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Olli Simell is affiliated with Turku University Hospital in Finland and has contributed extensively to research in medicine, particularly in areas related to diabetes and metabolic health. Their work spans multiple fields including Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Genetics, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Surgery, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

Their recent published papers include:

  • A combined risk score enhances prediction of type 1 diabetes among susceptible children, 2020, Nature Medicine
  • Hierarchical Order of Distinct Autoantibody Spreading and Progression to Type 1 Diabetes in the TEDDY Study, 2020, Diabetes Care
  • Predictors of the Initiation of Islet Autoimmunity and Progression to Multiple Autoantibodies and Clinical Diabetes: The TEDDY Study, 2022, Diabetes Care
  • Effects of 20-year infancy-onset dietary counselling on cardiometabolic risk factors in the Special Turku Coronary Risk Factor Intervention Project (STRIP): 6-year post-intervention follow-up, 2020, The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health
  • Distinct Growth Phases in Early Life Associated With the Risk of Type 1 Diabetes: The TEDDY Study, 2020, Diabetes Care

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Jorma Toppari
  • Richard McIndoe
  • Suvi Μ. Virtanen
  • Desmond Schatz
  • Iris Erlund

Olli Simell's research is commonly published in journals such as Diabetes Care, Scientific Reports, Nature Medicine, The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, and Diabetes. The venues reflect an emphasis on clinical and epidemiological studies related to diabetes and metabolic disorders.

The main topics of their research cover:

  • Diabetes and associated disorders
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Diabetes Management and Research
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors

Simell's work includes studies on the prediction and progression of type 1 diabetes, the impact of early-life dietary counseling on cardiometabolic risk factors, and the identification of growth phases influencing diabetes risk. Their research also explores autoimmune processes in diabetes development, reflecting an integrated approach combining genetics, immunology, and metabolism.

Best Publications

  • Seroconversion to Multiple Islet Autoantibodies and Risk of Progression to Diabetes in Children

    Anette G. Ziegler;Marian Rewers;Olli Simell;Tuula Simell

  • Toward defining the autoimmune microbiome for type 1 diabetes

    Adriana Giongo;Kelsey A. Gano;David B. Crabb;Nabanita Mukherjee

  • Gut Microbiome Metagenomics Analysis Suggests a Functional Model for the Development of Autoimmunity for Type 1 Diabetes

    Christopher T. Brown;Austin G. Davis-Richardson;Adriana Giongo;Kelsey A. Gano

  • Maternal vitamin D intake during pregnancy is inversely associated with asthma and allergic rhinitis in 5-year-old children

    M Erkkola;M Kaila;B I Nwaru;C Kronberg-Kippilä

  • Dysregulation of lipid and amino acid metabolism precedes islet autoimmunity in children who later progress to type 1 diabetes.

    Matej Orešič;Satu Simell;Marko Sysi-Aho;Kirsti Näntö-Salonen

  • The 6 year incidence of diabetes-associated autoantibodies in genetically at-risk children: the TEDDY study.

    Jeffrey P. Krischer;Kristian F. Lynch;Desmond A. Schatz;Jorma Ilonen;Jorma Ilonen

  • Feasibility of genetic and immunological prediction of Type I diabetes in a population-based birth cohort

    A Kupila;P Muona;T Simell;P Arvilommi

  • Elevated Serum C-Reactive Protein Levels and Early Arterial Changes in Healthy Children

    Mikko J. Järvisalo;Aimo Harmoinen;Maarit Hakanen;Ulla Paakkunainen

  • Nasal insulin to prevent type 1 diabetes in children with HLA genotypes and autoantibodies conferring increased risk of disease: a double-blind, randomised controlled trial

    Kirsti Näntö-Salonen;Antti Kupila;Satu Simell;Heli Siljander

  • Longitudinal Reproductive Hormone Profiles in Infants: Peak of Inhibin B Levels in Infant Boys Exceeds Levels in Adult Men

    Anna-Maria Andersson;Jorma Toppari;Anne-Maarit Haavisto;Jørgen H. Petersen

  • Identification of SLC7A7, encoding y+LAT-1, as the lysinuric protein intolerance gene.

    D Torrents;J Mykkänen;M Pineda;L Feliubadaló

  • Enterovirus infection as a risk factor for beta-cell autoimmunity in a prospectively observed birth cohort: the Finnish Diabetes Prediction and Prevention Study.

    Maria Lönnrot;Karita Korpela;Mikael Knip;Jorma Ilonen

  • New loci associated with birth weight identify genetic links between intrauterine growth and adult height and metabolism.

    Momoko Horikoshi;Hanieh Yaghootkar;Dennis O. Mook-Kanamori;Dennis O. Mook-Kanamori;Ulla Sovio;Ulla Sovio

  • The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young (TEDDY) Study

    Marian Rewers;Jin Xiong She;Anette G. Ziegler;Olli G. Simell

  • Macrophages, T cell receptor usage, and endothelial cell activation in the pancreas at the onset of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

    A Hänninen;S Jalkanen;M Salmi;S Toikkanen

  • Temporal changes in the frequencies of HLA genotypes in patients with Type 1 diabetes--indication of an increased environmental pressure?

    R. Hermann;R. Hermann;M. Knip;M. Knip;R. Veijola;O. Simell;O. Simell

  • Coxsackievirus B1 Is Associated With Induction of β-Cell Autoimmunity That Portends Type 1 Diabetes

    Olli H. Laitinen;Hanna Honkanen;Outi Pakkanen;Sami Oikarinen

  • The First Signs of β-Cell Autoimmunity Appear in Infancy in Genetically Susceptible Children from the General Population: The Finnish Type 1 Diabetes Prediction and Prevention Study

    T Kimpimäki;A Kupila;A M Hämäläinen;A M Hämäläinen;M Kukko;M Kukko

  • Vascular addressins are induced on islet vessels during insulitis in nonobese diabetic mice and are involved in lymphoid cell binding to islet endothelium

    Amo Hänninen;Cariel Taylor;Philip R. Streeter;Leslie S. Stark

  • New loci associated with birth weight identify genetic links between intrauterine growth and adult height and metabolism

    Momoko Horikoshi;Hanieh Yaghootkar;Dennis O. Mook-Kanamori;Ulla Sovio

Frequent Co-Authors

Jorma Ilonen
Jorma Ilonen University of Turku
Mikael Knip
Mikael Knip University of Helsinki
Riitta Veijola
Riitta Veijola Oulu University Hospital
Jorma Viikari
Jorma Viikari Turku University Hospital
Heikki Hyöty
Heikki Hyöty Tampere University
Suvi M. Virtanen
Suvi M. Virtanen Tampere University
Tapani Rönnemaa
Tapani Rönnemaa Turku University Hospital
Jorma Toppari
Jorma Toppari University of Turku
Olli T. Raitakari
Olli T. Raitakari Turku University Hospital
Marian Rewers
Marian Rewers University of Colorado Denver

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