List of works - Vuokko Kovanen

Accelerometer-measured and self-reported physical activity in relation to extraversion and neuroticism: a cross-sectional analysis of two studies

scientific article published on 29 July 2020

Acute and long-term effects of resistance exercise with or without protein ingestion on muscle hypertrophy and gene expression

scientific article

Adolescent Sport Participation and Age at Menarche in Relation to Midlife Body Composition, Bone Mineral Density, Fitness, and Physical Activity

scientific article published on 24 November 2020

Age and estrogen-based hormone therapy affect systemic and local IL-6 and IGF-1 pathways in women.

scientific article

Aging and serum exomiR content in women-effects of estrogenic hormone replacement therapy

scientific article published on 14 February 2017

Androgen receptors and testosterone in men--effects of protein ingestion, resistance exercise and fiber type

scientific article

Association between exercise and pubertal BMD is modulated by estrogen receptor alpha genotype

scientific article published on 20 September 2004

Associations of physical performance and physical activity with mental well-being in middle-aged women

scientific article

Biological clocks and physical functioning in monozygotic female twins.

scientific article

Blood and skeletal muscle ageing determined by epigenetic clocks and their associations with physical activity and functioning

article published in 2021

Blood and skeletal muscle ageing determined by epigenetic clocks and their associations with physical activity and functioning

COL1A1 Sp1 polymorphism associates with bone density in early puberty

scientific article

Catechol-o-methyltransferase gene polymorphism is associated with skeletal muscle properties in older women alone and together with physical activity

scientific article

Circulating levels of adipokines and IGF-1 are associated with skeletal muscle strength of young and old healthy subjects

scientific article

Circulating miR-21, miR-146a and Fas ligand respond to postmenopausal estrogen-based hormone replacement therapy--a study with monozygotic twin pairs

scientific article

Collagenase-induced changes in articular cartilage as detected by electron-microscopic stereology, quantitative polarized light microscopy and biochemical assays

scientific article

Comments on Point:Counterpoint: Estrogen and sex do/do not influence post-exercise indexes of muscle damage, inflammation, and repair

scientific article published on 01 March 2009

Declining Physical Performance Associates with Serum FasL, miR-21, and miR-146a in Aging Sprinters

scientific article published on 3 January 2017

Design and protocol of Estrogenic Regulation of Muscle Apoptosis (ERMA) study with 47 to 55-year-old women's cohort: novel results show menopause-related differences in blood count

scientific article published on 01 September 2018

Differences in muscle and adipose tissue gene expression and cardio-metabolic risk factors in the members of physical activity discordant twin pairs.

scientific article

Differential influence of peripheral and systemic sex steroids on skeletal muscle quality in pre- and postmenopausal women

scientific article published on 12 April 2011

Effect of strength training session on plasma amino acid concentration following oral ingestion of leucine, BCAAs or glutamine in men.

scientific article published on 21 October 2008

Effects of 32-year leisure time physical activity discordance in twin pairs on health (TWINACTIVE study): aims, design and results for physical fitness.

scientific article

Effects of combined hormone replacement therapy or its effective agents on the IGF-1 pathway in skeletal muscle

scientific article published on 17 August 2010

Effects of military training on plasma amino acid concentrations and their associations with overreaching

scientific article published on 03 May 2020

Effects of resistance training on expression of IGF-I splice variants in younger and older men.

scientific article

Endogenous hormones, muscle strength, and risk of fall-related fractures in older women

scientific article published in January 2006

Estrogen Containing Hormone Replacement Therapy Affects MicroRNAs And Fas/FasL In Genetically Identical Female Twin Pairs

article by Reeta Kangas et al published May 2014 in Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Estrogen Regulates the Satellite Cell Compartment in Females

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Estrogenic regulation of skeletal muscle proteome: a study of premenopausal women and postmenopausal MZ cotwins discordant for hormonal therapy.

scientific article published on 7 September 2017

Female reproductive factors are associated with objectively measured physical activity in middle-aged women

scientific article

Fracture mechanics of collagen fibrils: influence of natural cross-links

scientific article published on June 2013

Genetics of maximal walking speed and skeletal muscle characteristics in older women

scientific article published in June 2008

Global gene expression profiles in skeletal muscle of monozygotic female twins discordant for hormone replacement therapy

scientific article published on 29 October 2010

Heavy resistance exercise training and skeletal muscle androgen receptor expression in younger and older men.

