• Are cultured human myotubes far from home? 

      Aas, Vigdis; Bakke, Siril Skaret; Feng, Yuan Zeng; Kase, Eili Tranheim; Jensen, Jørgen; Bajpeyi, Sudip; Thoresen, G. Hege; Rustan, Arild (Cell and tissue research;354(3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-12)
      Satellite cells can be isolated from skeletal muscle biopsies, activated to proliferating myoblasts and differentiated into multinuclear myotubes in culture. These cell cultures represent a model system for intact human ...
    • The effect of toll-like receptor ligands on energy metabolism and myokine expression and secretion in cultured human skeletal muscle cells 

      Tingstad, Ragna Husby; Norheim, Frode Amador; Haugen, Fred; Feng, Yuan Zeng; Tunsjø, Hege; Thoresen, G. Hege; Rustan, Arild Christian; Charnock, Colin; Aas, Vigdis (Scientific Reports;11, Article number: 24219 (2021), Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-12-20)
      Skeletal muscle plays an important role in glycaemic control and metabolic homeostasis, making it a tissue of interest with respect to type 2 diabetes mellitus. The aim of the present study was to determine if ligands of ...
    • Myotubes from Severely Obese Type 2 Diabetic Subjects Accumulate Less Lipids and Show Higher Lipolytic Rate than Myotubes from Severely Obese Non-Diabetic Subjects 

      Bakke, Siril Skaret; Feng, Yuan Zeng; Nikolic, Natasa; Kase, Eili Tranheim; Moro, Cedric; Stensrud, Camilla; Damlien, Lisbeth; Ludahl, Marianne Odnakk; Sandbu, Rune; Solheim, Brita Marie; Rustan, Arild; Hjelmesæth, Jøran; Thoresen, G. Hege; Aas, Vigdis (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-03-19)
      About 80% of patients with type 2 diabetes are classified as overweight. However, only about 1/3 of severely obese subjects have type 2 diabetes. This indicates that several se- verely obese individuals may possess certain ...