• Characteristics of epigenetic aging across gestational and perinatal tissues 

      Dieckmann, Linda; Lahti-Pulkkinen, Marius; Kvist, Tuomas; Lahti, Jari; DeWitt, Peter E.; Cruceanu, Cristiana; Laivuori, Hannele; Sammallahti, Sara; Villa, Pia M.; Suomalainen-König, Sanna; Eriksson, Johan G.; Kajantie, Eero Olavi; Raikkönen, Katri; Binder, Elisabeth B.; Czamara, Darina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background: Epigenetic clocks have been used to indicate differences in biological states between individuals of same chronological age. However, so far, only few studies have examined epigenetic aging in newborns—especially ...
    • External validation of prognostic models predicting pre-eclampsia: individual participant data meta-analysis 

      Snell, Kym I.E.; Allotey, John; Smuk, Melanie; Hooper, Richard; Chan, Claire; Ahmed, Asif; Chappell, Lucy C.; Von Dadelszen, Peter; Green, Marcus; Kenny, Louise; Khalil, Asma; Khan, Khalid; Mol, Ben W.; Myers, Jenny; Poston, Lucilla; Thilaganathan, Basky; Staff, Anne Cathrine; Smith, Gordon C.S.; Ganzevoort, Wessel; Laivuori, Hannele; Odibo, Anthony; Arenas Ramírez, Javier; Kingdom, John; Daskalakis, George; Farrar, Diane; Baschat, Ahmet A.; Seed, Paul T.; Prefumo, Federico; da Silva Costa, Fabricio; Groen, Henk; Audibert, Francois; Masse, Jacques; Skråstad, Ragnhild Bergene; Salvesen, Kjell Å; Haavaldsen, Camilla; Nagata, Chie; Rumbold, Alice R.; Heinonen, Seppo; Askie, Lisa; Smits, Luc; Vinter, Christina; Magnus, Per; Eero, Kajantie; Villa, Pia M.; Jenum, Anne Karen; Andersen, Louise B.; Norman, Jane E.; Ohkuchi, Akihide; Eskild, Anne; Bhattacharya, Sohinee; McAuliffe, Fionnuala; Galindo, Alberto; Herraiz, Ignacio; Carbillon, Lionel; Klipstein-Grobusch, Kerstin; Yeo, SeonAe; Browne, Joyce L.; Moons, Karel G.M.; Riley, Richard D.; Thangaratinam, Shakila (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Background Pre-eclampsia is a leading cause of maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity. Early identification of women at risk during pregnancy is required to plan management. Although there are many published ...
    • Longitudinal changes in plasma hemopexin and alpha-1-microglobulin concentrations in women with and without clinical risk factors for pre-eclampsia 

      Murtoniemi, Katja; Kalapotharakos, Grigorios; Vahlberg, Tero; Raikkonen, Katri; Kajantie, Eero Olavi; Hämäläinen, Esa; Åkerstrom, Bo; Villa, Pia M.; Hansson, Stefan R.; Laivuori, Hannele (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Recent studies have shown increased concentration of fetal hemoglobin (HbF) in pre-eclamptic women. Plasma hemopexin (Hpx) and alpha-1-microglobulin (A1M) are hemoglobin scavenger proteins that protect against toxic effects ...
    • Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of gestational diabetes mellitus highlights genetic links with type 2 diabetes 

      Pervjakova, Natalia; Moen, Gunn-Helen Øiseth; Borges, Maria-Carolina; Ferreira, Teresa; Cook, James P.; Allard, Catherine; Beaumont, Robin N.; Canouil, Mickaël; Hatem, Gad; Heiskala, Anni; Joensuu, Anni; Karhunen, Ville; Kwak, Soo Heon; Lin, Frederick T J; Liu, Jun; Rifas-Shiman, Sheryl; Tam, Claudia H.; Tam, Wing Hung; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Andrew, Toby; Auvinen, Juha; Bhowmik, Bishwajit; Bonnefond, Amélie; Delahaye, Fabien; Demirkan, Ayse; Froguel, Philippe; Haller-Kikkatalo, Kadri; Hardardottir, Hildur; Hummel, Sandra; Hussain, Akhtar; Kajantie, Eero Olavi; Keikkala, Elina; Khamis, Amna; Lahti, Jari; Lekva, Tove; Mustaniemi, Sanna; Sommer, Christine; Tagoma, Aili; Tzala, Evangelia; Uibo, Raivo; Vääräsmäki, Marja; Villa, Pia M.; Birkeland, Kåre Inge; Bouchard, Luigi; Duijn, Cornelia M.; Finer, Sarah; Groop, Leif; Hämäläinen, Esa; Hayes, Geoffrey M.; Hitman, Graham A.; Jang, Hak C.; Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta; Jenum, Anne Karen; Laivuori, Hannele; Ma, Ronald C.; Melander, Olle; Oken, Emily; Park, Kyong Soo; Perron, Patrice; Prasad, Rashmi B.; Qvigstad, Elisabeth; Sebert, Sylvain; Stefansson, Kari; Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur; Tuomi, Tiinamaija; Hivert, Marie-France; Franks, Paul W.; McCarthy, Mark I.; Lindgren, Cecilia M.; Freathy, Rachel M.; Lawlor, Deborah A.; Morris, Andrew P.; Mägi, Reedik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is associated with increased risk of pregnancy complications and adverse perinatal outcomes. GDM often reoccurs and is associated with increased risk of subsequent diagnosis of type 2 ...
    • A polyepigenetic glucocorticoid exposure score at birth and childhood mental and behavioral disorders 

      Suarez, Anna; Lahti, Jari; Lahti-Pulkkinen, Marius; Girchenko, Polina; Czamara, Darina; Arloth, Janine; Malmberg, Anni LK.; Hämäläinen, Esa; Kajantie, Eero Olavi; Laivuori, Hannele; Villa, Pia M.; Reynolds, Rebecca M.; Provençal, Nadine; Binder, Elisabeth B.; Räikkönen, Katri (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Background Maternal depression and anxiety during pregnancy may enhance fetal exposure to glucocorticoids (GCs) and harm neurodevelopment. We tested whether a novel cross-tissue polyepigenetic biomarker indicative of in ...
    • Positive maternal mental health during pregnancy and mental and behavioral disorders in children: A prospective pregnancy cohort study 

      Lähdepuro, Anna; Lahti-Pulkkinen, Marius; Pyhälä, Riikka; Tuovinen, Soile; Lahti, Jari; Heinonen, Kati; Laivuori, Hannele; Villa, Pia M.; Reynolds, Rebecca M.; Kajantie, Eero Olavi; Girchenko, Polina; Räikkönen, Katri (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
    • Reliability of a novel approach for reference-based cell type estimation in human placental DNA methylation studies 

      Dieckmann, Linda; Cruceanu, Cristiana; Lahti-Pulkkinen, Marius; Lahti, Jari; Kvist, Tuomas; Laivuori, Hannele; Sammallahti, Sara; Villa, Pia M.; Suomalainen-König, Sanna; Rancourt, Rebecca C.; Plagemann, Andreas; Henrich, Wolfgang; Eriksson, Johan G.; Kajantie, Eero Olavi; Entringer, Sonja; Braun, Thorsten; Räikkönen, Katri; Binder, Elisabeth B.; Czamara, Darina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The placenta is a central organ during early development, influencing trajectories of health and disease. DNA methylation (DNAm) studies of human placenta improve our understanding of how its function relates to disease ...