Tine Norman Alver

• Lavelle, Timothy J; Alver, Tine Norman; Heintz, Karen Marie; Wernhoff, Patrik; Nygaard, Vegard & Nakken, Sigve [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2020). Dysregulation of MITF Leads to Transformation in MC1R-Defective Melanocytes. Cancers. ISSN 2072-6694. 12(7), p. 1–20. doi: 10.3390/cancers12071719. Full text in Research Archive
• Alver, Tine Norman; Lavelle, Timothy J; Longva, Ane Sager; Øy, Geir Frode; Hovig, Johannes Eivind & Bøe, Sigurd (2016). MITF depletion elevates expression levels of ERBB3 receptor and its cognate ligand NRG1-beta in melanoma. OncoTarget. ISSN 1949-2553. 7(34), p. 55128–55140. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.10422. Show summary

  The phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway is frequently hyper-activated upon vemurafenib treatment of melanoma. We have here investigated the relationship between SRY-box 10 (SOX10), forkhead box 3 (FOXD3) and microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF) in the regulation of the receptor tyrosine-protein kinase ERBB3, and its cognate ligand neuregulin 1-beta (NRG1-beta). We found that both NRG1-beta and ERBB3 mRNA levels were elevated as a consequence of MITF depletion, induced by either vemurafenib or MITF small interfering RNA (siRNA) treatment. Elevation of ERBB3 receptor expression after MITF depletion caused increased activation of the PI3K pathway in the presence of NRG1-beta ligand. Together, our results suggest that MITF may play a role in the development of acquired drug resistance through hyper-activation of the PI3K pathway.

• Eftestøl, Einar; Alver, Tine Norman; Gundersen, Kristian & Bruusgaard, Jo C. (2014). Overexpression of SMPX in adult skeletal muscle does not change skeletal muscle fiber type or size. PLOS ONE. ISSN 1932-6203. 9(6). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099232. Full text in Research Archive

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