Gunnar Mellgren

Position

Professor

Affiliation

Research

Diabetes, obesity and nutrition

Hormones, diagnostics and breast cancer

Hormone Laboratory Research Group

Mohn Nutrition Research Laboratory www.uib.no/mohn-elab

Teaching

Endocrinology and Medical Biochemistry

Publications
Academic article
Poster
Academic lecture
Academic literature review
Article in business/trade/industry journal
Abstract
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Doctoral dissertation
Lecture
Textbook
Popular scientific article
Masters thesis
Popular scientific lecture
Compendium
Thesis at a second degree level

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

Selected publications:

Mellgren, G., Gjertsen, B.T, Otten, A., Maronde, E., Genieser, H-G., Jasdorff, B., Vintermyr, O.K., McKnight, G.S., and Døskeland, S.O. (1995) Novel Rp-cAMPS analogs as tools for inhibition of cAMP-kinase in cell culture. Basal cAMP-kinase activity modulates interleukin-1b action. J. Biol. Chem., 270:20599-20607.

Fladmark, K.E, Brustugun, O.T, Mellgren, G, Krakstad, C, Bøe, R., Vintermyr, O.K., Schulman, H., and Døskeland, S.O. (2002) Ca2+/calmodulin dependent protein kinase II is required for microcystin-induced apoptosis. J. Biol. Chem., 277:2804-2811.

Børud, B., Hoang, T., Bakke, M, Jacob, A., Lund, J, and Mellgren, G (2002). The nuclear coactivators p/CIP and TIF2 differentially regulate PKA-dependent transcriptional activity of Steroidogenic factor-1. Mol. Endocrinol., 16:757-773.

Børud, B., Mellgren, G., Lund, J. and Bakke, M. (2003) Cloning and Characterization of a Novel Zinc-finger Protein that Modulates the Transcriptional Activity of Nuclear Receptors. Mol. Endocrinol., 17:2303-2319 

Hoang, T., Fenne, I., Cook, C., Børud, B., Bakke, M., Lien, E.A and Mellgren, G (2004) cAMP-dependent Protein Kinase Regulates Ubiquitin-proteasome mediated Degradation and Subcellular Localization of the Nuclear Receptor Coactivator GRIP1. J. Biol. Chem., 279:49120-49130.

Gjerde, J., Hauglid, M., Breilid, H., Lundgren, S., Varhaug, J.E., Kisanga, E.R., Mellgren, G., Steen, V.M., and Lien, E.A. (2007). Effects of CYP2D6 and SULT1A1 genotypes including SULT1A1 gene copy number on tamoxifen metabolism. Ann Oncol., 19:56-61.

Fenne, I.S., Hoang, T., Hauglid, M, Sagen, JV, Lien, E.A., and Mellgren, G. (2008). Recruitment of coactivator GRIP1 to an estrogen receptor transcription complex is regulated by cAMP-dependent protein kinase. Endocrinology, 149:4336-45.

Moi, L.H.L., Hauglid, M., Gandini, S, Aliana, G.G., Bonanni, B., Lazzeroni, M., Gjerde, J, Lien, E.A., Decensi, A, and Mellgren G. (2010) Effects of low dose tamoxifen on Steroid Receptor Coactivator 1/Amplified in Breast Cancer 1 in normal an malignant breast tissue. Clin. Cancer Res., 16:2176-86

Dankel SE, Fadnes D, Stavrum AK, Stansberg C, Holdhus R, Hoang T, Veum V, Christensen B, Vaage V, Sagen JV, Steen VM, Mellgren G (2010) Switch from stress response to homeobox transcription factors in adipose tissue after profound fat loss. PLoS ONE, 9;5(6):e11033

Monika H.E. Christensen, Eva K.R. Pedersen, Yngve Nordbø, Jan Erik Varhaug, Øyvind Midttun, Per M. Ueland, Ottar K. Nygaard, Gunnar Mellgren, Ernst A. Lien (2012) Vitamin B6 Status and Interferon-γ Mediated Immune Activation in Primary Hyperparathyroidism. J Intern Medicine. Jul 3. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2012.02570.x

Hoang, T. Fenne, I,  Johannessen, M, Lien, E.A., Moens, U and Mellgren, G. (2013) cAMP Response Element Binding Protein (CREB) Interacts with the nuclear receptor coactivator GRIP1 and mediates its degradation. Endocrinology,Apr;154(4):1513-27. doi: 10.1210/en.2012-2049. Epub 2013 Mar 5.

