Marit Hjorth

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Visiting address Sognsvannsveien 9 Domus Medica 0372 Oslo
Postal address Postboks 1046 Blindern 0317 Oslo

Academic interests

My research interests are related to how dietary factors and physical activity influence molecular processes relevant to ageing and non-communicable diseases. Research topics of particular interest:   

  • Molecular nutrition
  • Glucose and lipid metabolism
  • Extracellular vesicles
  • Myokines

Positions held

  • 2019- Researcher/Postdoctoral reseacher, Department of Nutrition, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo

    2016-2019- Postdoctoral reseacher, Diabetes and Metabolism, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia

    2011-2016- PhD Student/tutor, Department of Nutrition, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo

 

Tags: Molecular nutrition, Diabetes, Ageing, Extracellular vesicles, Myokines, Diabetes, Metabolism, Exercise

Publications

  • Nolsøe, Jens Mortansson Jelstrup; Underhaug, Jarl; Sørskår, Åshild Moi; Antonsen, Simen; Malterud, Karl Egil & Gani, Osman [Show all 11 contributors for this article] (2024). Biological Evaluations, NMR Analyses, Molecular Modeling Studies, and Overview of the Synthesis of the Marine Natural Product (−)-Mucosin. Molecules. ISSN 1431-5157. 29(5). doi: 10.3390/molecules29050994. Full text in Research Archive
  • Doncheva, Atanaska Ivanova; Li, Yuchuan; Khanal, Prabhat; Hjorth, Marit; Kolset, Svein Olav & Norheim, Frode Amador [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2023). Altered hepatic lipid droplet morphology and lipid metabolism in fasted Plin2-null mice. Journal of Lipid Research. ISSN 0022-2275. 64(12). doi: 10.1016/j.jlr.2023.100461. Full text in Research Archive
  • Hjorth, Marit; Doncheva, Atanaska Ivanova; Norheim, Frode Amador; Ulven, Stine Marie; Holven, Kirsten Bjørklund & Sæther, Thomas [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2022). Consumption of salmon fishmeal increases hepatic cholesterol content in obese C57BL/6 J mice. European Journal of Nutrition. ISSN 1436-6207. 61, p. 4027–4043. doi: 10.1007/s00394-022-02930-y. Full text in Research Archive
  • Doncheva, Atanaska Ivanova; Romero, Silvana Angelica Troncoso; Ramirez-Garrastacho, Manuel; Lee-Ødegård, Sindre; Kolnes, Kristoffer Jensen & Tangen, Daniel S. [Show all 11 contributors for this article] (2022). Extracellular vesicles and microRNAs are altered in response to exercise, insulin sensitivity and overweight. Acta Physiologica. ISSN 1748-1708. 236(4). doi: 10.1111/apha.13862. Full text in Research Archive
  • Torp, May-Kristin; Ranheim, Trine; Schjalm, Camilla; Hjorth, Marit; Heiestad, Christina Mathisen & Dalen, Knut Tomas [Show all 13 contributors for this article] (2022). Intracellular Complement Component 3 Attenuated Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in the Isolated Buffer-Perfused Mouse Heart and Is Associated With Improved Metabolic Homeostasis. Frontiers in Immunology. ISSN 1664-3224. 13. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.870811. Full text in Research Archive
  • Hjorth, Marit; Galigniana, Natalia; Ween, Ola; Ulven, Stine Marie; Holven, Kirsten Bjørklund & Dalen, Knut Tomas [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2022). Postprandial Effects of Salmon Fishmeal and Whey on Metabolic Markers in Serum and Gene Expression in Liver Cells. Nutrients. ISSN 2072-6643. 14(8). doi: 10.3390/nu14081593. Full text in Research Archive
  • Hustad, Kristin Solheim; Ottestad, Inger Olaug; Hjorth, Marit; Dalen, Knut Tomas; Sæther, Thomas & Sheikh, Navida Akhter [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2021). No effect of salmon fish protein on 2-h glucose in adults with increased risk of type 2 diabetes: a randomised controlled trial. British Journal of Nutrition. ISSN 0007-1145. 126(9), p. 1304–1313. doi: 10.1017/S0007114521000040. Full text in Research Archive
  • Doncheva, Atanaska Ivanova; Norheim, Frode Amador; Hjorth, Marit; Grujic, Mirjana; Paivandy, Aida & Dankel, Simon N [Show all 14 contributors for this article] (2021). Serglycin Is Involved in Adipose Tissue Inflammation in Obesity. Journal of Immunology. ISSN 0022-1767. 208(1), p. 121–132. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.2100231.
  • Li, Yuchuan; Khanal, Prabhat; Norheim, Frode; Hjorth, Marit; Bjellaas, Thomas & Drevon, Christian A [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2021). Plin2 deletion increases cholesteryl ester lipid droplet content and disturbs cholesterol balance in adrenal cortex. Journal of Lipid Research. ISSN 0022-2275. 62. doi: 10.1016/J.JLR.2021.100048. Full text in Research Archive
