Background: Liver fibrosis accumulation is considered a turnover disease, with formation exceeding degradation, although this hypothesis has never been tested in humans. Aims: To investigate extracellular matrix (ECM) remodelling in a biopsy-controlled study of alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) p...
August 24, 2021
Journal:
Aliment Pharmacol Ther.
Author:
Thiele M, Johansen S, Gudmann NS, Kjaergaard M, Leeming DJ, Jacobsen S, Bendtsen F, Møller S, Detlefsen S, Karsdal MA, Krag A, Madsen BS, Nielsen MJ
The effect of direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy on extracellular matrix (ECM) turnover, a prominent feature of chronic hepatitis C (CHC), is unknown. ECM protein degradation and formation generate fragments reflecting the tissue turnover balance when quantified in the blood. PRO-C3 and PRO-C4 re...
October 15, 2020
Journal:
J Viral Hepat
Author:
Laursen TL, Villesen IF, Leeming DJ, Karsdal MA, Sølund C, Tarp B, Kristensen LH, Holmboe CH, Leuthcher P, Laursen AL, Gudmann NS, Grønbaek H
There is an unmet need for high-quality liquid biomarkers that can safely and reproducibly predict the stage of fibrosis and the outcomes of chronic liver disease (CLD). The requirement for such markers has intensified because of the high global prevalence of diseases such as non-alcoholic fatty liv...
April 9, 2020
Journal:
Liver Int
Author:
Karsdal MA, Daniels SJ, Nielsen SH, Bager CL, Rasmussen DGK, Loomba R, Surabattula R, Villesen IF, Luo Y, Gudmann NS, Nielsen MJ, George J, Christian R, Leeming DJ, Schuppan D, Shevell DE
Following liver transplantation (LT), 10-30% of patients develop recurrent cirrhosis (RC). There is an urgent need for predictive non-invasive markers for improved monitoring of these patients. Here we studied extracellular matrix biomarkers as predictors of RC after LT. Forty-seven LT patients were...
October 16, 2019
Journal:
Sci Rep
Author:
Nielsen MJ, Villesen IF, Gudmann NS, Leeming DJ, Krag A, Karsdal MA, Zimmermann T, Schuppan D
N-terminal propeptide of type II collagen (PIINP) is a biomarker reflecting cartilage formation. PIINP exists in two main splice variants termed as type IIA and type IIB collagen NH₂-propeptide (PIIANP, PIIBNP). PIIANP has been widely recognized as a cartilage formation biomarker. However, the utili...
November 6, 2018
Journal:
Int J Mol Sci
Author:
Luo Y, He Y, Gudmann NS, Henriksen K, Simonsen O, Ladel C, Mobasheri A, Karsdal MA, Bay-Jensen AC, Michaelis M
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by high levels of protease activity leading to degradation of elastin followed by loss of elasticity of the lung and the development of emphysema. Elastin is an essential structural component of the lung parenchyma to support the expansio...
September 10, 2018
Journal:
Biochem Biophys Res Commun
Author:
Gudmann NS, Manon-Jensen T, Diefenbach C, Sun S, Danielsen A, Karsdal MA, Leeming DJ, Bülow Sand JM
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Macrophages play a significant role in chronic liver disease as reflected by elevated soluble (s)CD163 and mannose receptor (sMR) levels and associated with liver disease severity and prognosis. Extracellular matrix remodelling associated with fibrogenesis may be affected by sys...
September 5, 2018
Journal:
PLoS One
Author:
kimer N, Gudmann NS, Pedersen JS, Møller S, Nielsen MJ, Leeming DJ, Karsdal MA, Møller HJ, Bendtsen F, Grønbæk H
OBJECTIVES: The expanding spectrum of targeted therapies for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) implies a need for development of precision tools for disease assessment reflecting pathobiologic processes. Type IV collagen is an abundant protein of basement membranes, but is also present in the intercellular ...
May 8, 2018
Journal:
Clin Exp Rheumatol
Author:
Gudmann NS, Junker P, Juhl P, Thudium CS, Siebuhr AS, Byrjalsen I, Karsdal MA, Bay-Jensen AC
OBJECTIVES: This prospective study aimed to use serological biomarkers for evaluation of, connective tissue turnover, in a population of 149 Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It was aimed to investigate how the connective tissue was affected by treatment at follow-up after 1 year (+/...
February 14, 2018
Journal:
Clin Exp Rheumatol
Author:
Gudmann NS, Hirata S, Karsdal MA, Kubo S, Bay-Jensen AC, Tanaka Y
OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to examine the tissue degradation in response to anti-IL6 receptor treatment in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients which are anti-TNF-α inadequate responders. METHODS: RADIATE was a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, phase III...
