• 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 ...
    • Tarmfloraen – på helsa løs 

      Aas, Vigdis; Gedde-Dahl, Ane; Tingstad, Ragna Husby; Charnock, Colin (Norsk Farmaceutisk Tidsskrift;6, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-06-22)
      Hensikt I løpet av de siste årene har det fremkommet holdepunkter for at ubalanse eller forstyrrelser i tarmfloraen, såkalt dysbiose, bidrar til utvikling av enkelte metabolske sykdommer. Hensikten med denne artikkelen er ...
    • Utilization of lactic acid in human myotubes and interplay with glucose and fatty acid metabolism 

      Lund, Jenny; Aas, Vigdis; Tingstad, Ragna Husby; Van Hees, Alfons; Nikolic, Natasa (Scientific Reports;8, Article number: 9814 (2018), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-06-29)
      Once assumed only to be a waste product of anaerobe glycolytic activity, lactate is now recognized as an energy source in skeletal muscles. While lactate metabolism has been extensively studied in vivo, underlying cellular ...