Scientific Publications

 

Unilabs encourages employees to be involved in the improvement of diagnostics services through internal and external research, development and training.

 Unilabs also encourages its employees to engage in R&D activities that are not connected to our regular or business-oriented development.

Our scientific involvement contributes to the overall development of the field of diagnostics services.

 


 

Arkblad E, Tulinius M, Kroksmark AK, Henricsson M, Darin N
A population-based study of genotypic and phenotypic variability in children with spinal muscular atrophy.

Acta Paediatr. 2009 Jan 20. [Epub ahead of print]

Abstract

 

Persson C, Engstrand L, Nyren O, Hansson LE, Enroth H, Ekstrom AM, Ye W
Interleukin 1-beta gene polymorphisms and risk of gastric cancer in Sweden.

Scand J Gastroenterol 2008 Nov 22:1-8 [Epub ahead of print]

Abstract

 

Rodhe N, Lofgren S, Matussek A, Andre M, Englund L, Kuhn I, Molstad S.
Asymptomatic bacteriuria in the elderly: High prevalence and high turnover of strains.

Scand J Infect Dis. 2008;40(10):804-10.
PMID: 18609196 [PubMed - in process]

Abstract

 

Gustafsson C, Mjösberg J, Matussek A, Geffers R, Matthiesen L, Berg G, Sharma S, Buer J, Ernerudh J.
Gene expression profiling of human decidual macrophages: evidence for immunosuppressive phenotype.

PLoS ONE. 2008 Apr 30;3(4):e2078.
PMID: 18446208 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Abstract

 

Seifert O, Bayat A, Geffers R, Dienus K, Buer J, Löfgren S, Matussek A.
Identification of unique gene expression patterns within different lesional sites of keloids.

Wound Repair Regen. 2008 Mar-Apr;16(2):254-65. Epub 2008 Feb 13.
PMID: 18282266 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Abstract

 

Indino P, Lemarchand P, Bady P, de Torrenté A, Genné L, Genné D
Prospective study on procalcitonin and other systemic infection markers in patients with leukocytosis.

Int J Infect Dis. 2008 ; 12(3):319-324

Abstract

 

Wicht B, de Marval F, Gottstein B, Peduzzi R
Imported diphyllobothriasis in Switzerland: molecular evidence of Diphyllobothrium dendriticum (Nitsch, 1824).

Parasitol Res. 2008; 102(2):201-204

Article

 

Pettersson K, Kjerrulf M, Jungersten L, Johansson K, Langstrom G, Kalies I, Lenkei R, Walldius G, Lind L
The new oral immunomodulating drug DiNAC induces brachial artery vasodilatation at rest and during hyperemia in hypercholesterolemic subjects, likely by a nitric oxide-dependent mechanism.

Atherosclerosis 2008; 196(1):275-82

Abstract

 

Frydman N, Prisant N, Hesters L, Frydman R, Tachdjian G, Cohen-Bacrie P, Fanchin R
Adequate ovarian follicular status does not prevent the decrease in pregnancy rates associated with high sperm DNA fragmentation.

Fertil Steril. 2008; 89(1):92-7

Abstract

 

Cohen Bacrie P, Belloc S, Clement P, Menezo Y, Hamidi J, Hazout A, Benkhalifa M
Correlation between DNA damages and sperm parameters: a prospective study including 1633 patients.

Fertil Steril. 2008 Apr 24

Abstract

 

Badouard C, Ménézo Y, Panteix G, Ravanat J-L, Douki T, Cadet J, Favier A
Determination of new types of DNA lesions in human sperm.

Zygote 2008;16(1):9-13

Abstract

 

Wicht B, de Marval F, Peduzzi R
Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense (Yamane et al., 1986) in Switzerland: first molecular evidence and case reports.

Parasitol Int. 2007; 56(3):195-199

Abstract

 

Liassine N, Decosterd F, Etienne J
[Evaluation of IDI-MRDA assay on a collection of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates and on carriage specimens] (French)

Pathol Biol. 2007; 55(8-9):378-381

Abstract

 

Savoca R, Achermann H, von Eckardstein A, Golaz O, Grouzmann E,  Hänseler E, Kiouplidis K, Lemarchand P, Rusterholz M, Tsakiris D (S GH), Arbeitsgruppe Interne Qualitätskontrolle, Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Klinische Chemie (SGKC).
Richtlinie zur internen Qualitätskontrolle der QUALAB: Empfehlungen und Präzisierungen.

