Institute for Surgical Research, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet
Current research focus
The current research focus is to unravel and characterize the receptor(s) and intracellular pathways of the matricellular protein CCN2 in cardiac myocytes and cardiac fibroblasts. CCN2 increases tolerance of adult cardiac myocytes towards hypoxia/reoxygenation injury. However, the mechanisms underlying the cytoprotective action of CCN2 has not been resolved.