Carina Nihlen

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Article: HYPERTENSION. 2023;80(11):2397-2406
Altered Oral Nitrate Reduction and Bacterial Profiles in Hypertensive Women Predict Blood Pressure Lowering Following Acute Dietary Nitrate Supplementation
Willmott T; Ormesher L; Mcbain AJ; Humphreys GJ; Myers JE; Singh G; Lundberg JO; Weitzberg E; Nihlen C; Cottrell EC
Article: REDOX BIOLOGY. 2023;60:102612
Red blood cells from endothelial nitric oxide synthase-deficient mice induce vascular dysfunction involving oxidative stress and endothelial arginase I
Zhuge Z; Haworth SM; Nihlen C; Carvalho LRRA; Heuser SK; Kleschyov AL; Nasiell J; Cortese-Krott MM; Weitzberg E; Lundberg JO; Carlstroem M
Article: NUTRIENTS. 2022;14(12):2480
Plasma Nitrate and Nitrite Kinetics after Single Intake of Beetroot Juice in Adult Patients on Chronic Hemodialysis and in Healthy Volunteers: A Randomized, Single-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Crossover Study
Heredia-Martinez A; Rosa-Diez G; Ferraris JR; Sohlenius-Sternbeck A-K; Nihlen C; Olsson A; Lundberg JO; Weitzberg E; Carlstrom M; Krmar RT
Article: JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION. 2021;39(8):1628-1641
Red blood cells from patients with pre-eclampsia induce endothelial dysfunction
McCann Haworth SM; Zhuge Z; Nihlen C; Von Rosen MF; Weitzberg E; Lundberg JO; Krmar RT; Nasiell J; Carlstrom M
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. 2021;22(9):4500
Enhanced Nitrite-Mediated Relaxation of Placental Blood Vessels Exposed to Hypoxia Is Preserved in Pregnancies Complicated by Fetal Growth Restriction
Tropea T; Nihlen C; Weitzberg E; Lundberg JO; Wareing M; Greenwood SL; Sibley CP; Cottrell EC
Article: JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY. 2020;598(18):4079-4092
Beetroot juice lowers blood pressure and improves endothelial function in pregnant eNOS^-/- mice: importance of nitrate-independent effects
Tropea T; Renshall LJ; Nihlen C; Weitzberg E; Lundberg JO; David AL; Tsatsaris V; Stuckey DJ; Wareing M; Greenwood SL; Sibley CP; Cottrell EC
Article: NITRIC OXIDE - BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY. 2020;94:73-78
Effects of age, sex and diet on salivary nitrate and nitrite in infants
Timby N; Domellof M; Hernell E; Lonnerdal B; Nihlen C; Johanssson I; Weitzberg E
Journal article: PREGNANCY HYPERTENSION. 2019;17:s19
Preeclampsia is associated with increased erythrocyte arginase activity and compromised nitric oxide bioactivity compared with healthy pregnant women
Haworth SM; Zhuge Z; Nihlén C; Olsson A; Weitzberg E; Lundberg JO; Krmar RT; Nasiell J; Carlstrom M
Article: NITRIC OXIDE - BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY. 2018;80:37-44
Effects of dietary nitrate supplementation, from beetroot juice, on blood pressure in hypertensive pregnant women: A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled feasibility trial
Ormesher L; Myers JE; Chmiel C; Wareing M; Greenwood SL; Tropea T; Lundberg JO; Weitzberg E; Nihlen C; Sibley CP; Johnstone ED; Cottrell EC
Article: REDOX BIOLOGY. 2016;10:206-210
Profound differences between humans and rodents in the ability to concentrate salivary nitrate: Implications for translational research
Montenegro MF; Sundqvist ML; Nihlen C; Hezel M; Carlstrom M; Weitzberg E; Lundberg JO
Article: NITRIC OXIDE - BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY. 2015;44:88-97
Effects of hyperbaric oxygen on nitric oxide generation in humans
Uusijarvi J; Eriksson K; Larsson AC; Nihlen C; Schiffer T; Lindholm P; Weitzberg E
Article: NATURE CHEMICAL BIOLOGY. 2008;4(7):411-417
A mammalian functional nitrate reductase that regulates nitrite and nitric oxide homeostasis
Jansson EA; Huang L; Malkey R; Govoni M; Nihlen C; Olsson A; Stensdotter M; Petersson J; Holm L; Weitzberg E; Lundberg JO
Article: REGULATORY PEPTIDES. 1998;75-6:55-70
Characterization and molecular cloning of vascular neuropeptide Y receptor subtypes in pig and dog
Malmström RE; Hökfelt T; Björkman JA; Nihlén C; Byström M; Ekstrand AJ; Lundberg JM

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Conference publication: PLACENTA. 2021;112:E8
ASSESSMENT OF UMBILICAL BLOOD FLOW PARAMETERS IN PREGNANT ENOS^-/- MICE SUPPLEMENTED WITH BEETROOT JUICE USING HIGH-FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND
Tropea T; Nihlen C; Weitzberg E; Lundberg J; David A; Tsatsaris V; Greenwood S; Sibley C; Cottrell E
Conference publication: FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE. 2019;139:S38
The obligatory role of host microbiota in the bioconversion of dietary nitrate
Moretti CH; Zhuge Z; Zhang G; Haworth SM; Stendsdotter M; Olsson A; Nihlen C; Paulo LL; Cruz JC; Montenegro MF; Cordero-Herrera I; Weitzberg E; Carlstrom M; Lundberg JO
Conference publication: ACTA PHYSIOLOGICA. 2019;227:116
Preeclampsia is associated with reduced nitric oxide homeostasis and signaling compared with healthy pregnant women: emerging role of erythrocyte-derived arginase
Haworth MS; Zhuge Z; Han H; Nihlen C; Olsson A; Weitzberg E; Lundberg J; Krmar R; Nasiell J; Carlstrom M

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Research engineer, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, 1994-2025

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Bachelor Of Medical Science, Karolinska Institutet, 2002

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