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Overview

Rolf K. Berge is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant focus on molecular biology, physiology, immunology, epidemiology, and clinical biochemistry.

Their principal research topics include diet and metabolism studies, metabolism and genetic disorders, fatty acid research and health, metabolomics and mass spectrometry studies, liver disease diagnosis and treatment, gut microbiota and health, as well as immunodeficiency and autoimmune disorders.

Notable recent publications by Rolf K. Berge include:

  • Low fibre intake is associated with gut microbiota alterations in chronic heart failure, 2020, ESC Heart Failure
  • Rifaximin or Saccharomyces boulardii in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: Results from the randomized GutHeart trial, 2021, EBioMedicine
  • Gut Microbiota-Dependent Trimethylamine N-Oxide Associates With Inflammation in Common Variable Immunodeficiency, 2020, Frontiers in Immunology
  • A map of metabolic phenotypes in patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, 2021, JCI Insight
  • Rosuvastatin alters the genetic composition of the human gut microbiome, 2020, Scientific Reports

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Rolf K. Berge include:

  • Bodil Bjørndal
  • Ottar Nygård
  • Pavol Bohov
  • Johannes R. Hov
  • Simon N. Dankel

The most common venues for publishing research are:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Frontiers in Nutrition
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Journal of Internal Medicine
  • Journal of Clinical Immunology

Best Publications

  • Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor α Activators Improve Insulin Sensitivity and Reduce Adiposity

    Michèle Guerre-Millo;Philippe Gervois;Eric Raspé;Lise Madsen

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies variation in vitamin D receptor and other host factors influencing the gut microbiota

    Jun Wang;Louise B Thingholm;Jurgita Skiecevičienė;Philipp Rausch;Philipp Rausch

  • Different Adipose Depots: Their Role in the Development of Metabolic Syndrome and Mitochondrial Response to Hypolipidemic Agents

    Bodil Bjørndal;Lena Burri;Vidar Staalesen;Jon Skorve

  • Microbiota-dependent metabolite trimethylamine-N-oxide is associated with disease severity and survival of patients with chronic heart failure.

    M. Trøseid;T. Ueland;T. Ueland;J. R. Hov;A. Svardal

  • Fish Protein Hydrolysate Reduces Plasma Total Cholesterol, Increases the Proportion of HDL Cholesterol, and Lowers Acyl-CoA:Cholesterol Acyltransferase Activity in Liver of Zucker Rats

    Hege Wergedahl;Bjørn Liaset;Bjørn Liaset;Oddrun Anita Gudbrandsen;Einar Lied

  • Modulation of Keratinocyte Gene Expression and Differentiation by PPAR-Selective Ligands and Tetradecylthioacetic Acid

    Majken Westergaard;Jeanette Henningsen;Morten Lyne Svendsen;Claus Johansen

  • Docosahexaenoic acid shows no triglyceride-lowering effects but increases the peroxisomal fatty acid oxidation in liver of rats

    N Willumsen;S Hexeberg;J Skorve;M Lundquist

  • Improved cognitive development among preterm infants attributable to early supplementation of human milk with docosahexaenoic acid and arachidonic acid.

    Christine Henriksen;Kristin Haugholt;Magnus Lindgren;Anne Karin Aurvåg

  • Eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acid affect mitochondrial and peroxisomal fatty acid oxidation in relation to substrate preference

    Lise Madsen;Arild C. Rustan;Hege Vaagenes;Kjetil Berge

  • Vitamins C and E interact in juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar, L.)

    Kristin Hamre;Rune Waagbø;Rolf K. Berge;Øyvind Lie

  • In contrast with docosahexaenoic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid and hypolipidaemic derivatives decrease hepatic synthesis and secretion of triacylglycerol by decreased diacylglycerol acyltransferase activity and stimulation of fatty acid oxidation.

    Rolf K. Berge;Lise Madsen;Hege Vaagenes;Karl Johan Tronstad

  • Mitochondrion is the principal target for nutritional and pharmacological control of triglyceride metabolism.

    Livar Frøyland;Lise Madsen;Hege Vaagenes;Geir K. Totland

  • Interaction between chemokines and oxidative stress: possible pathogenic role in acute coronary syndromes

    Pål Aukrust;Rolf K. Berge;Thor Ueland;Ellinor Aaser

  • Adipocyte differentiation of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes is dependent on lipoxygenase activity during the initial stages of the differentiation process

    Lise Madsen;Rasmus K Petersen;Morten B Sørensen;Claus Jørgensen

  • Chronic administration of eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid as ethyl esters reduced plasma cholesterol and changed the fatty acid composition in rat blood and organs

    Livar Frøyland;Hege Vaagenes;Daniel K. Asiedu;Alexis Garras

  • Increased levels of oxidized glutathione in CD4+ lymphocytes associated with disturbed intracellular redox balance in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection.

    Pål Aukrust;Asbjørn M. Svardal;Fredrik Muller;Bodil Lunden

  • Oral ferrous fumarate or intravenous iron sucrose for patients with inflammatory bowel disease

    Kari Erichsen;Rune J Ulvik;Gunnar Nysaeter;Jack Johansen

  • DOCOSAHEXAENOIC AND EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACIDS ARE DIFFERENTLY METABOLIZED IN RAT LIVER DURING MITOCHONDRIA AND PEROXISOME PROLIFERATION

    Lise Madsen;Livar Frøyland;Endre Dyrøy;Kari Helland

  • Enhancement of long-chain acyl-CoA hydrolase activity in peroxisomes and mitochondria of rat liver by peroxisomal proliferators.

    Rolf K. Berge;Torgeir Flatmark;Harald Osmundsen

  • Antipsychotic drugs activate SREBP-regulated expression of lipid biosynthetic genes in cultured human glioma cells: a novel mechanism of action?

    Fernø J;Raeder Mb;Raeder Mb;Vik-Mo Ao;Vik-Mo Ao;Skrede S;Skrede S

Frequent Co-Authors

Pål Aukrust
Pål Aukrust Oslo University Hospital
Lise Madsen
Lise Madsen University of Bergen
Thor Ueland
Thor Ueland University of Oslo
Bente Halvorsen
Bente Halvorsen University of Oslo
Per Magne Ueland
Per Magne Ueland University of Bergen
Vidar M. Steen
Vidar M. Steen University of Bergen
Arne Yndestad
Arne Yndestad Oslo University Hospital
Lars Gullestad
Lars Gullestad Oslo University Hospital
Karsten Kristiansen
Karsten Kristiansen University of Copenhagen
Stig S. Frøland
Stig S. Frøland University of Oslo

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