Ylva Hellsten

Ylva Hellsten

Professor, Head of Section, Professor


  1. Published

    Copenhagen Consensus statement 2019: Physical activity and ageing

    Bangsbo, J., Blackwell, J., Boraxbekk, C-J., Caserotti, P., Dela, F., Evans, A. B., Jespersen, A. P., Gliemann, L., Kramer, A. F., Lundbye-Jensen, J., Mortensen, E. L., Lassen, A. J., Gow, A. J., Harridge, S. D. R., Hellsten, Y., Kjær, M., Kujala, U. M., Rhodes, R. E., Pike, E. C. J., Skinner, T. & 6 others, Skovgaard, T., Troelsen, J., Tulle, E., Tully, M. A., van Uffelen, J. G. Z. & Viña, J., 2019, In: British Journal of Sports Medicine. 53, 14, p. 856-858 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

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

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  3. Published

    Cytochrome P450 2C9 plays an important role in the regulation of exercise-induced skeletal muscle blood flow and oxygen uptake in humans

    Hillig, T., Krustrup, P., Fleming, I., Osada, T., Saltin, B. & Hellsten, Ylva, 2003, In: Journal of Physiology. 546, 1, p. 307-314

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Decreased resting levels of adenine nucleotides in human skeletal muscle after high-intensity training

    Hellsten-Westing, Y., Hellsten, Ylva, Norman, B., Balsom, P. D. & Sjödin, B., 1993, In: Journal of Applied Physiology. 74, 5, p. 2523-2528 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Differential regulation of IL-6 and TNF-alfa via calcineurin in human skeletal muscle cells

    Keller, C., Hellsten, Ylva, Steensberg, A. & Pedersen, Bente Klarlund, 2006, In: Cytokine. 36, 3-4, p. 141-147 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Dissociation between lactate and proton exchange in muscle during intense exercise in man

    Bangsbo, Jens, Juel, C., Hellsten, Ylva & Saltin, B., 1997, In: Journal of Physiology. 504, 2, p. 489-499 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Distribution of adenosine A1, A2A and A2B receptors in human skeletal muscle

    Lynge, J. & Hellsten, Ylva, 2000, In: Acta Physiologica Scandinavica. 169, 4, p. 283-290 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Does exercise influence the susceptibility to arterial thrombosis? An integrative perspective

    Nørregaard, Line Boel, Fischer, Mads, Evans, P. A., Gliemann, Lasse & Hellsten, Ylva, 2021, In: Frontiers in Physiology. 12, 8 p., 636027.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Dynein coordinates β2-adrenoceptor-mediated relaxation in normotensive and hypertensive rat mesenteric arteries

    van der Horst, Jennifer, Rognant, Salomé, Hellsten, Ylva, Aalkjær, Christian & Jepps, Thomas Andrew Qvistgaard, 2022, In: Hypertension. 79, 10, p. 2214-2227 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Early detection of skeletal muscle injury by assay of creatine kinase MM isoforms in serum after acute exercise

    Apple, F. S., Hellsten, Ylva & Clarkson, P. M., 1988, In: Clinical Chemistry. 34, 6, p. 1102-1104 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Early postmenopausal phase is associated with reduced prostacyclin-induced vasodilation that is reversed by exercise training: The Copenhagen Women Study

    Nyberg, M. P., Egelund, J., djc739, djc739, Nielsen, M. B., Mogensen, A. S., Stallknecht, Bente Merete, Bangsbo, Jens & Hellsten, Ylva, 2016, In: Hypertension. 68, 4, p. 1011-1020 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Early sarcomere and metabolic defects in a zebrafish pitx2c cardiac arrhythmia model

    Collins, M. M., Ahlberg, G., Hansen, Camilla Collin, Guenther, S., Marín-Juez, R., Sokol, A. M., El-Sammak, H., Piesker, J., Hellsten, Ylva, Olesen, Morten Steen Salling, Stainier, D. Y. R. & Lundegaard, Pia Rengtved, 2019, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 116, 48, p. 24115-24121

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Early time course of change in angiogenic proteins in human skeletal muscle and vascular cells with endurance training

