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Molecular Biology
USA
2023

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Molecular Biology

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141
Citations
68481
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123
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82

Medicine

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Citations
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Jouni Uitto was affiliated with Thomas Jefferson University in the United States. Their research spanned the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with substantial contributions also to medicine. The main focus of their work involved cell biology, genetics, molecular biology, pathology and forensic medicine, and dermatology as primary subfields.

The scientist published extensively on topics related to skin and cellular biology research, dermatological and skeletal disorders, autoimmune bullous skin diseases, immunodeficiency and autoimmune disorders, heterotopic ossification and related conditions, Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer, and plant reproductive biology.

Frequent publication venues included the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, Experimental Dermatology, the Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, the International Journal of Dermatology and Venereology, and Dermatologic Therapy.

Among the recent papers associated with Jouni Uitto are:

  • Consensus reclassification of inherited epidermolysis bullosa and other disorders with skin fragility, 2020, British Journal of Dermatology
  • Keloid disorder: Fibroblast differentiation and gene expression profile in fibrotic skin diseases, 2020, Experimental Dermatology
  • Research Techniques Made Simple: Whole-Transcriptome Sequencing by RNA-Seq for Diagnosis of Monogenic Disorders, 2020, Journal of Investigative Dermatology
  • Humans with inherited T cell CD28 deficiency are susceptible to skin papillomaviruses but are otherwise healthy, 2021, Cell
  • Molecular Therapeutics in Development for Epidermolysis Bullosa: Update 2020, 2020, Molecular Diagnosis & Therapy

Jouni Uitto collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Hassan Vahidnezhad, Leila Youssefian, Amir Hossein Saeidian, Qiaoli Li, and Hamidreza Mahmoudi. These collaborations reflected a focus on dermatological genetics and molecular investigations.

Jouni Uitto was recognized as a member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • The classification of inherited epidermolysis bullosa (EB): Report of the Third International Consensus Meeting on Diagnosis and Classification of EB.

    Jo David Fine;Robin A J Eady;Eugene A. Bauer;Johann W. Bauer

  • A simplified laminin nomenclature

    Monique Aumailley;Leena Bruckner-Tuderman;William G. Carter;Rainer Deutzmann

  • Inherited epidermolysis bullosa: Updated recommendations on diagnosis and classification

    Jo David Fine;Leena Bruckner-Tuderman;Robin A.J. Eady;Eugene A. Bauer

  • Intrinsic aging vs. photoaging: a comparative histopathological, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural study of skin

    M. El‐Domyati;S. Attia;F. Saleh;D. Brown

  • Revised classification system for inherited epidermolysis bullosa: Report of the second international consensus meeting on diagnosis and classification of epidermolysis bullosa

    Jo David Fine;Robin A J Eady;Eugene A. Bauer;Robert A. Briggaman

  • Consensus reclassification of inherited epidermolysis bullosa and other disorders with skin fragility

    C. Has;J.W. Bauer;C. Bodemer;M.C. Bolling

  • Targeted Disruption of the Pemphigus Vulgaris Antigen (Desmoglein 3) Gene in Mice Causes Loss of Keratinocyte Cell Adhesion with a Phenotype Similar to Pemphigus Vulgaris

    Peter J. Koch;M G. Mahoney;Hiroyasu Ishikawa;Leena Pulkkinen

  • Pseudoxanthoma elasticum: Mutations in the MRP6 gene encoding a transmembrane ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter

    Franziska Ringpfeil;Mark G. Lebwohl;Angela M. Christiano;Jouni Uitto

  • Plectin deficiency results in muscular dystrophy with epidermolysis bullosa

    F.J.D. Smith;R.A.J. Eady;I.M. Leigh;J.R. McMillan

  • Integrin β4 mutations associated with junctional epidermolysis bullosa with pyloric atresia

    Frédérique Vidal;Daniel Aberdam;Corinne Miquel;Angela M. Christiano

  • Missense Mutations in GJB2 Encoding Connexin-26 Cause the Ectodermal Dysplasia Keratitis-Ichthyosis-Deafness Syndrome

    Gabriele Richard;Fatima Rouan;Colin E. Willoughby;Nkecha Brown

  • Novel function for beta 1 integrins in keratinocyte cell-cell interactions.

    H Larjava;J Peltonen;S K Akiyama;S S Yamada

  • Biostimulation of wound healing by lasers: experimental approaches in animal models and in fibroblast cultures

    R P Abergel;R F Lyons;J C Castel;R M Dwyer

  • Mutations in the gamma 2 chain gene (LAMC2) of kalinin/laminin 5 in the junctional forms of epidermolysis bullosa.

    Leena Pulkkinen;Angela M. Christiano;Tomi Airenne;Heli Haakana

  • Desmoglein 4 in Hair Follicle Differentiation and Epidermal Adhesion: Evidence from Inherited Hypotrichosis and Acquired Pemphigus Vulgaris

    Ana Kljuic;Hisham Bazzi;John P Sundberg;Amalia Martinez-Mir

  • An AP-1 Binding Sequence Is Essential for Regulation of the Human α2(I) Collagen (COL1A2) Promoter Activity by Transforming Growth Factor-β

    Kee Yang Chung;Akhilesh Agarwal;Jouni Uitto;Alain Mauviel

  • Herlitz's junctional epidermolysis bullosa is linked to mutations in the gene (LAMC2) for the gamma 2 subunit of nicein/kalinin (LAMININ-5)

    Aberdam D;Galliano Mf;Vailly J;Pulkkinen L

  • Mutations in the 180–kD bullous pemphigoid antigen (BPAG2), a hemidesmosomal transmembrane collagen (COL17A1), in generalized atrophic benign epidermolysis bullosa

    McGrath Ja;Gatalica B;Christiano Am;Li K

  • Mutation analysis and molecular genetics of epidermolysis bullosa

    Leena Pulkkinen;Jouni Uitto

  • Loss of plectin causes epidermolysis bullosa with muscular dystrophy: cDNA cloning and genomic organization.

    W. H. I. Mclean;L. Pulkkinen;F. J. D. Smith;E. L. Rugg

Frequent Co-Authors

Leena Pulkkinen
Leena Pulkkinen University of Eastern Finland
John A. McGrath
John A. McGrath King's College London
Angela M. Christiano
Angela M. Christiano Columbia University
Alain Mauviel
Alain Mauviel Institute Curie
Gabriele Richard
Gabriele Richard OPKO Health (United States)
John P. Sundberg
John P. Sundberg Vanderbilt University
Leena Bruckner-Tuderman
Leena Bruckner-Tuderman University of Freiburg
Hiroshi Shimizu
Hiroshi Shimizu Hokkaido University
Mon-Li Chu
Mon-Li Chu Thomas Jefferson University
Paolo Fortina
Paolo Fortina Thomas Jefferson University

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