Pipette, 2007; 6: 26-27

 

Abril C, Vilei EM, Brodard I, Burnens A, Frey J, Miserez R
Discovery of insertion element ISCfe1: a new tool for Campylobacter fetus subspecies differentiation.

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2007; 13(10):993-1000

 

 

Vurma, M, Engel A, Hagen M, Wüst J, Gubler J, Hess B
Mycobacterium peregrinum-Sepsis durch ein infiziertes Portsystem bei chemotherapieinduzierter Aplasie.

Schweiz. Med. Forum 2007; 7:114-115

Article 

 

Strömberg C, Johansson G, Adolfsson A
Acute abdominal pain: diagnostic impact of immediate CT scanning.

 

 

World J Surg. 2007; 31 (2): 2347-54; Discussion 2355-58

Article

 

Lindequist S, Morelli C
Modern imaging of the hand, wrist, and forearm.

J Hand Ther 2007; 20(2):119-30, quiz 131 (Review)

Abstract

 

Bergman A, Fernandez V, Holmström KO, Claesson BE, Enroth H
Rapid identification of pathogenic yeast isolates by real-time PCR and two-dimensional melting-point analysis.

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2007; 26(11):813-8

 

Hugosson A, Hjorth M, Bernander S, Claesson BE, Johansson A, Larsson H, Nolskog P, Pap J, Svensson N, Ulleryd P
A community outbreak of Legionnaires' disease from an industrial cooling tower: assessment of clinical features and diagnostic procedures.

Scand J Infect Dis. 2007; 39(3):217-24

Abstract

 

Backhaus E, Berg S, Trollfors B, Andersson R, Persson E, Claesson BE, Larsson P, Ek E, Jonsson L, Rådberg G, Johansson S, Ripa T, Karlsson D, Andersson K
Antimicrobial susceptibility of invasive pneumococcal isolates from a region in south-west Sweden 1998-2001.

Scand J Infect Dis. 2007; 39(1):19-27

Abstract

 

Fendukly F, Bernander S, Hanson HS
Nosocomial Legionnaires' disease caused by Legionella pneumophila serogroup 6: implication of the sequence-based typing method (SBT).

Scand J Infect Dis. 2007; 39(3):213-6

Abstract

 

Wedborg M, Persson T, Larsson T
On the distribution of UV-blue fluorescent organic matter in the Southern Ocean.

Deep-Sea Research I; 2007; 54, 1957-1971

Abstract

 

Törnhage CJ, Burian P, Bergström T
Fatal intrauterine infection by herpes simplex vitus type 2 in an infant from a mother lacking seroactivity to glycoprotein G.

Scand.J.of Inf.Diseases 2007; 39:449-453

Abstract

 

Ung KA, Ljung A, Wågermark J, Lindholm J, Rydberg L, Kilander A, Stotzer PO, Burian P
Brush cytology is superior to biopsies obtained by a new device in bile duct structures.

Hepato-Gastroenterology 2007; 54;664-668

 

Bokström H, Holst RM, Mattsson LA, Fyhr IM
Congenital cytomegalovirus infection presenting with echogenic bowel and oligohydramnios.

Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2007; 86(2):248-50

Abstract

 

Hansson J, Bergenmar M, Hofer PA, Lundell G, Månsson-Brahme E, Ringborg U, Synnerstad I, Ternesten-Bratel A, Wennberg AM, Rosdahl I
Monitoring of kindreds with hereditary predisposition for cutaneous melanoma and dysplastic nevus syndrome is worthwhile – results of a Swedish preventive program.

Journal of Clinical Oncology 2007; 25(19):2819-2824

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Menezo Y, Hazout A, Panteix G, Robert F, Rollet J, Cohen-Bacrie P, Chapuis F, Clement P, Benkhalifa M
Antioxidants to reduce sperm DNA fragmentation: an unexpected adverse effect.

Reprod Biomed Online. 2007; 4; 418-21

Abstract

 

Garnier F, Tristan A, François B, Etienne J, Delage-Corre M, Martin C, Liassine N, Wannet W, Denis F, Ploy MC
Pneumonia and new methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2006; 12(3):498-500

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Durand G, Bes M, Meugnier H, Enright MC, Forey F, Liassine N, Wenger A, Kikuchi K, Lina G, Vandenesch F, Etienne J
Detection of new methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones containing the toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 gene responsible for hospital- and community-acquired infections in France.

J Clin Microbiol. 2006; 44(3):847-853

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Aramburu C, Harbarth S, Liassine N, Girard M, Gervaix A, Scherenzel J, Renzi G, Sudre P
Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Switzerland: first surveillance report.

