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Tuomas Oskari Kilpeläinen

PhD

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8349-3028
20072020

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Tuomas Kilpeläinen is an associate professor at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research where he leads a research group studying the genetic underpinnings of human obesity. Before moving to Copenhagen in 2012, Tuomas completed a PhD at the University of Kuopio, Finland, and a 3-year postdoc at the University of Cambridge, UK. He was a visiting researcher at the Icahn School of Medicine in New York in 2015.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being

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  • Increase in adiposity from childhood to adulthood predicts a metabolically obese phenotype in normal-weight adults

    Viitasalo, A., Pitkänen, N., Pahkala, K., Lehtimäki, T., Viikari, J. S. A., Raitakari, O. & Kilpeläinen, T. O., 1 Apr 2020, In: International journal of obesity (2005).

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    1 Citation (Scopus)

  • Abdominal adiposity and cardiometabolic risk factors in children and adolescents: A Mendelian randomization analysis

    Viitasalo, A., Schnurr, T. M., Pitkänen, N., Hollensted, M., Nielsen, T. R. H., Pahkala, K., Atalay, M., Lind, M. V., Heikkinen, S., Frithioff-Bøjsøe, C., Fonvig, C. E., Grarup, N., Kähönen, M., Carrasquilla, G. D., Larnkjær, A., Pedersen, O., Michaelsen, K. F., Lakka, T. A., Holm, J.-C. & Lehtimäki, T. & 3 others, Raitakari, O., Hansen, T. & Kilpeläinen, T. O., 1 Nov 2019, In: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 110, 5, p. 1079-1087 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    8 Citations (Scopus)

  • A multi-ancestry genome-wide study incorporating gene-smoking interactions identifies multiple new loci for pulse pressure and mean arterial pressure

    LifeLines Cohort study, 1 Aug 2019, In: Human Molecular Genetics. 28, 15, p. 2615-2633

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    8 Citations (Scopus)

  • Association of alcohol consumption with allergic disease and asthma: a multi-centre Mendelian randomization analysis

    Skaaby, T., Kilpeläinen, T. O., Taylor, A. E., Mahendran, Y., Wong, A., Ahluwalia, T. S., Paternoster, L., Trompet, S., Stott, D. J., Flexeder, C., Zhou, A., Brusselle, G., Sajjad, A., Lahousse, L., Tiemeier, H., Have, C. T., Thuesen, B. H., Kårhus, L. L., Møllehave, L. T. & Leth-Møller, K. B. & 27 others, Shabanzadeh, D. M., Gonzalez-Quintela, A., Power, C., Hyppönen, E., Kuh, D., Hardy, R., Meitinger, T., Jukema, J. W., Völker, U., Nauck, M., Völzke, H., Friedrich, N., Bonten, T. N., Noordam, R., Mook-Kanamori, D. O., Tolstrup, J. S., Taube, C., Peters, A., Grallert, H., Strauch, K., Schulz, H., Grarup, N., Hansen, T., Pedersen, O., Burgess, S., Munafò, M. R. & Linneberg, A., 1 Feb 2019, In: Addiction. 114, 2, p. 216-225 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    4 Citations (Scopus)

  • Association of Birth Weight With Type 2 Diabetes and Glycemic Traits: A Mendelian Randomization Study

    BIRTH-GENE (BIG) Study Working Group, 20 Sept 2019, In: JAMA network open. 2, 9, 18 p., e1910915.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    10 Citations (Scopus)
    15 Downloads (Pure)

  • Dietary Fat and the Genetic Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

    Carrasquilla, G. D., Jakupović, H. & Kilpeläinen, T. O., 2019, In: Current Diabetes Reports. 19, 6 p., 109.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › peer-review