scientific article

Hormonal Status As Determinant Of Serum Exosomal MicroRNA Content In Pre- And Postmenopausal Women

article published in 2016

Hormone Replacement Therapy Associated White Blood Cell DNA Methylation and Gene Expression are Associated With Within-Pair Differences of Body Adiposity and Bone Mass

scientific article published in December 2015

Hormone replacement therapy enhances IGF-1 signaling in skeletal muscle by diminishing miR-182 and miR-223 expressions: a study on postmenopausal monozygotic twin pairs

scientific article

Hormone replacement therapy improves contractile function and myonuclear organization of single muscle fibres from postmenopausal monozygotic female twin pairs.

scientific article

Hormone therapy is associated with better body composition and adipokine/glucose profiles: a study with monozygotic co-twin control design

scientific article published in December 2012

Human Achilles tendon glycation and function in diabetes

scientific article published on 05 November 2015

Impact of oral contraceptive use and menstrual phases on patellar tendon morphology, biochemical composition, and biomechanical properties in female athletes

scientific article published on 21 February 2013

Influence of Oral Contraceptive Use on Adaptations to Resistance Training

scientific article published on 02 July 2019

Influence of long-term postmenopausal hormone-replacement therapy on estimated structural bone strength: a study in discordant monozygotic twins

scientific article published in March 2011

Infrared microspectroscopic determination of collagen cross-links in articular cartilage.

scientific article published in March 2017

Intramuscular extracellular matrix: complex environment of muscle cells

scientific article

Intramuscular sex steroid hormones are associated with skeletal muscle strength and power in women with different hormonal status

scientific article

Leisure Time Physical Activity And Body Fat: A Twin Study

article by Tuija Leskinen et al published May 2009 in Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Leukocyte and Skeletal Muscle Telomere Length and Body Composition in Monozygotic Twin Pairs Discordant for Long-term Hormone Replacement Therapy

scientific article published on 14 February 2017

Life-long endurance running is associated with reduced glycation and mechanical stress in connective tissue.

scientific article

Long-term leisure-time physical activity and serum metabolome

scientific article published on 20 December 2012

Lower strength of the human posterior patellar tendon seems unrelated to mature collagen cross-linking and fibril morphology.

scientific article published on 5 November 2009

Mechanical properties of human patellar tendon at the hierarchical levels of tendon and fibril

scientific article published on 23 November 2011

Menopausal Status and Physical Activity Are Independently Associated With Cardiovascular Risk Factors of Healthy Middle-Aged Women: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Evidence

scientific article published on 30 August 2019

Menopause and adipose tissue: miR-19a-3p is sensitive to hormonal replacement

scientific article published on 18 December 2017

Menopause modulates the circulating metabolome: evidence from a prospective cohort study

Metabolic health, menopause, and physical activity-a 4-year follow-up study

scientific article

Micromechanical properties and collagen composition of ruptured human achilles tendon

scientific article published on 20 December 2012

Muscle and bone mass in middle-aged women: role of menopausal status and physical activity

scientific article published on 03 February 2020

Muscle function in monozygotic female twin pairs discordant for hormone replacement therapy

scientific article published in November 2011

Muscular Transcriptome in Postmenopausal Women

Muscular transcriptome in postmenopausal women with or without hormone replacement.

scientific article published on December 2007

Nondestructive fluorescence-based quantification of threose-induced collagen cross-linking in bovine articular cartilage

scientific article published in September 2012

OGT and OGA expression in postmenopausal skeletal muscle associates with hormone replacement therapy and muscle cross-sectional area.

scientific article

Perimenopausal women show modulation of excitatory and inhibitory neuromuscular mechanisms

scientific article

Physical activity, fitness, glucose homeostasis, and brain morphology in twins

scientific article published in March 2015

Physical performance during the menopausal transition and the role of physical activity

scientific article published on 24 November 2020

Physical performance in relation to menopause status and physical activity

scientific article published on 01 December 2018

Postexercise Myostatin and Activin IIb mRNA Levels

scientific article published on 01 February 2007

Postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy modifies skeletal muscle composition and function: a study with monozygotic twin pairs

scientific article published on 26 February 2009

Power training and postmenopausal hormone therapy affect transcriptional control of specific co-regulated gene clusters in skeletal muscle.

scientific article

Predicting the age at natural menopause in middle-aged women

Recovery after heavy resistance exercise and skeletal muscle androgen receptor and insulin-like growth factor-I isoform expression in strength trained men.

