Ulrika Widegren

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Head of Sustainable Development and Equal Opportunities Office

Affiliated to integrative Physiology, Dept of Molecular Medicine and Surgery

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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; Sjogren 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; Ahlsen 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 133Xe 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; Mansson-Broberg A; Sylven 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; Sjoquist 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(1):155-164
Effects of concentric and eccentric contractions on phosphorylation of MAPK ^erk1/2 and MAPK³⁸ 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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Head of Unit, Professional Services, Karolinska Institutet, 2024-

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

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