahl Wader;Hanne Hella;Anne Kærsgaard Mylin

  • Hepatocyte Growth Factor (HGF) Induces Interleukin-11 Secretion From Osteoblasts: A Possible Role for HGF in Myeloma-Associated Osteolytic Bone Disease

    Øyvind Hjertner;Maria Lyngaas Torgersen;Carina Seidel;Henrik Hjorth-Hansen

  • High levels of soluble syndecan-1 in myeloma-derived bone marrow: modulation of hepatocyte growth factor activity.

    Carina Seidel;Magne Børset;Øyvind Hjertner;Dianjun Cao

  • REGULATION OF APO-2 LIGAND/TRAIL EXPRESSION IN NK CELLS—INVOLVEMENT IN NK CELL-MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY

    Ann-Charlotte Johnsen;Johan Haux;Bjørg Steinkjer;Unni Nonstad

  • REGULATION OF FAS AND FAS-LIGAND EXPRESSION IN NK CELLS BY CYTOKINES AND THE INVOLVEMENT OF FAS-LIGAND IN NK/LAK CELL-MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY

    Andrei E. Medvedev;Ann-Charlotte Johnsen;Johan Haux;Bjørg Steinkjer

  • Serglycin Constitutively Secreted by Myeloma Plasma Cells Is a Potent Inhibitor of Bone Mineralization in Vitro

    Achilleas D. Theocharis;Achilleas D. Theocharis;Carina Seidel;Magne Borset;Katalin Dobra

  • A selective c-met inhibitor blocks an autocrine hepatocyte growth factor growth loop in ANBL-6 cells and prevents migration and adhesion of myeloma cells

    Håkon Hov;Randi Utne Holt;Torstein Baade Rø;Unn-Merete Fagerli

  • Targeting proliferating cell nuclear antigen and its protein interactions induces apoptosis in multiple myeloma cells.

    Rebekka Müller;Kristine Misund;Toril Holien;Siri Bachke

  • Overexpression and involvement in migration by the metastasis-associated phosphatase PRL-3 in human myeloma cells

    Unn-Merete Fagerli;Randi Utne Holt;Randi Utne Holt;Toril Holien;Thea Kristin Vaatsveen

  • Tumor necrosis factor receptor p75 mediates cell-specific activation of nuclear factor kappa B and induction of human cytomegalovirus enhancer.

    A Laegreid;A Medvedev;U Nonstad;M P Bombara

  • Gene expression and secretion of cytokines and cytokine receptors from highly purified CD56+ natural killer cells stimulated with interleukin-2, interleukin-7 and interleukin-12

    Bjørn Naume;Ann-Charlotte Johnsen;Terje Espevik And and;Anders Sundan

Frequent Co-Authors

Anders Waage
Anders Waage Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Terje Espevik
Terje Espevik Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Kirsten Sandvig
Kirsten Sandvig Oslo University Hospital
Leonardo A. Meza-Zepeda
Leonardo A. Meza-Zepeda Oslo University Hospital
John D. Shaughnessy
John D. Shaughnessy University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Sjur Olsnes
Sjur Olsnes University of Oslo
Eivind Hovig
Eivind Hovig University of Oslo
Egil Lien
Egil Lien University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Gudmund Skjåk-Bræk
Gudmund Skjåk-Bræk Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Ola Myklebost
Ola Myklebost University of Bergen

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