  • Olsen, Thomas; Øvrebø, Bente; Haj Yasein, Nadia; Lee-Ødegård, Sindre; Svendsen, Karianne & Hjorth, Marit [Show all 11 contributors for this article] (2020). Effects of dietary methionine and cysteine restriction on plasma biomarkers, serum fibroblast growth factor 21, and adipose tissue gene expression in women with overweight or obesity: a double-blind randomized controlled pilot study. Journal of Translational Medicine. ISSN 1479-5876. 18(122). doi: 10.1186/s12967-020-02288-x. Full text in Research Archive
  • Whitham, Martin; Pal, Martin; Petzold, Tim; Hjorth, Marit; Egan, Casey L & Brunner, Julia S [Show all 14 contributors for this article] (2019). Adipocyte-specific deletion of IL-6 does not attenuate obesity-induced weight gain or glucose intolerance in mice. American Journal of Physiology. Endocrinology and Metabolism. ISSN 0193-1849. 317(4), p. E597–E604. doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.00206.2019.
  • Whitham, Martin; Parker, Benjamin L; Friedrichsen, Martin; Hingst, Janne R; Hjorth, Marit & Hughes, William E [Show all 20 contributors for this article] (2018). Extracellular Vesicles Provide a Means for Tissue Crosstalk during Exercise. Cell Metabolism. ISSN 1550-4131. 27(1), p. 237–251. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2017.12.001.
  • Reibe, Saskia; Hjorth, Marit; Febbraio, Mark A & Whitham, Martin (2018). GeneXX: an online tool for the exploration of transcript changes in skeletal muscle associated with exercise. Physiological Genomics. ISSN 1094-8341. 50(5), p. 376–384. doi: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00127.2017.
  • Pourteymour, Shirin; Hjorth, Marit; Lee-Ødegård, Sindre; Holen, Torgeir; Langleite, Torgrim Mikal & Jensen, Jørgen [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2017). Dual specificity phosphatase 5 and 6 are oppositely regulated in human skeletal muscle by acute exercise. Physiological Reports. ISSN 2051-817X. 5:e13459(19), p. 1–14. doi: 10.14814/phy2.13459. Full text in Research Archive
  • Pourteymour, Shirin; Eckardt, Kristin; Holen, Torgeir; Langleite, Torgrim Mikal; Lee, Sindre & Jensen, Jørgen [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2017). Global mRNA sequencing of human skeletal muscle: Search for novel exercise-regulated myokines. Molecular Metabolism. ISSN 2212-8778. 6(4), p. 352–365. doi: 10.1016/j.molmet.2017.01.007. Full text in Research Archive
  • Hjorth, Marit; Pourteymour, Shirin; Goergens, S W; Langleite, Torgrim Mikal; Lee, Sindre & Holen, Torgeir [Show all 11 contributors for this article] (2016). Myostatin in relation to physical activity and dysglycaemia and its effect on energy metabolism in human skeletal muscle cells. Acta Physiologica. ISSN 1748-1708. 217(1), p. 45–60. doi: 10.1111/apha.12631.
  • Görgens, Sven W.; Hjorth, Marit; Eckardt, Kristin; Wichert, Stefan; Norheim, Frode & Holen, Torgeir [Show all 16 contributors for this article] (2016). The exercise-regulated myokine chitinase-3-like protein 1 stimulates human myocyte proliferation. Acta Physiologica. ISSN 1748-1708. 216(3), p. 330–345. doi: 10.1111/apha.12579.
  • Pourteymour, Shirin; Lee, Sindre; Langleite, Torgrim Mikal; Eckardt, Kristin; Hjorth, Marit & Bindesbøll, Christian [Show all 11 contributors for this article] (2015). Perilipin 4 in human skeletal muscle: localization and effect of physical activity. Physiological Reports. ISSN 2051-817X. 3:e12481(8), p. 1–15. doi: 10.14814/phy2.12481.
  • Hjorth, Marit; Norheim, Frode; Meen, Astri Jeanette; Pourteymour, Shirin; Lee, Sindre & Holen, Torgeir [Show all 13 contributors for this article] (2015). The effect of acute and long-term physical activity on extracelluar Matrix and serglycin in huuman skeletal muscle. Physiological Reports. ISSN 2051-817X. 3:e12473(8), p. 1–19. doi: 10.14814/phy2.12473.
  • Norheim, Frode; Hjorth, Marit; Langleite, Torgrim Mikal; Lee, Sindre; Holen, Torgeir & Bindesbøll, Christian [Show all 13 contributors for this article] (2014). Regulation of angiopoietin-like protein 4 Production during and after exercise. Physiological Reports. ISSN 2051-817X. 2(8). doi: 10.14814/phy2.12109.
  • Norheim, Frode; Langleite, Torgrim Mikal; Hjorth, Marit; Holen, Torgeir; Kielland, Anders & Stadheim, Hans Kristian [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2014). The effects of acute and chronic exercise on PGC-1α, irisin and browning of subcutaneous adipose tissue in humans. The FEBS Journal. ISSN 1742-464X. 281(3), p. 739–749. doi: 10.1111/febs.12619.
  • Norheim, Frode; Gjelstad, Ingrid Merethe Fange; Hjorth, Marit; Vinknes, Kathrine; Langleite, Torgrim Mikal & Holen, Torgeir [Show all 12 contributors for this article] (2012). Molecular nutrition research - the modern way of performing nutritional science. Nutrients. ISSN 2072-6643. 4(12), p. 1898–1944. doi: 10.3390/nu4121898.

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