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Paivi Elisabeth Pajukanta, M.D., Ph.D.
Affiliations
Associate Professor, Human Genetics
Member, ACCESS Program: Dept. of Human Genetics
Education:
Medical Degree: M.D.
Degree: Ph.D.
Contact Information:
Email Address: ppajukanta@mednet.ucla.edu
Work Address: Office
Gonda Center
Los Angeles, CA 90095
UNITED STATES
Work Address: Laboratory
Gonda Center
Los Angeles, CA 90095
UNITED STATES
Direct Contact Information:
Fax Number: 310-794-5446
Work Phone Number: 310-267-2011 Office
310-794-9802 Laboratory
Publications:
Christopher L Plaisier, Mira Kyttälä, Daphna Weissglas-Volkov, Janet S. Sinsheimer, Adriana Huertas-Vazquez, Laura Riba, Salvador Ramírez-Jiménez, Tjerk W. A. de Bruin, Teresa Tusié-Luna, Bradley E. Aouizerat, Clive R. Pullinger, Mary J. Malloy, John P. Kane, Ivette Cruz-Bautista, Miguel F. Herrera, Carlos Aguilar-Salinas, Johanna Kuusisto, Markku Laakso, Marja-Riitta Taskinen, Carla J. H. van der Kallen, Päivi Pajukanta Galanin preproprotein is associated with elevated plasma triglycerides. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology 2009; 29: 147-152.
Sinsheimer JS, Plaisier C, Huertas-Vazquez A, Aguilar-Salinas C, Tusie-Luna T, Pajukanta P, Lange K Estimating Ethnic Admixture from Pedigree Data. . The American Journal of Human Genetics 2008; 82: 748-755.
Jenny C. Lee, Daphna Weissglas-Volkov, Mira Kyttälä, Zari Dastani, Rita M. Cantor, Eric M. Sobel, Christopher Plaisier, Jamie C. Engert, Marleen M.J. van Greevenbroek, John P. Kane, Mary J. Malloy, Clive R. Pullinger, Adriana Huertaz-Vazquez, Carlos A. Aguilar-Salinas, Teresa Tusie- Luna, Tjerk W. A. de Bruin, Bradley E. Aouizerat, Carla van der Kallen, Carlo M. Croce, Rami I. Aqeilan, Michel Marcil, Jorma S. A. Viikari, Terho Lehtimäki, Olli T. Raitakari, Johanna Kuusisto, Markku Laakso, Marja-Riitta Taskinen, Jacques Genest, Päivi Pajukanta WW domain-containing oxidoreductase is associated with low plasma HDL-C levels. The American Journal of Human Genetics 2008; 83: 180-192.
Péterfy M, Ben-Zeev O, Mao HZ, Weissglas-Volkov D, Aouizerat BE, Pullinger CR, Frost PH, Kane JP, Malloy MJ, Reue K, Pajukanta P, Doolittle MH. Mutations in the novel LMF1 gene cause combined lipase deficiency and severe hypertriglyceridemia. . Nature Genetics 2007; 39: 1483-1487.
Lee JC, Weissglas-Volkov D, Kyttälä M, Sinsheimer JS, Jokiaho A, de Bruin TWA, van Greevenbroek MMJ, Lusis AJ, Brennan M-L, van der Kallen CJH, Hazen SL, Pajukanta P. USF1 contributes to high serum lipid levels in Dutch FCHL families and U.S. Whites with coronary artery disease. . Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology 2007; 27: 2222-2227.
Weissglas-Volkov D, Huertas-Vazquez A, Suviolahti E, Lee J, Plaisier C, Canizales-Quinteros S, Tusie-Luna T, Aguilar-Salinas C, Taskinen M-R, Pajukanta P. Common hepatic nuclear factor 4 alpha variants are associated with high serum lipid levels and the metabolic syndrome. . Diabetes 2006; 55: 1970-1977.
Dastani, Z. Quiogue, L. Plaisier, C. Engert, J. C. Marcil, M. Genest, J. Pajukanta, P. Evidence for a gene influencing high-density lipoprotein cholesterol on chromosome 4q31.21. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2006; 26(2): 392-7.
