Ylva Hellsten

Ylva Hellsten

Professor, Head of Section, Professor


  1. Published

    Exercise training improves blood flow to contracting skeletal muscle of older men via enhanced cGMP signaling

    Piil, P. B., Smith Jørgensen, T., Egelund, J., Damsgaard, R., Gliemann, Lasse, Hellsten, Ylva & Nyberg, M. P., 2018, In: Journal of Applied Physiology. 124, 1, p. 109-117 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Exercise training induces thrombogenic benefits in recent but not late postmenopausal females

    Nørregaard, Line Boel, Wickham, Kate Aiko, Ehlers, T., Rocha, Marcos Paulo, Fischer, Mads, Slingsby, M. H. L., Cheung, S. S., Evans, P. A., Bangsbo, Jens & Hellsten, Ylva, 2023, In: American Journal of Physiology: Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 325, 2, p. H346-H361 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Exercise training lowers arterial blood pressure independently of Pannexin 1 in men with essential hypertension

    Møller, S., Hansen, Camilla Collin, Ehlers, T. S., Tamariz-Ellemann, Andrea, Tolborg, S. Á. R., Kurell, M. E., Pérez-Gómez, J., Patrzalek, S. S., Maulitz, C., Hellsten, Ylva & Gliemann, Lasse, 2022, In: Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 54, 9, p. 1417-1427 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Exercise training modulates functional sympatholysis and alpha-adrenergic vasoconstrictor responsiveness in hypertensive and normotensive individuals

    Mortensen, S. P., Nyberg, M. P., Gliemann, Lasse, Thaning, P., Saltin, B. & Hellsten, Ylva, 2014, In: Journal of Physiology. 592, 14, p. 3063-3073 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Exercise training normalizes skeletal muscle vascular endothelial growth factor levels in patients with essential hypertension

    Hansen, A. H., Nielsen, Jens Jung, Saltin, B. & Hellsten, Ylva, 2010, In: Journal of Hypertension. 28, 6, p. 1176-1185 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Exercise training reverses an age‐related attenuation in ATP signaling in human skeletal muscle

    Piil, P., Jørgensen, T. S., Egelund, J., Gliemann, Lasse, Hellsten, Ylva & Nyberg, M., 2019, In: Translational Sports Medicine. 2, 5, p. 248-255 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Exercise training, but not resveratrol, improves metabolic and inflammatory status in skeletal muscle of aged men

    Olesen, J., Gliemann, Lasse, Biensøe, R. S., Schmidt, J. F., Hellsten, Ylva & Pilegaard, Henriette, 2014, In: Journal of Physiology. 592, 8, p. 1873-1886 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Exercise transiently increases the density of incipient blood clots in antiplatelet-treated lacunar stroke patients

    Nørregaard, Line Boel, Wickham, Kate Aiko, Jeppesen, Jan Sommer, Rytter, N., Christoffersen, L. C., Gliemann, Lasse, Lawrence, M., Evans, P. A., Kruuse, Christina Rostrup & Hellsten, Ylva, 2024, In: Thrombosis Journal. 22, 1, 11 p., 35.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Exercise-induced hyperaemia and leg oxygen uptake are not altered during effective inhibition of nitric oxide synthase with NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester in humans

    Frandsen, U., Bangsbo, Jens, Sander, M., Höffner, L., Betak, A., Saltin, B. & Hellsten, Ylva, 2001, In: Journal of Physiology. 531, 1, p. 257-264

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Exercise-induced increase in interstitial bradykinin and adenosine concentrations in skeletal muscle and peritendinous tissue in humans

    Langberg, Henning, Bjørn, C., Boushel, R. C., Hellsten, Ylva & Kjær, Michael, 1 Aug 2002, In: Journal of Physiology. 542, 3, p. 977-983 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Exercise-induced skeletal muscle angiogenesis: impact of age, sex, angiocrines and cellular mediators

    Ross, M., Kargl, C. K., Ferguson, R., Gavin, T. P. & Hellsten, Ylva, 2023, In: European Journal of Applied Physiology. 123, 7, p. 1415-1432 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Extensive profiling of histidine-containing dipeptides reveals species- and tissue-specific distribution and metabolism in mice, rats, and humans

    Van der Stede, T., Spaas, J., de Jager, S., De Brandt, J., Hansen, C., Stautemas, J., Vercammen, B., De Baere, S., Croubels, S., Van Assche, C-H., Pastor, B. C., Vandenbosch, M., Van Thienen, R., Verboven, K., Hansen, D., Bové, T., Lapauw, B., Van Praet, C., Decaestecker, K., Vanaudenaerde, B. & 4 others, Eijnde, B. O., Gliemann, Lasse, Hellsten, Ylva & Derave, W., 2023, In: Acta Physiologica. 239, 1, 21 p., e14020.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Extensive profiling of histidine-containing dipeptides reveals species-specific distribution and metabolism in mice, rats and humans

    Van der Stede, Thibaux Firmin F, Spaas, J., Jager, S. D., Brandt, J. D., Hansen, Camilla Collin, Vercammen, B., Baere, S. D., Croubels, S., Thienen, R. V., Verboven, K., Hansen, D., Bové, T., Lapauw, B., Praet, C. V., Decaestecker, K., Vanaudenaerde, B., Eijnde, B. O., Gliemann, Lasse, Hellsten, Ylva & Derave, W., 19 Feb 2023, bioRxiv, p. 1-31, 31 p.

