Ylva Hellsten

Ylva Hellsten

Professor, Head of Section, Professor


  1. Published

    Limb vascular function in women: Effects of female sex hormones and physical activity

    Hellsten, Ylva & Gliemann, Lasse, 2018, In: Translational Sports Medicine. 1, 1, p. 14-24 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Limitations of skeletal muscle oxygen supply in ageing

    Hellsten, Ylva, 2016, In: Journal of Physiology. 594, 8, p. 2259-2260 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalEditorialResearch

  3. Published

    Local release of ATP into the arterial inflow and venous drainage of human skeletal muscle: insight from ATP determination with the intravascular microdialysis technique

    Mortensen, S., Thaning, P., Nyberg, M. P., Saltin, B. & Hellsten, Ylva, 2011, In: Journal of Physiology. 589, 7, p. 1847-1857 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Localization and function of ATP-sensitive potassium channels in human skeletal muscle

    Nielsen, Jens Jung, Kristensen, M., Hellsten, Ylva, Bangsbo, Jens & Juel, C., 2003, In: American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 284, 2, p. R558-R563 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Localization of nitric oxide synthase in human skeletal muscle

    Frandsen, U., Lopez-Figueroa, M. & Hellsten, Ylva, 1996, In: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 227, 1, p. 88-93 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Loss of Cardiac Splicing Regulator RBM20 Is Associated With Early-Onset Atrial Fibrillation

    Vad, Oliver Tim Bundgaard, Angeli, Elisavet, Liss, M., Ahlberg, Gustav, Andreasen, Laura Korsholm, Christophersen, I. E., Hansen, Camilla Collin, Møller, S., Hellsten, Ylva, Haunsø, Stig, Tveit, A., Svendsen, Jesper Hastrup, Gotthardt, M., Lundegaard, Pia Rengtved & Olesen, Morten Steen Salling, 2024, In: JACC: Basic to Translational Science. 9, 2, p. 163-180

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Low Energy Availability Followed by Optimal Energy Availability Does Not Benefit Performance in Trained Females

    Oxfeldt, M., Marsi, D., Christensen, P. M., Andersen, O. E., Johansen, F. T., Bangshaab, M., Risikesan, J., Jeppesen, Jan Sommer, Hellsten, Ylva, Phillips, S. M., Melin, A. K., Ørtenblad, N. & Hansen, M., 2024, In: Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 56, 5, p. 902-916

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Low blood flow at onset of moderate intensity exercise does not limit muscle oxygen uptake

    Nyberg, M. P., Mortensen, S. P., Saltin, B., Hellsten, Ylva & Bangsbo, Jens, 2010, In: American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 298, 3, p. R843-R848 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Measurement of insulin- and contraction-stimulated glucose uptake in isolated and incubated mature skeletal muscle from mice

    Kjøbsted, Rasmus, Kido, K., Larsen, Jeppe Kjærgaard, Jørgensen, N. O., Birk, Jesper Bratz, Hellsten, Ylva & Wojtaszewski, Jørgen F P, 2021, In: Journal of Visualized Experiments. 171, 22 p., e61398.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Menopausal transition does not influence skeletal muscle capillary growth in response to cycle training in women

    Pérez-Gómez, J., Rytter, N., djc739, djc739, Egelund, J., Stallknecht, Bente Merete, Nyberg, M. & Hellsten, Ylva, 2021, In: Journal of Applied Physiology. 131, 1, p. 369-375 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Metformin improves glycemia independently of skeletal muscle AMPK via enhanced intestinal glucose clearance

    Kjøbsted, Rasmus, Kristensen, Jonas Møller, Birk, Jesper Bratz, Jørgensen, N. O., Kido, K., Andersen, Nicoline Resen, Larsen, J. K., Foretz, M., Viollet, B., Nielsen, F., Brøsen, K., Jessen, N., Hellsten, Ylva, Højlund, K. & Wojtaszewski, Jørgen F P, 24 May 2022, bioRxiv, p. 1-33, 33 p.

