Redouane Aherrahrou

Redouane Aherrahrou is a Senior Researcher at the A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, affiliated with the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Eastern Finland. His research focuses on molecular mechanisms underlying cardiovascular diseases, particularly atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease, with emphasis on genetic, transcriptomic, and proteomic approaches. He has contributed to studies on vascular smooth muscle cell biology, GWAS analysis, and translational research bridging genetic findings to clinical applications.

Key areas of research include:

• Genetic risk loci in coronary artery disease
• Transcriptomic profiling of atherosclerotic plaques
• Functional interpretation of GWAS data
• Role of smooth muscle cells in vascular pathology
• Sex-specific gene expression in cardiovascular diseases

Recent work highlights discoveries such as the identification of ITIH4 as a novel smooth muscle cell-specific gene in atherosclerosis and the role of autoantibodies in cardiovascular risk prediction.