Ilkka Heinonen - UTU Research Portal

Ilkka Heinonen

- Academy Research Fellow,
Turku PET Centre (Independent units)
- Docent,
Department of Clinical Medicine (Faculty of Medicine)

ilkka.heinonen@utu.fi

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Acute Finnish sauna heat exposure induces stronger immune cell than cytokine responses (2026)
- Temperature
Heinonen, Ilkka H.A.; Koivula Tiia; Hollmen, Maija; Immonen, Jaakko; Kunutsor, Setor K.; Jalkanen, Sirpa; Laukkanen, Jari A.
Changes in hemoglobin levels and cardiometabolic health in adults with metabolic syndrome – a secondary outcome analysis of a six-month randomized controlled trial (2026)
- Annals of Medicine
Gassner, Jasmina; Norha, Jooa; Sjöros, Tanja; Garthwaite, Taru; Koivula, Tiia; Laine, Saara; Koivumäki, Mikko; Vähä-Ypyä, Henri; Kallio, Petri; Saarenhovi, Maria; Löyttyniemi, Eliisa; Sievänen, Harri; Houttu, Noora; Laitinen, Kirsi; Kalliokoski, Kari K.; Vasankari, Tommi; Koivunen, Peppi; Knuuti, Juhani; Heinonen, Ilkka
Estimated exercise‐induced maximal myocardial blood flow in untrained and endurance‐trained men (2026)
- Experimental PhysiologyFrontiers in Physiology
Heinonen, Ilkka; Kalliokoski, Kari K.; Knuuti, Juhani; Laaksonen, Marko S.
Exploratory Comparison of Cardiac Left and Right Ventricle and Skeletal Muscle Glucose Uptake After ExerciseDaily standing time, dietary fiber, and intake of unsaturated fatty acids are beneficially associated with hepatic insulin sensitivity in adults with metabolic syndrome (2026)
- International Journal of Sports Physiology and PerformanceFrontiers in Endocrinology
Heinonen, Ilkka; Kalliokoski, Kari K.; Born, Dennis-Peter; Sperlich, Billy; Laaksonen, Marko S.
Molecular Characterization of Extracellular Vesicles From Human B Cell Lymphomas: Methodological Comparison to Vesicles From Patient SerumEffects of reduced sedentary time on resting, exercise and post-exercise blood pressure in inactive adults with metabolic syndrome – a six-month exploratory RCT (2026)
- Journal of Extracellular BiologyJournal of Human Hypertension
Badal, Md Nasir Uddin; Koivula, Tiia; Islam, Md Khirul; Lehtinen, Laura; Kauko, Otto; Leivo, Janne; Heinonen, Ilkka; Hämälistö, Saara
Cardiac output limits maximal oxygen consumption, but what limits maximal cardiac output? (2025)
- Experimental Physiology
Heinonen, Ilkka
Clarifying the Role of [15O]H2O PET in Assessing Skeletal Muscle Perfusion following Post-Exercise Cooling (2025)
- Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
Mawhinney, Chris; Kalliokoski, Kari; Gregson, Warren; Heinonen, Ilkka
Effects of reducing sedentary behavior on liver insulin sensitivity, liver fat content, and liver enzyme levels : a six-month randomized controlled trial (2025)
- American Journal of Physiology : Endocrinology and Metabolism
Laine, Saara; Sjöros, Tanja; Garthwaite, Taru; Honka, Miikka-Juhani; Löyttyniemi, Eliisa; Norha, Jooa; Eskola, Olli; Koivumäki, Mikko; Vähä-Ypyä, Henri; Sievänen, Harri; Vasankari, Tommi; Hirvonen, Jussi; Laitinen, Kirsi; Houttu, Noora; Kalliokoski, Kari K.; Saunavaara, Virva; Knuuti, Juhani; Heinonen, Ilkka H. A.
Effects of Reducing Sedentary Behaviour on Cardiac Structure and Function at Rest and During Exercise: A 6-Month Randomized Controlled Trial (2025)
- CJC Open
Norha, Jooa; Saarenhovi, Maria; Kallio, Petri; Sjöros, Tanja; Garthwaite, Taru; Laine, Saara; Houttu, Noora; Laitinen, Kirsi; Vähä-Ypyä, Henri; Sievänen, Harri; Löyttyniemi, Eliisa; Vasankari, Tommi; Knuuti, Juhani; Kalliokoski, Kari K.; Heinonen, Ilkka H. A.
