Publications 2023

Strand ME, Vanhaverbeke M, Henkens MTHM, Sikking MA, Rypdal KB, Braathen B, Almaas VM, Tønnessen T, Christensen G, Heymans S, Lunde IG (2023)
Inflammation and Syndecan-4 Shedding from Cardiac Cells in Ischemic and Non-Ischemic Heart Disease
Biomedicines, 11 (4)
DOI 10.3390/biomedicines11041066, PubMed 37189684

Publications 2022

Lunde IG, Aronsen JM, Melleby AO, Strand ME, Skogestad J, Bendiksen BA, Ahmed MS, Sjaastad I, Attramadal H, Carlson CR, Christensen G (2022)
Cardiomyocyte-specific overexpression of syndecan-4 in mice results in activation of calcineurin-NFAT signalling and exacerbated cardiac hypertrophy
Mol Biol Rep, 49 (12), 11795-11809
DOI 10.1007/s11033-022-07985-y, PubMed 36205855

Publications 2021

Rypdal KB, Erusappan PM, Melleby AO, Seifert DE, Palmero S, Strand ME, Tønnessen T, Dahl CP, Almaas V, Hubmacher D, Apte SS, Christensen G, Lunde IG (2021)
The extracellular matrix glycoprotein ADAMTSL2 is increased in heart failure and inhibits TGFβ signalling in cardiac fibroblasts
Sci Rep, 11 (1), 19757
DOI 10.1038/s41598-021-99032-2, PubMed 34611183

Publications 2020

Herum KM, Romaine A, Wang A, Melleby AO, Strand ME, Pacheco J, Braathen B, Dunér P, Tønnessen T, Lunde IG, Sjaastad I, Brakebusch C, McCulloch AD, Gomez MF, Carlson CR, Christensen G (2020)
Syndecan-4 Protects the Heart From the Profibrotic Effects of Thrombin-Cleaved Osteopontin
J Am Heart Assoc, 9 (3), e013518
DOI 10.1161/JAHA.119.013518, PubMed 32000579

Publications 2019

Mohammadzadeh N, Lunde IG, Andenæs K, Strand ME, Aronsen JM, Skrbic B, Marstein HS, Bandlien C, Nygård S, Gorham J, Sjaastad I, Chakravarti S, Christensen G, Engebretsen KVT, Tønnessen T (2019)
The extracellular matrix proteoglycan lumican improves survival and counteracts cardiac dilatation and failure in mice subjected to pressure overload
Sci Rep, 9 (1), 9206
DOI 10.1038/s41598-019-45651-9, PubMed 31235849

Publications 2018

Andenæs K, Lunde IG, Mohammadzadeh N, Dahl CP, Aronsen JM, Strand ME, Palmero S, Sjaastad I, Christensen G, Engebretsen KVT, Tønnessen T (2018)
The extracellular matrix proteoglycan fibromodulin is upregulated in clinical and experimental heart failure and affects cardiac remodeling
PLoS One, 13 (7), e0201422
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0201422, PubMed 30052659

Publications 2016

Melleby AO, Strand ME, Romaine A, Herum KM, Skrbic B, Dahl CP, Sjaastad I, Fiane AE, Filmus J, Christensen G, Lunde IG (2016)
The Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycan Glypican-6 Is Upregulated in the Failing Heart, and Regulates Cardiomyocyte Growth through ERK1/2 Signaling
PLoS One, 11 (10), e0165079
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0165079, PubMed 27768722

Publications 2015

Skrbic B, Engebretsen KV, Strand ME, Lunde IG, Herum KM, Marstein HS, Sjaastad I, Lunde PK, Carlson CR, Christensen G, Bjørnstad JL, Tønnessen T (2015)
Lack of collagen VIII reduces fibrosis and promotes early mortality and cardiac dilatation in pressure overload in mice
Cardiovasc Res, 106 (1), 32-42
DOI 10.1093/cvr/cvv041, PubMed 25694587

Strand ME, Aronsen JM, Braathen B, Sjaastad I, Kvaløy H, Tønnessen T, Christensen G, Lunde IG (2015)
Shedding of syndecan-4 promotes immune cell recruitment and mitigates cardiac dysfunction after lipopolysaccharide challenge in mice
J Mol Cell Cardiol, 88, 133-44
DOI 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2015.10.003, PubMed 26449522

Publications 2013

Engebretsen KV, Lunde IG, Strand ME, Waehre A, Sjaastad I, Marstein HS, Skrbic B, Dahl CP, Askevold ET, Christensen G, Bjørnstad JL, Tønnessen T (2013)
Lumican is increased in experimental and clinical heart failure, and its production by cardiac fibroblasts is induced by mechanical and proinflammatory stimuli
FEBS J, 280 (10), 2382-98
DOI 10.1111/febs.12235, PubMed 23480731

Strand ME, Herum KM, Rana ZA, Skrbic B, Askevold ET, Dahl CP, Vistnes M, Hasic A, Kvaløy H, Sjaastad I, Carlson CR, Tønnessen T, Gullestad L, Christensen G, Lunde IG (2013)
Innate immune signaling induces expression and shedding of the heparan sulfate proteoglycan syndecan-4 in cardiac fibroblasts and myocytes, affecting inflammation in the pressure-overloaded heart
FEBS J, 280 (10), 2228-47
DOI 10.1111/febs.12161, PubMed 23374111