Claussnitzer M, Dankel SN, Klocke B, Grallert H, Glunk V, Berulava T, Lee H, Oskolkov N, Fadista J, Ehlers K, Wahl S, Hoffmann C, Qian K, Rönn T, Riess H, Müller-Nurasyid M, Bretschneider N, Schroeder T, Skurk T, Horsthemke B; DIAGRAM+Consortium, Spieler D, Klingenspor M, Seifert M, Kern MJ, Mejhert N, Dahlman I, Hansson O, Hauck SM, Blüher M, Arner P, Groop L, Illig T, Suhre K, Hsu YH, Mellgren G, Hauner H, Laumen H. Leveraging cross-species transcription factor binding site patterns: from diabetes risk loci to disease mechanisms. Cell. 2014 Jan 16;156(1-2):343-58

Ussar S, Lee KY, Dankel SN, Boucher J, Haering MF, Kleinridders A, Thomou T, Xue R, Macotela Y, Cypess AM, Tseng YH, Mellgren G, Kahn CR. ASC-1, PAT2, and P2RX5 are cell surface markers for white, beige, and brown adipocytes. Science Translational Medicine, 2014, 6(247);247ra103. 

Aadland EK, Lavigne C, Graff IE, Eng Ø, Paquette M, Holthe A, Mellgren G, Jacques H, Liaset B. Lean-seafood intake reduces cardiovascular lipid risk factors in healthy subjects: results from a randomized controlled trial with a crossover design. Am J Clin Nutr. 2015 Sep;102(3):582-92. 

Melina Claussnitzer, Simon Nitter Dankel, Gerald Quon, Kyoung-Han Kim, Wouter Meuleman, Christine Haugen, Viktoria Glunk, Isabel Sousa, Jacqueline L. Beaudry, Vijitha Puviindran, Nezar A. Abdennur, Jannel Liu, Per-Arne Svensson, Yi-Hsiang Hsu, Daniel J. Drucker, Gunnar Mellgren, Chi-Chung Hui, Hans Hauner, Manolis Kellis. FTO Obesity Variant Circuitry and Adipocyte Browning in Humans. New Engl. J. Medicine, 2015 Sep 3;373(10):895-907

Vivian L. Veum, Johnny Laupsa-Borge, Øyvin Eng, Espen Rostrup, Terje H. Larsen, Jan Erik Nordrehaug, Ottar Nygård, Jørn V. Sagen, Oddrun A. Gudbrandsen, Simon N. Dankel, Gunnar Mellgren. Visceral adiposity and metabolic syndrome after very-high-fat and low-fat isocaloric diets: a randomized controlled trial (FATFUNC). Am J Clin Nutr. 2017 Jan;105(1):85-99

Serum concentrations of active tamoxifen metabolites predict long-term survival in adjuvantly treated breast cancer patients. Helland T, Henne N, Bifulco E, Naume B, Borgen E, Kristensen VN, Kvaløy JT, Lash TL, Alnæs GIG, van Schaik RH, Janssen EAM, Hustad S, Lien EA, ‡Mellgren G, ‡Søiland H. Breast Cancer Res. 2017 Nov 28;19(1):125. doi: 10.1186/s13058-017-0916-4. 

IRX5 regulates adipocyte amyloid precursor protein and mitochondrial respiration in obesity. Bjune JI, Haugen C, Gudbrandsen O, Nordbø OP, Nielsen HJ, Våge V, Njølstad PR, Sagen JV, Dankel SN, Mellgren G. Int J Obes (Lond). 2019 Nov;43(11):2151-2162

The homeobox factor Irx3 maintains adipogenic identity. Bjune JI, Dyer L, Røsland GV, Tronstad KJ, Njølstad PR, Sagen JV, Dankel SN, Mellgren G. Metabolism. 2019 Nov 18;103:154014. doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2019.154014.

Testicular ultrasound to stratify hormone references in a cross-sectional Norwegian study of male puberty. Madsen A, Oehme NB, Roelants M, Bruserud IS, Eide GE, Viste K, Bjerknes R, Almås B, Rosendahl K, Sagen JV, Mellgren G, Juliusson PB. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2019 Oct 26. pii: dgz094. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgz094.

3-Hydroxyisobutyrate, A Strong Marker of Insulin Resistance in Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity That Modulates White and Brown Adipocyte Metabolism. Nilsen MS, Jersin RÅ, Ulvik A, Madsen A, McCann A, Svensson P-A, Svensson M-E, Nedrebø B-G, Gudbrandsen OA, Tell GS, Kahn CR,Ueland PM, Mellgren G, and Dankel SN. Diabetes 2020; 69:1–14 https://doi.org/10.2337/db19-1174.

Projects

https://www.uib.no/en/rg/hormonelaboratory

Mohn Nutrition Research Laboratory funded by Trond Mohn stiftelse www.uib.no/mohn-elab

https://www.uib.no/diabetes/en

Kompetanse

Spesialist i indremedisin, hormonsykdommer og medisinsk biokjemi