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2026
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Finland
2024

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Genetics

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127
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55015
World Ranking
293
National Ranking
1

Medicine

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127
Citations
56921
World Ranking
2839
National Ranking
52

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Finland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Finland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Finland Leader Award
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Juha Kere is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and has a significant research output in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Their prolific work focuses on subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Immunology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Kere's research explores numerous topics such as:

  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Reproductive Biology and Fertility

The scientist has published extensively in venues including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Stem Cell Reports
  • Scientific Reports
  • Clinical Immunology

Notable recent papers include:

  • Single-cell analysis of human ovarian cortex identifies distinct cell populations but no oogonial stem cells, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Genetic predisposition to hypertension is associated with preeclampsia in European and Central Asian women, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Discovery of 42 genome-wide significant loci associated with dyslexia, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • Epigenome-wide meta-analysis of blood DNA methylation in newborns and children identifies numerous loci related to gestational age, 2020, Genome Medicine
  • Genome-wide association study reveals new insights into the heritability and genetic correlates of developmental dyslexia, 2020, Molecular Psychiatry

Regular collaboration is evident in Kere's work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Shintaro Katayama
  • Masahito Yoshihara
  • Elísabet Einarsdóttir
  • Sini Ezer
  • Kaarel Krjutškov

Juha Kere has been recognized as a Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • A promoter-level mammalian expression atlas

    Alistair R.R. Forrest;Hideya Kawaji;Michael Rehli;J. Kenneth Baillie

  • Identification of 15 new psoriasis susceptibility loci highlights the role of innate immunity

    Lam C. Tsoi;Sarah L. Spain;Sarah L. Spain;Jo Knight;Eva Ellinghaus;Eva Ellinghaus

  • Differential DNA Methylation in Purified Human Blood Cells: Implications for Cell Lineage and Studies on Disease Susceptibility

    Lovisa E. Reinius;Nathalie Acevedo;Maaike Joerink;Göran Pershagen

  • A Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies New Psoriasis Susceptibility Loci and an Interaction Between HLA-C and ERAP1

    Amy Strange;Francesca Capon;Chris C A Spencer

  • Epigenome-wide association data implicate DNA methylation as an intermediary of genetic risk in rheumatoid arthritis

    Yun Liu;Martin J Aryee;Leonid Padyukov;M Daniele Fallin;M Daniele Fallin

  • X-linked anhidrotic (hypohidrotic) ectodermal dysplasia is caused by mutation in a novel transmembrane protein.

    Juha Kere;Anand K. Srivastava;Outi Montonen;Jonathan Zonana

  • DNA Methylation in Newborns and Maternal Smoking in Pregnancy: Genome-wide Consortium Meta-analysis

    Bonnie R. Joubert;Janine F. Felix;Paul Yousefi;Kelly M. Bakulski

  • Mutations in the gene encoding the 3'-5' DNA exonuclease TREX1 are associated with systemic lupus erythematosus.

    Min Ae Lee-Kirsch;Maolian Gong;Dipanjan Chowdhury;Lydia Senenko

  • Polymorphisms in the Tyrosine Kinase 2 and Interferon Regulatory Factor 5 Genes Are Associated with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Snaevar Sigurdsson;Gunnel Nordmark;Harald H.H. Göring;Katarina Lindroos

  • A point mutation inactivating the sulfonylurea receptor causes the severe form of persistent hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia of infancy in Finland.

    Timo Otonkoski;Carina Ämmälä;Hanna Huopio;Hanna Huopio;Gilbert J. Cote

  • Characterization of a common susceptibility locus for asthma-related traits

    Tarja Laitinen;Anne Polvi;Pia Rydman;Johanna Vendelin

  • Mutations of the Down–regulated in adenoma (DRA) gene cause congenital chloride diarrhoea

    Höglund P;Haila S;Socha J;Tomaszewski L

  • A recurrent mutation in PALB2 in Finnish cancer families

    Hannele Erkko;Bing Xia;Jenni Nikkilä;Johanna Schleutker

  • A candidate gene for developmental dyslexia encodes a nuclear tetratricopeptide repeat domain protein dynamically regulated in brain

    Mikko Joonas Oskari Taipale;Nina Kaminen;Jaana Nopola-Hemmi;Tuomas Haltia

  • Activating germline mutations in STAT3 cause early-onset multi-organ autoimmune disease

    Sarah E Flanagan;Emma Haapaniemi;Mark A Russell;Richard Caswell

  • MMP12, lung function, and COPD in high-risk populations.

    Gary M. Hunninghake;Michael H. Cho;Yohannes Tesfaigzi;Manuel E. Soto-Quiros

  • Correction: Corrigendum: Characterization and target genes of nine human PRD-like homeobox domain genes expressed exclusively in early embryos

    Elo Madissoon;Eeva-Mari Jouhilahti;Liselotte Vesterlund;Virpi Töhönen

  • The Axon Guidance Receptor Gene ROBO1 Is a Candidate Gene for Developmental Dyslexia

    Katariina Hannula-Jouppi;Nina Kaminen-Ahola;Mikko Taipale;Ranja Eklund

  • A genome-wide asociation study identifies new psoriasis susceptibility loci and an interaction betwEn HLA-C and ERAP1

    A. Strange;F. Capon;C. C. A. Spencer;J. Knight

  • Identification of 15 new psoriasis susceptibility loci highlights the role of innate immunity

    L. C. Tsoi;S. L. Spain;J. Knight;E. Ellinghaus

Frequent Co-Authors

Erik Melén
Erik Melén Karolinska Institute
Shintaro Katayama
Shintaro Katayama Karolinska Institute
Ulpu Saarialho-Kere
Ulpu Saarialho-Kere Karolinska Institute
Göran Pershagen
Göran Pershagen Karolinska Institute
Eero Kajantie
Eero Kajantie Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Cecilia M. Lindgren
Cecilia M. Lindgren University of Oxford
Mauro D'Amato
Mauro D'Amato Ikerbasque
Annika Scheynius
Annika Scheynius Karolinska Institute
Outi Hovatta
Outi Hovatta Karolinska Institute
Harri Alenius
Harri Alenius Karolinska Institute

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