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Mika Ala-Korpela

Mika Ala-Korpela

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Medicine

D-Index
90
Citations
29813
World Ranking
12206
National Ranking
136

Overview

Mika Ala-Korpela is affiliated with the University of Oulu in Finland and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The scientist has a significant focus on genetics, molecular biology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, physiology, and surgery. Their research topics cover a diverse range of subjects, including genetic associations and epidemiology, lipoproteins and cardiovascular health, metabolomics and mass spectrometry studies, diabetes, cardiovascular risks and lipoproteins, liver disease diagnosis and treatment, diet and metabolism studies, and lipid metabolism and disorders.

The publication record of Mika Ala-Korpela includes several notable papers, with selected recent works as follows:

  • Evaluating the relationship between circulating lipoprotein lipids and apolipoproteins with risk of coronary heart disease: A multivariable Mendelian randomisation analysis (2020, PLoS Medicine)
  • Genomic and drug target evaluation of 90 cardiovascular proteins in 30,931 individuals (2020, Nature Metabolism)
  • Genome-wide characterization of circulating metabolic biomarkers (2024, Nature)
  • Determinants of accelerated metabolomic and epigenetic aging in a UK cohort (2020, Aging Cell)
  • Distinct contributions of metabolic dysfunction and genetic risk factors in the pathogenesis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (2021, Journal of Hepatology)

The frequent co-authors with whom the scientist has collaborated include:

  • Terho Lehtimäki
  • Olli T. Raitakari
  • Mika Kähönen
  • Marjo-Riitta Järvelin
  • Johannes Kettunen

Mika Ala-Korpela publishes regularly in several journals with the highest number of publications in the following venues:

  • International Journal of Epidemiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • Atherosclerosis
  • Aging Cell

Best Publications

  • Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk

    Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Patricia B. Munroe;Kenneth M. Rice;Murielle Bochud

  • Quantitative Serum Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Metabolomics in Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Genetics

    Pasi Soininen;Antti J. Kangas;Peter Würtz;Teemu Suna

  • Epigenome-wide association study of body mass index, and the adverse outcomes of adiposity

    Simone Wahl;Alexander Drong;Benjamin Lehne;Marie Loh;Marie Loh;Marie Loh

  • Genome-wide study for circulating metabolites identifies 62 loci and reveals novel systemic effects of LPA

    Johannes Kettunen;Ayşe Demirkan;Ayşe Demirkan;Peter Würtz;Harmen H M Draisma

  • Metabolite Profiling and Cardiovascular Event Risk A Prospective Study of 3 Population-Based Cohorts

    Peter Würtz;Aki S Havulinna;Pasi Soininen;Tuulia Tynkkynen

  • Genome-wide association study identifies multiple loci influencing human serum metabolite levels

    Johannes Kettunen;Johannes Kettunen;Taru Tukiainen;Antti-Pekka Sarin;Antti-Pekka Sarin;Alfredo Ortega-Alonso

  • Branched-Chain and Aromatic Amino Acids Are Predictors of Insulin Resistance in Young Adults

    Peter Würtz;Pasi Soininen;Pasi Soininen;Antti J. Kangas;Tapani Rönnemaa

  • Evaluating the relationship between circulating lipoprotein lipids and apolipoproteins with risk of coronary heart disease: A multivariable Mendelian randomisation analysis

    Tom G. Richardson;Eleanor Sanderson;Tom M. Palmer;Mika Ala-Korpela

  • High-throughput serum NMR metabonomics for cost-effective holistic studies on systemic metabolism

    Pasi Soininen;Pasi Soininen;Antti J. Kangas;Peter Würtz;Peter Würtz;Taru Tukiainen

  • Structure of low density lipoprotein (LDL) particles: basis for understanding molecular changes in modified LDL.

    Tiia Hevonoja;Markku O Pentikäinen;Marja T Hyvönen;Petri T Kovanen

  • Mendelian randomization in cardiometabolic disease: challenges in evaluating causality

    Michael V. Holmes;Mika Ala-Korpela;Mika Ala-Korpela;George Davey Smith

  • Quantitative Serum Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Metabolomics in Large-Scale Epidemiology: A Primer on -Omic Technologies.

    Peter Würtz;Antti J Kangas;Pasi Soininen;Pasi Soininen;Debbie A Lawlor

  • Genomic and drug target evaluation of 90 cardiovascular proteins in 30,931 individuals

    Lasse Folkersen;Stefan Gustafsson;Qin Wang;Qin Wang;Daniel Hvidberg Hansen

  • Epigenome-wide association of DNA methylation markers in peripheral blood from Indian Asians and Europeans with incident type 2 diabetes: a nested case-control study.

    John C Chambers;Marie Loh;Marie Loh;Marie Loh;Benjamin Lehne;Alexander Drong

  • Lipids, Lipoproteins, and Metabolites and Risk of Myocardial Infarction and Stroke

    Michael V. Holmes;Iona Y. Millwood;Christiana Kartsonaki;Michael R. Hill

  • Metabonomic, transcriptomic, and genomic variation of a population cohort

    Michael Inouye;Michael Inouye;Johannes Kettunen;Pasi Soininen;Pasi Soininen;Kaisa Silander

  • Biomarker Profiling by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy for the Prediction of All-Cause Mortality: An Observational Study of 17,345 Persons

    Krista Fischer;Johannes Kettunen;Peter Würtz;Toomas Haller

  • Metabolic Signatures of Insulin Resistance in 7,098 Young Adults

    Peter Würtz;Ville Petteri Mäkinen;Pasi Soininen;Pasi Soininen;Antti J. Kangas

  • Metabolic Signatures of Adiposity in Young Adults: Mendelian Randomization Analysis and Effects of Weight Change

    Peter Würtz;Qin Wang;Antti J Kangas;Rebecca C Richmond

  • Aggregation, fusion, and vesicle formation of modified low density lipoprotein particles: molecular mechanisms and effects on matrix interactions.

    Katariina Öörni;Markku O. Pentikäinen;Mika Ala-Korpela;Petri T. Kovanen

Frequent Co-Authors

Olli T. Raitakari
Olli T. Raitakari Turku University Hospital
Markus Perola
Markus Perola Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Johannes Kettunen
Johannes Kettunen University of Oulu
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin Imperial College London
Terho Lehtimäki
Terho Lehtimäki Tampere University
Mika Kähönen
Mika Kähönen Tampere University
Jorma Viikari
Jorma Viikari Turku University Hospital
Veikko Salomaa
Veikko Salomaa Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Kimmo Kaski
Kimmo Kaski Aalto University
Aki S. Havulinna
Aki S. Havulinna Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

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