    Høier, B., Olsen, K., Hanskov, D. J. A., Jørgensen, M., Norup, Liselotte Rothmann & Hellsten, Ylva, 2020, In: Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports. 30, 7, p. 1117-1131 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Ecto- and cytosolic 5'-nucleotidases in normal and AMP deaminase-deficient human skeletal muscle

    Hanisch, F., Hellsten, Ylva & Zierz, S., 2006, In: Biological Chemistry. 387, 1, p. 53-58 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    Effect of PDE5 inhibition on the modulation of sympathetic α-adrenergic vasoconstriction in contracting skeletal muscle of young and older recreationally active humans

    Nyberg, M. P., Piil, P. B., Egelund, J., Sprague, R. S., Mortensen, S. P. & Hellsten, Ylva, 2015, In: American Journal of Physiology: Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 309, 11, p. H1867-H1875 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Effect of acute exercise and exercise training on VEGF splice variants in human skeletal muscle

    Jensen, L., Pilegaard, Henriette, Neufer, P. D. & Hellsten, Ylva, 2004, In: American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 287, 2, p. R397-R402 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    Effect of aerobic exercise training on asthma control in postmenopausal women (the ATOM-study): protocol for an outcome assessor, randomised controlled trial

    Hansen, E. S. H., Hostrup, Morten, Rasmusen, Hanne K., Hellsten, Ylva & Backer, Vibeke, 2021, In: BMJ Open. 11, 6 p., e049477.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Effect of aerobic exercise training on asthma in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Hansen, E. S. H., Pitzner-Fabricius, A., Tønnesen, L. L., Rasmusen, Hanne K., Hostrup, Morten, Hellsten, Ylva, Backer, Vibeke & Henriksen, Marius, 2020, In: European Respiratory Journal. 56, 1, 12 p., 2000146.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Effect of birth weight and 12 weeks of exercise training on exercise-induced AMPK signaling in human skeletal muscle

    Mortensen, B., Hingst, J. R., Frederiksen, N., Hansen, R. W. W., Christiansen, C. S., Iversen, N., Friedrichsen, M., Birk, Jesper Bratz, Pilegaard, Henriette, Hellsten, Ylva, Vaag, Allan & Wojtaszewski, Jørgen F P, 2013, In: American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology and Metabolism. 304, 12, p. E1379-E1390 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    Effect of endurance versus resistance training on local muscle and systemic inflammation and oxidative stress in COPD

    Ryrsø, C. K., Thaning, P., Siebenmann, C., Lundby, C., Lange, Peter, Pedersen, Bente Klarlund, Hellsten, Ylva & Iepsen, Ulrik Winning, 2018, In: Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports. 28, 11, p. 2339-2348 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    Effect of endurance versus resistance training on quadriceps muscle dysfunction in COPD: a pilot study

    Iepsen, Ulrik Winning, Munch, G. D. W., Rugbjerg, M., Rinnov, A. R., Zacho, M., Mortensen, S. P., Secher, Niels H., Ringbæk, T. J., Pedersen, Bente Klarlund, Hellsten, Ylva, Lange, Peter & Thaning, P., 2016, In: The International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (Print). 11, p. 2659-2669 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    Effect of extraluminal ATP application on vascular tone and blood flow in skeletal muscle: implications for exercise hyperemia

    Nyberg, M. P., Al-Khazraji, B. K., Mortensen, S. P., Jackson, D. N., Ellis, C. G. & Hellsten, Ylva, 2013, In: American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 305, 3, p. R281-R290 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    Effect of fiber type and nutritional state on AICAR- and contraction-stimulated glucose transport in rat muscle

    Ai, H., Ihlemann, J., Hellsten, Ylva, Lauritzen, H. P. M. M., Hardie, D. G., Galbo, Henrik & Ploug, Thorkil, 2002, In: American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology and Metabolism. 282, 6, p. E1291-E1300 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    Effect of high intensity training on capillarization and presence of angiogenic factors in human skeletal muscle

    Jensen, L., Bangsbo, Jens & Hellsten, Ylva, 2004, In: Journal of Physiology. 557, 2, p. 571-582

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    Effect of high-intensity exercise training on functional sympatholysis in young and older habitually active men

    Piil, P. B., Jørgensen, T. S., Egelund, J., Gliemann, Lasse, Hellsten, Ylva & Nyberg, M. P., 2018, In: Translational Sports Medicine. 1, 1, p. 37-45 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    Effect of high-intensity exercise training on lactate/H+ transport capacity in human skeletal muscle

