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Xin Shen

Postdoctoral fellow

Louch group

Email: xin.shen@auckland.ac.nz

Funding

– Research Council of Norway

Academic interests

Exploring functional and structural differences of the cardiac dyad in health and disease by combining the usage of confocal and super-resolution microscopy (dSTORM, Electron Miscroscopy).

Research area

  • Advanced light microscopy
  • Arrhythmias
  • Cardiomyocyte signaling
  • Cardiomyopathies
  • Excitation contraction coupling
  • Heart failure

Latest publications

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Ruud M, Frisk M, Melleby AO, Norseng PA, Mohamed BA, Li J, Aronsen JM, Setterberg IE, Jakubiczka J, van Hout I, Coffey S, Shen X, Nygård S, Lunde IG, Tønnessen T, Jones PP, Sjaastad I, Gullestad L, Toischer K, Dahl CP, Christensen G, Louch WE (2024)
Regulation of cardiomyocyte t-tubule structure by preload and afterload: Roles in cardiac compensation and decompensation
J Physiol
PubMed 38686538 DOI 10.1113/JP284566
Laasmaa M, Branovets J, Stolova J, Shen X, Rätsepso T, Balodis MJ, Grahv C, Hendrikson E, Louch WE, Birkedal R, Vendelin M (2023)
Cardiomyocytes from female compared to male mice have larger ryanodine receptor clusters and higher calcium spark frequency
J Physiol, 601 (18), 4033-4052
PubMed 37561554 DOI 10.1113/JP284515
Perdreau-Dahl H, Lipsett DB, Frisk M, Kermani F, Carlson CR, Brech A, Shen X, Bergan-Dahl A, Hou Y, Tuomainen T, Tavi P, Jones PP, Lunde M, Wasserstrom JA, Laporte J, Ullrich ND, Christensen G, Morth JP, Louch WE (2023)
BIN1, Myotubularin, and Dynamin-2 Coordinate T-Tubule Growth in Cardiomyocytes
Circ Res, 132 (11), e188-e205
PubMed 37139790 DOI 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.122.321732
Hou Y, Laasmaa M, Li J, Shen X, Manfra O, Norden ES, Le C, Zhang L, Sjaastad I, Jones PP, Soeller C, Louch WE (2023)
Live-cell photo-activated localization microscopy correlates nanoscale ryanodine receptor configuration to calcium sparks in cardiomyocytes
Nat Cardiovasc Res, 2 (3), 251-267
PubMed 38803363 DOI 10.1038/s44161-022-00199-2
Skogestad J, Albert I, Hougen K, Lothe GB, Lunde M, Eken OS, Veras I, Huynh NTT, Børstad M, Marshall S, Shen X, Louch WE, Robinson EL, Cleveland JC, Ambardekar AV, Schwisow JA, Jonas E, Calejo AI, Morth JP, Taskén K, Melleby AO, Lunde PK, Sjaastad I, Carlson CR, Aronsen JM (2023)
Disruption of Phosphodiesterase 3A Binding to SERCA2 Increases SERCA2 Activity and Reduces Mortality in Mice With Chronic Heart Failure
Circulation, 147 (16), 1221-1236
PubMed 36876489 DOI 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.054168
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