Ylva Hellsten

Ylva Hellsten

Professor, Head of Section, Professor


  1. 2015
  2. Published

    Capillary growth, ultrastructure remodeling and exercise training in skeletal muscle of essential hypertensive patients

    Gliemann, Lasse, Buess, R., Nyberg, M. P., Hoppeler, H., Odriozola, A., Thaning, P., Hellsten, Ylva, Baum, O. & Mortensen, S. P., 2015, In: Acta Physiologica (Online). 214, 2, p. 210-220 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. 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

  4. 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.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. 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

  6. Published

    Vascular function in health, hypertension, and diabetes: effect of physical activity on skeletal muscle microcirculation

    Nyberg, M. P., Gliemann, Lasse & Hellsten, Ylva, 2015, In: Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports. 25, Supplement 4, p. 60-73 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    What turns off the angiogenic switch in skeletal muscle?

    Hellsten, Ylva, Høier, B. & Gliemann, Lasse, 2015, In: Experimental Physiology. 100, 7, p. 772-773 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. 2014
  9. Published

    Bengt Saltin (1935-2014)

    Bangsbo, Jens, Kjær, Michael & Hellsten, Ylva, 2014, In: Journal of Physiology. 592, 23, p. 5149-5151 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Biomarkers of vascular function in pre- and recent post-menopausal women of similar age: effect of exercise training

    Nyberg, M. P., Seidelin, K., Rostgaard Andersen, T., Neumann Overby, N., Hellsten, Ylva & Bangsbo, Jens, 2014, In: American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 306, 7, p. R510-R517 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Capillary growth in human skeletal muscle: physiological factors and the balance between pro-angiogenic and angiostatic factors

    Hellsten, Ylva & Hoier, B., 2014, In: Biochemical Society Transactions. 42, 6, p. 1616-1622 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Chronic hypoxia increases arterial blood pressure and reduces adenosine and ATP induced vasodilatation in skeletal muscle in healthy humans

    Calbet, J. A. L., Boushel, R. C., Robach, P., Hellsten, Ylva, Saltin, B. & Lundby, C., 2014, In: Acta Physiologica (Online). 211, 4, p. 574-584 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. Published

    Reply from Lasse Gliemann, Jesper Olesen, Rasmus Sjørup Biensø, Stefan Peter Mortensen, Michael Nyberg, Jens Bangsbo, Henriette Pilegaard and Ylva Hellsten

    Gliemann, Lasse, Olesen, J., Biensø, R. S., Mortensen, S. P., Nyberg, M. P., Schmidt, J. F., Bangsbo, Jens, Pilegaard, Henriette & Hellsten, Ylva, 2014, In: Journal of Physiology. 592, 3, p. 553 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debateResearch

  20. Published

    Resveratrol modulates the angiogenic response to exercise training in skeletal muscle of aged men

    Gliemann, Lasse, Olesen, J., Biensø, R. S., Schmidt, J. F., Åkerström, T., Nyberg, M. P., Lindqvist, A., Bangsbo, Jens & Hellsten, Ylva, 2014, In: American Journal of Physiology: Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 307, 8, p. H1111-H1119 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    Roles of sedentary aging and lifelong physical activity on exchange of glutathione across exercising human skeletal muscle

    Nyberg, M. P., Mortensen, S. P., Cabo, H., Gomez-Cabrera, M., Viña, J. & Hellsten, Ylva, 2014, In: Free Radical Biology & Medicine. 73, p. 166-173 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    The effect of purinergic P2 receptor blockade on skeletal muscle exercise hyperemia in miniature swine

    Mortensen, S. P., McAllister, R. M., Yang, H. T., Hellsten, Ylva & Laughlin, M. H., 2014, In: Journal of Applied Physiology. 114, 10, p. 2147-2155 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. 2013
  24. Published

    Angiogenic response to passive movement and active exercise in individuals with peripheral arterial disease

    Høier, B., Walker, M., Passos, M., Walker, P. J., Green, A., Bangsbo, Jens, Askew, C. D. & Hellsten, Ylva, 2013, In: Journal of Applied Physiology. 115, 12, p. 1777-1787 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. 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

  26. 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

  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 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

  29. 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

  30. 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

  31. 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

  32. 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

  33. Published

    Resveratrol blunts the positive effects of exercise training on cardiovascular health in aged men