    Pilegaard, Henriette, Domino, K., Noland, T., Juel, C., Hellsten, Ylva, Halestrap, A. P. & Bangsbo, Jens, 1999, In: American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology and Metabolism. 276, p. E255-E261 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  27. Published

    Effect of lifelong resveratrol supplementation and exercise training on skeletal muscle oxidative capacity in aging mice: impact of PGC-1α

    Jørgensen, Stine Ringholm, Olesen, J., Pedersen, J. T., Brandt, C. T., Halling, J. F., Hellsten, Ylva, Prats Gavalda, Clara & Pilegaard, Henriette, 2013, In: Experimental Gerontology. 48, 11, p. 1311-1318 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    Effect of menopause and exercise training on plasma apolipoprotein M and sphingosine-1-phosphate

    Yafasova, A., djc739, djc739, Egelund, J., Nyberg, M. P., Stallknecht, Bente Merete, Hellsten, Ylva, Nielsen, L. B. & Christoffersen, Christina, 2019, In: Journal of Applied Physiology. 126, 1, p. 214-220 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  29. Published

    Effect of nitric oxide synthase inhibition on the exchange of glucose and fatty acids in human skeletal muscle

    Heinonen, I., Saltin, B., Kemppainen, J., Nuutila, P., Knuuti, J., Kalliokoski, K. & Hellsten, Ylva, 2013, In: Nutrition & Metabolism. 10, 1, 7 p., 43.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  30. Published

    Effect of ribose supplementation on resynthesis of adenine nucleotides after intense intermittent training in humans

    Hellsten, Ylva, Skadhauge, L. & Bangsbo, Jens, 2004, In: American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 286, 1, p. R182-R188

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  31. Published

    Effect of sprint cycle training on activities of antioxidant enzymes in human skeletal muscle

    Hellsten, Ylva, Apple, F. S. & Sjödin, B., 1996, In: Journal of Applied Physiology. 81, 4, p. 1484-1487 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  32. Published

    Effect of stimulation frequency on contraction-induced glucose transport in rat skeletal muscle

    Ihlemann, J., Ploug, Thorkil, Hellsten, Ylva & Galbo, Henrik, 2000, In: American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology and Metabolism. 279, 4, p. E862-E867 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  33. Published

    Effect of tension on contraction-induced glucose transport in rat skeletal muscle

    Ihlemann, J., Ploug, Thorkil, Hellsten, Ylva & Galbo, Henrik, 1999, In: American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology and Metabolism. 277, p. E208-E214 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  34. Published

    Effects of aging and exercise training on leg hemodynamics and oxidative metabolism in the transition from rest to steady state exercise: Role of cGMP signaling

    Piil, P. K., Jørgensen, T. S., Egelund, J., Mortensen, N. R., Gliemann, Lasse, Bangsbo, Jens, Hellsten, Ylva & Nyberg, M. P., 2018, In: American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 315, 2, p. R274-R283 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  35. Published

    Effects of alpha-AMPK knockout on exercise-induced gene activation in mouse skeletal muscle

    Jørgensen, S. B., Wojtaszewski, Jørgen F P, Viollet, B., Andreelli, F., Birk, Jesper Bratz, Hellsten, Ylva, Schjerling, Peter, Vaulont, S., Neufer, P. D., Richter, Erik A. & Pilegaard, Henriette, 2005, In: The FASEB Journal. 19, 9, p. 1146-1148 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  36. Published

    Effects of exercise training and resveratrol on vascular health in aging

    Gliemann, Lasse, Nyberg, M. P. & Hellsten, Ylva, 2016, In: Free Radical Biology & Medicine. 98, p. 165-176 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    Effects of exercise training intensity and duration on skeletal muscle capillarization in healthy subjects: A meta-analysis

    Liu, Y., Christensen, P. M., Hellsten, Ylva & Gliemann, Lasse, 2022, In: Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 54, 10, p. 1714-1728 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  38. Published

    Effects of exercise training on regulation of skeletal muscle glucose metabolism in elderly men

    Biensø, R. S., Olesen, J., Gliemann, Lasse, Schmidt, J. F., Matzen, M. S., Wojtaszewski, Jørgen F P, Hellsten, Ylva & Pilegaard, Henriette, 2015, In: Journals of Gerontology. Series A: Biological Sciences & Medical Sciences. 70, 7, p. 866-872 7 p.