    Research output: Working paperPreprint

  14. Published

    Extracellular formation and uptake of adenosine during skeletal muscle contraction in the rat: role of adenosine transporters

    Lynge, J., Juel, C. & Hellsten, Ylva, 2001, In: Journal of Physiology. 537, 2, p. 597-605 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    Formation of hydrogen peroxide and nitric oxide in rat skeletal muscle cells during contractions

    Silveira, L. R., Pereira-Da-Silva, L., Juel, C. & Hellsten, Ylva, 2003, In: Free Radical Biology & Medicine. 35, 5, p. 455-464 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Four weeks of speed endurance training reduces energy expenditure during exercise and maintains muscle oxidative capacity despite a reduction in training volume

    Iaia, F. M., Hellsten, Ylva, Nielsen, Jens Jung, Fernström, M., Sahlin, K. & Bangsbo, Jens, 2009, In: Journal of Applied Physiology. 106, 1, p. 73-80 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    Functional sympatholysis in mouse skeletal muscle involves sarcoplasmic reticulum swelling in arterial smooth muscle cells

    van der Horst, Jennifer, Møller, S., Kjeldsen, Sasha Alexandra Sampson, Wojtaszewski, Jørgen F P, Hellsten, Ylva & Jepps, Thomas Andrew Qvistgaard, 2021, In: Physiological Reports. 9, 23, 10 p., e15133.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Glycogen regulated AMP-activated protein kinase activity and acetylCoA carboxylase phosphorylation during exercise

    MacDonald, C. S., Wojtaszewski, Jørgen F P, Kiens, Bente, Nielsen, J. N., Hardie, G., Kemp, B., Hellsten, Ylva & Richter, Erik A., 2002, In: Japanese Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine. 51, 1, p. 64 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Glycogen-dependent effects of 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide (AICA)-riboside on AMP-activated protein kinase and glycogen synthase activities in rat skeletal muscle

    Wojtaszewski, Jørgen F P, Jørgensen, S. B., Hellsten, Ylva, Hardie, D. G. & Richter, Erik A., 2002, In: Diabetes. 51, 2, p. 284-292

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    High metabolic substrate load induces mitochondrial dysfunction in rat skeletal muscle microvascular endothelial cells

    Hansen, Camilla Collin, Olsen, K., Pilegaard, Henriette, Bangsbo, Jens, Gliemann, Lasse & Hellsten, Ylva, 2021, In: Physiological Reports. 9, 14, 17 p., e14855.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    High-intensity exercise training improves basal platelet prostacyclin sensitivity and potentiates the response to dual anti-platelet therapy in postmenopausal women

    Wickham, Kate Aiko, Nørregaard, Line Boel, Slingsby, M. H. L., Cheung, S. S. & Hellsten, Ylva, 2022, In: Biomolecules. 12, 10, 19 p., 1501.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    High-intensity interval, but not endurance training induces muscle fiber type-specific subsarcolemmal lipid droplet size reduction in type 2 diabetic patients

    Koh, H. E., Ørtenblad, N., Winding, K. M., Hellsten, Ylva, Mortensen, S. P. & Nielsen, J., 2018, In: American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology and Metabolism. 315, 5, p. E872-E884 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    Histamine H1 and H2 receptors are essential transducers of the integrative exercise training response in humans

    Van der Stede, Thibaux Firmin F, Blancquaert, L., Stassen, F., Everaert, I., Van Thienen, R., Vervaet, C., Gliemann, Lasse, Hellsten, Ylva & Derave, W., 2021, In: Science Advances. 7, 16, 11 p., abf2856.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    Homage to August Krogh celebrating the 90th anniversary of his Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine

    Larsen, Erik Hviid, Hellsten, Ylva & Wojtaszewski, Jørgen F P, 2011, In: Acta Physiologica (Print). 202, 3, p. 211-212 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalEditorialResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    Hyperinsulinemia does not cause de novo capillary recruitment in rat skeletal muscle

