Marjukka Kolehmainen
Professor
Nutrition/Food and health
Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences
marjukka.kolehmainen@uef.fi | +358 40 355 3617
My research concerns about the health effects of foods and their components that I have been studying in acute, short and long term clinical dietary interventions for more than 20 years. Regarding foods, main scientific interest has been in the impact of whole grain cereals and berries and more recently also in other plant based foods and their bioactive components from the molecular level to whole body physiology. The recent research focus has been in the effects mediated by the gut microbiota and related gut barrier function. Thus, we have been setting up in vitro model for studying gut microbiota activity and will continue developing it further with modular gut barrier interaction modelling. Gut related activities are of great interest since its strong interaction with high fibre and protein foods and contribution to the development of inflammation, but also its contribution to both physical and mental health and wellbeing. In addition, I am interested in gut-liver axis and gut barrier permeability in this context, if we can find diet related factors to support healthy gut barrier and to prevent liver disease.
Research groups
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COBRA study 01.01.2024 -
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Food and Health 01.01.2012 -
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Global Development 01.01.2020 -
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HealthFerm study 24.10.2023 -
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Microplastic research 01.09.2016 -
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Oat-Gut-Brain Study 01.09.2022 -
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Food Education and Eating Behaviour Research Group 08.11.2018 -
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Food Valley
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StopDia 01.01.2017 -
Projects
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Food Research and Health Connects 01.09.2022 - 31.12.2024
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FOODNUTRI - Climate Smart Food and Nutrition Research Infrastructure 01.01.2022 - 31.12.2024
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FOODNUTRI: investment project 01.01.2023 - 31.12.2025
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FOODNUTRI: national infrastructure in to practise in Northern Savo 01.01.2023 - 31.12.2025
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Direct microplastic exposure via foodstuff and food packaging - plastic leachables and their health effects (diMPex) Finished 01.09.2020 - 31.08.2024
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Association between whole grain consumption, tryptophan metabolism, and psychological distress: a secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial
Liikonen, Vilma; Näätänen, Mari; Kårlund, Anna; Hanhineva, Kati; Karhunen, Leila; Kolehmainen, Marjukka. 2024. British journal of nutrition. [Published online 03 June 2024]: 1-11 -
Associations of Lifestyle Patterns with Glucose and Lipid Metabolism in Finnish Adults at Increased Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
Manninen, Suvi; Tilles‐Tirkkonen, Tanja; Aittola, Kirsikka; Männikkö, Reija; Karhunen, Leila; Kolehmainen, Marjukka; Schwab, Ursula; Lindström, Jaana; Lakka, Timo; Pihlajamäki, Jussi; the Stop Diabetes study group. 2024. Molecular nutrition and food research. 68: -
Eight-year Diet and Physical Activity Intervention Affects Serum Metabolites during Childhood & Adolescence: A Nonrandomized Controlled Trial
Zarei, Iman; Eloranta, Aino-Maija; Klåvus, Anton; Väistö, Juuso; Lehtonen, Marko; Mikkonen, Santtu; Koistinen, Ville M; Sallinen, Taisa; Haapala, Eero A; Lintu, Niina; Soininen, Sonja; Haikonen, Retu; Atalay, Mustafa; Schwab, Ursula; Auriola, Seppo; Kolehmainen, Marjukka; Hanhineva, Kati; Lakka, Timo A. 2024. iScience. 27: -
In Vitro Influence of Specific Bacteroidales Strains on Gut and Liver Health Related to Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Fatty Liver Disease
Garcia-Morena, Diego; Fernandez-Cantos, Maria Victoria; Escalera, Silvia Lopez; Lok, Johnson; Iannone, Valeria; Cancellieri, Pierluca; Maathuis, Willem; Panagiotou, Gianni; Aranzamendi, Carmen; Aidy, Sahar El; Kolehmainen, Marjukka; El-Nezami, Hani; Wellejus, Anja; Kuipers, Oscar P. 2024. Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins. [Epub ahead of print 6 Feb 2024]: 1-15 -
Longitudinal associations of an exposome score with serum metabolites from childhood to adolescence
Healy, Darren R; Zarei, Iman; Mikkonen, Santtu; Soininen, Sonja; Viitasalo, Anna; Haapala, Eero A; Auriola, Seppo; Hanhineva, Kati; Kolehmainen, Marjukka; Lakka, Timo A. 2024. Communications biology. 7: . 890 -
The role of fiber in modulating plant protein-induced metabolic responses
Partanen, Moona; Luhio, Petri; Gómez-Gallego, Carlos; Kolehmainen, Marjukka. 2024. Critical reviews in food science and nutrition. [Published online: 17 Aug 2024]: 1-16 -
Validating nutrient selection for product-group-specific nutrient indices for use as functional units in life cycle assessment of foods
Kårlund, Anna; Kyttä, Venla; Pellinen, Tiina; Tuomisto, Hanna. L; Pajari, Anne-Maria; Kolehmainen, Marjukka; Saarinen, Merja. 2024. British journal of nutrition. [FirstView 12 April 2024]: 1-9 -
Associations of low levels of air pollution with cardiometabolic outcomes and the role of diet quality in individuals with obesity
Healy, Darren R; Kårlund, Anna; Mikkonen, Santtu; Puhakka, Soile; Karhunen, Leila; Kolehmainen, Marjukka. 2023. Environmental research. 2024; 242: -
Changes in liver metabolic pathways demonstrate efficacy of the combined dietary and microbial therapeutic intervention in MASLD mouse model
Iannone, Valeria; Babu, Ambrin Farizah; Lok, Johnson; Gómez-Gallego, Carlos; D’Auria, Giuseppe; Vazquez-Uribe, Ruben; Vaaben, Troels Holger; Bongers, Mareike; Mikkonen, Santtu; Vaittinen, Maija; Tikkanen, Ida; Kettunen, Mikko; Klåvus, Anton; Sehgal, Ratika; Kaminska, Dorota; Pihlajamaki, Jussi; Hanhineva, Kati; El-Nezami, Hani; Alexander Sommer, Morten Otto; Kolehmainen, Marjukka. 2023. Molecular metabolism. 78: -
Extending the product-group-specific approach in nutritional life cycle assessment
Kyttä, Venla; Kårlund, Anna; Pellinen, Tiina; Tuomisto, Hanna L.; Kolehmainen, Marjukka; Pajari, Anne-Maria; Saarinen, Merja. 2023. International journal of life cycle assessment. [Epub ahead of print 30 Sep 2023]: 1-17