    Research output: Working paperPreprint

  12. Published

    Methods for the determination of skeletal muscle blood flow: development, strengths and limitations

    Gliemann, Lasse, Mortensen, S. P. & Hellsten, Ylva, 2018, In: European Journal of Applied Physiology. 118, 6, p. 1081-1094 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Microvascular function is impaired after short-term immobilization in healthy men

    Rytter, N., Piil, P., Carter, H., Nyberg, M. P., Hellsten, Ylva & Gliemann, Lasse, 2020, In: Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 52, 10, p. 2107-2116 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Muscle blood flow and oxygen uptake in recovery from exercise

    Bangsbo, Jens & Hellsten, Ylva, 1998, In: Acta Physiologica Scandinavica. 162, 3, p. 305-312 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. Muscle fibre type changes with sprint training: effect of training pattern

    Esbjörnsson, M., Hellsten-Westing, Y., Hellsten, Ylva, Balsom, P. D., Sjödin, B. & Jansson, E., 1993, In: Acta physiologica Scandinavica. 149, 2, p. 245-246 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Muscle interstitial ATP and norepinephrine concentrations in the human leg during exercise and ATP infusion

    Mortensen, S. P., Gonzalez-Alonso, J., Nielsen, Jens Jung, Saltin, B. & Hellsten, Ylva, 2009, In: Journal of Applied Physiology. 107, 6, p. 1757-1762 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    Muscle oxygen uptake and energy turnover during dynamic exercise at different contraction frequencies in humans

    Ferguson, R. A., Ball, D., Krustrup, P., Aagaard, P., Kjær, M., Sargeant, A. J., Hellsten, Ylva & Bangsbo, Jens, 2001, In: Journal of Physiology. 536, 1, p. 261-271 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Muscle-strain injury exudate favors acute tissue healing and prolonged connective tissue formation in humans

    Bayer, M. L., Bang, L., Hoegberget-Kalisz, M., Svensson, R. B., Olesen, J. L., Karlsson, M. M., Schjerling, Peter, Hellsten, Ylva, Høier, B., Magnusson, Stig Peter & Kjær, Michael, 2019, In: F A S E B Journal. 33, 9, p. 10369-10382 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Neuromuscular blockade of slow twitch muscle fibres elevates muscle oxygen uptake and energy turnover during submaximal exercise in humans

    Krustrup, P., Secher, Niels H., Relu, M. U., Hellsten, Ylva, Söderlund, K. & Bangsbo, Jens, 2008, In: Journal of Physiology. 586, 24, p. 6037-6048 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    Nitric oxide and reactive oxygen species in limb vascular function: what is the effect of physical activity?

    Gliemann, Lasse, Nyberg, M. P. & Hellsten, Ylva, 2014, In: Free Radical Research. 48, 1, p. 71-83 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    Oestrogen, exercise and vascular function

    Hellsten, Ylva, 2019, In: Journal of Physiology. 597, 19, p. 4871 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalEditorialResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    On the horizon of aging and physical activity research

    Jakobi, J. M., Dempsey, J. A., Hellsten, Ylva, Monette, R. & Kalmar, J. M., 2020, In: Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism. 45, 2, p. 113-117 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    Opposing effects of nitric oxide and prostaglandin inhibition on muscle mitochondrial VO2 during exercise

    Boushel, R. C., Fuentes, T., Hellsten, Ylva & Saltin, B., 2012, In: American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 303, 1, p. R94-R100 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    Optimizing hyaluronidase dose and plasmid DNA delivery greatly improves gene electrotransfer efficiency in rat skeletal muscle

    Åkerström, T., Vedel, K., Needham Andersen, J., Hojman, P., Kontou, E., Hellsten, Ylva & Wojtaszewski, Jørgen F P, Dec 2015, In: Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports. 4, p. 342-350 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    Oxidation of urate in human skeletal muscle during exercise

    Hellsten, Ylva, Tullson, P. C., Richter, Erik A. & Bangsbo, Jens, 1997, In: Free Radical Biology & Medicine. 22, 1-2, p. 169-174 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    PGC-1alpha is not mandatory for exercise- and training-induced adaptive gene responses in mouse skeletal muscle

    Leick, L., Wojtaszewski, Jørgen F P, Johansen, S. T., Kiilerich, K., Comes, G., Hellsten, Ylva, Hidalgo, J. & Pilegaard, Henriette, 2008, In: American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology and Metabolism. 294, 2, p. E463-E474 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  27. Published

