Thorkil Ploug

Thorkil Ploug

Associate Professor

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    1. Published

      Increased muscle glucose uptake during contractions: no need for insulin

      Ploug, Thorkil, Galbo, Henrik & Richter, Erik A., Dec 1984, In: American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology and Metabolism. 247, 6, p. E726-731 6 p.

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    2. Published

      Independent effects of endurance training and weight loss on peak fat oxidation in moderately overweight men: a randomized controlled trial

      Nordby, P., Rosenkilde, M., Ploug, Thorkil, Westh, K., Feigh, M., Nielsen, N. B., Helge, Jørn Wulff & Stallknecht, Bente Merete, 1 Apr 2015, In: Journal of Applied Physiology. 118, 7, p. 803-10 8 p.

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    3. Published

      Insulin-stimulated muscle glucose clearance in patients with NIDDM. Effects of one-legged physical training

      Dela, Flemming, Larsen, J. J., Mikines, K. J., Ploug, Thorkil, Petersen, L. N. & Galbo, Henrik, 1995, In: Diabetes. Vol 44, p. 1010-1020

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    4. Published

      Kinetics of glucose transport in rat muscle: effects of insulin and contractions

      Ploug, Thorkil, Galbo, Henrik, Vinten, J., Jørgensen, M. & Richter, Erik A., Jul 1987, In: American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology and Metabolism. 253, 1, p. E12-E20 9 p.

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    5. Published

      Large GLUT4 vesicles are stationary while locally and reversibly depleted during transient insulin stimulation of skeletal muscle of living mice - Imaging analysis of GLUT4-enhanced green fluorescent protein vesicle dynamics

      Lauritzen, H. P. M. M., Galbo, Henrik, Brandauer, J., Goodyear, L. J. & Ploug, Thorkil, 2008, In: Diabetes. 57, 2, p. 315-324 9 p.

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    6. Published

      Large GLUT4 vesicles are stationary while locally and reversibly depleted during transient insulin stimulation of skeletal muscle of living mice: imaging analysis of GLUT4-enhanced green fluorescent protein vesicle dynamics.

      Lauritzen, H. P. M. M., Galbo, Henrik, Brandauer, J., Goodyear, L. J. & Ploug, Thorkil, 2007, In: Diabetes. 57, 2, p. 315-24 9 p.

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    7. Published

      Last Word: Point : Counterpoint author responds to commentaries on "Glucose phosphorylation is/is not a significant barrier to muscle glucose uptake by the working muscle"

      Ploug, Thorkil & Vinten, J., 2006, In: Journal of Applied Physiology. 101, 6, p. 1811-1811

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    8. Published

      Low-Grade Inflammation Is Not Present in Former Obese Males but Adipose Tissue Macrophage Infiltration Persists

      Ara, I., Auerbach, P., Larsen, Steen, Mata, E., Stallknecht, Bente Merete, Ploug, Thorkil, Prats Gavalda, Clara & Helge, Jørn Wulff, 2020, In: Biomedicines. 8, 5, 10 p., 123.

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    9. Published

      Macrophage Area Content and Phenotype in Hepatic and Adipose Tissue in Patients with Obesity Undergoing Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

      Kristensen, M. D., Lund, M. T., Hansen, M., Poulsen, Steen Seier, Ploug, Thorkil, Dela, Flemming, Helge, Jørn Wulff & Prats Gavalda, Clara, Nov 2017, In: Obesity. 25, 11, p. 1921-1931 11 p.

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    10. Published

      Mechanisms associated with hypoxia- and contraction mediated glucose transport in muscle are fiber-dependent

      Fluckey, J. D., Ploug, Thorkil & Galbo, Henrik, 1999, In: Acta Physiologica (Print Edition). 167, p. 83-87

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    11. Published

      Muscle and liver glycogen, protein, and triglyceride in the rat: effect of exercise and of the sympatho-adrenal system

      Richter, Erik A., Sonne, B., Joensen Mikines, K., Ploug, Thorkil & Galbo, Henrik, 1984, In: European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology. 52, 3, p. 346-350 5 p.

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    12. Published

      Muscle ceramide content in man is higher in type I than type II fibers and not influenced by glycogen content

      Nordby, P., Prats Gavalda, Clara, Kristensen, D., Ekroos, K., Forsberg, G., Andersen, J. L., Ploug, Thorkil, Dela, Flemming, Storlien, L. & Helge, Jørn Wulff, 2010, In: Journal of Applied Physiology. 109, 5, p. 935-943 8 p.

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    13. Published

      Myocardial impulse propagation is impaired in right ventricular tissue of Zucker Diabetic Fatty (ZDF) rats

      Olsen, Kristine Boisen, Axelsen, L. N., Braunstein, T. H., Sorensen, Charlotte Mehlin, Andersen, C. B., Ploug, Thorkil, von Holstein-Rathlou, Niels-Henrik & Nielsen, Morten Schak, 2013, In: Cardiovascular Diabetology. 12, p. 19 11 p.

