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Overview

Päivi Pajukanta is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions in subfields including Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Physiology, Genetics, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, reflecting a broad interest in complex biological systems and disease mechanisms. Key areas of study include:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
  • RNA modifications and cancer

Pajukanta has authored several research papers notable for their focus on single-cell techniques, obesity, metabolic diseases, and liver cancer. Some of the recent papers include:

  • Accurate estimation of cell composition in bulk expression through robust integration of single-cell information, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Single-cell dissection of the obesity-exercise axis in adipose-muscle tissues implies a critical role for mesenchymal stem cells, 2022, Cell Metabolism
  • Enhancing droplet-based single-nucleus RNA-seq resolution using the semi-supervised machine learning classifier DIEM, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Human liver single nucleus and single cell RNA sequencing identify a hepatocellular carcinoma-associated cell-type affecting survival, 2022, Genome Medicine
  • Molecular pathways behind acquired obesity: Adipose tissue and skeletal muscle multiomics in monozygotic twin pairs discordant for BMI, 2021, Cell Reports Medicine

The scientist has collaborated frequently with colleagues in related fields. Among the most frequent co-authors are:

  • Marcus Alvarez
  • Markku Laakso
  • Kirsi H. Pietiläinen
  • Dorota Kamińska
  • Karen L. Mohlke

Pajukanta's research outputs have been published in a variety of venues, with a concentration in several journals and repositories including:

  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Genome Medicine
  • The American Journal of Human Genetics

Best Publications

  • Familial hypercholesterolaemia is underdiagnosed and undertreated in the general population: guidance for clinicians to prevent coronary heart disease: consensus statement of the European Atherosclerosis Society

    Borge G. Nordestgaard;M. John Chapman;Steve E. Humphries;Henry N. Ginsberg

  • Integrative approaches for large-scale transcriptome-wide association studies.

    Alexander Gusev;Alexander Gusev;Arthur Ko;Huwenbo Shi;Gaurav Bhatia;Gaurav Bhatia

  • Homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia: new insights and guidance for clinicians to improve detection and clinical management. A position paper from the Consensus Panel on Familial Hypercholesterolaemia of the European Atherosclerosis Society

    Marina Cuchel;Eric Bruckert;Henry N. Ginsberg;Frederick J. Raal

  • Familial Hypercholesterolaemia in Children and Adolescents: Gaining Decades of Life by Optimizing Detection and Treatment

    Albert Wiegman;Samuel S. Gidding;Gerald F Watts;M John Chapman

  • Homozigot ailevi hiperkolesterolemi: klinisyenlerin tanıyı ve klinik yönetimi geliştirmelerine yönelik yeni anlayışlar ve rehberlik. Avrupa Ateroskleroz Derneği’nin Ailevi Hiperkolesterolemi Üzerine Uzlaşı Paneli yazılı görüşü

    Marina Cuchel;Eric Bruckert;Henry N. Ginsberg;Frederick J. Raal

  • The polygenic nature of hypertriglyceridaemia: implications for definition, diagnosis, and management

    Robert A. Hegele;Henry N. Ginsberg;M. John Chapman;Børge G. Nordestgaard

  • Genetics of atherosclerosis.

    Aldons J. Lusis;Rebecca Mar;Päivi Pajukanta

  • Familial combined hyperlipidemia is associated with upstream transcription factor 1 ( USF1 )

    Päivi Pajukanta;Heidi E Lilja;Janet S Sinsheimer;Rita M Cantor

  • Accurate estimation of cell composition in bulk expression through robust integration of single-cell information.

    Brandon Jew;Marcus Alvarez;Elior Rahmani;Zong Miao

  • Linkage of familial combined hyperlipidaemia to chromosome 1q21-q23

    Päivi Pajukanta;Ilpo Nuotio;Joseph D. Terwilliger;Kimmo V.K. Porkka

  • Mutations in LMF1 cause combined lipase deficiency and severe hypertriglyceridemia.

    Miklós Péterfy;Osnat Ben-Zeev;Hui Z Mao;Hui Z Mao;Daphna Weissglas-Volkov

  • Hyperglycemia and a Common Variant of GCKR Are Associated With the Levels of Eight Amino Acids in 9,369 Finnish Men

    Alena Stančáková;Mete Civelek;Niyas K. Saleem;Pasi Soininen

  • Genetic causes of high and low serum HDL-cholesterol.

    Daphna Weissglas-Volkov;Päivi Pajukanta

  • Genomewide Scan for Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia Genes in Finnish Families, Suggesting Multiple Susceptibility Loci Influencing Triglyceride, Cholesterol, and Apolipoprotein B Levels

    Päivi Pajukanta;Joseph D. Terwilliger;Markus Perola;Tero Hiekkalinna

  • Two Loci on Chromosomes 2 and X for Premature Coronary Heart Disease Identified in Early- and Late-Settlement Populations of Finland

    Päivi Pajukanta;Michele Cargill;Laura Viitanen;Ilpo Nuotio

  • The Metabolic Syndrome in Men study: a resource for studies of metabolic and cardiovascular diseases.

    Markku Laakso;Johanna Kuusisto;Alena Stancakova;Teemu Kuulasmaa

  • A systems genetics approach implicates USF1, FADS3, and other causal candidate genes for familial combined hyperlipidemia.

    Christopher L. Plaisier;Steve Horvath;Adriana Huertas-Vazquez;Ivette Cruz-Bautista

  • The SLC6A14 gene shows evidence of association with obesity

    Elina Suviolahti;Laura J. Oksanen;Miina Öhman;Rita M. Cantor

  • Genome-wide scan of predisposing loci for increased diastolic blood pressure in Finnish siblings.

    Markus Perola;Katariina Kainulainen;Päivi Pajukanta;Joseph D. Terwilliger

  • Thematic Review Series: Genetics of Human Lipid Diseases Genetic causes of high and low serum HDL-cholesterol

    Daphna Weissglas-Volkov;Päivi Pajukanta

Frequent Co-Authors

Markku Laakso
Markku Laakso University of Eastern Finland
Marja-Riitta Taskinen
Marja-Riitta Taskinen University of Helsinki
Aldons J. Lusis
Aldons J. Lusis University of California, Los Angeles
Janet S. Sinsheimer
Janet S. Sinsheimer University of California, Los Angeles
Kirsi H. Pietiläinen
Kirsi H. Pietiläinen University of Helsinki
Rita M. Cantor
Rita M. Cantor University of California, Los Angeles
Johanna Kuusisto
Johanna Kuusisto University of Eastern Finland
Markus Perola
Markus Perola Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Jaakko Kaprio
Jaakko Kaprio University of Helsinki
Karen L. Mohlke
Karen L. Mohlke University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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