Laura Pekkarinen

Anorexia nervosa is associated with higher brain mu-opioid receptor availability (2025)

Molecular Psychiatry

Pak, Kyoungjune; Tuisku, Jouni; Karlsson, Henry K.; Hirvonen, Jussi; Rebelos, Eleni; Pekkarinen, Laura; Sun, Lihua; Latva-Rasku, Aino; Helin, Semi; Rajander, Johan; Karukivi, Max; Nuutila, Pirjo; Nummenmaa, Lauri

(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

Hepatic Glucose Uptake During Euglycemic Hyperinsulinemia Associates With Glycemia During Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (2025)

Journal of the Endocrine Society

Honka, Miikka-Juhani; Rebelos, Eleni; Pekkarinen, Laura; Tuomola, Nelli; Latva-Rasku, Aino; Koukkari, Leena; Immonen, Heidi; Mari, Andrea; Kalliokoski, Kari K; Hannukainen, Jarna C; Nuutila, Pirjo

(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

Waist-to-height ratio as a non-invasive marker of renal sinus fat: a MRI-based cohort study (2025)

International Journal of Obesity

Moriconi, Diego; Honka, Miikka-Juhani; Saukko, Ekaterina; Moritz, Emilia; Latva-Rasku, Aino; Dadson, Prince; Tuomola, Nelli; Pekkarinen, Laura; Salminen, Paulina; Nuutila, Pirjo; Rebelos, Eleni

(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

SGLT2 Inhibitor Dapagliflozin Increases Skeletal Muscle and Brain Fatty Acid Uptake in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes : A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Positron Emission Tomography Study (2024)

Diabetes Care

Latva-Rasku, Aino; Rebelos, Eleni; Tuisku, Jouni; Aarnio, Richard; Bhowmik, Achol; Keskinen, Helmi; Laurila, Sanna; Lahesmaa-Hatting, Minna; Pekkarinen, Laura; Isackson, Henrik; Kirjavainen, Anna K.; Koffert, Jukka; Heurling, Kerstin; Nummenmaa, Lauri; Ferrannini, Ele; Oldgren, Jonas; Oscarsson, Jan; Nuutila, Pirjo

(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

Renal Cortical Glucose Uptake Is Decreased in Insulin Resistance and Correlates Inversely With Serum Free-fatty Acids (2023)

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Rebelos Eleni, Mari Andrea, Honka Miikka-Juhani, Pekkarinen Laura, Latva-Rasku Aino, Laurila Sanna, Rajander Johan, Salminen Paulina, Iida Hidehiro, Ferrannini Ele, Nuutila Pirjo

(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

Insulin-stimulated brain glucose uptake correlates with brain metabolites in severe obesity: A combined neuroimaging study (2023)

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Rebelos Eleni, Latva-Rasku Aino, Koskensalo Kalle, Pekkarinen Laura, Saukko Ekaterina, Ihalainen Jukka, Honka Miikka-Juhani, Tuisku Jouni, Bucci Marco, Laurila Sanna, Rajander Johan, Salminen Paulina, Nummenmaa Lauri, Jansen Jacobus FA, Ferrannini Ele, Nuutila Pirjo

(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

Insulin sensitivity and endocannabinoid function as risk factors for obesity: Positron emission tomography studies of insulin sensitivity and CB1 receptors (2023)

Pekkarinen Laura

(G5 Artikkeliväitöskirja)

Lower abdominal adipose tissue cannabinoid type 1 receptor availability in young men with overweight (2023)

Obesity

Pekkarinen L., Kantonen T., Oikonen V., Haaparanta-Solin M., Aarnio R., Dickens A.M., von Eyken A., Latva-Rasku A., Dadson P., Kirjavainen A.K., Rajander J., Kalliokoski K., Rönnemaa T., Nummenmaa L., Nuutila P.

(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

Renal Sinus Fat Is Expanded in Patients with Obesity and/or Hypertension and Reduced by Bariatric Surgery Associated with Hypertension Remission (2022)

Metabolites

Moritz Emilia, Dadson Prince, Saukko Ekaterina, Honka Miikka-Juhani, Koskensalo Kalle, Seppälä Kerttu, Pekkarinen Laura, Moriconi Diego, Helmiö Mika, Salminen Paulina, Nuutila Pirjo, Rebelos Eleni

(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Obesity risk is associated with brain glucose uptake and insulin resistance (2022)

European Journal of Endocrinology

Pekkarinen Laura, Kantonen Tatu, Rebelos Eleni, Latva-Rasku Aino, Dadson Prince, Karjalainen Tomi, Bucci Marco, Kalliokoski Kari, Laitinen Kirsi, Houttu Noora, Kirjavainen Anna K, Rajander Johan, Rönnemaa Tapani, Nummenmaa Lauri, Nuutila Pirjo

(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

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Anorexia nervosa is associated with higher brain mu-opioid receptor availability (2025)

Hepatic Glucose Uptake During Euglycemic Hyperinsulinemia Associates With Glycemia During Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (2025)

Waist-to-height ratio as a non-invasive marker of renal sinus fat: a MRI-based cohort study (2025)

SGLT2 Inhibitor Dapagliflozin Increases Skeletal Muscle and Brain Fatty Acid Uptake in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes : A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Positron Emission Tomography Study (2024)

Renal Cortical Glucose Uptake Is Decreased in Insulin Resistance and Correlates Inversely With Serum Free-fatty Acids (2023)

Insulin-stimulated brain glucose uptake correlates with brain metabolites in severe obesity: A combined neuroimaging study (2023)

Insulin sensitivity and endocannabinoid function as risk factors for obesity: Positron emission tomography studies of insulin sensitivity and CB1 receptors (2023)

Lower abdominal adipose tissue cannabinoid type 1 receptor availability in young men with overweight (2023)

Renal Sinus Fat Is Expanded in Patients with Obesity and/or Hypertension and Reduced by Bariatric Surgery Associated with Hypertension Remission (2022)

Obesity risk is associated with brain glucose uptake and insulin resistance (2022)