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Using MR elastography to measure the hearts stiffness

Smith L, Skulberg V, Zhang L, Sjaastad I, Espe E (2022)

The effects of geometry on stiffness measurements in high-field magnetic resonance elastography: A study on rodent cardiac phantoms

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Signaling protein Syndecan-4 reveals new knowledge of the female heart

Støle TP, Lunde M, Shen X, Martinsen M, Lunde PK, Li J, Lockwood F, Sjaastad I, Louch WE, Aronsen JM, Christensen G, Carlson CR (2022)

The female syndecan-4^-/- heart has smaller cardiomyocytes, augmented insulin/pSer473-Akt/pSer9-GSK-3β signaling, and lowered SCOP, pThr308-Akt/Akt and GLUT4 levels

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Prolonged β-Adrenergic stimulation and heart failure disperses ryanodine receptor clusters

Shen X, van den Brink J, Bergan-Dahl A, Kolstad TR, Norden ES, Hou Y, Laasmaa M, Aguilar-Sanchez Y, Quick AP, Espe EKS, Sjaastad I, Wehrens XHT, Edwards AG, Soeller C, Louch WE

Prolonged β-adrenergic stimulation disperses ryanodine receptor clusters in cardiomyocytes and has implications for heart failure.

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Why sex is relevant: New insight into the female heart

The Carlson group at IEMR explores how men and women are different – at a molecular level!

Adipose tissue distribution and cardio-metabolic syndrome in juvenile dermatomyositis

Henriette S Marstein, Birgit N Witczak, Kristin Godang, Thomas Schwartz, Berit Flatø, Jens Bollerslev, Ivar Sjaastad, Helga Sanner.

Adipose tissue distribution is associated with cardio-metabolic alterations in adult patients with juvenile-onset dermatomyositis

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More evidence for exercise at young age in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Exercise training during childhood and adolescence is associated with favorable diastolic function in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Treating the sick heart using the bodys own hormones

Professor at IEMR, Dr Alessandro Cataliotti, explains how he and his group have worked on innovative therapeutic and delivery systems to heal heart diseases.