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Snævar Sigurðsson - Research Assistant Professor

Snævar Sigurðsson

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School of Health Sciences

Snævar Sigurðsson

Research Assistant Professor

Location
Læknagarður / Lg-456
Email
snaevar [at] hi.is

Unit
BioMedical Center

Published works

2025

The Non-Antibacterial Effects of Azithromycin and Other Macrolides on the Bronchial Epithelial Barrier and Cellular DifferentiationInternational Journal of Molecular Sciences
A novel macrolide, EP395, with reduced antibacterial activity and an enhancing effect on respiratory epithelial barrierPulmonary Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Target Genes of MITF in Projection Neurons of the Olfactory Bulb—A Role for MITF in Defining Gene Expression of Middle Tufted CellsEuropean Journal of Neuroscience

2023

Aroylated phenylenediamine HO53 modulates innate immunity, histone acetylation and metabolismMolecular Immunology
Evaluating Prophylactic Effect of Bovine Colostrum on Intestinal Barrier Function in Zonulin Transgenic MiceInternational Journal of Molecular Sciences

2022

The Novel Inducer of Innate Immunity HO53 Stimulates Autophagy in Human Airway Epithelial CellsJournal of Innate Immunity
Ventilator-induced lung injury results in oxidative stress response and mitochondrial swelling in a mouse modelLaboratory Animal Research

2021

Metabolic and transcriptional changes across osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stromal cellsBioengineering

2020

Common and rare sequence variants influencing tumor biomarkers in bloodCancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention
Azithromycin has lung barrier protective effects in a cell model mimicking ventilator-induced lung injuryAltex
Azithromycin ameliorates sulfur dioxide-induced airway epithelial damage and inflammatory responsesRespiratory Research

2017

Sequence variants in ARHGAP15, COLQ and FAM155A associate with diverticular disease and diverticulitisNature Communications
Effect of sequence variants on variance in glucose levels predicts type 2 diabetes risk and accounts for heritabilityNature Genetics

2014

Rare mutations associating with serum creatinine and chronic kidney diseaseHuman Molecular Genetics
Canine Hereditary Ataxia in Old English Sheepdogs and Gordon Setters Is Associated with a Defect in the Autophagy Gene Encoding RAB24PLoS Genetics
Candidate genes and functional noncoding variants identified in a canine model of obsessive-compulsive disorderGenome Biology

2013

Genome-wide analyses implicate 33 loci in heritable dog osteosarcoma, including regulatory variants near CDKN2A/BGenome Biology
Mutations causing medullary cystic kidney disease type 1 lie in a large VNTR in MUC1 missed by massively parallel sequencingNature Genetics
Genome-wide profiling of target genes for the systemic lupus erythematosus-associated transcription factors IRF5 and STAT4Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

2012

Copy number expansion of the STX17 duplication in melanoma tissue from Grey horses.BMC Genomics

2011

Mutation discovery in mice by whole exome sequencingGenome Biology
Identification of genomic regions associated with phenotypic variation between dog breeds using selection mappingPLoS Genetics
A candidate gene study of the type i interferon pathway implicates IKBKE and IL8 as risk loci for SLEEuropean Journal of Human Genetics
Performance of microarray and liquid based capture methods for target enrichment for massively parallel sequencing and SNP discoveryPLoS ONE

2010

A STAT4 risk allele is associated with ischaemic cerebrovascular events and anti-phospholipid antibodies in systemic lupus erythematosusAnnals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Fine-mapping and mutation analysis of TRPM1Briefings in Functional Genomics and Proteomics
Identification of the bovine arachnomelia mutation by massively parallel sequencing implicates sulfite oxidase (SUOX) in bone developmentPLoS Genetics
Genetic variants and disease-associated factors contribute to enhanced interferon regulatory factor 5 expression in blood cells of patients with systemic lupus erythematosusArthritis and Rheumatism

2009

Genome sequence, comparative analysis, and population genetics of the domestic horseScience

2008

Interferon regulatory factor 5 (IRF5) gene variants are associated with multiple sclerosis in three distinct populationsJournal of Medical Genetics
Comprehensive evaluation of the genetic variants of interferon regulatory factor 5 (IRF5) reveals a novel 5 bp length polymorphism as strong risk factor for systemic lupus erythematosusHuman Molecular Genetics
A risk haplotype of STAT4 for systemic lupus erythematosus is over-expressed, correlates with anti-dsDNA and shows additive effects with two risk alleles of IRF5Human Molecular Genetics
Variants of the interferon regulatory factor 5 gene regulate expression of IRF5 mRNA in atherosclerotic tissue but are not associated with myocardial infarctionArteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

2007

Corrigendum to ''A microarray system for genotyping 150 single nucleotide polymorphisms in the coding region of human mitochondrial DNA" [Genomics 87 (2006) 534-542] (DOI:10.1016/j.ygeno.2005.11.022)Genomics
Three functional variants of IFN regulatory factor 5 (IRF5) define risk and protective haplotypes for human lupusProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
An insertion-deletion polymorphism in the Interferon Regulatory Factor 5 (IRF5) gene confers risk of inflammatory bowel diseasesHuman Molecular Genetics
Association of a haplotype in the promoter region of the interferon regulatory factor 5 gene with rheumatoid arthritisArthritis and Rheumatism

2006

Genotyping of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms by Minisequencing Using Tag Arrays
A microarray system for genotyping 150 single nucleotide polymorphisms in the coding region of human mitochondrial DNAGenomics

2005

Polymorphisms in the tyrosine kinase 2 and interferon regulatory factor 5 genes are associated with systemic lupus erythematosusAmerican Journal of Human Genetics

2003

Quantitative evaluation by minisequencing and microarrays reveals accurate multiplexed SNP genotyping of whole genome amplified DNANucleic Acids Research

2002

Multiplex SNP genotyping in pooled DNA samples by a four-colour microarray system.Nucleic Acids Research

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