    PGC-1alpha mediates exercise-induced skeletal muscle VEGF expression in mice

    Leick, L., Hellsten, Ylva, Fentz, J., Lyngby, S. S., Wojtaszewski, Jørgen F P, Hidalgo, J. & Pilegaard, Henriette, 2009, In: American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology and Metabolism. 297, 1, p. E92-E103 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    Partial neuromuscular blockade in humans enhances muscle blood flow during exercise independently of muscle oxygen uptake and acetylcholine receptor blockade

    Hellsten, Ylva, Krustrup, P., Iaia, F. M., Secher, Niels H. & Bangsbo, Jens, 2009, In: American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 296, 4, p. 1106-1112 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  29. Published

    Passive leg movement enhances interstitial VEGF protein, endothelial cell proliferation, and eNOS mRNA content in human skeletal muscle

    Hellsten, Ylva, Rufener, N., Nielsen, Jens Jung, Høier, B., Krustrup, P. & Bangsbo, Jens, 2008, In: American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 294, 3, p. R975-R982 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  30. Published

    Peripheral limitations for performance: Muscle capillarization

    Hellsten, Ylva & Gliemann, Lasse, 2024, In: Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports. 34, 1, 9 p., e14442.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  31. Published

    Physical activity is essential and never too late

    Hellsten, Ylva, 2019, In: Translational Sports Medicine. 2, 3, p. 101 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalEditorialResearch

  32. Published

    Physical activity opposes the age-related increase in skeletal muscle and plasma endothelin-1 levels and normalizes plasma endothelin-1 levels in individuals with essential hypertension

    Nyberg, M. P., Mortensen, S. P. & Hellsten, Ylva, 2013, In: Acta Physiologica (Online). 207, 3, p. 524-535 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  33. Plasma accumulation of hypoxanthine, uric acid and creatine kinase following exhausting runs of differing durations in man

    Hellsten-Westing, Y., Hellsten, Ylva, Sollevi, A. & Sjödin, B., 1991, In: European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology. 62, 5, p. 380-384 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  34. Published

    Platelet responses to pharmacological and physiological interventions in middle-aged men with different habitual physical activity levels

    Lundberg Slingsby, M. H., Gliemann, Lasse, Thrane, M. N., Rytter Mortensen, N., Egelund, J., Chan, M. V., Armstrong, P. C., Warner, T. D. & Hellsten, Ylva, 2018, In: Acta Physiologica (Print). 223, 1, 12 p., e13028.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  35. Published

    Potassium fluxes in contracting human skeletal muscle and red blood cells

    Juel, C., Hellsten, Ylva, Saltin, B. & Bangsbo, Jens, 1999, In: American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 276, p. R184-R188 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  36. Published

    Potentiation of cGMP signaling increases oxygen delivery and oxidative metabolism in contracting skeletal muscle of older but not young humans

    Nyberg, M. P., Piil, P. B., Egelund, J., Sprague, R. S., Mortensen, S. P. & Hellsten, Ylva, 2015, In: Physiological Reports. 3, 8, 12 p., e12508.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    Pro- and anti-angiogenic factors in human skeletal muscle in response to acute exercise and training

    Høier, B., Nordsborg, Nikolai Baastrup, Andersen, S., Gliemann, Lasse, Nybo, Lars, Bangsbo, Jens & Hellsten, Ylva, 2012, In: Journal of Physiology. 590, 3, p. 595-606 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  38. Published

    Probenecid inhibits α-adrenergic receptor-mediated vasoconstriction in the human leg vasculature

    Nyberg, M. P., Piil, P. B., Kiehn, O. T., Maagaard, C., Jørgensen, T. S., Egelund, J., Isakson, B. E., Nielsen, Morten Schak, Gliemann, Lasse & Hellsten, Ylva, 2018, In: Hypertension. 71, 1, p. 151-159 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  39. Published

    Redox balance in human skeletal muscle-derived endothelial cells - Effect of exercise training

    Hansen, Camilla Collin, Møller, S., Ehlers, T., Wickham, Kate Aiko, Bangsbo, Jens, Gliemann, Lasse & Hellsten, Ylva, 2022, In: Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 179, p. 144-155 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  40. Published

    Reduced blood flow to contracting skeletal muscle in ageing humans: Is it all an effect of sand through the hourglass?

