Department of Cardiology, Akershus University Hospital and Institute for Surgical Research, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet

Current research focus

Cardioprotective mechanisms in ischemia-reperfusion and heart failure, with particular emphasis on the functional effects of CCN2/CTGF in the heart.

Research projects

Project manager

• Involvement of GRK3 in the pathophysiologic mechanisms of heart failure
• Role of myocardial CTGF in the pathophysiologic mechanisms of heart failure
• Mechanisms of myocardial CTGF-induced arrythmias

Collaborator

• Is heme oxygenase-1 a downstream mediator of HIF-1a induced protection?