    Gliemann, Lasse, Schmidt, J. F., Olesen, J., Biensø, R. S., Peronard, S. L., Grandjean, S. U., Mortensen, S. P., Nyberg, M. P., Bangsbo, Jens, Pilegaard, Henriette & Hellsten, Ylva, 2013, In: Journal of Physiology. 591, 20, p. 5047-5059 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  34. Published

    Skeletal muscle signaling and the heart rate and blood pressure response to exercise: insight from heart rate pacing during exercise with a trained and a deconditioned muscle group

    Mortensen, S. P., Svendsen, Jesper Hastrup, Ersbøll, M., Hellsten, Ylva, Secher, Niels H. & Saltin, B., 2013, In: Hypertension. 61, 5, p. 1126-1133 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  35. Published

    Subcellular localization and mechanism of secretion of vascular endothelial growth factor in human skeletal muscle

    Høier, B., Prats Gavalda, Clara, Qvortrup, Klaus, Pilegaard, Henriette, Bangsbo, Jens & Hellsten, Ylva, 2013, In: F A S E B Journal. 27, 9, p. 3496-3504 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  36. 2012
  37. Published

    A-Z of nutritional supplements: dietary supplements, sports nutrition foods and ergogenic aids for health and performance - Part 34

    King, D. S., Baskerville, R., Hellsten, Ylva, Senchina, D. S., Burke, L. M., Stear, S. J. & Castell, L. M., 2012, In: British Journal of Sports Medicine. 46, 9, p. 689-690 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  38. Published

    Contribution of intravascular versus interstitial purines and nitric oxide in the regulation of exercise hyperaemia in humans

    Hellsten, Ylva, Nyberg, M. P. & Mortensen, S. P., 2012, In: Journal of Physiology. 590, 20, p. 5015-5023 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  39. 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.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  40. 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

  41. 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

  42. 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

  43. 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

  44. Published

    Response to microdialysis of prostaglandins, thromboxane, and other eicosanoids: Recall past knowledge

    Hellsten, Ylva & Bangsbo, Jens, 2012, In: Hypertension. 59, 1 p., e40.

    Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debateResearch

  45. Published

    Role of nitric oxide and prostanoids in the regulation of leg blood flow and blood pressure in humans with essential hypertension: effect of high-intensity aerobic training

    Nyberg, M. P., Gliemann, Lasse, Thaning, P., Hellsten, Ylva & Mortensen, S. P., 2012, In: Journal of Physiology. 590, 6, p. 1481-1494 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  46. Published

    Skeletal muscle PGC-1a is required for maintaining an acute LPS-induced TNFa response

    Olesen, J., Larsson, S., Iversen, N., Yousafzai, S., Hellsten, Ylva & Pilegaard, Henriette, 2012, In: P L o S One. 7, 2, p. e32222 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  47. Published

    The hyperaemic response to passive leg movement is dependent on nitric oxide: a new tool to evaluate endothelial nitric oxide function

    Mortensen, S. P., Askew, C. D., Walker, M., Nyberg, M. P. & Hellsten, Ylva, 2012, In: Journal of Physiology. 590, 17, p. 4391-4400 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  48. Published

    Two weeks of muscle immobilization impairs functional sympatholysis but increases exercise hyperemia and the vasodilatory responsiveness to infused ATP

    Mortensen, S. P., Mørkeberg, J. S., Thaning, P., Hellsten, Ylva & Saltin, B., 2012, In: American Journal of Physiology: Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 302, 10, p. H2074-H2082 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  49. Published

    Vasodilator interactions in skeletal muscle blood flow regulation

    Hellsten, Ylva, Nyberg, M. P., Gliemann, Lasse & Mortensen, S. P., 2012, In: Journal of Physiology. 590, 24, p. 6297-6305 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  50. 2011
  51. 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.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  52. 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

  53. 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

  54. 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

  55. Published

    Skeletal muscle blood flow and oxygen uptake at rest and during exercise in humans: a PET study with nitric oxide and cyclooxygenase inhibition

    Heinonen, I., Saltin, B., Kemppainen, J., Sipilä, H. T., Oikonen, V., Nuutila, P., Knuuti, J., Kalliokoski, K. & Hellsten, Ylva, 2011, In: American Journal of Physiology: Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 300, 4, p. H1510-H1517 8 p.

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