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  39. Published
  40. Published

    Effects of high-intensity training on cardiovascular risk factors in pre- and postmenopausal women

    djc739, djc739, Egelund, J., Nyberg, M. P., Slingsby, M. H., Roland, Caroline Borup, Løgstrup, S., Bangsbo, Jens, Suetta, Charlotte, Stallknecht, Bente Merete & Hellsten, Ylva, 2017, In: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 216, 4, p. e1-e11 11 p., 384.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  41. Published

    Effects of menopause and high-intensity training on insulin sensitivity and muscle metabolism

    djc739, djc739, Egelund, J., Nyberg, M. P., Enevoldsen, L. H., Kjær, Andreas, Clemmensen, Andreas Høeg, Nymark Christensen, A., Suetta, Charlotte, Frikke-Schmidt, Ruth, Enggaard Steenberg, D., Wojtaszewski, Jørgen F P, Hellsten, Ylva & Stallknecht, Bente Merete, 2018, In: Menopause . 25, 2, p. 165-175 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  42. Published

    Endothelial mechanotransduction proteins and vascular function are altered by dietary sucrose supplementation in healthy young male subjects

    Gliemann, Lasse, Rytter, N., Lindskrog, M., Slingsby, M. H. L., Åkerström, T., Sylow, Lykke, Richter, Erik A. & Hellsten, Ylva, 2017, In: Journal of Physiology. 595, 16, p. 5557-5571 15 p.

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  43. Published

    Endurance training does not alter the level of neuronal nitric oxide synthase in human skeletal muscle

    Frandsen, U., Höffner, L., Betak, A., Saltin, B., Bangsbo, Jens & Hellsten, Ylva, 2000, In: Journal of Applied Physiology. 89, 3, p. 1033-1038 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  44. Published

    Energy metabolism during repeated sets of leg press exercise leading to failure or not

    Gorostiaga, E. M., Navarro-Amézqueta, I., Calbet, J. A. L., Hellsten, Ylva, Cusso, R., Guerrero, M., Granados, C., González-Izal, M., Ibañez, J. & Izquierdo, M., 2012, In: P L o S One. 7, 7, 9 p., e40621.

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  45. Published

    Erythropoietin receptor in human skeletal muscle and the effects of acute and long-term injections with recombinant human erythropoietin on the skeletal muscle

    Lundby, C., Hellsten, Ylva, Jensen, M. B. F., Munch, A. S. & Pilegaard, Henriette, 2008, In: Journal of Applied Physiology. 104, 4, p. 1154-1160 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  46. Published

    Exchange of hypoxanthine in muscle during intense exercise in man

    Bangsbo, Jens, Sjödin, B. & Hellsten, Ylva, 1992, In: Acta Physiologica Scandinavica. 146, 4, p. 549-550 2 p.

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  47. Exchange of purines in human liver and skeletal muscle with short-term exhaustive exercise

    Hellsten-Westing, Y., Hellsten, Ylva, Kaijser, L., Ekblom, B. & Sjödin, B., 1994, In: American Journal of Physiology (Consolidated). 266, 2, p. R81-R86 6 p.

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  48. Published

    Exercise but not prostanoids enhance levels of vascular endothelial growth factor and other proliferative agents in human skeletal muscle interstitium

    Höffner, L., Nielsen, Jens Jung, Langberg, Henning & Hellsten, Ylva, 2003, In: Journal of Physiology. 550, 1, p. 217-225 9 p.

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  49. Published

    Exercise induced capillary growth in human skeletal muscle and the dynamics of VEGF

    Høier, B. & Hellsten, Ylva, 2014, In: Microcirculation. 21, 4, p. 301-314 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  50. Published

    Exercise training alters the balance between vasoactive compounds in skeletal muscle of individuals with essential hypertension

    Hansen, A. H., Nyberg, M. P., Bangsbo, Jens, Saltin, B. & Hellsten, Ylva, 2011, In: Hypertension. 58, 5, p. 943-949 7 p.

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