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Overview

Hanne F. Harbo is affiliated with Oslo University Hospital in Norway. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with 99 publications, including significant contributions to the subfields of Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Immunology, Neurology, Infectious Diseases, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The main topics covered by Harbo's work include Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies, Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, T-cell and B-cell Immunology, Vector-borne Infectious Diseases, Long-Term Effects of COVID-19, and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses.

Harbo has published research extensively in several venues, with notable recurring publications in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), the Journal of Neurology, Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation, SSRN Electronic Journal, and the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.

Their recent papers include:

  • Deep neural networks learn general and clinically relevant representations of the ageing brain, 2022, NeuroImage
  • Blood neurofilament light concentration at admittance: a potential prognostic marker in COVID-19, 2021, Journal of Neurology
  • Humoral immunity to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination in multiple sclerosis: the relevance of time since last rituximab infusion and first experience from sporadic revaccinations, 2021, Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
  • The genetic architecture of human brainstem structures and their involvement in common brain disorders, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Predicting disease severity in multiple sclerosis using multimodal data and machine learning, 2023, Journal of Neurology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Harbo include Einar August Høgestøl, Tone Berge, Gro Owren Nygaard, Mona K. Beyer, and Elisabeth Gulowsen Celius.

Best Publications

  • Genetic risk and a primary role for cell-mediated immune mechanisms in multiple sclerosis

    Stephen Sawcer;Garrett Hellenthal;Matti Pirinen;Chris C. A. Spencer

  • Analysis of immune-related loci identifies 48 new susceptibility variants for multiple sclerosis

    Ashley H. Beecham;Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos;Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos;Dionysia K. Xifara;Mary F. Davis

  • Variation in interleukin 7 receptor alpha chain (IL7R) influences risk of multiple sclerosis

    Frida Lundmark;Kristina Duvefelt;Ellen Iacobaeus;Ingrid Kockum

  • Sex and gender issues in multiple sclerosis

    Hanne F. Harbo;Ralf Gold;Mar Tintoré

  • Class II HLA interactions modulate genetic risk for multiple sclerosis

    L Moutsianas;L Jostins;A H Beecham;A T Dilthey

  • A high-density screen for linkage in multiple sclerosis.

    Sawcer S;Ban M;Maranian M;Yeo Tw

  • The genetics of multiple sclerosis: an up-to-date review.

    Pierre-Antoine Gourraud;Hanne F. Harbo;Hanne F. Harbo;Stephen L. Hauser;Sergio E. Baranzini

  • Genome-wide association study in a high-risk isolate for multiple sclerosis reveals associated variants in STAT3 gene.

    Eveliina Jakkula;Eveliina Jakkula;Eveliina Jakkula;Virpi Leppa;Virpi Leppa;Anna-Maija Kristiina Sulonen;Anna-Maija Kristiina Sulonen;Teppo Varilo;Teppo Varilo

  • Genetic pleiotropy between multiple sclerosis and schizophrenia but not bipolar disorder : differential involvement of immune-related gene loci

    O A Andreassen;O A Andreassen;O A Andreassen;H F Harbo;Y Wang;W K Thompson

  • DNA methylation as a mediator of HLA-DRB1*15:01 and a protective variant in multiple sclerosis

    Lara Kular;Yun Liu;Yun Liu;Sabrina Ruhrmann;Galina Zheleznyakova

  • CTLA4 promoter and exon 1 dimorphisms in multiple sclerosis.

    Harbo Hf;Celius Eg;Vartdal F;Spurkland A

  • Risk for myasthenia gravis maps to a (151) Pro→Ala change in TNIP1 and to human leukocyte antigen-B*08.

    Peter K. Gregersen;Roman Kosoy;Annette T. Lee;Janine Lamb

  • Altered ovarian function and cardiovascular risk factors in valproate-treated women

    Jouko I.T Isojärvi;Erik Taubøll;Arto J Pakarinen;Johan van Parys

  • Genes in the HLA class I region may contribute to the HLA class II‐associated genetic susceptibility to multiple sclerosis

    H.F. Harbo;B.A. Lie;S. Sawcer;E.G. Celius

  • Replication analysis identifies TYK2 as a multiple sclerosis susceptibility factor

    Maria Ban;An Goris;Åslaug R. Lorentzen;Amie Baker

  • Network-based multiple sclerosis pathway analysis with GWAS data from 15,000 cases and 30,000 controls

    Sergio E. Baranzini;Pouya Khankhanian;Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos;Michael Li

  • The expanding genetic overlap between multiple sclerosis and type I diabetes

    David R Booth;Robert N Heard;Graeme J Stewart;An Goris

  • Sex and age at diagnosis are correlated with the HLA-DR2, DQ6 haplotype in multiple sclerosis

    E.G Celius;H.F Harbo;T Egeland;F Vartdal

  • Late onset myasthenia gravis is associated with HLA DRB1*15:01 in the Norwegian population

    Angelina Maniaol;Ahmed Elsais;Ahmed Elsais;Åslaug Rudjord Lorentzen;Jone Furulund Owe

  • Environmental risk factors in multiple sclerosis.

    Maura Pugliatti;Maura Pugliatti;Hanne Flinstad Harbo;Trygve Holmøy;Margitta T. Kampman

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Hillert
Jan Hillert Karolinska Institute
Kjell-Morten Myhr
Kjell-Morten Myhr University of Bergen
Anne Spurkland
Anne Spurkland University of Oslo
Ingrid Kockum
Ingrid Kockum Karolinska Institute
Stephen Sawcer
Stephen Sawcer University of Cambridge
Benedicte A. Lie
Benedicte A. Lie Oslo University Hospital
Janna Saarela
Janna Saarela University of Helsinki
David A. Hafler
David A. Hafler Yale University
Stephen L. Hauser
Stephen L. Hauser University of California, San Francisco
An Goris
An Goris KU Leuven

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