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Kaare R. Norum

Kaare R. Norum

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
13904
World Ranking
10234
National Ranking
46

Overview

Kaare R. Norum was affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway during their academic career. Their research contributions spanned key areas within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on surgery and cancer research as subfields.

The scientist's primary topics of work included cholesterol and lipid metabolism, cancer, lipids, and metabolism, as well as lipoproteins and cardiovascular health. These thematic interests were reflected in their scholarly output and collaborations.

Kaare R. Norum's published work appeared in reputable venues, notably the Journal of Lipid Research. One example of their recent publications is:

  • Lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase: symposium on 50 years of biomedical research from its discovery to latest findings, 2020, Journal of Lipid Research

Throughout their career, the scientist collaborated with several coauthors, including:

  • Alan T. Remaley
  • Helena E. Miettinen
  • Erik H. Strøm
  • Bruno Eduardo Pedroso Balbo
  • Carlos A.T.L. Sampaio

Kaare R. Norum's research demonstrated an interdisciplinary approach combining elements of medicine and molecular biology applied specifically to lipid-related diseases and their surgical and oncological contexts.

Best Publications

  • Transport and storage of vitamin A

    Rune Blomhoff;Michael Henry Green;Trond Berg;Kaare R. Norum

  • Determination of Lecithin: Cholesterol Acyltransfer in Human Blood Plasma

    K. T. Stokke;K. R. Norum

  • The Metabolic Role of Lecithin: Cholesterol Acyltransferase: Perspectives from Pathology

    John A. Glomset;Kaare R. Norum

  • Vitamin A metabolism: new perspectives on absorption, transport, and storage.

    R. Blomhoff;M. H. Green;J. B. Green;T. Berg

  • Familial Plasma Lecithin: Cholesterol Acyltransferase Deficiency Biochemical Study of a New Inborn Error of Metabolism

    K. R. Norum;E. Gjone

  • Plasma lipoproteins in familial lecithin: cholesterol acyltransferase deficiency: structure of low and high density lipoproteins as revealed by electron microscopy

    Trudy Forte;Kaare R. Norum;John A. Glomset;Alex V. Nichols

  • PALMITYL-COA:CARNITINE PALMITYLTRANSFERASE. PURIFICATION FROM CALF-LIVER MITOCHONDRIA AND SOME PROPERTIES OF THE ENZYME.

    Kaare R. Norum

  • Plasma lipoproteins in familial lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase deficiency: lipid composition and reactivity in vitro

    John A. Glomset;Kaare R. Norum;Weiling King

  • In vivo uptake of chylomicron [3H]retinyl ester by rat liver: evidence for retinol transfer from parenchymal to nonparenchymal cells.

    Rune Blomhoff;Per Helgerud;Magnhild Rasmussen;Trond Berg

  • Hepatic retinol metabolism. Distribution of retinoids, enzymes, and binding proteins in isolated rat liver cells.

    R Blomhoff;M Rasmussen;A Nilsson;K R Norum

  • The Oslo study. Cardiovascular disease in middle-aged and young Oslo men.

    Leren P;Askevold Em;Foss Op;Froili A

  • Acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase in human small intestine: its activity and some properties of the enzymic reaction.

    Per Helgerud;Kristin Saarem;Kaare R. Norum

  • Uptake and degradation of 125I-labelled asialo-fetuin by isolated rat hepatocytes.

    H. Tolleshaug;T. Berg;M. Nilsson;K.R. Norum

  • Methylmalonic acidemia. A new inborn error of metabolism which may cause fatal acidosis in the neonatal period.

    O. Stokke;L. Eldjarn;K. R. Norum;J. Steen-johnsen

  • Vitamin A : physiological and biochemical processing

    Rune Blomhoff;Michael H. Green;Kaare R. Norum

  • Familial serum cholesterol ester deficiency. Clinical study of a patient with a new syndrome.

    Egil Gjone;Kaare R. Norum

  • The submitochondrial distribution of acid: CoA ligase (AMP) and palmityl-CoA: Carnitine palmityltransferase in rat liver mitochondria

    Kaare R. Norum;Mikael Farstad;Jon Bremer

  • Storage of vitamin A in extrahepatic stellate cells in normal rats.

    N E Nagy;K B Holven;N Roos;H Senoo

  • The mechanism of substrate inhibition of palmityl coenzyme A:carnitine palmityltransferase by palmityl coenzyme A.

    Jon Bremer;Kaare R. Norum

  • Familial plasma lecithin: cholesterol acyltransferase deficiency.

    Bengt Hamnström;Egil Gjone;Kaare R. Norum

Frequent Co-Authors

Rune Blomhoff
Rune Blomhoff Oslo University Hospital
Trond Berg
Trond Berg University of Oslo
Christian A. Drevon
Christian A. Drevon University of Oslo
John A. Glomset
John A. Glomset University of Washington
Jon Bremer
Jon Bremer University of Oslo
Trudy M. Forte
Trudy M. Forte UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
Heidi Kiil Blomhoff
Heidi Kiil Blomhoff University of Oslo
Martijn B. Katan
Martijn B. Katan Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Mike Rayner
Mike Rayner University of Oxford
Penny M. Kris-Etherton
Penny M. Kris-Etherton Pennsylvania State University

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