Euro Surveill. 2006; 11(1):42-43

Article

 

Abraham S, Toutous-Trellu L, Pechère M, Hugonnet S, Liassine N, Yerly S, Rohner P, Ninet B, Hirschel B, Piguet V
Increased incidence of sexually transmitted infections in Geneva, Switzerland.

Dermatology. 2006; 212(1):41-46

Abstract

 

Fahrenkrug J, Georg B, Hannibal J, Hindersson P, Gras S 
Diurnal rhythmicity of the clock genes Per1 and Per2 in the rat ovary.

Endocrinology. 2006; 147(8):3769-76

Article

 

Dyerberg J, Stender S, Astrup A
Fish is still healthy.

BMJ 2006. Rapid responses to "Risks and benefits of omga 3 fats for  mortality,   cardiovascular disease, and cancer: systematic review"

Article

 

Stender S, Dyerberg J
Kosthold og helse.

Michael 2006; 3:Suppl 3:54-63

Article (Norvegian)

 

Stender S, Astrup A, Dyerberg J
High Levels of Industrially Produced Trans Fat in Popular Fast Foods.

N Engl J Med 2006; 354:1650-2

Abstract

 

Stender S, Dyerberg J, Bysted A, Leth T, Astrup A
Højt indhold af industrielt producerede transfedtsyrer I populære fødevarer – men ikke i Danmark – sekundærpublikation.

Ugeskr Læger 2006; 168:1654-7

Article (Danish)

 

Jakobsen MU, Bysted A, Andersen NL, Heitmann BL, Hartkopp HB, Leth T, Overvad K, Dyerberg J
Intake of ruminant trans fatty acids and risk of coronary heart disease-An overwiev.

Atherosclerosis Supplements 2006; 7:9-11

Abstract

 

Dyerberg J, Christensen JH, Eskesen D, Astrup A, Stender S
Trans, and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and vascular function-A yin yang situation?

Atherosclerosis Supplements 2006; 7:33-35

Abstract

 

Stender S, Dyerberg J, Bysted A, Leth T, Astrup A
A trans world journey.

Atherosclerosis Supplements 2006; 7:47-52

Abstract

 

Skibsted LH, Dragsted LO, Dyerberg J, Hansen HS, Kiens B, Ovesen L, Tjønneland A
Antioxidanter og helbred.

Ugeskr Læger  2006; 168:2787-9

Article (Danish)

 

Berg S, Trollfors B, Persson E, Backhaus E, Larsson P, Ek E, Claesson BE, Jonsson L, Rådberg G, Johansson S, Ripa T, Kaltoft MS, Konradsen HB
Serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from blood and cerebrospinal fluid related to vaccine serotypes and to clinical characteristics.

Scand J Infect Dis. 2006; 38(6-7):427-32

Abstract

 

Karlsson L, Lindroth K, Elowson S, Persson A, Eriksson M, Midtvedt AC, van Raalte M, Schewenius M, Ulleryd P
[Hygiene risk factors and antibiotics use. A point-prevalence study in long-term municipality care in the county of western Gotaland]

Lakartidningen. 2006; 11-17;103(41):3080-3

 

Drogset JO, Grontvedt T, Myhr G
Magnetic resonance imaging analysis of bioabsorbable interference screws used for fixation of bone-patellar tendon-bone autografts in endoscopic reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament.

Am J Sports Med. 2006; 34(7):1164-9

Abstract

 

Bathen TF, Sjobakk TE, Skranes J, Brubakk AM, Vik T, Martinussen M, Myhr GE, Gribbestad IS, Axelson D
Cerebral metabolite differences in adolescents with low birth weight: assessment with in vivo proton MR spectroscopy.

Pediatr Radiol. 2006; 36(8):802-9

Abstract

 

Lindbäck E, Islam S, Unemo M, Wretlind B
Transformation of ciprofloxacin-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae gyrA, pare and porB1b genes.

Int J Antimicrob Agents 2006; 28(3):206-11

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Lindbäck E, Unemo M, Akhras M, Gharizadeh B, Fredlund H, Pourmand N, Wretlind B Pyrosequencing of the DNA gyrase gene in Neisseria gonorrhoeae: effective indicator of ciprofloxacin resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

APMIS, 2006; 114(12):837-41

Abstract

 

Källman O, Lundberg C , Wretlind B, Örtqvist Å
Gram-negative bacteria from patients seeking medical advice in Stockholm after the tsunami catastrophe.

