Ulrika Widegren

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Coordinating strategic, academic and scientific national and international
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Affiliated Researcher, Dept of Molecular Medicine and Surgery

Articles

Article: PHYSIOLOGICAL REPORTS. 2019;7(16):e14218

Altered oxidative stress and antioxidant defence in skeletal muscle during the first year following spinal cord injury.

Savikj M; Kostovski E; Lundell LS; Iversen PO; Massart J; Widegren U
Article: ACTA PHYSIOLOGICA. 2018;223(3):e13051

Protein translation, proteolysis and autophagy in human skeletal muscle atrophy after spinal cord injury.

Lundell LS; Savikj M; Kostovski E; Iversen PO; Zierath JR; Krook A; Chibalin AV; Widegren U
Article: PHYSIOLOGICAL REPORTS. 2018;6(12):e13739

Retained differentiation capacity of human skeletal muscle satellite cells from spinal cord-injured individuals.

Savikj M; Ruby MA; Kostovski E; Iversen PO; Zierath JR; Krook A; Widegren U
Article: PHYSIOLOGICAL REPORTS. 2015;3(11):e12622

MicroRNA-208b progressively declines after spinal cord injury in humans and is inversely related to myostatin expression.

Boon H; Sjögren RJO; Massart J; Egan B; Kostovski E; Iversen PO; Hjeltnes N; Chibalin AV; Widegren U; Zierath JR
Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM. 2013;305(9):E1071-E1080

Altered content of AMP-activated protein kinase isoforms in skeletal muscle from spinal cord injured subjects.

Kostovski E; Boon H; Hjeltnes N; Lundell LS; Ahlsén M; Chibalin AV; Krook A; Iversen PO; Widegren U
Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM. 2012;302(7):E864-E871

Influence of chronic and acute spinal cord injury on skeletal muscle Na+-K+-ATPase and phospholemman expression in humans.

Boon H; Kostovski E; Pirkmajer S; Song M; Lubarski I; Iversen PO; Hjeltnes N; Widegren U; Chibalin AV
Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM. 2011;301(3):E456-E466

Effect of exercise and training on phospholemman phosphorylation in human skeletal muscle.

Benziane B; Widegren U; Pirkmajer S; Henriksson J; Stepto NK; Chibalin AV
Article: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY. 2011;110(5):1204-1210

Differential expression of metabolic genes essential for glucose and lipid metabolism in skeletal muscle from spinal cord injured subjects.

Long YC; Kostovski E; Boon H; Hjeltnes N; Krook A; Widegren U
Article: CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY AND FUNCTIONAL IMAGING. 2010;30(2):152-161

Muscle blood flow response to mental stress and adrenaline infusion in man: microdialysis ethanol technique compared to (133)Xe clearance and venous occlusion plethysmography.

Widegren U; Hickner RC; Jorfeldt L; Henriksson J
Article: CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE. 2010;21(2):65-71

Depressed expression of angiogenic growth factors in the subacute phase of myocardial ischemia: a mechanism behind the remodeling plateau?

Siddiqui AJ; Fischer H; Widegren U; Grinnemo K-H; Hao X; Månsson-Broberg A; Sylvén C; Gustafsson T
Article: CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH. 2008;78(1):116-122

Adiponectin protects against myocardial ischaemia-reperfusion injury via AMP-activated protein kinase, Akt, and nitric oxide.

Gonon AT; Widegren U; Bulhak A; Salehzadeh F; Persson J; Sjöquist P-O; Pernow J
Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY. 2005;289(1):H455-H465

Loaded wheel running and muscle adaptation in the mouse.

Konhilas JP; Widegren U; Allen DL; Paul AC; Cleary A; Leinwand LA
Article: JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR CARDIOLOGY. 2004;37(6):1235-1244

Simvastatin enhances myocardial angiogenesis induced by vascular endothelial growth factor gene transfer.

Siddiqui AJ; Gustafsson T; Fischer H; Widegren U; Hao X; Mansson-Broberg A; Grinnemo KH; Dellgren G; Sylvén C
Article: DIABETES. 2004;53(1):21-24

Exercise-induced protein kinase C isoform-specific activation in human skeletal muscle.

Perrini S; Henriksson J; Zierath JR; Widegren U
Article: PFLUGERS ARCHIV-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY. 2001;443(1):61-66

Mitochondrial transcription factor A and respiratory complex IV increase in response to exercise training in humans.

Bengtsson J; Gustafsson T; Widegren U; Jansson E; Sundberg CJ
Article: JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON. 2001;535(Pt 1):155-164

Effects of concentric and eccentric contractions on phosphorylation of MAPK(erk1/2) and MAPK(p38) in isolated rat skeletal muscle.

Wretman C; Lionikas A; Widegren U; Lännergren J; Westerblad H; Henriksson J
Article: PFLUGERS ARCHIV-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY. 2000;441(2-3):317-322

Influence of exercise intensity on ERK/MAP kinase signalling in human skeletal muscle.

Widegren U; Wretman C; Lionikas A; Hedin G; Henriksson J
Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY, INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY. 2000;279(5):R1716-R1721

Effects of exercise on mitogen- and stress-activated kinase signal transduction in human skeletal muscle.

Krook A; Widegren U; Jiang XJ; Henriksson J; Wallberg-Henriksson H; Alessi D; Zierath JR
Article: ACTA PHYSIOLOGICA. 2000;170(1):45-49

Differential activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase signalling pathways by isometric contractions in isolated slow- and fast-twitch rat skeletal muscle.

Wretman C; Widegren U; Lionikas A; Westerblad H; Henriksson J
Article: FASEB JOURNAL. 1998;12(13):1379-1389

Divergent effects of exercise on metabolic and mitogenic signaling pathways in human skeletal muscle.

Widegren U; Jiang XJ; Krook A; Chibalin AV; Björnholm M; Tally M; Roth RA; Henriksson J; Wallberg-henriksson H; Zierath JR

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Published conference paper: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NUTRITION SOCIETY. 2004;63(2):227-232

Exercise-induced mitogen-activated protein kinase signalling in skeletal muscle.

Long YC; Widegren U; Zierath JR
Review: ACTA PHYSIOLOGICA. 2001;172(3):227-238

Mitogen-activated protein kinase signal transduction in skeletal muscle: effects of exercise and muscle contraction.

Widegren U; Ryder JW; Zierath JR

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Head of Unit, Central Administration, Karolinska Institutet, 2024-
Head of Unit, Central Administration, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-2024

Degrees and Education

Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, 2000

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