Aino Latva-Rasku
 MD, PhD, postdoctoral fellow

  

  

  

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• 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

  
  

• 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)  
  • JHEP Reports
   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

  
  

• 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

  
  

• 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

  
  

• 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)  
  • 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.

  
  

• 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)  
  • Diabetologia
  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)  
  • Diabetologia
  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)  
  • Scientific Reports
   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