Scand J Infect Dis. 2006; 38(6-7):448-50

Abstract

 

Lindelof B, Jarnvik J, Ternesten-Bratel A, Granath F, Hedblad MA
Mortality and clinicopathological features of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma in organ transplant recipients: a study of the Swedish cohort.

Acta Derm Venereol 2006; 86, 219-22

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Paoli J, Ternesten-Bratel A, Lowhagen GB, Stenquist B, Forslund O, Wennberg AM
Penile intraepithelial neoplasia: results of photodynamic therapy.

Acta Derm Venerol 2006; 86, 418-21 

Article

 

Hazout A, Dumont-Hassan M, Junca AM, Cohen Bacrie P, Tesarik J
High-magnification ICSI overcomes paternal effect resistant to conventional ICSI.

Reprod Biomed Online. 2006; 12(1); 19-251

Abstract

 

Tesarik J, Mendoza-Tesarik R, Mendoza C
Sperm nuclear DNA damage: update on the mechanism, diagnosis and treatment.

 Reprod Biomed Online. 2006, 12(6); 715-21

Abstract

 

Olivennes F
For or against the transparent publication on the results of medically assisted reproduction?

Gynecol Obstet Fertil. 2006, 34(7-8); 671-673

 

Tesarik J, Hazout A, Mendoza-Tesarik R, Mendoza N, Mendoza C
Beneficial effect of luteal-phase GnRH agonist administration on embryo implantation after ICSI in both GnRH agonist- and antagonist-treated ovarian stimulation cycles.

Hum Reprod. 2006; 21 2572-9

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Liassine N, Caulfield A, Ory G, Restellini A, de Barbeyrac B, Sitavanc R,
Descombes MC, Luescher D
First confirmed case of lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) in Switzerland.

Euro Surveill. 2005; 10(7):E050714.4

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Bigras G, de Marval F
The probability for a Pap test to be abnormal is directly proportional to HPV viral load: results from a Swiss study comparing HPV testing and liquid-based cytology to detect cervical cancer precursors in 13,842 women.

 Br J Cancer. 2005; 93(5):575-81

Article

 

Junca AM, Cohen-Bacrie P, Hazout A.
ICSI: can one select the spermatozoids ?

J Gynecol Obstet Biol Reprod (Paris). 2005; 34(1 Pt 2); 1S31-4

 

Hazout A.
FSH is a limiting factor.

J Gynecol Obstet Biol Reprod. 2005; 34(7Pt2); 5S24-5S26

Abstract

 

Liassine N, Auckenthaler R, Descombes MC, Bes M, Vandenesch F, Etienne J
Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated in Switzerland contains the Panton-Valentine leukocidin or exfoliative toxin genes.

 J Clin Microbiol. 2004; 42(2):825-828

Article

 

Freudiger H, Sitavanc R
Reverse seroconversion of hepatitis B in a haemodialysis patient.

 Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2004;19:238-241

 

Hazout A, Bouchard P, Seifer DB, Aussage P, Junca AM, Cohen-Bacrie P
Serum antimullerian hormone/mullerian-inhibiting substance appears to be a more discriminatory marker of assisted reproductive technology outcome than follicle-stimulating hormone, inhibin B, or estradiol.

 Fertil Steril. 2004; 82(5); 1323-9

Abstract

 

Vandenesch F, Naimi T, Enright MC, Lina G, Nimmo GR, Heffernan H, Liassine N, Bes M, Greenland T, Reverdy ME, Etienne J
Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes: worldwide emergence.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2003; 9(8):978-984

Article

 

Miyara F, Migne C, Dumont-Hassan M, Le Meur A, Cohen-Bacrie P, Aubriot FX, Glissant A, Nathan C, Douard S, Stanovici A, Debey P
Chromatin configuration and transcriptional control in human and mouse oocytes.

Mol Reprod Dev. 2003; 64(4); 458-70

Abstract

 

Miyara F, Aubriot FX, Glissant A, Nathan C, Douard S, Stanovici A, Herve F, Dumont-Hassan M, LeMeur A, Cohen-Bacrie P, Debey P
Multiparameter analysis of human oocytes at metaphase II stage after IVF failure in non-male infertility.

Hum Reprod. 2003; 18(7); 1494-503

Article

 

Schmid H, Burnens AP, Baumgartner A, Boerlin P, Bille J, Liassine N, Friderich P, Breer C
Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli in patients with diarrhoea in Switzerland.

