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Kjersti S. Rønningen

Kjersti S. Rønningen

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
55
Citations
11481
World Ranking
15008
National Ranking
75

Overview

Kjersti S. Rønningen is affiliated with Oslo University Hospital in Norway and has a research focus primarily within the fields of medicine and dentistry. The main subfields of their work include periodontics, gastroenterology, infectious diseases, surgery, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

The scientist's research covers a variety of topics, with notable emphasis on oral microbiology and periodontitis research, oral health pathology and treatment, celiac disease research and management, viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, gastrointestinal disorders and treatments, infective endocarditis diagnosis and management, and dental health and care utilization.

Key recent papers authored or coauthored by Kjersti S. Rønningen include:

  • Parechovirus Infection in Early Childhood and Association With Subsequent Celiac Disease, 2020, The American Journal of Gastroenterology
  • Low level of antibodies to the oral bacterium Tannerella forsythia predicts bladder cancers and Treponema denticola predicts colon and bladder cancers: A prospective cohort study, 2022, PLoS ONE
  • Low levels of antibodies for the oral bacterium Tannerella forsythia predict cardiovascular disease mortality in men with myocardial infarction: A prospective cohort study, 2020, Medical Hypotheses
  • Parechovirus infection in early childhood and association with subsequent celiac disease, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Comparative analysis of antibodies to four major periodontal bacteria in respiratory diseases: a cohort study, 2024, BMJ Open

Frequent coauthors of Kjersti S. Rønningen include Lise Lund Håheim, Dag S. Thelle, Ingar Olsen, Per E. Schwarze, and Per Nafstad. These collaborations suggest a multidisciplinary approach throughout the scope of their research projects.

Publication venues where Kjersti S. Rønningen has contributed multiple works include Den Norske tannlegeforenings tidende, The American Journal of Gastroenterology, PLoS ONE, Medical Hypotheses, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Best Publications

  • Association of the T-cell regulatory gene CTLA4 with susceptibility to autoimmune disease

    H Ueda;Howson Jmm.;L Esposito;J Heward

  • Susceptibility to human type 1 diabetes at IDDM2 is determined by tandem repeat variation at the insulin gene minisatellite locus

    Bennett;A M Lucassen;S C Gough;E E Powell

  • Particular HLA-DQ molecules play a dominant role in determining susceptibility or resistance to Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus

    E. Thorsby;K. S. RØnningen

  • Linkage disequilibrium mapping of a type 1 diabetes susceptibility gene (IDDM7) to chromosome 2q31-q33.

    J B Copeman;F Cucca;C M Hearne;R J Cornall

  • Remapping the insulin gene/IDDM2 locus in type 1 diabetes.

    Bryan J. Barratt;Felicity Payne;Chris E. Lowe;Robert Hermann

  • The biobank of the Norwegian mother and child cohort Study: A resource for the next 100 years

    Kjersti S. Rønningen;Liv Paltiel;Helle M. Meltzer;Rannveig Nordhagen

  • Relative predispositional effects of HLA class II DRB1-DQB1 haplotypes and genotypes on type 1 diabetes: a meta-analysis.

    G. Thomson;A. M. Valdes;A. M. Valdes;J. A. Noble;I. Kockum

  • Comparative high-resolution analysis of linkage disequilibrium and tag single nucleotide polymorphisms between populations in the vitamin D receptor gene

    Sergey Nejentsev;Lisa Godfrey;Hywel Snook;Helene Rance

  • The predisposition to type 1 diabetes linked to the human leukocyte antigen complex includes at least one non-class II gene

    Benedicte A. Lie;John A. Todd;Flemming Pociot;Jørn Nerup

  • Insulin gene region-encoded susceptibility to type 1 diabetes is not restricted to HLA-DR4-positive individuals.

    Bain Sc;Prins Jb;Hearne Cm;Rodrigues Nr

  • HLA-DQA1 and HLA-DQB1 genes may jointly determine susceptibility to develop multiple sclerosis

    Anne Spurkland;Kjersti Skjold Rønningen;Bodvar Vandvik;Erik Thorsby

  • Distribution of HLA-DRB1, -DQA1 and -DQB1 alleles and DQA1-DQB1 genotypes among Norwegian patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

    Kjersti S. Rønningen;Anne Spurkland;Thomas Iwe;Frode Vartdal

  • Polymorphic analysis of the human MHC-linked heat shock protein 70 (HSP70-2) and HSP70-Hom genes in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM).

    F. Pociot;K. S. Rønningen;J. Nerup

  • The amino acid at position 57 of the HLA-DQB chain and susceptibility to develop insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

    Kjersti S. Rønningen;Thomas Iwe;Trond S. Halstensen;Anne Spurkland

  • High Prevalence of Human Enterovirus A Infections in Natural Circulation of Human Enteroviruses

    Elisabet Witsø;Gustavo Palacios;Ondrej Cinek;Lars C. Stene

  • Different contribution of HLA-DR and -DQ genes in susceptibility and resistance to insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM)

    S. Yasunaga;A. Kimura;K. Hamaguchi;K. S. Rønningen

  • Distribution of HLA class II alleles among Norwegian Caucasians.

    Kjersti S. Rønningen;Anne Spurkland;Gunnar Markussen;Thomas Iwe

  • Analysis of the vitamin D receptor gene sequence variants in type 1 diabetes.

    Sergey Nejentsev;Jason D Cooper;Lisa Godfrey;Joanna M M Howson

  • Longitudinal Observation of Parechovirus in Stool Samples From Norwegian Infants

    German Tapia;Ondrej Cinek;Elisabet Witsø;Michal Kulich

  • Evidence by allelic association-dependent methods for a type 1 diabetes polygene (IDDM6) on chromosome 18q21

    Tony R. Merriman;Rebecca C. J. Twells;Marilyn E. Merriman;Iain A. Eaves

Frequent Co-Authors

Erik Thorsby
Erik Thorsby Oslo University Hospital
John A. Todd
John A. Todd University of Oxford
Jaakko Tuomilehto
Jaakko Tuomilehto University of Helsinki
Francesco Cucca
Francesco Cucca University of Sassari
Flemming Pociot
Flemming Pociot Steno Diabetes Center
Per Magnus
Per Magnus Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Benedicte A. Lie
Benedicte A. Lie Oslo University Hospital
Anne Spurkland
Anne Spurkland University of Oslo
Tony R. Merriman
Tony R. Merriman University of Otago
Joanna M. M. Howson
Joanna M. M. Howson Novo Nordisk (United Kingdom)

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