Aino Latva-Rasku
MD, PhD, postdoctoral fellow
Insulin resistance; insulin actions; positron emission tomography (PET)
Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research group in Turku PET Centre
- Anorexia nervosa is associated with higher brain mu-opioid receptor availability (2025) 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
- Circulating N-Acetylaspartate Levels Associate with Measures of Peripheral and Tissue-Specific Insulin Sensitivity (2025)
- International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Rebelos, Eleni; Honka, Miikka-Juhani; Latva-Rasku, Aino; Rajander, Johan; Salminen, Paulina; Anastasiou, Ioanna A.; Kounatidis, Dimitris; Tentolouris, Nikolaos; Campi, Beatrice; Dardano, Angela; Daniele, Giuseppe; Saba, Alessandro; Ferrannini, Ele; Nuutila, Pirjo
- 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
- Mildly elevated liver lipid content is characterised by reduced insulin sensitivity (2025) Tuomola, Nelli; Rebelos, Eleni; Latva-Rasku, Aino; Bucci, Marco; Immonen, Heidi; Saunavaara, Virva; Laine, Saara; Sjöros, Tanja; Garthwaite, Taru; Raiko, Juho R.H.; Fernandes Silva, Lilian; Virtanen, Kirsi A.; Hannukainen, Jarna C.; Ala-Korpela, Mika; Kalliokoski, Kari K.; Heinonen, Ilkka H.A.; Nuutila, Pirjo; Honka, Miikka-Juhani
- New 3D segmentation algorithm for modeling of kidney in positron emission tomography images (2025)
- Network Modeling Analysis in Health Informatics and Bioinformatics
Rainio, Oona; Latva-Rasku, Aino; Hirvonen, Jussi; Knuuti, Juhani; Klén, Riku
- 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) 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
- Finnish-specific AKT2 gene variant leads to impaired insulin signalling in myotubes (2023)
- Journal of Molecular Endocrinology
Mäkinen Selita, Datta Neeta, Rangarajan Savithri, Nguyen Yen H., Olkkonen Vesa M., Latva-Rasku Aino, Nuutila Pirjo, Laakso Markku, Koistinen Heikki A.
- 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
- Lower abdominal adipose tissue cannabinoid type 1 receptor availability in young men with overweight (2023) 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.
- Quantitative Perfusion Imaging with Total-Body PET (2023)
- Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Knuuti Juhani, Tuisku Jouni, Kärpijoki Henri, Iida Hidehiro, Maaniitty Teemu, Latva-Rasku Aino, Oikonen Vesa, Nesterov Sergey V., Teuho Jarmo, Jaakkola Maria K., Klén Riku, Louhi Heli, Saunavaara Virva, Nuutila Pirjo, Saraste Antti, Rinne Juha, Nummenmaa Lauri
- 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
- Finnish-specific AKT2 gene variant leads to impaired insulin signalling in human myotubes (2022) 58th EASD Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes Makinen S, Datta N, Nguyen YH, Olkkonen VM, Latva-Rasku A, Nuutila P, Laakso M, Koistinen HA
- 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
- Effects of 6 weeks of treatment with dapagliflozin, a sodium- glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitor, on myocardial function and metabolism in patients with type 2 diabetes: A randomized, placebo-controlled, exploratory study (2021)
- Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism
Oldgren Jonas, Laurila Sanna, Åkerblom Axel, Latva-Rasku Aino, Rebelos Eleni, Isackson Henrik, Saarenhovi Maria, Eriksson Olof, Heurling Kerstin, Johansson Edvin, Wilderäng Ulrica, Karlsson Cecilia, Esterline Russell, Ferrannini Ele, Oscarsson Jan, Nuutila Pirjo
- Insulin-stimulated brain glucose uptake correlates negatively with peripheral insulin sensitivity already in the early phase of metabolic dysregulation (2021) 57 th EASD Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes Pekkarinen L, Kantonen T, Karjalainen T, Bucci M, Rebelos E, Dadson P, Latva-Rasku A, Kalliokoski K, Laitinen K, Houttu N, Kirjavainen A, Ronnemaa T, Nummenmaa L, Nuutila P
- Both sedentary time and physical activity are associated with cardiometabolic health in overweight adults in a 1 month accelerometer measurement (2020) Tanja Sjöros, Henri Vähä-Ypyä, Saara Laine, Taru Garthwaite, Minna Lahesmaa, Sanna M. Laurila, Aino Latva-Rasku, Anna Savolainen, Annika Miikkulainen, Eliisa Löyttyniemi, Harri Sievänen, Kari K. Kalliokoski, Juhani Knuuti, Tommi Vasankari, Ilkka H. A. Heinonen
- Brain insulin sensitivity is linked to body fat distribution-the positron emission tomography perspective (2020)
- European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Eleni Rebelos, Lauri Nummenmaa, Prince Dadson, Aino Latva-Rasku, Pirjo Nuutila
- Predicting Skeletal Muscle and Whole-Body Insulin Sensitivity Using NMR-Metabolomic Profiling (2020)
- Journal of the Endocrine Society
Klén R, Honka MJ, Hannukainen JC, Huovinen V, Bucci M, Latva-Rasku A, Venäläinen MS, Kalliokoski KK, Virtanen KA, Lautamäki R, Iozzo P, Elo LL, Nuutila P
- Regulators of central and peripheral insulin sensitivity in humans (2020) Latva-Rasku Aino
- Effects of DAPAgliflozin on CARDiac substrate uptake, myocardial efficiency, and myocardial contractile work in type 2 diabetes patients—a description of the DAPACARD study (2019)
- Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences
Axel Åkerblom, Jonas Oldgren, Aino Latva-Rasku, Lars Johansson, Vera Lisovskaja, Cecilia Karlsson, Jan Oscarsson, Pirjo Nuutila
