Dr Marika Kaakinen

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

Visiting Researcher

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E301Burlington DanesHammersmith Campus

Summary

Marika Kaakinen, MSc, PhD, develops and applies statistical analysis methods for genomic/omics research of metabolic health, including type 2 diabetes. She works with various types of omics data, including metabolomics, proteomics, whole-genome sequencing and gut microbiome data.

Publications

Journals

Lagou V, Jiang L, Ulrich A, et al.Lagou V, Jiang L, Ulrich A, Zudina L, González KSG, Balkhiyarova Z, Faggian A, Maina JG, Chen S, Todorov PV, Sharapov S, David A, Marullo L, Mägi R, Rujan R-M, Ahlqvist E, Thorleifsson G, Gao Η, Εvangelou Ε, Benyamin B, Scott RA, Isaacs A, Zhao JH, Willems SM, Johnson T, Gieger C, Grallert H, Meisinger C, Müller-Nurasyid M, Strawbridge RJ, Goel A, Rybin D, Albrecht E, Jackson AU, Stringham HM, Corrêa IR, Farber-Eger E, Steinthorsdottir V, Uitterlinden AG, Munroe PB, Brown MJ, Schmidberger J, Holmen O, Thorand B, Hveem K, Wilsgaard T, Mohlke KL, Wang Z, GWA-PA Consortium, Shmeliov A, den Hoed M, Loos RJF, Kratzer W, Haenle M, Koenig W, Boehm BO, Tan TM, Tomas A, Salem V, Barroso I, Tuomilehto J, Boehnke M, Florez JC, Hamsten A, Watkins H, Njølstad I, Wichmann H-E, Caulfield MJ, Khaw K-T, van Duijn CM, Hofman A, Wareham NJ, Langenberg C, Whitfield JB, Martin NG, Montgomery G, Scapoli C, Tzoulaki I, Elliott P, Thorsteinsdottir U, Stefansson K, Brittain EL, McCarthy MI, Froguel P, Sexton PM, Wootten D, Groop L, Dupuis J, Meigs JB, Deganutti G, Demirkan A, Pers TH, Reynolds CA, Aulchenko YS, Kaakinen MA, Jones B, Prokopenko I, Meta-Analysis of Glucose and Insulin-Related Traits Consortium (MAGIC) close, 2023, GWAS of random glucose in 476,326 individuals provide insights into diabetes pathophysiology, complications and treatment stratification, Nature Genetics, Vol:55, ISSN:1061-4036, Pages:1448-1461

Maina JG, Balkhiyarova Z, Nouwen A, et al.Maina JG, Balkhiyarova Z, Nouwen A, Pupko I, Ulrich A, Boissel M, Bonnefond A, Froguel P, Khamis A, Prokopenko I, Kaakinen M close, 2023, Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization and Multiphenotype GWAS Show Causality and Shared Pathophysiology Between Depression and Type 2 Diabetes., Diabetes Care, Vol:46, Pages:1707-1714

Maina JG, Pascat V, Zudina L, et al.Maina JG, Pascat V, Zudina L, Ulrich A, Pupko I, Bonnefond A, Balkhiyarova Z, Kaakinen M, Froguel P, Prokopenko I close, 2023, Abdominal obesity is a more important causal risk factor for pancreatic cancer than overall obesity, European Journal of Human Genetics, Vol:31, ISSN:1018-4813, Pages:962-966

Conference

Balkhiyarova Z, Maina JG, Nouwen A, et al.Balkhiyarova Z, Maina JG, Nouwen A, Pupko I, Ulrich A, Bonnefond A, Froguel P, Kaakinen M, Prokopenko I close, 2023, Shared genetic mechanisms and causal relationship between self-reported depression and type 2 diabetes, WILEY, ISSN:0742-3071

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Lagou V, Jiang L, Ulrich A, et al.Lagou V, Jiang L, Ulrich A, Balkhiyarova Z, Maina JG, Deganutti G, Reynolds C, Kaakinen MA, Jones B, Prokopenko I close, 2023, Trans-ancestry random glucose genome-wide association studies (GWAS) meta-analysis in almost half a million individuals provides insights into diabetes pathophysiology, complications and treatment stratification, WILEY, ISSN:0742-3071

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