• Concentrations of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Women’s Serum in the European Arctic Russia 

      Varakina, Yulia; Lahmanov, Dmitry; Aksenov, Andrey; Trofimova, Anna; Korobitsyna, Rimma; Belova, Natalia; Sobolev, Nikita; Kotsur, Dmitry; Sorokina, Tatiana; Grjibovski, Andrej; Chashchin, Valery; Thomassen, Yngvar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are heterogeneous carbon-based compounds that can seriously affect human health. The aim of this study was to measure serum concentrations of POPs in women residing in the Euro-Arctic ...
    • Essential and non-essential elements in biological samples of inhabitants residing in Nenets Autonomous Okrug of the Russian Arctic 

      Sobolev, Nikita; Ellingsen, Dag; Belova, Natalia; Aksenov, Andrey; Sorokina, Tatiana; Trofimova, Anna; Varakina, Yulia; Kotsur, Dmitriy; Grjibovski, Andrej; Chashchin, Valerii; Bogolitsyn, Konstantin; Thomassen, Yngvar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Exposure of Arctic residents to environmental pollutants is an emerging public health problem receiving little global attention. The objective of this study was to assess whole blood concentrations of nine selected essential ...
    • Iodine Status of Women and Infants in Russia: A Systematic Review 

      Korobitsyna, Rimma; Aksenov, Andrey; Sorokina, Tatiana; Trofimova, Anna; Sobolev, Nikita; Grjibovski, Andrej; Chashchin, Valery; Thomassen, Yngvar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Aquaporin-4 (AQP4) is critically involved in brain water and volume homeostasis and has been implicated in a wide range of pathological conditions. Notably, evidence has been accrued to suggest that AQP4 plays a proinflammatory ...