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Kristian Berg is affiliated with Oslo University Hospital in Norway and has contributed extensively to biomedical and clinical research. Their work primarily spans the fields of Medicine, Engineering, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach to scientific inquiry.

The scientist's research focuses on specific subfields including Biomedical Engineering, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology, Oncology, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. These areas complement their main topics of study, which center on Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies, Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics, HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research, Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research, Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism, Cancer Research and Treatments, and Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies.

Kristian Berg has published research articles in several scientific venues. Notable frequent publication venues are:

  • Photochemistry and Photobiology
  • Cancers
  • Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy
  • Cancer Research
  • Nature Communications

Recent scholarly publications include the following papers:

  • Photochemical Internalization for Intracellular Drug Delivery. From Basic Mechanisms to Clinical Research, 2020, Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Drug-Loaded Lipid-Coated Hybrid Organic-Inorganic "Stealth" Nanoparticles for Cancer Therapy, 2020, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
  • RAB5A expression is a predictive biomarker for trastuzumab emtansine in breast cancer, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Targeted Photodynamic Therapy of Human Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma with Anti-epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Antibody Cetuximab and Photosensitizer IR700DX in the Mouse Skin-fold Window Chamber Model, 2020, Photochemistry and Photobiology
  • In-Vivo Optical Monitoring of the Efficacy of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Targeted Photodynamic Therapy: The Effect of Fluence Rate, 2020, Cancers

Kristian Berg has collaborated regularly with other researchers. Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Anette Weyergang
  • Theodossis A. Theodossiou
  • Henry Hirschberg
  • Olav Engebraaten
  • Lina Nguyen

In addition to research papers, Kristian Berg has contributed to book publications. One noted publication is Prescriptive Stretching, published by Human Kinetics in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Photodynamic therapy of cancer: An update†‡

    Patrizia Agostinis;Kristian Berg;Keith A. Cengel;Thomas H. Foster

  • 5-Aminolevulinic acid-based photodynamic therapy. Clinical research and future challenges.

    Qian Peng;Trond Warloe;Kristian Berg;Johan Moan

  • THE PHOTODEGRADATION OF PORPHYRINS IN CELLS CAN BE USED TO ESTIMATE THE LIFETIME OF SINGLET OXYGEN

    Johan Moan;Kristian Berg

  • 5‐Aminolevulinic Acid‐Based Photodynamic Therapy: Principles and Experimental Research

    Qian Peng;Kristian Berg;Johan Moan;Magne Kongshaug

  • Photochemical internalization: a novel technology for delivery of macromolecules into cytosol.

    Kristian Berg;Pål Kristian Selbo;Lina Prasmickaite;Torunn E. Tjelle

  • Photochemotherapy of cancer: experimental research.

    Johan Moan;Kristian Berg

  • Use of 5-aminolevulinic acid esters to improve photodynamic therapy on cells in culture.

    Jean Michel Gaullier;Kristian Berg;Qian Peng;Helle Anholt

  • Porphyrin-related photosensitizers for cancer imaging and therapeutic applications.

    Kristian Berg;Pal Kristian Selbo;Anette Weyergang;A. Dietze

  • Photochemical internalisation in drug and gene delivery.

    Anders Høgset;Lina Prasmickaite;Pal Kristian Selbo;Marit Hellum

  • Photochemical internalization provides time- and space-controlled endolysosomal escape of therapeutic molecules

    Pål Kristian Selbo;Anette Weyergang;Anders Høgset;Ole Jacob Norum

  • CA : A Cancer Journal for Clinicians

    Patrizia Agostinis;Kristian Berg;Keith A Cengel;Thomas H Foster

  • Assessing autophagy in the context of photodynamic therapy

    John J. Reiners;Patrizia Agostinis;Kristian Berg;Nancy L. Oleinick

  • PHOTOSENSITIZING EFFICIENCIES, TUMOR‐ and CELLULAR UPTAKE OF DIFFERENT PHOTOSENSITIZING DRUGS RELEVANT FOR PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY OF CANCER

    J. Moan;Q. Peng;J. F. Evensen;K. Berg

  • Apoptosis and necrosis induced with light and 5-aminolaevulinic acid-derived protoporphyrin IX

    B. B. Noodt;K. Berg;T. Stokke;Q. Peng

  • Evaluation of a new photosensitizer, meso‐tetra‐hydroxyphenyl‐chlorin, for use in photodynamic therapy: A comparison of its photobiological properties with those of two other photosensitizers

    Liwei Ma;Johan Emelian Moan;Kristian Berg

  • 5-aminolevulinic acid, but not 5-aminolevulinic acid esters, is transported into adenocarcinoma cells by system BETA transporters.

    Eva Rud;Odrun Gederaas;Odrun Gederaas;Anders Høgset;Kristian Berg

  • Lysosomes and microtubules as targets for photochemotherapy of cancer.

    Kristian Berg;Johan Emelian Moan

  • Lysosomes as photochemical targets

    Kristian Berg;Johan Moan

  • The influence of iron chelators on the accumulation of protoporphyrin IX in 5-aminolaevulinic acid-treated cells.

    K. Berg;H. Anholt;O. Bech;J. Moan

  • Invited Review 5-Aminolevulinic Acid-Based Photodynamic Therapy: Principles and Experimental Research

    Qian Peng;Kristian Berg;Johan Moan;Magne Kongshaug

Frequent Co-Authors

Johan Emelian Moan
Johan Emelian Moan University of Oslo
Kirsten Sandvig
Kirsten Sandvig Oslo University Hospital
Már Másson
Már Másson University of Iceland
Ernst Wagner
Ernst Wagner Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Jahn M. Nesland
Jahn M. Nesland Oslo University Hospital
Jakub Golab
Jakub Golab Medical University of Warsaw
Zhongping Chen
Zhongping Chen University of California, Irvine
Arjun G. Yodh
Arjun G. Yodh University of Pennsylvania
Øystein Fodstad
Øystein Fodstad Oslo University Hospital

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