Cantor, R. M. Chen, G. K. Pajukanta, P. Lange, K. Association testing in a linked region using large pedigrees. Am J Hum Genet. 2005; 76(3): 538-42.
Huertas-Vazquez, A. Aguilar-Salinas, C. Lusis, A. J. Cantor, R. M. Canizales-Quinteros, S. Lee, J. C. Mariana-Nunez, L. Riba-Ramirez, R. M. Jokiaho, A. Tusie-Luna, T. Pajukanta, P. Familial combined hyperlipidemia in Mexicans: association with upstream transcription factor 1 and linkage on chromosome 16q24.1. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2005; 25(9): 1985-91.
Pajukanta, P. Lilja, H. E. Sinsheimer, J. S. Cantor, R. M. Lusis, A. J. Gentile, M. Duan, X. J. Soro-Paavonen, A. Naukkarinen, J. Saarela, J. Laakso, M. Ehnholm, C. Taskinen, M. R. Peltonen, L. Familial combined hyperlipidemia is associated with upstream transcription factor 1 (USF1). Nat Genet. 2004; 36(4): 371-6.
Pajukanta, P. Allayee, H. Krass, K. L. Kuraishy, A. Soro, A. Lilja, H. E. Mar, R. Taskinen, M. R. Nuotio, I. Laakso, M. Rotter, J. I. de Bruin, T. W. Cantor, R. M. Lusis, A. J. Peltonen, L. Combined analysis of genome scans of dutch and finnish families reveals a susceptibility locus for high-density lipoprotein cholesterol on chromosome 16q. Am J Hum Genet. 2003; 72(4): 903-17.
Suviolahti, E. Oksanen, L. J. Ohman, M. Cantor, R. M. Ridderstrale, M. Tuomi, T. Kaprio, J. Rissanen, A. Mustajoki, P. Jousilahti, P. Vartiainen, E. Silander, K. Kilpikari, R. Salomaa, V. Groop, L. Kontula, K. Peltonen, L. Pajukanta, P. The SLC6A14 gene shows evidence of association with obesity. J Clin Invest. 2003; 112(11): 1762-72.
Soro, A. Pajukanta, P. Lilja, H. E. Ylitalo, K. Hiekkalinna, T. Perola, M. Cantor, R. M. Viikari, J. S. Taskinen, M. R. Peltonen, L. Genome scans provide evidence for low-HDL-C loci on chromosomes 8q23, 16q24.1-24.2, and 20q13.11 in Finnish families. Am J Hum Genet. 2002; 70(5): 1333-40.
Pajukanta, P. Cargill, M. Viitanen, L. Nuotio, I. Kareinen, A. Perola, M. Terwilliger, J. D. Kempas, E. Daly, M. Lilja, H. Rioux, J. D. Brettin, T. Viikari, J. S. Ronnemaa, T. Laakso, M. Lander, E. S. Peltonen, L. Two loci on chromosomes 2 and X for premature coronary heart disease identified in early- and late-settlement populations of Finland. Am J Hum Genet. 2000; 67(6): 1481-93.
Pajukanta, P. Terwilliger, J. D. Perola, M. Hiekkalinna, T. Nuotio, I. Ellonen, P. Parkkonen, M. Hartiala, J. Ylitalo, K. Pihlajamaki, J. Porkka, K. Laakso, M. Viikari, J. Ehnholm, C. Taskinen, M. R. Peltonen, L. Genomewide scan for familial combined hyperlipidemia genes in finnish families, suggesting multiple susceptibility loci influencing triglyceride, cholesterol, and apolipoprotein B levels. Am J Hum Genet. 1999; 64(5): 1453-63.
Pajukanta, P. Nuotio, I. Terwilliger, J. D. Porkka, K. V. Ylitalo, K. Pihlajamaki, J. Suomalainen, A. J. Syvanen, A. C. Lehtimaki, T. Viikari, J. S. Laakso, M. Taskinen, M. R. Ehnholm, C. Peltonen, L. Linkage of familial combined hyperlipidaemia to chromosome 1q21-q23. Nat Genet. 1998; 18(4): 369-73.


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