January 31, 2018
Journal:
Clin Exp Rheumatol
Author:
Juhl P, Thudium CS, Gudmann NS, Karsdal MA, Bay-Jensen AC, Siebuhr AS
Usually the dense extracellular structure in fibrotic tissues is described as extracellular matrix (ECM) or simply as collagen. However, fibrosis is not just fibrosis, which is already exemplified by the variant morphological characteristics of fibrosis due to viral versus cholestatic, autoimmune or...
July 21, 2017
Journal:
Adv Drug Deliv Rev
Author:
Karsdal MA, Nielsen SH, Leeming DJ, Langholm LL, Nielsen MJ, Manon-Jensen T, Siebuhr AS, Gudmann NS, Rønnow S, Daniels SJ, Mortensen JH, Schuppan D, Bülow Sand JM
Objectives: To investigate the turnover of type I and III collagen by neo-epitope markers in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Methods: Patients with PsA (n=101) or axSpA (n=110) and healthy subjects (n=120) were included. Demographic and clinical data wer...
January 5, 2017
Journal:
Clin Exp Rheumatol
Author:
Gudmann NS, Siebuhr AS, Christensen AF, Ejstrup L, Sørensen GL, Loft AG, Karsdal MA, Bay-Jensen AC, Munk HL, Junker P
Altered architecture, composition and quality of the extracellular matrix (ECM) are pathological hallmarks of several inflammatory and fibro-proliferative pathological processes such as osteoarthritis (OA), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), fibrosis and cancer. One of the most important components of the E...
July 27, 2016
Journal:
Biochem Biophys Res Commun
Author:
Bager CL, Gudmann NS, Willumsen N, Leeming DJ, Karsdal MA, Bay-Jensen AC, Høgdall E, Balslev I, He Y
BACKGROUND: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) are chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases with complex origins. Both are characterized by altered extracellular matrix remodeling in joints and entheses that results in destructive and osteochondral proliferative lesions. Th...
June 16, 2016
Journal:
Arthritis Res Ther
Author:
Gudmann NS, Munk HL, Christensen AF, Ejstrup L, Sørensen GL, Loft AG, Karsdal MA, Bay-Jensen AC, He Y, Siebuhr AS, Junker P
OBJECTIVE: Tissue destruction in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is predominantly mediated by matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), thereby generating protein fragments. Previous studies have revealed that these fragments include MMP-mediated collagen type I, II, and III degradation, citrullinated and MMP-deg...
March 28, 2016
Journal:
PLoS One
Author:
Maijer KI, Gudmann NS, Karsdal MA, Gerlag DM, Tak PP, Bay-Jensen AC
Objective: Citrullination has become a hot topic within recent years due to its involvement in diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), multiple sclerosis and fibrosis. Citrullinations are the conversion of arginine to citrulline by peptidylarginine deiminase (PAD) enzymes, which affect protein p...
December 18, 2014
Journal:
Autoimmunity
Author:
Gudmann NS, Brandt-Hansen NU, Bay-Jensen AC, Karsdal MA, Siebuhr AS
The aim of this study was to enable measurement of cartilage formation by a novel biomarker of type II collagen formation. The competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) Pro-C2 was developed and characterized for assessment of the beta splice variant of type II procollagen (PIIBNP). This ...
October 17, 2014
Journal:
Int J Mol Sci
Author:
Gudmann NS, Wang J, Hoielt S, Chen P, Siebuhr AS, He Y, Christiansen TG, Karsdal MA, Bay-Jensen AC
The identification and clinical demonstration of efficacy and safety of osteo- and chondro-protective drugs are met with certain difficulties. During the last few decades, the pharmaceutical industry has, in the field of rheumatology, experienced disappointments associated with the development of di...
August 1, 2014
Journal:
Biomarker Med
Author:
Siebuhr AS, He Y, Gudmann NS, Gram A, Kjelgaard-Petersen CF, Qvist P, Karsdal MA, Bay-Jensen AC
Infantile malignant osteopetrosis (IMO) is a rare, lethal, autosomal recessive disorder characterized by non-functional osteoclasts. More than 50% of the patients have mutations in the TCIRG1 gene, encoding for a subunit of the osteoclast proton pump. The aim of this study was to restore the resorpt...
November 5, 2013
Journal:
Bone
Author:
Moscatelli I, Thudium CS, Flores C, Askmyr M, Gudmann NS, Andersen NM, Porras O, Karsdal MA, Villa A, Fasth A, Henriksen K, Richter J, Schulz AS
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