scientific article published on March 2011

Relation of PvuII site polymorphism in the COL1A2 gene to the risk of fractures in prepubertal Finnish girls

scientific article published on 15 August 2003

Remobilization Does Not Fully Restore Immobilization Induced Articular Cartilage Atrophy

scientific article published on 01 May 1999

Resistance exercise with whey protein ingestion affects mTOR signaling pathway and myostatin in men.

scientific article

Role of Menopausal Transition and Physical Activity in Loss of Lean and Muscle Mass: A Follow-Up Study in Middle-Aged Finnish Women

scientific article published on 23 May 2020

Sex hormones and skeletal muscle weakness

scientific article published on May 2013

Skeletal Muscle Properties in Older Women

Structure-function relationships in enzymatically modified articular cartilage.

scientific article published on January 2003

The Older Finnish Twin Cohort - 45 Years of Follow-up

scientific article published on 29 August 2019

The effects of whey protein on myostatin and cell cycle-related gene expression responses to a single heavy resistance exercise bout in trained older men.

scientific article

The glycosyltransferase activities of lysyl hydroxylase 3 (LH3) in the extracellular space are important for cell growth and viability

scientific article

The role of physical activity in the link between menopausal status and mental well-being

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

Validity and Reliability of a Single Question for Leisure-Time Physical Activity Assessment in Middle-Aged Women

scientific article published on 04 October 2019

List of works by Vuokko Kovanen

Accelerometer-measured and self-reported physical activity in relation to extraversion and neuroticism: a cross-sectional analysis of two studies

Acute and long-term effects of resistance exercise with or without protein ingestion on muscle hypertrophy and gene expression

Adolescent Sport Participation and Age at Menarche in Relation to Midlife Body Composition, Bone Mineral Density, Fitness, and Physical Activity

Age and estrogen-based hormone therapy affect systemic and local IL-6 and IGF-1 pathways in women.

Aging and serum exomiR content in women-effects of estrogenic hormone replacement therapy

Androgen receptors and testosterone in men--effects of protein ingestion, resistance exercise and fiber type

Association between exercise and pubertal BMD is modulated by estrogen receptor alpha genotype

Associations of physical performance and physical activity with mental well-being in middle-aged women

Associations of physical performance and physical activity with mental well-being in middle-aged women

Biological clocks and physical functioning in monozygotic female twins.

Blood and skeletal muscle ageing determined by epigenetic clocks and their associations with physical activity and functioning

Blood and skeletal muscle ageing determined by epigenetic clocks and their associations with physical activity and functioning

COL1A1 Sp1 polymorphism associates with bone density in early puberty

Catechol-o-methyltransferase gene polymorphism is associated with skeletal muscle properties in older women alone and together with physical activity

Circulating levels of adipokines and IGF-1 are associated with skeletal muscle strength of young and old healthy subjects

Circulating miR-21, miR-146a and Fas ligand respond to postmenopausal estrogen-based hormone replacement therapy--a study with monozygotic twin pairs

Collagenase-induced changes in articular cartilage as detected by electron-microscopic stereology, quantitative polarized light microscopy and biochemical assays

Comments on Point:Counterpoint: Estrogen and sex do/do not influence post-exercise indexes of muscle damage, inflammation, and repair

Declining Physical Performance Associates with Serum FasL, miR-21, and miR-146a in Aging Sprinters

Design and protocol of Estrogenic Regulation of Muscle Apoptosis (ERMA) study with 47 to 55-year-old women's cohort: novel results show menopause-related differences in blood count

Differences in muscle and adipose tissue gene expression and cardio-metabolic risk factors in the members of physical activity discordant twin pairs.

Differential influence of peripheral and systemic sex steroids on skeletal muscle quality in pre- and postmenopausal women

Effect of strength training session on plasma amino acid concentration following oral ingestion of leucine, BCAAs or glutamine in men.

Effects of 32-year leisure time physical activity discordance in twin pairs on health (TWINACTIVE study): aims, design and results for physical fitness.

Effects of combined hormone replacement therapy or its effective agents on the IGF-1 pathway in skeletal muscle

Effects of military training on plasma amino acid concentrations and their associations with overreaching

Effects of resistance training on expression of IGF-I splice variants in younger and older men.

Endogenous hormones, muscle strength, and risk of fall-related fractures in older women

Estrogen Containing Hormone Replacement Therapy Affects MicroRNAs And Fas/FasL In Genetically Identical Female Twin Pairs

Estrogen Regulates the Satellite Cell Compartment in Females

Estrogen Regulates the Satellite Cell Compartment in Females

Estrogen Regulates the Satellite Cell Compartment in Females

Estrogenic regulation of skeletal muscle proteome: a study of premenopausal women and postmenopausal MZ cotwins discordant for hormonal therapy.