    Nyberg, M. P. & Hellsten, Ylva, 2016, In: Journal of Physiology. 594, 8, p. 2297-2305 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  41. Published

    Reduced skeletal-muscle perfusion and impaired ATP release during hypoxia and exercise in individuals with type 2 diabetes

    Grøn, M. B., Knudsen, T. A., Finsen, S. H., Pedersen, Bente Klarlund, Hellsten, Ylva & Mortensen, S. P., 2019, In: Diabetologia. 62, 3, p. 485-493 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  42. Published

    Reduced volume but increased training intensity elevates muscle Na+-K+ pump alpha1-subunit and NHE1 expression as well as short-term work capacity in humans

    Iaia, F. M., Thomassen, Martin, Kolding, H., Gunnarsson, T. G. P., Wendell, J., Rostgaard, T., Nordsborg, Nikolai Baastrup, Krustrup, P., Nybo, Lars, Hellsten, Ylva & Bangsbo, Jens, 2008, In: American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 294, 3, p. R966-R974 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  43. Published

    Regulation of 5'AMP-activated protein kinase activity and substrate utilization in exercising human skeletal muscle

    Wojtaszewski, Jørgen F P, MacDonald, C. S., Nielsen, J. N., Hellsten, Ylva, Hardie, D. G., Kemp, B. E., Kiens, Bente & Richter, Erik A., 2003, In: American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology and Metabolism. 284, 4, p. E813-E822

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  44. Published

    Regulation of VEGF and bFGF mRNA expression and other proliferative compounds in skeletal muscle cells

    Jensen, L., Schjerling, P. & Hellsten, Ylva, 2004, In: Angiogenesis. 7, 3, p. 255-267

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  45. Published

    Regulation of bone blood flow in humans: The role of nitric oxide, prostaglandins, and adenosine

    Heinonen, I., Boushel, R., Hellsten, Ylva & Kalliokoski, K., 2018, In: Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports. 28, 5, p. 1252-1258 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  46. Published

    Regulation of leg blood flow is impaired during exercise in COPD patients

    Iepsen, U. W., Munch, G., Rugbjerg, M., Ryrsø, C., Secher, Niels H., Hellsten, Ylva, Lange, Peter, Pedersen, Bente Klarlund, Thaning, P. & Mortensen, S., Sep 2017, In: Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica. 61, 8, p. 1041-1042 2 p., 128.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalResearchpeer-review

  47. Published

    Regulation of skeletal muscle blood flow during exercise

    Gliemann, Lasse, Hansen, Camilla Collin, Rytter Mortensen, N. & Hellsten, Ylva, 2019, In: Current Opinion in Physiology. 10, p. 146-155 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  48. Published

    Regulatory mechanisms of estrogen on vascular ageing

    Novella, S., Dantas, A. P., Hermenegildo, C. & Hellsten, Ylva, 2019, In: Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2019, 2 p., 4859082.

    Research output: Contribution to journalEditorialResearch

  49. Published

    Relationship between performance at different exercise intensities and skeletal muscle characteristics

    Iaia, F. M., Perez-Gomez, J., Thomassen, Martin, Nordsborg, Nikolai Baastrup, Hellsten, Ylva & Bangsbo, Jens, 2011, In: Journal of Applied Physiology. 110, 6, p. 1555-1563 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  50. Published

    Reply from Lasse Gliemann, Jakob Schmidt, Jesper Olesen, Rasmus Sjørup Biensø, Sebastian Louis Peronard, Simon Udsen Grandjean, Stefan Peter Mortensen, Michael Nyberg, Jens Bangsbo, Henriette Pilegaard and Ylva Hellsten

    Gliemann, Lasse, Schmidt, J., Olesen, J., Biensø, R. S., Peronard, S. L., Grandjean, S. U., Mortensen, S. P., Nyberg, M., Bangsbo, Jens, Pilegaard, Henriette & Hellsten, Ylva, 2013, In: Journal of Physiology. 591, 20, p. 5253 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debateResearch

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