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Ingibjörg Harðardóttir - Professor
–
School of Health Sciences
Ingibjörg Harðardóttir
Íslenska
Professor
Lipid metabolism, nutrition
Location
Læknagarður / Lg-543
Email
ih [at] hi.is
Unit
Biochemistry
Website
http://lifvisindi.hi.is/staff/ingibjorg-hardardottir
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0178-7047
Research portal – Ingibjörg Harðardóttir
Courses 2024 - 2025
LEI203G - Biochemistry
LÆK408G - Molecular Life Sciences B
LÆK410G - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology B
Collaboration
immunologist
,
Jóna Freysdóttir, immunologist
,
Jóna Freysdóttir, immunologist
Education
1992
,
Doktorspróf
,
Cornell University
,
Ph.D.
1988
,
Meistarapróf
,
Cornell University
,
M.S.
1984
,
BS
,
University of Iceland
,
B.S.
Professional Experience
1998 -
,
Professor, Faculty of Medicine,
University of Iceland
2017 -
,
,
2000 -
2003,
Project leader,
Lyfjathroun Reykjavik
1996 -
2000,
,
1995 -
1998,
Senior Scientist,
Science Institute University of Iceland September - April
1998 -
1998,
Senior Scientist, Faculty of Medicine,
University of Iceland
1991 -
1995,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
University of California San Francisco
Published works
2023
Geobarrettin D, a Rare Herbipoline-Containing 6-Bromoindole Alkaloid from Geodia barretti
Molecules
2022
Dietary Fish Oil Increases the Number of CD11b
+
CD27
−
NK Cells at the Inflammatory Site and Enhances Key Hallmarks of Resolution of Murine Antigen-Induced Peritonitis
Journal of Inflammation Research
Dietary Fish Oil Increases the Number of CD11b+ CD27- NK Cells at the Inflammatory Site and Enhances Key Hallmarks of Resolution of Murine Antigen-Induced Peritonitis
Journal of Inflammation Research
2021
Seaweed extract improves carbohydrate metabolism in overweight and obese adults
Current Nutrition and Food Science
Emu Oil and Saireito in combination reduce tumour development and clinical indicators of disease in a mouse model of colitis-associated colorectal cancer
Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy
2020
Bromotryptamine and Imidazole Alkaloids with Anti-inflammatory Activity from the Bryozoan <i>Flustra foliacea</i>
Journal of Natural Products
Anti-inflammatory and proresolving effects of the omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid adrenic acid
Journal of Immunology
Docosahexaenoic Acid Modulates NK Cell Effects on Neutrophils and Their Crosstalk
Frontiers in Immunology
The BLIMP1—EZH2 nexus in a non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Oncogene
The BLIMP1—EZH2 nexus in a non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Oncogene
2019
Exopolysaccharides from Cyanobacterium aponinum induce a regulatory dendritic cell phenotype and inhibit SYK and CLEC7A expression in dendritic cells, T cells and keratinocytes
International Immunopharmacology
2018
6-Bromoindole Derivatives from the Icelandic Marine Sponge <em>Geodia barretti</em>: Isolation and Anti-Inflammatory Activity
Marine Drugs
6-Bromoindole Derivatives from the Icelandic Marine Sponge Geodia barretti: Isolation and Anti-Inflammatory Activity
Marine Drugs
Natural killer cells play an essential role in resolution of antigen-induced inflammation in mice
Molecular Immunology
2017
Lipophilic fractions from the marine sponge halichondria sitiens decrease secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines by dendritic cells and decrease their ability to induce a Th1 type response by allogeneic CD4
+
T cells
Pharmaceutical Biology
2016
A polysaccharide fraction from Achillea millefolium increases cytokine secretion and reduces activation of Akt, ERK and NF-κB in THP-1 monocytes
Carbohydrate Polymers
Acute phase inflammation is characterized by rapid changes in plasma/peritoneal fluid N-glycosylation in mice
Glycoconjugate Journal
2015
Dendritic cells matured in the presence of the lycopodium alkaloid annotine direct T cell responses toward a Th2/Treg phenotype
Phytomedicine
Dendritic cells matured in the presence of the lycopodium alkaloid annotine direct T cell responses towards a Th2/Treg phenotype.
Phytomedicine
Differential mobility separation of leukotrienes and protectins
Analytical Chemistry
2014
A heteroglycan from the cyanobacterium Nostoc commune modulates LPS-induced inflammatory cytokine secretion by THP-1 monocytes through phosphorylation of ERK1/2 and Akt
Phytomedicine
Murine antigen-induced inflammation-A model for studying induction, resolution and the adaptive phase of inflammation
Journal of Immunological Methods
Dietary omega-3 fatty acids enhance the B1 but not the B2 cell immune response in mice with antigen-induced peritonitis
Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
2013
Dietary fish oil increases the proportion of a specific neutrophil subpopulation in blood and total neutrophils in peritoneum of mice following endotoxin-induced inflammation
Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Dietary fish oil reduces the acute inflammatory response and enhances resolution of antigen-induced peritonitis
Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
2012
Dietary fish oil decreases the proportion of classical monocytes in blood in healthy mice but increases their proportion upon induction of inflammation
Journal of Nutrition
Two circulating neutrophil populations in acute inflammation in mice
Inflammation Research
2011
Ethanol extract from birch bark (Betula pubescens) suppresses human dendritic cell mediated Th1 responses and directs it towards a Th17 regulatory response in vitro
Immunology Letters
Aqueous extracts from Menyanthes trifoliate and Achillea millefolium affect maturation of human dendritic cells and their activation of allogeneic CD4
+
T cells in vitro
Journal of Ethnopharmacology
2010
Immunomodulating effects of extracts from Icelandic marine invertebrates
Planta Medica
2008
Dietary fish oil decreases secretion of T helper (Th) 1-type cytokines by a direct effect on murine splenic T cells but enhances secretion of a Th2-type cytokine by an effect on accessory cells
British Journal of Nutrition
Dietary fish oil increases IL-4 secretion by murine splenocytes by an effect on accessory cells
Proceedings of the Nutrition Society
The effects of dietary fish oil on chemokine secretion by murine peritoneal and spleen cells
Proceedings of the Nutrition Society
2007
Mucosal tolerance to KLH reduces BSA-induced arthritis in rats - An indication of bystander suppression
Journal of Clinical Immunology
Dietary fish oil increases the number of splenic macrophages secreting TNF-α and IL-10 but decreases the secretion of these cytokines by splenic T cells from mice
Journal of Nutrition
Dietary fish oil increases the number of splenic macrophages secreting TNF-alpha and IL-10 but decreases the secretion of these cytokines by splenic T cells from mice.
