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Tuomo Rankinen is affiliated with the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions in the fields of genetics, physiology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, cell biology, and pathology and forensic medicine.

The scientist's work spans multiple topics including genetic associations and epidemiology, genetics and physical performance, adipose tissue and metabolism, muscle metabolism and nutrition, smoking behavior and cessation, alcohol consumption and health effects, and heart rate and cardiovascular health.

Recent papers authored by Rankinen include:

  • Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity Consortium (MoTrPAC): Mapping the Dynamic Responses to Exercise (2020), published in Cell
  • Smoking-by-genotype interaction in type 2 diabetes risk and fasting glucose (2020), published in PLoS ONE
  • Genetic insights into resting heart rate and its role in cardiovascular disease (2023), published in Nature Communications
  • Smoking-by-genotype interaction in type 2 diabetes risk and fasting glucose (2024), published in UNC Libraries
  • Novel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries (2024), published in UNC Libraries

Rankinen collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including Lawrence F. Bielak, Raymond Noordam, Albert V. Smith, Salman M. Tajuddin, and Dina Vojinović.

Their contributions have appeared in various publication venues such as UNC Libraries, Cell, PLoS ONE, and Nature Communications, with UNC Libraries hosting multiple publications. This reflects an involvement in both traditional academic journals and institutional repositories.

Best Publications

  • Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

    Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam

  • Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

    Adam E. Locke;Bratati Kahali;Sonja I. Berndt;Anne E. Justice

  • The human obesity gene map: the 2005 update.

    Tuomo Rankinen;Aamir Zuberi;Yvon C. Chagnon;S. John Weisnagel

  • Individual differences in response to regular physical activity.

    Claude Bouchard;Tuomo Rankinen

  • Novel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries

    Mary F. Feitosa;Aldi T. Kraja;Daniel I. Chasman;Yun J. Sung

  • The effect of sex, age and race on estimating percentage body fat from body mass index: The Heritage Family Study.

    AS Jackson;PR Stanforth;J Gagnon;T Rankinen

  • The human gene map for performance and health-related fitness phenotypes: the 2005 update.

    Molly S. Bray;James M. Hagberg;Louis Pérusse;Tuomo Rankinen

  • The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape: A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study

    Thomas W. Winkler;Anne E. Justice;Mariaelisa Graff;Llilda Barata

  • β-Aminoisobutyric Acid Induces Browning of White Fat and Hepatic β-Oxidation and Is Inversely Correlated with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors

    Lee D. Roberts;Pontus Boström;Pontus Boström;John F. O’Sullivan;Robert T. Schinzel

  • Targeting the metabolic syndrome with exercise: evidence from the HERITAGE Family Study.

    Peter T. Katzmarzyk;Arthur S. Leon;Jack H. Wilmore;James S. Skinner

  • The prediction of abdominal visceral fat level from body composition and anthropometry: ROC analysis.

    T Rankinen;S Y Kim;L Pérusse;J P Després

  • Genomic predictors of the maximal O2 uptake response to standardized exercise training programs

    Claude Bouchard;Mark A. Sarzynski;Treva K. Rice;William E. Kraus

  • The human obesity gene map: the 2003 update.

    Eric E. Snyder;Brandon Walts;Louis Pérusse;Yvon C. Chagnon

  • Effects of exercise training on glucose homeostasis: the HERITAGE Family Study.

    Normand G. Boulé;Normand G. Boulé;S. John Weisnagel;Timo A. Lakka;Timo A. Lakka;Angelo Tremblay

  • Using molecular classification to predict gains in maximal aerobic capacity following endurance exercise training in humans.

    James A. Timmons;James A. Timmons;Steen Knudsen;Tuomo Rankinen;Lauren Gerard Koch

  • The human obesity gene map: the 2004 update.

    Louis Pérusse;Tuomo Rankinen;Aamir Zuberi;Yvon C. Chagnon

  • Adverse metabolic response to regular exercise: Is it a rare or common occurrence?

    Claude Bouchard;Steven N. Blair;Timothy S. Church;Conrad P. Earnest

  • The Human Obesity Gene Map: The 2002 Update

    Yvon C. Chagnon;Tuomo Rankinen;Eric E. Snyder;S. John Weisnagel

  • Profiles of sedentary behavior in children and adolescents: the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2001-2006.

    Susan B. Sisson;Timothy S. Church;Corby K. Martin;Catrine Tudor-Locke

  • Identification of heart rate–associated loci and their effects on cardiac conduction and rhythm disorders

    Marcel Den Hoed;Mark Eijgelsheim;Tõnu Esko;Bianca J J M Brundel

Frequent Co-Authors

Claude Bouchard
Claude Bouchard Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Arthur S. Leon
Arthur S. Leon University of Minnesota
Treva Rice
Treva Rice Washington University in St. Louis
Louis Pérusse
Louis Pérusse Université Laval
James S. Skinner
James S. Skinner Indiana University
Rainer Rauramaa
Rainer Rauramaa University of Eastern Finland
Jack H. Wilmore
Jack H. Wilmore Texas A&M University
Dabeeru C. Rao
Dabeeru C. Rao Washington University in St. Louis
Ruth J. F. Loos
Ruth J. F. Loos University of Copenhagen
Tuomas O. Kilpeläinen
Tuomas O. Kilpeläinen University of Copenhagen

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