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Hannele Yki-Järvinen

Hannele Yki-Järvinen

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Best Female Scientists
2025
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Medicine
Finland
2023

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Best Female Scientists

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144
Citations
74225
World Ranking
194
National Ranking
3

Medicine

D-Index
147
Citations
79215
World Ranking
1290
National Ranking
15

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Finland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in Finland Leader Award

Overview

Hannele Yki-Järvinen is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, particularly focusing on metabolic and liver diseases. Their research spans several interconnected disciplines, including epidemiology, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, physiology, hepatology, and molecular biology.

The main topics covered by their research include liver disease diagnosis and treatment, diet, metabolism, and disease, diet and metabolism studies, liver diseases and immunity, alcohol consumption and health effects, endoplasmic reticulum stress and disease, and lipid metabolism and disorders.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Journal of Hepatology
  • Liver International
  • Gastroenterology
  • Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • Diabetologia

Several recent papers associated with the broader research context include:

  • "A new definition for metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease: An international expert consensus statement", 2020, Journal of Hepatology
  • "MAFLD: A Consensus-Driven Proposed Nomenclature for Metabolic Associated Fatty Liver Disease", 2020, Gastroenterology
  • "EASL-EASD-EASO Clinical Practice Guidelines on the management of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD)", 2024, Journal of Hepatology
  • "Why does obesity cause diabetes?", 2022, Cell Metabolism
  • "Genome-wide association study of non-alcoholic fatty liver and steatohepatitis in a histologically characterised cohort", 2020, Journal of Hepatology

Hannele Yki-Järvinen has collaborated frequently with several researchers in related fields. Prominent coauthors include:

  • Luca Valenti
  • Panu K. Luukkonen
  • S. U. Qadri
  • Salvatore Petta
  • Elisabetta Bugianesi

The body of work reflects a robust focus on metabolic-related liver diseases and their clinical management, contributing insights to international expert consensus statements and clinical practice guidelines.

Best Publications

  • EASL-EASD-EASO Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

    Giulio Marchesini;Christopher P. Day;Jean Francois Dufour;Ali Canbay

  • A new definition for metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease: An international expert consensus statement.

    Mohammed Eslam;Philip N. Newsome;Shiv K. Sarin;Quentin M. Anstee

  • Use of the oral glucose tolerance test to assess insulin release and insulin sensitivity.

    M Stumvoll;A Mitrakou;W Pimenta;T Jenssen

  • Fat accumulation in the liver is associated with defects in insulin suppression of glucose production and serum free fatty acids independent of obesity in normal men.

    Anneli Seppälä-Lindroos;Satu Vehkavaara;Anna-Maija Häkkinen;Takashi Goto

  • Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease as a cause and a consequence of metabolic syndrome

    Hannele Yki-Järvinen;Hannele Yki-Järvinen

  • Fatty Liver: A Novel Component of the Metabolic Syndrome

    Anna Kotronen;Hannele Yki-Järvinen

  • Skeletal muscle capillary density and fiber type are possible determinants of in vivo insulin resistance in man.

    Stephen Lillioja;A Young;Carol L Culter;John L Ivy

  • A desktop guide to Type 2 diabetes mellitus

    M. Aguilar;K. G.M.M. Alberti;S. A. Amiel;J. Azzopardi

  • Prediction of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and liver fat using metabolic and genetic factors.

    Anna Kotronen;Markku Peltonen;Antti Hakkarainen;Ksenia Sevastianova

  • Impaired glucose tolerance as a disorder of insulin action. Longitudinal and cross-sectional studies in Pima Indians

    Stephen Lillioja;David M. Mott;Barbara V. Howard;Peter H. Bennett

  • Less nocturnal hypoglycemia and better post-dinner glucose control with bedtime insulin glargine compared with bedtime NPH insulin during insulin combination therapy in type 2 diabetes. HOE 901/3002 Study Group.

    H Yki-Järvinen;A Dressler;M Ziemen;Hoe

  • Overproduction of large VLDL particles is driven by increased liver fat content in man.

    Martin Adiels;M. R. Taskinen;C. Packard;M. J. Caslake

  • Effects of Rosiglitazone and Metformin on Liver Fat Content, Hepatic Insulin Resistance, Insulin Clearance, and Gene Expression in Adipose Tissue in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

    Mirja Tiikkainen;Anna-Maija Häkkinen;Elena Korsheninnikova;Tuulikki Nyman

  • Comparison of basal insulin added to oral agents versus twice-daily premixed insulin as initial insulin therapy for type 2 diabetes.

    Hans U Janka;Gerd Plewe;Matthew C Riddle;Christine Kliebe-Frisch

  • Comparison of bedtime insulin regimens in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. A randomized, controlled trial.

    Hannele Yki-Järvinen;Leena Ryysy;Kati Nikkilä;Timo Tulokas

  • From the metabolic syndrome to NAFLD or vice versa

    Ester Vanni;Elisabetta Bugianesi;Anna Kotronen;Samuele De Minicis

  • Hepatic fat content and insulin action on free fatty acids and glucose metabolism rather than insulin absorption are associated with insulin requirements during insulin therapy in type 2 diabetic patients.

    Leena Ryysy;Anna-Maija Häkkinen;Takashi Goto;Satu Vehkavaara

  • Physical inactivity and obesity: a vicious circle

    Kirsi H. Pietiläinen;Jaakko Kaprio;Patrik Borg;Guy Plasqui

  • Insulin Regulates the Serum Levels of Low Molecular Weight Insulin-Like Growth Factor-Binding Protein*

    Anne-Maria Suikkari;Veikko A. Koivisto;Eeva-Marja Rutanen;Hannele Yki-Järvinen

  • Insulin glargine or NPH combined with metformin in type 2 diabetes: the LANMET study.

    Hannele Yki-Järvinen;Ritva Kauppinen-Mäkelin;M Tiikkainen;M Vähätalo

Frequent Co-Authors

Marja-Riitta Taskinen
Marja-Riitta Taskinen University of Helsinki
Kirsi H. Pietiläinen
Kirsi H. Pietiläinen University of Helsinki
Matej Orešič
Matej Orešič Örebro University
Aila Rissanen
Aila Rissanen University of Helsinki
Marju Orho-Melander
Marju Orho-Melander Lund University
Jaakko Kaprio
Jaakko Kaprio University of Helsinki
Vesa M. Olkkonen
Vesa M. Olkkonen University of Helsinki
Tuulia Hyötyläinen
Tuulia Hyötyläinen Örebro University
Anders Hamsten
Anders Hamsten Karolinska Institute
Pirjo Nuutila
Pirjo Nuutila Turku University Hospital

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