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Pekka Jousilahti

Researcher at National Institute for Health and Welfare

Publications -  464
Citations -  44995

Pekka Jousilahti is an academic researcher from National Institute for Health and Welfare. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Risk factor. The author has an hindex of 99, co-authored 437 publications receiving 39857 citations. Previous affiliations of Pekka Jousilahti include National Institutes of Health & University of Helsinki.

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

Adam E. Locke, +481 more
TL;DR: This paper conducted a genome-wide association study and meta-analysis of body mass index (BMI), a measure commonly used to define obesity and assess adiposity, in up to 339,224 individuals.
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Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

Elizabeth K. Speliotes, +413 more
- 01 Nov 2010 - 
TL;DR: Genetic loci associated with body mass index map near key hypothalamic regulators of energy balance, and one of these loci is near GIPR, an incretin receptor, which may provide new insights into human body weight regulation.
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Six new loci associated with body mass index highlight a neuronal influence on body weight regulation

Cristen J. Willer, +166 more
- 01 Jan 2009 - 
TL;DR: Several of the likely causal genes are highly expressed or known to act in the central nervous system (CNS), emphasizing, as in rare monogenic forms of obesity, the role of the CNS in predisposition to obesity.