Effects of reducing sedentary behaviour on renal glucose uptake during insulin stimulation: A post‐hoc analysis of a 6‐month randomized controlled trial (2025)
- Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism
Rebelos, Eleni; Dadson, Prince; Sjöros, Tanja; Laine, Saara; Norha, Jooa; Garthwaite, Taru; Löyttyniemi, Eliisa; Eskola, Olli; Koivumäki, Mikko; Vähä‐Ypyä, Henri; Sievänen, Harri; Vasankari, Tommi; Hirvonen, Jussi; Laitinen, Kirsi; Houttu, Noora; Kalliokoski, Kari K.; Knuuti, Juhani; Ferrannini, Ele; Mari, Andrea; Heinonen, Ilkka
Exercise training partly ameliorates cardiac dysfunction in mice during doxorubicin treatment of breast cancer (2025)
- Journal of Translational Medicine
Uurasmaa, Tytti-Maria; Bourdin, Pauline; Nammas, Wail; Latifi, Shiva; Liljenbäck, Heidi; Saraste, Antti; Eskola, Olli; Rajander, Johan; Roivainen, Anne; Rundqvist, Helene; Autio, Anu; Heinonen, Ilkka; Anttila, Katja
FoxO1-zDHHC4-CD36 S-Acylation Axis Drives Metabolic Dysfunction in Diabetes (2025)
- Circulation Research
Dennis, Kaitlyn M. J. H.; Gopal, Keshav; Montes Aparicio, Claudia N.; Zhang, Jiashuo Aaron; Castro-Guarda, Marcos; Nicol, Thomas; Devereux, Riona M.; Carter, Ryan D.; Azizi, Saara-Anne; Lan, Tong; Purnama, Ujang; Carr, Carolyn A.; Simsek, Gul; Gill, Eleanor K.; Swietach, Pawel; Sorop, Oana; Heinonen, Ilkka H. A.; Schianchi, Francesco; Luiken, Joost J. F. P.; Aksentijevic, Dunja; Duncker, Dirk J.; Dickinson, Bryan C.; De Val, Sarah; Ussher, John R.; Fuller, William; Heather, Lisa C.
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
Secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial on reducing sedentary behaviour and its effects on quality of life and wellbeing (2025)
- Scientific Reports
Norha, Jooa; Sjöros, Tanja; Garthwaite, Taru; Laine, Saara; Laitinen, Kirsi; Houttu, Noora; Vähä-Ypyä, Henri; Sievänen, Harri; Löyttyniemi, Eliisa; Vasankari, Tommi; Knuuti, Juhani; Kalliokoski, Kari K.; Heinonen, Ilkka H. A.
Sex Comparison of White-Blood-Cell Responses to Acute Vigorous-Intensity Aerobic Exercise (2025)
- International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance
Koivula, Tiia; Neuvonen, Joona; Sucksdorff, Marcus; Kapanen, Jukka; Heinonen, Olli J.; Rissanen, Eero; Heinonen, Ilkka
Successfully Reducing Sitting Time Can Improve Metabolic Flexibility (2025)
- Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports
Garthwaite, Taru; Sjöros, Tanja; Laine, Saara; Koivumäki, Mikko; Vähä‐Ypyä, Henri; Norha, Jooa; Kallio, Petri; Saarenhovi, Maria; Löyttyniemi, Eliisa; Sievänen, Harri; Houttu, Noora; Laitinen, Kirsi; Kalliokoski, Kari K.; Vasankari, Tommi; Knuuti, Juhani; Heinonen, Ilkka
Associations between Leisure and Work Time Activity Behavior and 24 H Ambulatory Blood Pressure among Aging Workers (2024)
- Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
Norha, Jooa; Suorsa, Kristin; Heinonen, Olli J.; Niiranen, Teemu; Kalliokoski, Kari K.; Heinonen, Ilkka H.A.; Stenholm, Sari
Clinical and physiological advances in sedentary behavior research (2024)
Heinonen, Ilkka
(2024)
Laine, Saara; Sjöros, Tanja; Garthwaite, Taru; Honka, Miikka-Juhani; Löyttyniemi, Eliisa; Eskola, Olli; Saarenhovi, Maria; Kallio, Petri; Koivumäki, Mikko; Vähä-Ypyä, Henri; Sievänen, Harri; Vasankari, Tommi; Hirvonen, Jussi; Laitinen, Kirsi; Houttu, Noora; Kalliokoski, Kari; Saunavaara, Virva; Knuuti, Juhani; Heinonen, Ilkka H.A.
(2024)
Norha, Jooa; Sjöros, Tanja; Garthwaite, Taru; Laine, Saara; Saarenhovi, Maria; Kallio, Petri; Laitinen, Kirsi; Houttu, Noora; Vähä-Ypyä, Henri; Sievänen, Harri; Löyttyniemi, Eliisa; Vasankari, Tommi; Knuuti, Juhani; Kalliokoski, Kari K.; Heinonen, Ilkka H. A.