Academic papers
Svavarsson H. G., Einarsson S., Brynjolfsdóttir Á. (2014) Adsorption applications of unmodified geothermal silica. Geothermics, 50, 30-34.
Eysteinsdóttir J.H., Ólafsson J.H., Agnarsson B. A., Lúðvíksson B. R. & Sigurgeirsson B. (2013) Psoriasis treatment: faster and long-standing results after bathing in geothermal seawater. A randomized trial of three UVB phototherapy regimens. Photodermatology, Photoimmunology & Photomedicine.
Eysteinsdóttir J. H., Sigurgeirsson B., Ólafsson J. H., Fridriksson Th., Agnarsson B. A., Davíðsson S., Valdimarsson H., Lúðvíksson B. R. (2013) The Role of Th17/Tc17 Peripheral Blood T cells in Psoriasis and Their Positive Therapeutic Response. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology 78 (6), 529-537.
Pétursdóttir S. K., Björnsdóttir S. H., Hreggviðsson G. O., Hjörleifsdóttir S. & Kristjánsson J.K. (2009) Analysis of the unique geothermal microbioal ecosystem of the Blue Lagoon. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 70, 425-432.
Johnston, A., Árnadóttir S., Guðjónsson J. E., Aphale A., Sigmarsdóttir A. A., Gunnarsson S. I., STeinsson J. T., Elder J.T., & Valdimarsson H. (2008) Obesity in psoriasis: leptin and resistin as mediators of cutaneous inflammation. British Journal of Dermatology 159, 342-350.
Grether-Beck S., Mühlberg K., Brenden H., Felsner I., Brynjólfsdóttir Á., Einarsson S and Krutmann J. (2007) Bioactive molecules from the Blue Lagoon: in vitro and in vivo assessment of silica mud and microalgae extracts for their effects on skin barrier function and prevention of skin ageing. Experimental Dermatology.
Pétursdóttir K. S., Kristjánsson J. K. (1997).Silicibacter lacuscaerulensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a mosphilic moderately halophilic bacterium characteristic of the Blue Lagoon geothermal lake in Iceland. Extremophiles. 1(2), 94-99.
Pétursdóttir S. K., Kristjánsson J. K. (1996).The relationship between physical and chemical conditions and low microbial diversity in the Blue Lagoon geothermal lake in Iceland. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 19(1), 39-45.
Ólafsson J. H., Sigurgeirsson B. & Pálsdóttir R. (1996). Psoriasis Treatment: Bathing in a Thermal Lagoon combined with UVB, versus UVB Treatment only. Acta Derm Venereol 76, 228-230.
Ólafsson J. H. (1996) The Blue Lagoon in Iceland and Psoriasis. Clinics in dermatology 14, 647-651.
Ólafsson J. H., Sigurgeirsson B., Pálsdóttir R. (1994). The effect bathing in a thermal lagoon in Iceland has on psoriasis. A preliminary study. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venerology 3, 460-464.
Gudmundsdóttir Á.B., Ómarsdóttir S., Brynjólfsdóttir Á., Paulsen B.S., Ólafsdóttir E.S., Freysdóttir J. (2015) Exopolysaccharides from Cyanobacterium aponinum from the Blue Lagoon in Iceland increase IL-10 secretion by human dendritic cells and their ability to reduce the IL-17+RORt+/IL-10+FoxP3+ ratio in CD4+ T cells. Immunology Letters, 163, 157-160.