Education
Philosophiae Doctor (PhD) in Molecular Cardiology, University of Oslo (2016)
Master of Science in Medical Cell Biology, University of Bergen (2009)
Funding
Nasjonalforeningen for folkehelsen
Academic interests
Proteoglycans in cardiac inflammation and heart failure
Research area
- Cardiomyocyte signaling
- Fibroblast signaling
- Fibrosis
- Heart failure
Latest publications
view all >Herum KM, Romaine A, Wang A, Melleby AO, Strand ME, Pacheco J, Braathen B, Dunér P, Tønnessen T, Lunde IG, Sjaastad I, Brakebusch C, McCulloch AD, Gomez MF, Carlson CR, Christensen G (2020)
Syndecan-4 Protects the Heart From the Profibrotic Effects of Thrombin-Cleaved Osteopontin
J Am Heart Assoc, 9 (3), e013518
PubMed 32000579 DOI 10.1161/JAHA.119.013518
Syndecan-4 Protects the Heart From the Profibrotic Effects of Thrombin-Cleaved Osteopontin
J Am Heart Assoc, 9 (3), e013518
PubMed 32000579 DOI 10.1161/JAHA.119.013518
Mohammadzadeh N, Lunde IG, Andenæs K, Strand ME, Aronsen JM, Skrbic B, Marstein HS, Bandlien C, Nygård S, Gorham J, Sjaastad I, Chakravarti S, Christensen G, Engebretsen KVT, Tønnessen T (2019)
The extracellular matrix proteoglycan lumican improves survival and counteracts cardiac dilatation and failure in mice subjected to pressure overload
Sci Rep, 9 (1), 9206
PubMed 31235849 DOI 10.1038/s41598-019-45651-9
The extracellular matrix proteoglycan lumican improves survival and counteracts cardiac dilatation and failure in mice subjected to pressure overload
Sci Rep, 9 (1), 9206
PubMed 31235849 DOI 10.1038/s41598-019-45651-9
Andenæs K, Lunde IG, Mohammadzadeh N, Dahl CP, Aronsen JM, Strand ME, Palmero S, Sjaastad I, Christensen G, Engebretsen KVT, Tønnessen T (2018)
The extracellular matrix proteoglycan fibromodulin is upregulated in clinical and experimental heart failure and affects cardiac remodeling
PLoS One, 13 (7), e0201422
PubMed 30052659 DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0201422
The extracellular matrix proteoglycan fibromodulin is upregulated in clinical and experimental heart failure and affects cardiac remodeling
PLoS One, 13 (7), e0201422
PubMed 30052659 DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0201422
Melleby AO, Strand ME, Romaine A, Herum KM, Skrbic B, Dahl CP, Sjaastad I, Fiane AE, Filmus J, Christensen G, Lunde IG (2016)
The Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycan Glypican-6 Is Upregulated in the Failing Heart, and Regulates Cardiomyocyte Growth through ERK1/2 Signaling
PLoS One, 11 (10), e0165079
PubMed 27768722 DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0165079
The Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycan Glypican-6 Is Upregulated in the Failing Heart, and Regulates Cardiomyocyte Growth through ERK1/2 Signaling
PLoS One, 11 (10), e0165079
PubMed 27768722 DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0165079
Strand ME, Aronsen JM, Braathen B, Sjaastad I, Kvaløy H, Tønnessen T, Christensen G, Lunde IG (2015)
Shedding of syndecan-4 promotes immune cell recruitment and mitigates cardiac dysfunction after lipopolysaccharide challenge in mice
J Mol Cell Cardiol, 88, 133-44
PubMed 26449522 DOI 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2015.10.003
Shedding of syndecan-4 promotes immune cell recruitment and mitigates cardiac dysfunction after lipopolysaccharide challenge in mice
J Mol Cell Cardiol, 88, 133-44
PubMed 26449522 DOI 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2015.10.003