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    14. Published

      Only minor additional metabolic health benefits of high as opposed to moderate dose physical exercise in young, moderately overweight men

      Reichkendler, M. H., Larsen, M. R., Auerbach, P. L., Agerschou, J., Nielsen, M. B., Kjær, Andreas, Højgaard, Liselotte, Sjödin, Anders Mikael, Ploug, Thorkil & Stallknecht, Bente Merete, May 2014, In: Obesity. 22, 5, p. 1220-32 13 p.

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    15. Published

      Opposite effects of pioglitazone and rosiglitazone on mitochondrial respiration in skeletal muscle of patients with type 2 diabetes

      Rabøl, R., Boushel, R., Almdal, Thomas Peter, Hansen, C. N., Ploug, Thorkil, Haugaard, Steen Bendix, Prats Gavalda, Clara, Madsbad, Sten & Dela, Flemming, 2010, In: Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism Online. 12, 9, p. 806-814 9 p.

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    16. Published

      Perfused rat hindlimb is suitable for skeletal muscle glucose transport measurements

      Wojtaszewski, Jørgen F P, Jakobsen, A. B., Ploug, Thorkil & Richter, Erik A., 1998, In: American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology and Metabolism. 274, 37, p. E184-E191 8 p.

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    17. Published

      Phosphorylation-dependent translocation of glycogen synthase to a novel structure during glycogen resynthesis.

      Prats Gavalda, Clara, Cadefau, J. A., Cussó, R., Qvortrup, Klaus, Nielsen, J. N., Wojtaszewski, J., Hardie, D. G., Stewart, G., Hansen, B. F. & Ploug, Thorkil, 2005, In: Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280, 24, p. 23165-72 7 p.

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    18. Published

      Physical training increases muscle GLUT4 protein and mRNA in patients with NIDDM

      Dela, Flemming, Ploug, Thorkil, Handberg, A., Petersen, L. N., Larsen, J. J., Mikines, K. J. & Galbo, Henrik, 1994, In: Diabetes. Vol 43, p. 862-865

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    19. Published

      Point: Counterpoint Glucose Phosphorylation is/ is not a Significant Barrier to Muscle Glucose Uptake By the Working Muscle.

      Wasserman, D. H., Fueger, P., Ploug, Thorkil & Vinten, J., 2006, In: Journal of Applied Physiology.

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    20. Published

      Pre-embedding staining of single muscle fibers for light and electron microscopy studies of subcellular organization

      Ralston, E. & Ploug, Thorkil, 1996, In: Scanning Microscopy Supplement. 10, p. 249-59; discussion 259-60

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    21. Published

      Preserved postprandial suppression of bone turnover markers, despite increased fasting levels, in postmenopausal women

      Abildgaard, J., Ploug, Thorkil, Pedersen, Anette Tønnes, Eiken, P., Pedersen, Bente Klarlund, Holst, Jens Juul, Hartmann, Bolette & Lindegaard, Birgitte, 2021, In: Bone. 143, 8 p., 115612.

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    22. Published

      Prevention of hyperglycemia in Zucker diabetic fatty rats by exercise training: effects on gene expression in insulin-sensitive tissues determined by high-density oligonucleotide microarray analysis.

      Colombo, M., Gregersen, S., Kruhoeffer, M., Agger, A., Xiao, J., Jeppesen, P. B., Orntoft, T., Ploug, Thorkil, Galbo, Henrik & Hermansen, K., 2005, In: Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental. 54, 12, p. 1571-81 10 p.

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    23. Published

      Purinergic receptors expressed in human skeletal muscle fibres

      Bornø, A., Ploug, Thorkil, Bune, L. T., Rosenmeier, J. B. & Thaning, P., 2012, In: Purinergic Signalling. 8, 2, p. 255-64 10 p.

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    24. Published

      Rac1 governs exercise-stimulated glucose uptake in skeletal muscle through regulation of GLUT4 translocation in mice

      Sylow, Lykke, Laurent, I., Kleinert, Maximilian, Møller, Lisbeth L V, Ploug, Thorkil, Schjerling, Peter, Bilan, P. J., Klip, A., Jensen, Thomas Elbenhardt & Richter, Erik A., 2016, In: Journal of Physiology. 594, 17, p. 4997-5008 12 p.

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    25. Published

      Regulation and role of hormone-sensitive lipase in rat skeletal muscle.

      Donsmark, M., Langfort, J., Holm, C., Ploug, Thorkil & Galbo, Henrik, 2004, In: Proceedings of the Nutrition Society. 63, 2, p. 309-14 5 p.

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