    Åkerström, T., Goldman, D., Nilsson, F., Milkovich, S. L., Fraser, G. M., Brand, C. L., Hellsten, Ylva & Ellis, C. G., 2020, In: Microcirculation. 27, 2, 15 p., e12593.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    IMP metabolism in human skeletal muscle after exhaustive exercise

    Tullson, P. C., Bangsbo, Jens, Hellsten, Ylva & Richter, Erik A., 1995, In: Journal of Applied Physiology. 78, 1, p. 146-152 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  27. Immunohistochemical localization of xanthine oxidase in human cardiac and skeletal muscle

    Hellsten-Westing, Y. & Hellsten, Ylva, 1993, In: Histochemistry. 100, 3, p. 215-222 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    Impact of β-adrenergic signaling in PGC-1α-mediated adaptations in mouse skeletal muscle

    Brandt, N., Nielsen, L., Buch, B. T., Gudiksen, Anders, Jørgensen, Stine Ringholm, Hellsten, Ylva, Bangsbo, Jens & Pilegaard, Henriette, 1 Jan 2018, In: American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology and Metabolism. 314, 1, p. E1-E20 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  29. Published

    Impaired formation of vasodilators in peripheral tissue in essential hypertension is normalized by exercise training: role of adenosine and prostacyclin

    Hellsten, Ylva, Gliemann, Lasse, Thaning, P., Nyberg, M. P. & Mortensen, S. P., 2012, In: Journal of Hypertension. 30, 10, p. 2007-2014 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  30. Increased expression of xanthine oxidase and insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) immunoreactivity in skeletal muscle after strenuous exercise in humans

    Hellsten, Ylva, Hansson, H. A., Johnson, L., Frandsen, U. & Sjödin, B., 1996, In: Acta physiologica Scandinavica. 157, 2, p. 191-197 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  31. Published

    Increased skeletal muscle capillarization enhances insulin sensitivity

    Åkerström, T., Laub, L., Vedel, K., Brand, C. L., Pedersen, Bente Klarlund, Kaufmann Lindqvist, A., Wojtaszewski, Jørgen F P & Hellsten, Ylva, 2014, In: American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology and Metabolism. 307, 12, p. E1105-E1116 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  32. Published

    Indication of in vivo xanthine oxidase activity in human skeletal muscle during exercise

    Hellsten, Ylva, Ahlborg, G., Jensen-Urstad, M. & Sjödin, B., 1988, In: Acta physiologica Scandinavica. 134, 1, p. 159-160 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  33. Published

    Inducible deletion of skeletal muscle AMPKα 1 reveals that AMPK is required for nucleotide balance but dispensable for muscle glucose uptake and fat oxidation during exercise

    Hingst, J. R., Kjøbsted, R., Birk, J. B., Jørgensen, N. O., Larsen, M. R., Kido, K., Larsen, J. K., Kjeldsen, S. A. S., Fentz, J., Frøsig, C., Holm, S., Fritzen, A. M., Dohlmann, T. L., Larsen, S., Foretz, M., Viollet, B., Schjerling, P., Overby, P., Halling, J. F., Pilegaard, H. & 2 others, Hellsten, Ylva & Wojtaszewski, Jørgen F P, 2020, In: Molecular Metabolism. 40, 17 p., 101028.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  34. Published

    Infusion of ATP increases leg oxygen delivery but not oxygen uptake in the initial phase of intense knee-extensor exercise in humans

    Nyberg, M. P., Christensen, P. M., Mortensen, S. P., Hellsten, Ylva & Bangsbo, Jens, 2014, In: Experimental Physiology. 99, 10, p. 1399-1408 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  35. Published

    Inhibition of nitric oxide and prostaglandins, but not endothelial-derived hyperpolarizing factors, reduces blood flow and aerobic energy turnover in the exercising human leg

    Mortensen, S. P., González-Alonso, J., Damsgaard, R., Saltin, B. & Hellsten, Ylva, 2007, In: Journal of Physiology. 581, 2, p. 853-861 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  36. Published

    Inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis by systemic N(G)-monomethyl-L-arginine administration in humans: effects on interstitial adenosine, prostacyclin and potassium concentrations in resting and contracting skeletal muscle

    Frandsen, U., Bangsbo, Jens, Langberg, Henning, Saltin, B. & Hellsten, Ylva, 2000, In: Journal of Vascular Research. 37, 4, p. 297-302 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    Inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis by systemic NG-monomethyl-L-arginine administration in humans: Effects on interstitial adenosine, prostacyclin and potassium concentrations in resting and contracting skeletal muscle

    Frandsen, U., Bangsbo, Jens, Langberg, Henning, Saltin, B. & Hellsten, Ylva, 2000, In: Journal of Vascular Research. 37, 4, p. 297-302 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  38. Published

    Insulin-induced membrane permeability to glucose in human muscles at rest and following exercise

