Saku Ruohonen
PhD, Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology
Pharmacology and toxicology. Cardiovascular sciences in preclinical and epidemiological studies.
- 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
- Determinants of echocardiographic epicardial adipose tissue in a general middle-aged population - The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study (2024)
- Scientific ReportsBMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Gustafsson, Behnoush; Rovio, Suvi P.; Ruohonen, Saku; Hutri-Kähönen, Nina; Kähönen, Mika; Viikari, Jorma S. A.; Pahkala, Katja; Raitakari, Olli T.
- Exploring machine learning strategies for predicting cardiovascular disease risk factors from multi-omic data (2024) 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
- 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 SA, Raitakari Olli T, Magnussen Costan G, Juonala Markus
- α-Melanocyte-stimulating hormone alleviates pathological cardiac remodeling via melanocortin 5 receptor (2024)
- EMBO ReportsJAMA Pediatrics
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
- Deep Learning–Based Segmentation of Morphologically Distinct Rat Hippocampal Reactive Astrocytes After Trimethyltin Exposure (2022) Vuorimaa Miika, Kareinen Ilona, Toivanen Petri, Karlsson Stefan, Ruohonen Saku
- Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Childhood and Left Ventricular Diastolic Function in Adulthood (2021) 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
- Fatty liver index and left ventricular mass: prospective associations from two independent cohorts (2021)
- Journal of HypertensionFrontiers in Pharmacology
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
- Influence of early-life body mass index and systolic blood pressure on left ventricle in adulthood - the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study (2021) 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
- Childhood Psychosocial Environment and Adult Cardiac Health: A Causal Mediation Approach (2019)
- American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Komulainen K, Mittleman MA, Ruohonen S, Laitinen TT, Pahkala K, Elovainio M, Tammelin T, Kähönen M, Juonala M, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Raitakari O, Pulkki-Råback L, Jokela M
- Vimentin regulates Notch signaling strength and arterial remodeling in response to hemodynamic stress (2019) Nicole C . A. van Engeland, Freddy Suarez Rodriguez, Adolfo Rivero-Müller, Tommaso Ristori, Camille L. Duran, Oscar M. J. A. Stassen, Daniel Antfolk, Rob C. H. Driessen, Saku Ruohonen, Suvi T. Ruohonen, Salla Nuutinen,
Eriika Savontaus, Sandra Loerakker, Kayla J. Bayless, Marika Sjöqvist, Carlijn V. C . Bouten, John E. Eriksson, Cecilia M. Sahlgren
- Aortic sinus diameter in middle age is associated with body size in young adulthood (2018) Hernesniemi JA, Heiskanen J, Ruohonen S, Kartiosuo N, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Jokinen E, Tossavainen P, Kallio M, Laitinen T, Lehtimäki T, Viikari JSA, Juonala M, Raitakari OT
- Geographic origin as a determinant of left ventricular mass and diastolic function – the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study (2018)
- Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
L. Vähämurto, M. Juonala, S. Ruohonen, N. Hutri-Kähönen, M. Kähönen, T. Laitinen, P. Tossavainen, E. Jokinen, J. Viikari, O.T. Raitakari, K. Pahkala
- Reference values and correlates of right atrial volume in healthy adults by two-dimensional echocardiography. (2018) Ferrara F, Gargani L, Ruohonen S, Vriz O, Scalese M, Russo V, Marra AM, Stanziola AA, Cittadini A, D'Andrea A, Naeije R, Bossone E.
- (2017) Laitinen TT, Puolakka E, Ruohonen S, Magnussen CG, Smith KJ, Viikari JSA, Heinonen OJ, Kartiosuo N, Hutri-Kahonen N, Kahonen M, Jokinen E, Laitinen TP, Tossavainen P, Pulkki-Raback L, Elovainio M, Raitakari OT, Pahkala K, Juonala M
- Experimental and Human Evidence for Lipocalin-2 (Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin [NGAL]) in the Development of Cardiac Hypertrophy and heart failure (2017)
- Journal of the American Heart Association
Marques FZ, Prestes PR, Byars SG, Ritchie SC, Wurtz P, Patel SK, Booth SA, Rana I, Minoda Y, Berzins SP, Curl CL, Bell JR, Wai B, Srivastava PM, Kangas AJ, Soininen P, Ruohonen S, Kahonen M, Lehtimaki T, Raitoharju E, Havulinna A, Perola M, Raitakari O, Salomaa V, Ala-Korpela M, Kettunen J, McGlynn M, Kelly J, Wlodek ME, Lewandowski PA, Delbridge LM, Burrell LM, Inouye M, Harrap SB, Charchar FJ, Harrap SB, Charchar FJ
- Ideal cardiovascular health in childhood-Longitudinal associations with cardiac structure and function: The Special Turku Coronary Risk Factor Intervention Project (STRIP) and the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study (YFS) (2017)
- International Journal of Cardiology
Laitinen TT, Ruohonen S, Juonala M, Magnussen CG, Mikkila V, Mikola H, Hutri-Kahonen N, Laitinen T, Tossavainen P, Jokinen E, Niinikoski H, Jula A, Viikari JSA, Ronnemaa T, Raitakari OT, Pahkala K
- Reference Values for Echocardiography in Middle-Aged Population: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. (2016) Ruohonen S, Koskenvuo JW, Wendelin-Saarenhovi M, Savontaus M, Kähönen M, Laitinen T, Lehtimäki T, Jokinen E, Viikari J, Juonala M, Taittonen L, Tossavainen P, Kallio M, Bax JJ, Raitakari O.
- Systemic Dosing of Thymosin Beta 4 before and after Ischemia Does Not Attenuate Global Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Pigs2016 Stark CKJ, Tarkia M, Kentala R, Malmberg M, Vahasilta T, Savo M, Hynninen VV, Helenius M, Ruohonen S, Jalkanen J, Taimen P, Alastalo TP, Saraste A, Knuuti J, Savunen T, Koskenvuo J
- TV viewing and subclinical cardiac diastolic dysfunction in early midlife. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.2016 Helajärvi H, Ruohonen S, Pahkala K, Heinonen OJ, Viikari J, Raitakari OT
