SelectedWorks - Dr. Torstein Tengs

Selected Works of Dr. Torstein Tengs

Bioinformatics and diseases of unknown origin.

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About Dr. Torstein Tengs

Biology, Genetics and Genomics, Medical Biomathematics and Biometrics, Medical Genetics, Computer Sciences, and Biostatistics

Phylogenetic analyses, Molecular biology, Bioinformatics, and High throughput sequencing

September 2001 - July 2002	Dr. scient, University of Oslo
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Article

Multilevel genomics of colorectal cancers with microsatellite instability-clinical impact of ...

Genome Medicine (2017)

Torstein Tengs

BACKGROUND:Approximately 15% of primary colorectal cancers have DNA mismatch repair deficiency, causing a complex genome with thousands of small mutations-the ...

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A transforming MET mutation discovered in non-small cell lung cancer ...

Cancer Letters (2006)

Torstein Tengs

We have designed resequencing microarrays to test the performance of this platform when interrogating a large number of exons (164 ...

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Sensitive mutation detection in heterogeneous cancer specimens by massively parallel ...

Nature Medicine (2006)

Torstein Tengs

The sensitivity of conventional DNA sequencing in tumor biopsies is limited by stromal contamination and by genetic heterogeneity within the ...

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Detection of oncogenic mutations in the EGFR gene in lung ...

Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology (2005)

Torstein Tengs

The complete sequencing of the human genome and the development of molecularly targeted cancer therapy have promoted efforts to identify ...

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Issues with RNA-seq analysis in non-model organisms: A salmonid example

Developmental & Comparative Immunology (2017)

Torstein Tengs

High throughput sequencing (HTS) is useful for many purposes as exemplified by the other topics included in this special issue. ...

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Emerging pathogens in the fish farming industry and sequencing-based pathogen ...

Developmental & Comparative Immunology (2017)

Torstein Tengs

The use of large scale DNA/RNA sequencing has become an integral part of biomedical research. Reduced sequencing costs and the ...

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Distribution and evolutionary history of the mobile genetic element s2m ...

Diseases (2016)

Torstein Tengs

The mobile genetic element s2m has been described in several families of single-stranded RNA viruses. The function remains elusive, but ...

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Deletion of the s2m RNA structure in the avian coronavirus ...

Journal of virology (2023)

Torstein Tengs

Coronaviruses infect a wide variety of host species, resulting in a range of diseases in both humans and animals. The ...

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No species-level losses of s2m suggests critical role in replication ...

Scientific reports (2021)

Torstein Tengs

The genetic element s2m has been acquired through horizontal transfer by many distantly related viruses, including the SARS-related coronaviruses. Here ...

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A genetic element in the SARS-CoV-2 genome is shared with ...

Journal of general virology (2021)

Torstein Tengs

SARS-CoV-2 is a member of the subgenus Sarbecovirus and thus contains the genetic element s2m. We have extensively mined nucleotide ...

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Genotyping of salmon gill poxvirus reveals one main predominant lineage ...

Frontiers in Microbiology (2020)

Torstein Tengs

Salmon gill poxvirus (SGPV) can cause serious gill disease in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) and represents a significant problem ...

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Evolution of the piscine orthoreovirus genome linked to emergence of ...

Viruses (2019)

Torstein Tengs

Heart and skeletal muscle inflammation (HSMI) in farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) was first diagnosed in Norway in 1999. The ...

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Molecular and Antigenic Characterization of Piscine orthoreovirus (PRV) from Rainbow ...

Viruses (2018)

Torstein Tengs

Piscine orthoreovirus (PRV-1) causes heart and skeletal muscle inflammation (HSMI) in farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Recently, a novel PRV ...

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Infection with purified Piscine orthoreovirus demonstrates a causal relationship with ...

PLoS One (2017)

Torstein Tengs

Viral diseases pose a significant threat to the productivity in aquaculture. Heart- and skeletal muscle inflammation (HSMI) is an emerging ...

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Salmon gill poxvirus, a recently characterized infectious agent of multifactorial ...

Journal of Fish Diseases (2017)

Torstein Tengs

Gill diseases cause considerable losses in Norwegian salmon farming. In 2015, we characterized salmon gill poxvirus (SGPV) and associated gill ...

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Ultra-deep pyrosequencing of partial surface protein genes from Infectious Salmon ...

PLoS One (2013)

Torstein Tengs

Uncultivable HPR0 strains of infectious salmon anaemia viruses (ISAVs) infecting gills are non-virulent putative precursors of virulent ISAVs (vISAVs) causing ...

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Sequence analysis of the genome of piscine orthoreovirus (PRV) associated ...

PLoS One (2013)

Torstein Tengs

Piscine orthoreovirus (PRV) is associated with heart- and skeletal muscle inflammation (HSMI) of farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). We have ...

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Article

A mobile genetic element with unknown function found in distantly ...

Virology Journal (2013)

Torstein Tengs

BACKGROUNDThe genetic element s2m seems to represent one of very few examples of mobile genetic elements in viruses. The function ...

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Piscine myocarditis virus (PMCV) in wild Atlantic salmon Salmo salar

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms (2012)

Torstein Tengs

Cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) is a severe cardiac disease of sea-farmed Atlantic salmon Salmo salar L., but CMS-like lesions have also ...

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A strain of piscine myocarditis virus (PMCV) infecting Argentina silus ...

Journal of Fish Diseases (2012)

Torstein Tengs

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Quantification of piscine reovirus (PRV) at different stages of Atlantic ...

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms (2012)

Torstein Tengs

The newly described piscine reovirus (PRV) appears to be associated with the development of heart and skeletal muscle inflammation (HSMI) ...

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Prevalence of piscine myocarditis virus (PMCV) in marine fish species

Journal of Fish Diseases (2011)

Torstein Tengs

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Epitype-inducing temperatures drive DNA methylation changes during somatic embryogenesis in ...

Frontiers in Plant Science (2023)

Torstein Tengs

An epigenetic memory of the temperature sum experienced during embryogenesis is part of the climatic adaptation strategy of the long-lived ...

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Major transcriptomic differences are induced by warmer temperature conditions experienced ...

Frontiers in Plant Science (2023)

Torstein Tengs

A major challenge for plants in a rapidly changing climate is to adapt to rising temperatures. Some plants adapt to ...

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Warmer temperature during asexual reproduction induce methylome, transcriptomic, and lasting ...

Horticulture research (2023)

Torstein Tengs

Plants must adapt with increasing speed to global warming to maintain their fitness. One rapid adaptation mechanism is epigenetic memory, ...

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