    McConell, G. K., Sjøberg, K. A., Ceutz, F., Gliemann, Lasse, Nyberg, M. P., Hellsten, Ylva, Frøsig, C., Kiens, Bente, Wojtaszewski, Jørgen F P & Richter, Erik A., 2020, In: Journal of Physiology. 598, 2, p. 303-315 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  39. Published

    Intense intermittent exercise provides weak stimulus for vascular endothelial growth factor secretion and capillary growth in skeletal muscle

    Høier, B., Passos, M., Bangsbo, Jens & Hellsten, Ylva, 2013, In: Experimental Physiology. 98, 2, p. 585-597 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  40. Published

    Intense interval training enhances human skeletal muscle oxygen uptake in the initial phase of dynamic exercise at high but not at low intensities

    Krustrup, P., Hellsten, Ylva & Bangsbo, Jens, 2004, In: Journal of Physiology. 559, 1, p. 335-345

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  41. Published

    Interstitial and plasma adenosine stimulate nitric oxide and prostacyclin formation in human skeletal muscle

    Nyberg, M. P., Mortensen, S. P., Thaning, P., Saltin, B. & Hellsten, Ylva, 2010, In: Hypertension. 56, 6, p. 1102-1108 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  42. Published

    Is the Pannexin-1 channel a mechanism underlying hypertension in humans? A translational study of human hypertension

    Gliemann, Lasse, Tamariz-Ellemann, Andrea, Hansen, Camilla Collin, Ehlers, T. S., Møller, S. & Hellsten, Ylva, 2022, In: Hypertension. 79, 5, p. 1132-1143 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  43. Published

    Ischemic preconditioning improves microvascular endothelial function in remote vasculature by enhanced prostacyclin production

    Rytter, N., Carter, H., Piil, P., Sørensen, H., Ehlers, T., Jensen, Frederik Holmegaard, Tuxen, C., Jones, H., Thijssen, D., Gliemann, Lasse & Hellsten, Ylva, 2020, In: Journal of the American Heart Association. 9, 15, 22 p., e016017.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  44. Published

    Kinetics of lactate and pyruvate transport in cultured rat myotubes

    von Grumbckow, L., Elsner, P., Hellsten, Ylva, Quistorff, B. & Juel, C., 1999, In: BBA General Subjects. 1417, 2, p. 267-275 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  45. Published

    Leg blood flow and skeletal muscle microvascular perfusion responses to submaximal exercise in peripheral arterial disease

    Meneses, A. L., Nam, M. C. Y., Bailey, T. G., Magee, R., Golledge, J., Hellsten, Ylva, Keske, M. A., Greaves, K. & Askew, C. D., 2018, In: American Journal of Physiology: Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 315, 5, p. H1425-H1433 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  46. Published

    Leg blood flow is impaired during small muscle mass exercise in patients with COPD

    Iepsen, Ulrik Winning, Munch, G. D. W., Rugbjerg, M., Ryrsø, C. K., Secher, Niels H., Hellsten, Ylva, Lange, Peter, Pedersen, Bente Klarlund, Thaning, P. & Mortensen, S. P., 2017, In: Journal of Applied Physiology. 123, 3, p. 624-631 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  47. Published

    Leg oxygen uptake in the initial phase of intense exercise is slowed by a marked reduction in oxygen delivery

    Christensen, P. M., Nyberg, M. P., Mortensen, S. P., Nielsen, Jens Jung, Secher, Niels H., Damsgaard, R., Hellsten, Ylva & Bangsbo, Jens, 2013, In: American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 305, 3, p. R313-R321 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  48. Published

    Leg vascular and skeletal muscle mitochondrial adaptations to aerobic high-intensity exercise training are enhanced in the early postmenopausal phase

    Nyberg, M. P., Egelund, J., djc739, djc739, Roland, Caroline Borup, Hansen, K. M. B. E., Hergel, I. F., Valbak-Andersen, N., Frikke-Schmidt, Ruth, Stallknecht, Bente Merete, Bangsbo, Jens & Hellsten, Ylva, 2017, In: Journal of Physiology. 595, 9, p. 2969-2983 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  49. Published

    Lifelong physical activity determines vascular function in late postmenopausal women

    Gliemann, Lasse, Rytter, N., Tamariz-Ellemann, Andrea, Egelund, J., Brandt, N., Carter, H. H. & Hellsten, Ylva, 2020, In: Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 52, 3, p. 627-636 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  50. Published

    Lifelong physical activity prevents an age-related reduction in arterial and skeletal muscle nitric oxide bioavailability in humans

    Nyberg, M. P., Blackwell, J. R., Damsgaard, R., Jones, A. M., Hellsten, Ylva & Mortensen, S. P., 2012, In: Journal of Physiology. 590, 21, p. 5361-5370 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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