Female reproductive factors are associated with objectively measured physical activity in middle-aged women

Fracture mechanics of collagen fibrils: influence of natural cross-links

Genetics of maximal walking speed and skeletal muscle characteristics in older women

Global gene expression profiles in skeletal muscle of monozygotic female twins discordant for hormone replacement therapy

Heavy resistance exercise training and skeletal muscle androgen receptor expression in younger and older men.

Hormonal Status As Determinant Of Serum Exosomal MicroRNA Content In Pre- And Postmenopausal Women

Hormone Replacement Therapy Associated White Blood Cell DNA Methylation and Gene Expression are Associated With Within-Pair Differences of Body Adiposity and Bone Mass

Hormone replacement therapy enhances IGF-1 signaling in skeletal muscle by diminishing miR-182 and miR-223 expressions: a study on postmenopausal monozygotic twin pairs

Hormone replacement therapy improves contractile function and myonuclear organization of single muscle fibres from postmenopausal monozygotic female twin pairs.

Hormone therapy is associated with better body composition and adipokine/glucose profiles: a study with monozygotic co-twin control design

Human Achilles tendon glycation and function in diabetes

Impact of oral contraceptive use and menstrual phases on patellar tendon morphology, biochemical composition, and biomechanical properties in female athletes

Influence of Oral Contraceptive Use on Adaptations to Resistance Training

Influence of long-term postmenopausal hormone-replacement therapy on estimated structural bone strength: a study in discordant monozygotic twins

Infrared microspectroscopic determination of collagen cross-links in articular cartilage.

Intramuscular extracellular matrix: complex environment of muscle cells

Intramuscular sex steroid hormones are associated with skeletal muscle strength and power in women with different hormonal status

Leisure Time Physical Activity And Body Fat: A Twin Study

Leukocyte and Skeletal Muscle Telomere Length and Body Composition in Monozygotic Twin Pairs Discordant for Long-term Hormone Replacement Therapy

Life-long endurance running is associated with reduced glycation and mechanical stress in connective tissue.

Long-term leisure-time physical activity and serum metabolome

Lower strength of the human posterior patellar tendon seems unrelated to mature collagen cross-linking and fibril morphology.

Mechanical properties of human patellar tendon at the hierarchical levels of tendon and fibril

Menopausal Status and Physical Activity Are Independently Associated With Cardiovascular Risk Factors of Healthy Middle-Aged Women: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Evidence

Menopause and adipose tissue: miR-19a-3p is sensitive to hormonal replacement

Menopause modulates the circulating metabolome: evidence from a prospective cohort study

Metabolic health, menopause, and physical activity-a 4-year follow-up study

Micromechanical properties and collagen composition of ruptured human achilles tendon

Muscle and bone mass in middle-aged women: role of menopausal status and physical activity

Muscle function in monozygotic female twin pairs discordant for hormone replacement therapy

Muscular Transcriptome in Postmenopausal Women

Muscular transcriptome in postmenopausal women with or without hormone replacement.

Nondestructive fluorescence-based quantification of threose-induced collagen cross-linking in bovine articular cartilage

OGT and OGA expression in postmenopausal skeletal muscle associates with hormone replacement therapy and muscle cross-sectional area.

Perimenopausal women show modulation of excitatory and inhibitory neuromuscular mechanisms

Physical activity, fitness, glucose homeostasis, and brain morphology in twins

Physical performance during the menopausal transition and the role of physical activity

Physical performance in relation to menopause status and physical activity

Postexercise Myostatin and Activin IIb mRNA Levels

Postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy modifies skeletal muscle composition and function: a study with monozygotic twin pairs

Power training and postmenopausal hormone therapy affect transcriptional control of specific co-regulated gene clusters in skeletal muscle.

Predicting the age at natural menopause in middle-aged women

Recovery after heavy resistance exercise and skeletal muscle androgen receptor and insulin-like growth factor-I isoform expression in strength trained men.

Relation of PvuII site polymorphism in the COL1A2 gene to the risk of fractures in prepubertal Finnish girls

Remobilization Does Not Fully Restore Immobilization Induced Articular Cartilage Atrophy

Resistance exercise with whey protein ingestion affects mTOR signaling pathway and myostatin in men.