Karina Hougen

  • Consultant; MD, PhD
 

Publications 2023

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
DOI 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.054168, PubMed 36876489

Publications 2021

Danielsen TK, Sadredini M, Manotheepan R, Aronsen JM, Frisk M, Hansen MH, Andressen KW, Hougen K, Levy FO, Louch WE, Sejersted OM, Sjaastad I, Stokke MK (2021)
Exercise Training Stabilizes RyR2-Dependent Ca2+ Release in Post-infarction Heart Failure
Front Cardiovasc Med, 7, 623922
DOI 10.3389/fcvm.2020.623922, PubMed 33569394

Publications 2020

Skogestad J, Aronsen JM, Tovsrud N, Wanichawan P, Hougen K, Stokke MK, Carlson CR, Sjaastad I, Sejersted OM, Swift F (2020)
Coupling of the Na+/K+-ATPase to Ankyrin B controls Na+/Ca2+ exchanger activity in cardiomyocytes
Cardiovasc Res, 116 (1), 78-90
DOI 10.1093/cvr/cvz087, PubMed 30949686

Publications 2017

Meier S, Andressen KW, Aronsen JM, Sjaastad I, Hougen K, Skomedal T, Osnes JB, Qvigstad E, Levy FO, Moltzau LR (2017)
PDE3 inhibition by C-type natriuretic peptide-induced cGMP enhances cAMP-mediated signaling in both non-failing and failing hearts
Eur J Pharmacol, 812, 174-183
DOI 10.1016/j.ejphar.2017.07.014, PubMed 28697992

Publications 2016

Sadredini M, Danielsen TK, Aronsen JM, Manotheepan R, Hougen K, Sjaastad I, Stokke MK (2016)
Beta-Adrenoceptor Stimulation Reveals Ca2+ Waves and Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+ Depletion in Left Ventricular Cardiomyocytes from Post-Infarction Rats with and without Heart Failure
PLoS One, 11 (4), e0153887
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0153887, PubMed 27096943

Publications 2013

Louch WE, Hake J, Mørk HK, Hougen K, Skrbic B, Ursu D, Tønnessen T, Sjaastad I, Sejersted OM (2013)
Slow Ca²⁺ sparks de-synchronize Ca²⁺ release in failing cardiomyocytes: evidence for altered configuration of Ca²⁺ release units?
J Mol Cell Cardiol, 58, 41-52
DOI 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2013.01.014, PubMed 23376034

Stokke MK, Tovsrud N, Louch WE, Øyehaug L, Hougen K, Sejersted OM, Swift F, Sjaastad I (2013)
I(CaL) inhibition prevents arrhythmogenic Ca(2+) waves caused by abnormal Ca(2+) sensitivity of RyR or SR Ca(2+) accumulation
Cardiovasc Res, 98 (2), 315-25
DOI 10.1093/cvr/cvt037, PubMed 23417043

Publications 2010

Hougen K, Aronsen JM, Stokke MK, Enger U, Nygard S, Andersson KB, Christensen G, Sejersted OM, Sjaastad I (2010)
Cre-loxP DNA recombination is possible with only minimal unspecific transcriptional changes and without cardiomyopathy in Tg(alphaMHC-MerCreMer) mice
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 299 (5), H1671-8
DOI 10.1152/ajpheart.01155.2009, PubMed 20802136

Publications 2009

Louch WE, Hougen K, Mørk HK, Swift F, Aronsen JM, Sjaastad I, Reims HM, Roald B, Andersson KB, Christensen G, Sejersted OM (2009)
Sodium accumulation promotes diastolic dysfunction in end-stage heart failure following Serca2 knockout
J Physiol, 588 (Pt 3), 465-78
DOI 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.183517, PubMed 20008467

Qvigstad E, Moltzau LR, Aronsen JM, Nguyen CH, Hougen K, Sjaastad I, Levy FO, Skomedal T, Osnes JB (2009)
Natriuretic peptides increase beta1-adrenoceptor signalling in failing hearts through phosphodiesterase 3 inhibition
Cardiovasc Res, 85 (4), 763-72
DOI 10.1093/cvr/cvp364, PubMed 19900965

Stokke MK, Hougen K, Sjaastad I, Louch WE, Briston SJ, Enger UH, Andersson KB, Christensen G, Eisner DA, Sejersted OM, Trafford AW (2009)
Reduced SERCA2 abundance decreases the propensity for Ca2+ wave development in ventricular myocytes
Cardiovasc Res, 86 (1), 63-71
DOI 10.1093/cvr/cvp401, PubMed 20019150