The Journal of nutrition
Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids increase TNF-a secretion but do not affect IL-10 secretion by murine resident and elicited peritoneal macrophages in vitro
Lipids
The effects of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on TNF-alpha and IL-10 secretion by murine peritoneal cells in vitro.
Lipids
Positive association between DNA strand breaks in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and polyunsaturated fatty acids in red blood cells from women
Nutrition and Cancer
2006
Positive association between plasma antioxidant capacity and n-3 PUFA in red blood cells from Icelandic women.
Lipids
Positive association between plasma antioxidant capacity and n-3 PUFA in red blood cells from Icelandic women.
Lipids
2002
Dietary fish oil increases tumor necrosis factor secretion but decreases interleukin-10 secretion by murine peritoneal macrophages.
The Journal of nutrition
Verndandi áhrif lýsisríks fæðis eftir sýkingar eru óháð íkomustað bakteríanna
Læknablaðið
Áhrif lýsisríks fæðis á lifun músa eftir sýkingu með Klebsiella pneumoniae eða Streptococcus pneumoniae
Læknablaðið
2001
Áhrif lýsisneyslu á bakteríuvöxt in vivo
Læknablaðið
1998
Eneficial effects of cytokine induced hyperlipidemia
Zeitschrift fur Ernahrungswissenschaft
1997
Lýsisneysla eykur lifun músa eftir sýkingu með Klebsiella pneumoniae
Læknablaðið
LPS and cytokines regulate extra hepatic mRNA levels of apolipoproteins during the acute phase response in Syrian hamsters
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Lipids and Lipid Metabolism
Endotoxin and cytokines regulate extrahepatic mRNA levels of apoproteins in Syrian hamsters
Biochimica et biophysica acta
Dieatry fish-oil supple-mentation increases survival in mice following Klebsiella Pneumoniae infection
Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
1996
Endotoxin and cytokines decrease serum levels and extra hepatic protein and mRNA levels of cholesteryl ester transfer protein in Syrian hamsters
Journal of Clinical Investigation
1995
Cytokine-induced alterations in hepatic lipid metabolism
Effects of endotoxin on lipid metabolism
Effects of endotoxin on lipid metabolism
Biochemical Society Transactions
Dietary n-3 poly-unsaturated fatty acids modify Syrian hamster platelet and macrophage pospholipid fatty acyl composition and eicosanoid synthesis - A controlled study
Biochimica et biophysica acta
1994
Effects of TNF, IL-1, and the combination of both cytokines on cholesterol metabolism in Syrian hamsters
Lymphokine and Cytokine Research
Endotoxin and cytokines increase hepatic messenger RNA levels and serum concentrations of apolipoprotein J (clusterin) in Syrian hamsters
Journal of Clinical Investigation
Effects of endotoxin and cytokines on lipid metabolism
Current Opinion in Lipidology
1993
Effect of endotoxin on cholesterol biosynthesis and distribution in serum lipoproteins in Syrian hamsters
Journal of Lipid Research
Dietary arachidonate enhances tissue arachidonate levels and eicosanoid production in Syrian hamsters
Journal of Nutrition
The effects of dietary n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and cyclic AMP-elevating agents on tumor necrosis factor production by murine-resident and thioglycollate-elicited peritoneal macrophages
The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
1992
Increasing the dietary (n-3) to (n-6) polyunsaturated fatty acid ratio increases tumor necrosis factor production by murine resident peritoneal macrophages without an effect on elicited peritoneal macrophages
Journal of Nutrition
Cytokines stimulate lipolysis and decrease lipoprotein lipase activity in cultured fat cells by a prostaglandin independent mechanism
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
1991
Tumor necrosis factor production by murine resident peritoneal macrophages is enhanced by dietary n−3 polyunsaturated fatty acids
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research
Tumor necrosis factor production by murine resident peritoneal macrophages is enhanced by dietary n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids
BBA - Molecular Cell Research
Effect of increasing the dietary (n-3) to (n-6) polyunsaturated fatty acid ratio on murine liver and peritoneal cell fatty acids and eicosanoid formation
Journal of Nutrition
1988
Extraction of Lipid and Cholesterol from Fish Muscle with Supercritical Fluids
Journal of Food Science
Keywords for Specialisation:
Omega-3 PUFA
Resolution of inflammation
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