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2002; 21(11):810-813

Abstract

 

Liassine N, Madec S, Ninet B, Metral C, Fouchereau-Peron M, Labia R, Auckenthaler R
Postneurosurgical meningitis due to Proteus penneri with selection of a ceftriaxone-resistant isolate: analysis of chromosomal class A beta-lactamase HugA and its LysR-type regulatory protein HugR.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2002; 46(1):216-219

Abstract

 

Tesarik J, Mendoza C, Greco E
Paternal effects acting during the first cell cycle of human preimplantation development after ICSI.

Hum Reprod. 2002; 17; 184-9

Article

 

Tesarik J, Nagy P, Abdelmassih R, Greco E, Mendoza C
Pharmacological concentrations of follicle-stimulating hormone and testosterone improve the efficacy of in vitro germ cell differentiation in men with maturation arrest.

Fertil Steril. 2002; 77(2); 245-51

Abstract

 

Anguenot JL, de Marval F, Vassilakos P, Auckenthaler R, Ibéchéole V, Campana A
Combined screening for Chlamydia trachomatis and squamous intra-epithelial lesions using a single liquid-based cervical sample.

Hum Reprod. 2001; 16(10):2206-2210

Article

 

Tesarik J, Nagy ZP, Sousa M, Mendoza C, Abdelmassih R
Fertilizable oocytes reconstructed from patient's somatic cell nuclei and donor ooplasts.

Reprod Biomed Online 2001; 2(3); 160-164

Abstract

 

Cohen-Bacrie P, Hazout A
Follicle stimulating hormone and inhibin B in the woman.

Gynecol Obstet Fertil. 2001; 29(4); 320-3

 

Harbarth S, Liassine N, Dharan S, Herrault P, Auckenthaler R, Pittet D
Risk factors for persistent carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Clin Infect Dis. 2000; 31(6):1380-1385

Article

 

Posfay Barbe K, Jaeggi E, Ninet B, Liassine N, Donatiello C, Gervaix A, Suter S
Bartonella quintana endocarditis in a child.

N Engl J Med. 2000; 342(24):1841-1842

Abstract

 

Vassilakos P, Schwartz D, de Marval F, Yousfi L, Broquet G, Mathez-Loic F, Campana A, Major A
Biopsy-based comparison of liquid-based, thin-layer preparations to conventional Pap smears.

J Reprod Med. 2000; 45(1):11-16

Abstract

 

Goldstein FW, Multicentre Study Group
Antibiotic susceptibility of bacterial strains isolated from patients with community-acquired urinary tract infections in France.

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2000; 19(2); 112-7

Abstract

 

Tesarik J, Nagy ZP, Mendoza C, Greco E
Chemically and mechanically induced membrane fusion: non-activating methods for nuclear transfer in mature human oocytes.

Hum Reprod. 2000; 15(5); 1149-54

Article

 

Tesarik J, Balaban B, Isiklar A, Alatas C, Urman B, Aksoy S, Mendoza C, Greco E
In-vitro spermatogenesis resumption in men with maturation arrest: relationship with in-vivo blocking stage and serum FSH.

Hum Reprod. 2000; 15(6); 1350-4

Article

 

Tesarik J, Junca AM, Hazout A, Aubriot FX, Nathan C, Cohen-Bacrie P, Dumont-Hassan M
Embryos with high implantation potential after intracytoplasmic sperm injection can be recognized by a simple, non-invasive examination of pronuclear morphology.

Hum Reprod. 2000; 15(6); 1396-9

Article

 

Tesarik J, Mendoza C, Greco E
Immature germ cell conception-in vitro germ cell manipulation.

Baillieres Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2000; 14 437-52

Abstract

 

Tesarik J, Mendoza C, Anniballo R, Greco E
In-vitro differentiation of germ cells from frozen testicular biopsy specimens.

Hum Reprod. 2000; 15(8); 1713-6

Article

 

Tesarik J, Mendoza C, Greco E
In-vitro maturation of immature human male germ cells.

Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2000; 15, 166 45-50

Abstract

 

Tesarik J, Mendoza C, Greco E
The effect of FSH on male germ cell survival and differentiation in vitro is mimicked by pentoxifylline but not insulin.

Mol Hum Reprod. 2000; 6(10); 877-81

Abstract

 

Tesarik J, Mendoza C, Greco E
The activity (calcium oscillator?) responsible for human oocyte activation after injection with round spermatids is associated with spermatid nuclei.

Fertil Steril. 2000; 74(6); 1245-7

Abstract