  • Disentangling the genetics of lean mass

    Karasik, D., Zillikens, M. C., Hsu, Y. H., Aghdassi, A., Akesson, K., Amin, N., Barroso, I., Bennett, D. A., Bertram, L., Bochud, M., Borecki, I. B., Broer, L., Buchman, A. S., Byberg, L., Campbell, H., Campos-Obando, N., Cauley, J. A., Cawthon, P. M., Chambers, J. C. & Chen, Z. & 137 others, Cho, N. H., Choi, H. J., Chou, W. C., Cummings, S. R., de Groot, L. C. P. G. M., De Jager, P. L., Demuth, I., Diatchenko, L., Econs, M. J., Eiriksdottir, G., Enneman, A. W., Eriksson, J., Eriksson, J. G., Estrada, K., Evans, D. S., Feitosa, M. F., Fu, M., Gieger, C., Grallert, H., Gudnason, V., Lenore, L. J., Hayward, C., Hofman, A., Homuth, G., Huffman, K. M., Husted, L. B., Illig, T., Ingelsson, E., Ittermann, T., Jansson, J. O., Johnson, T., Biffar, R., Jordan, J. M., Jula, A., Karlsson, M., Khaw, K. T., Kilpeläinen, T. O., Klopp, N., Kloth, J. S. L., Koller, D. L., Kooner, J. S., Kraus, W. E., Kritchevsky, S., Kutalik, Z., Kuulasmaa, T., Kuusisto, J., Laakso, M., Lahti, J., Lang, T., Langdahl, B. L., Lerch, M. M., Lewis, J. R., Lill, C., Lind, L., Lindgren, C., Liu, Y., Livshits, G., Ljunggren, Ö., Loos, R. J. F., Lorentzon, M., Luan, J., Luben, R. N., Malkin, I., McGuigan, F. E., Medina-Gomez, C., Meitinger, T., Melhus, H., Mellström, D., Michaëlsson, K., Mitchell, B. D., Morris, A. P., Mosekilde, L., Nethander, M., Newman, A. B., O'Connell, J. R., Oostra, B. A., Orwoll, E. S., Palotie, A., Peacock, M., Perola, M., Peters, A., Prince, R. L., Psaty, B. M., Räikkönen, K., Ralston, S. H., Ripatti, S., Rivadeneira, F., Robbins, J. A., Rotter, J. I., Rudan, I., Salomaa, V., Satterfield, S., Schipf, S., Shin, C. S., Smith, A. V., Smith, S. B., Soranzo, N., Spector, T. D., Stancáková, A., Stefansson, K., Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., Stolk, L., Streeten, E. A., Styrkarsdottir, U., Swart, K. M. A., Thompson, P., Thomson, C. A., Thorleifsson, G., Thorsteinsdottir, U., Tikkanen, E., Tranah, G. J., Uitterlinden, A. G., van Duijn, C. M., van Schoor, N. M., Vandenput, L., Vollenweider, P., Völzke, H., Wactawski-Wende, J., Walker, M., J Wareham, N., Waterworth, D., Weedon, M. N., Wichmann, H. E., Widen, E., Williams, F. M. K., Wilson, J. F., Wright, N. C., Yerges-Armstrong, L. M., Yu, L., Zhang, W., Zhao, J. H., Zhou, Y., Nielson, C. M., Harris, T. B., Demissie, S., Kiel, D. P. & Ohlsson, C., 2019, In: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 109, 2, p. 276-287 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    14 Citations (Scopus)

  • Dysregulation of a long noncoding RNA reduces leptin leading to a leptin-responsive form of obesity

    Dallner, O. S., Marinis, J. M., Lu, Y.-H., Birsoy, K., Werner, E., Fayzikhodjaeva, G., Dill, B. D., Molina, H., Moscati, A., Kutalik, Z., Marques-Vidal, P., Kilpeläinen, T. O., Grarup, N., Linneberg, A., Zhang, Y., Vaughan, R., Loos, R. J. F., Lazar, M. A. & Friedman, J. M., 1 Mar 2019, In: Nature Medicine. 25, 3, p. 507-530 24 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    36 Citations (Scopus)
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