Karl Tronstad

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Karl Johan Tronstad, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, where he heads the Tronstad Lab which studies cell metabolism and mitochondrial involvement in cancer and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). In 2017, his research group received a grant of 9.5 million for the development of new ME/CFS treatment methods and biomarkers. Dr. Tronstad collaborates with Professor Olav Mella and Øystein Fluge at the Department of Oncology and Medical Physics at Haukeland University Hospital on ME/CFS research.[1]

Notable studies[edit | edit source]

  • 2016, Metabolic profiling indicates impaired pyruvate dehydrogenase function in myalgic encephalopathy/chronic fatigue syndrome[2] (Full Text)
  • 2020, Intravenous Cyclophosphamide in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. An Open-Label Phase II Study[3] - (Full text)
  • 2021, A map of metabolic phenotypes in patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome[4] - (Full text)

Talks and interviews[edit | edit source]

  • 2019, Speaker at the 14th Invest in ME International ME Conference; Speech title: Metabolic profiling and associations to clinical data in ME - (Video)

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References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Finding the cause of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME". University of Bergen. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  2. Fluge, Øystein; Mella, Olav; Bruland, Ove; Risa, Kristin; Dyrstad, Sissel E.; Alme, Kine; Rekeland, Ingrid G.; Sapkota, Dipak; Røsland, Gro V.; Fosså, Alexander; Ktoridou-Valen, Irini; Lunde, Sigrid; Sørland, Kari; Lien, Katarina; Herder, Ingrid; Thürmer, Hanne; Gotaas, Merete E.; Baranowska, Katarzyna A.; Bohnen, Louis M.L.J.; Schäfer, Christoph; McCann, Adrian; Sommerfelt, Kristian; Helgeland, Lars; Ueland, Per M.; Dahl, Olav; Tronstad, Karl J. (2016). "Metabolic profiling indicates impaired pyruvate dehydrogenase function in myalgic encephalopathy/chronic fatigue syndrome". JCI Insight. 1 (21): e89376. doi:10.1172/jci.insight.89376.
  3. Rekeland, Ingrid G.; Fosså, Alexander; Lande, Asgeir; Ktoridou-Valen, Irini; Sørland, Kari; Holsen, Mari; Tronstad, Karl J.; Risa, Kristin; Alme, Kine; Viken, Marte K.; Lie, Benedicte K.; Dahl, Olav; Mella, Olav; Fluge, Øystein (2020). "Intravenous Cyclophosphamide in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. An Open-Label Phase II Study". Frontiers in Medicine. 7: 162. doi:10.3389/fmed.2020.00162. ISSN 2296-858X. PMC 7201056. PMID 32411717.
  4. Hoel, Fredrik; Hoel, August; Pettersen, Ina K.N.; Rekeland, Ingrid G.; Risa, Kristin; Alme, Kine; Sørland, Kari; Fosså, Alexander; Tronstad, Karl J. (August 23, 2021). "A map of metabolic phenotypes in patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome". JCI Insight. 6 (16): e149217. doi:10.1172/jci.insight.149217. ISSN 2379-3708.