Saku Ruohonen
 PhD, Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology

Publications

  

  

  

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• Association of epicardial adipose tissue thickness and cardiac structure and function in early midlife: the cardiovascular risk in Young Finns Study  (2025)  
  • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
   Gustafsson, Behnoush; Rovio, Suvi P.; Ruohonen, Saku; Mykkänen, Juha; Lehtimäki, Terho; Jokinen, Eero; Tossavainen, Päivi; Laitinen, Tomi P.; Kähönen, Mika; Viikari, Jorma S.; Pahkala, Katja; Raitakari, Olli T.
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• Melanocortin 1 Receptor Regulates Pathological and Physiological Cardiac Remodeling  (2025)  
  • Journal of the American Heart Association
   Suominen, Anni; Suni, Aino; Ruohonen, Saku; Szabó, Zoltán; Pohjolainen, Lotta; Cai, Minying; Savontaus, Eriika; Talman, Virpi; Kerkelä, Risto; Rinne, Petteri
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• Determinants of echocardiographic epicardial adipose tissue in a general middle-aged population - The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study  (2024)  
  • Scientific Reports
   Gustafsson, Behnoush; Rovio, Suvi P.; Ruohonen, Saku; Hutri-Kähönen, Nina; Kähönen, Mika; Viikari, Jorma S. A.; Pahkala, Katja; Raitakari, Olli T.
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• Exploring machine learning strategies for predicting cardiovascular disease risk factors from multi-omic data  (2024)  
  • BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
   Drouard, Gabin; Mykkänen, Juha; Heiskanen, Jarkko; Pohjonen, Joona; Ruohonen, Saku; Pahkala, Katja; Lehtimäki, Terho; Wang, Xiaoling; Ollikainen, Miina; Ripatti, Samuli; Pirinen, Matti; Raitakari, Olli; Kaprio, Jaakko
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• Exposure to parental smoking and cardiac structure and function in adulthood: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study  (2024)  
  • Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
   Pihlman, Jukka; Nuotio, Joel; Rovio, Suvi; Pahkala, Katja; Ruohonen, Saku; Jokinen, Eero; Laitinen, Tomi P.; Burgner, David P.; Hutri-Kähönen, Nina; Tossavainen, Päivi; Taittonen, Leena; Kähönen, Mika; Viikari, Jorma S. A.; Raitakari, Olli T.; Magnussen, Costan G.; Juonala, Markus
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• α-Melanocyte-stimulating hormone alleviates pathological cardiac remodeling via melanocortin 5 receptor  (2024)  
  • EMBO Reports
   Suominen, Anni; Saldo, Rubio Guillem; Ruohonen, Saku; Szabó, Zoltan; Pohjolainen, Lotta; Ghimire, Bishwa; Ruohonen, Suvi T.; Saukkonen, Karla; Ijas, Jani; Skarp, Sini; Kaikkonen, Leena; Cai, Minying; Wardlaw, Sharon L.; Ruskoaho, Heikki; Talman, Virpi; Savontaus, Eriika; Kerkelä, Risto; Rinne, Petteri
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• Deep Learning–Based Segmentation of Morphologically Distinct Rat Hippocampal Reactive Astrocytes After Trimethyltin Exposure  (2022)  
  • Toxicologic Pathology
   Vuorimaa Miika, Kareinen Ilona, Toivanen Petri, Karlsson Stefan, Ruohonen Saku
  
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Childhood and Left Ventricular Diastolic Function in Adulthood  (2021)  
  • Pediatrics
   Heiskanen Jarkko S, Ruohonen Saku, Rovio Suvi P, Pahkala Katja, Kytö Ville, Kähonen Mika, Lehtimäki Terho, Viikari Jorma SA, Juonala Markus, Laitinen Tomi, Tossavainen Päivi, Jokinen Eero, Hutri-Kähönen Nina, Raitakari Olli T
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• Fatty liver index and left ventricular mass: prospective associations from two independent cohorts  (2021)  
  • Journal of Hypertension
   Li Xiang, Heiskanen Jarkko S, Ma Hao, Heianza Yoriko, Guo Yajun, Kelly Tanika N, He Hua, Fonseca Vivian A, Chen Wei, Harville Emily W, Ruohonen Saku, Hutri-Kähönen Nina, Bazzano Lydia A, Raitakari Olli T, Qi Lu
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• Influence of early-life body mass index and systolic blood pressure on left ventricle in adulthood - the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study  (2021)  
  • Annals of Medicine
   Heiskanen Jarkko S, Hernesniemi Jussi A, Ruohonen Saku, Hutri-Kähönen Nina, Kähonen Mika, Jokinen Eero, Tossavainen Päivi, Kallio Merja, Laitinen Tomi, Lehtimäki Terho, Viikari Jorma, Juonala Markus, Nevalainen Jaakko, Raitakari Olli T
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)