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Arto Urtti is affiliated with the University of Eastern Finland in Finland. Their research focuses on areas related to medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions in subfields such as molecular biology, ophthalmology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, pharmaceutical science, and public health.

Their work spans several main topics, including:

  • Retinal Diseases and Treatments
  • Retinal Development and Disorders
  • Ocular Surface and Contact Lens
  • Retinal and Macular Surgery
  • Advanced Drug Delivery Systems
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Glaucoma and Retinal Disorders

Urtti has published extensively in various scientific journals. Frequently publishing venues include:

  • Pharmaceutics (15 publications)
  • Journal of Controlled Release (10 publications)
  • Molecular Pharmaceutics (6 publications)
  • European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (6 publications)
  • International Journal of Pharmaceutics (5 publications)

Some recent papers by Arto Urtti are:

  • "Exploring the Impact of Morphology on the Properties of Biodegradable Nanoparticles and Their Diffusion in Complex Biological Medium," 2020, Biomacromolecules
  • "Intravitreal hydrogels for sustained release of therapeutic proteins," 2020, Journal of Controlled Release
  • "Ocular barriers to retinal delivery of intravitreal liposomes: Impact of vitreoretinal interface," 2020, Journal of Controlled Release
  • "Biopharmaceutics of Topical Ophthalmic Suspensions: Importance of Viscosity and Particle Size in Ocular Absorption of Indomethacin," 2021, Pharmaceutics
  • "Diffusion and Protein Corona Formation of Lipid-Based Nanoparticles in the Vitreous Humor: Profiling and Pharmacokinetic Considerations," 2020, Molecular Pharmaceutics

Throughout their career, Urtti has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Marika Ruponen (30 coauthored works)
  • Elisa Toropainen (23 coauthored works)
  • Eva M. del Amo (21 coauthored works)
  • Jooseppi Puranen (18 coauthored works)
  • Amir Sadeghi (18 coauthored works)

Best Publications

  • Challenges and obstacles of ocular pharmacokinetics and drug delivery

    Arto Urtti

  • Pharmacokinetic aspects of retinal drug delivery.

    Eva M. del Amo;Anna-Kaisa Irmeli Rimpelä;Emma Heikkinen;Otto K. Kari

  • Current and future ophthalmic drug delivery systems. A shift to the posterior segment.

    Eva M. del Amo;Arto Urtti

  • Nanofibrillar cellulose hydrogel promotes three-dimensional liver cell culture

    Madhushree Bhattacharya;Melina M. Malinen;Patrick Lauren;Yan-Rou Lou

  • Ocular absorption following topical delivery

    Kristiina Järvinen;Tomi Järvinen;Arto Urtti;Arto Urtti

  • Microemulsions for topical delivery of estradiol.

    S Peltola;P Saarinen-Savolainen;J Kiesvaara;T.M Suhonen

  • Interactions of polymeric and liposomal gene delivery systems with extracellular glycosaminoglycans: physicochemical and transfection studies.

    Marika Ruponen;Seppo Ylä-Herttuala;Arto Urtti

  • Drug transport in corneal epithelium and blood-retina barrier: emerging role of transporters in ocular pharmacokinetics

    Eliisa Mannermaa;Kati-Sisko Vellonen;Arto Urtti;Arto Urtti

  • Cell culture models of the ocular barriers.

    Margit Hornof;Elisa Toropainen;Arto Urtti

  • Characterization of Paracellular and Aqueous Penetration Routes in Cornea, Conjunctiva and Sclera

    K M Hämäläinen;K Kananen;S Auriola;K Kontturi

  • Minimizing systemic absorption of topically administered ophthalmic drugs.

    Arto Urtti;Lotta Salminen

  • Comparison of Cell Proliferation and Toxicity Assays Using Two Cationic Liposomes

    Katriina Lappalainen;Ilpo Jääskeläinen;Kari Syrjänen;Arto Urtti

  • Structure-activity relationships of poly(L-lysines): effects of pegylation and molecular shape on physicochemical and biological properties in gene delivery.

    Marjo Männistö;Sylvie Vanderkerken;Veska Toncheva;Matti Elomaa

  • Effect of liposomal and free bisphosphonates on the IL-1β, IL-6 and TNFα secretion from RAW 264 cells in vitro

    Niina Pennanen;Seppo Lapinjoki;Arto Urtti;Jukka Mönkkönen

  • Liposome-skin interactions and their effects on the skin permeation of drugs

    Merja Kirjavainen;Arto Urtti;Riitta Valjakka-Koskela;Juha Kiesvaara

  • Rabbit as an animal model for intravitreal pharmacokinetics: Clinical predictability and quality of the published data.

    Eva M. del Amo;Arto Urtti;Arto Urtti

  • Culture model of human corneal epithelium for prediction of ocular drug absorption.

    Elisa Toropainen;Veli-Pekka Ranta;Anu Talvitie;Pekka Suhonen

  • Efficient adventitial gene delivery to rabbit carotid artery with cationic polymer-plasmid complexes.

    M P Turunen;M O Hiltunen;M Ruponen;L Virkamäki

  • Drug permeation in biomembranes: In vitro and in silico prediction and influence of physicochemical properties

    Annika Mälkiä;Lasse Murtomäki;Arto Urtti;Kyösti Kontturi

  • Extracellular and intracellular barriers in non-viral gene delivery

    Marika Ruponen;Paavo Honkakoski;Seppo Rönkkö;Jukka Pelkonen

Frequent Co-Authors

Marjo Yliperttula
Marjo Yliperttula University of Helsinki
Tomi Järvinen
Tomi Järvinen University of Eastern Finland
Seppo Auriola
Seppo Auriola University of Eastern Finland
Paavo Honkakoski
Paavo Honkakoski University of Eastern Finland
Kai Kaarniranta
Kai Kaarniranta University of Eastern Finland
Jouni Hirvonen
Jouni Hirvonen University of Helsinki
Kyösti Kontturi
Kyösti Kontturi Aalto University
Harri Alenius
Harri Alenius Karolinska Institute
Anan Yaghmur
Anan Yaghmur University of Copenhagen
Etienne Schacht
Etienne Schacht Ghent University

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