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Overview

Juha Partanen is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland. Their research spans multiple disciplines primarily within the domains of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience. The subfields of their work include Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Genetics, and Social Psychology.

Their published work addresses a range of topics such as RNA research and splicing, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, memory and neural mechanisms, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, and neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms.

Recent notable papers include:

  • Downregulation of kainate receptors regulating GABAergic transmission in amygdala after early life stress is associated with anxiety-like behavior in rodents, 2021, Translational Psychiatry
  • ETV4 and ETV5 drive synovial sarcoma through cell cycle and DUX4 embryonic pathway control, 2021, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Kainate receptors regulate development of glutamatergic synaptic circuitry in the rodent amygdala, 2020, eLife
  • Molecular Fingerprint and Developmental Regulation of the Tegmental GABAergic and Glutamatergic Neurons Derived from the Anterior Hindbrain, 2020, Cell Reports
  • ADHD-like behaviors caused by inactivation of a transcription factor controlling the balance of inhibitory and excitatory neuron development in the mouse anterior brainstem, 2020, Translational Psychiatry

The venues in which Partanen frequently publishes include:

  • eLife
  • Translational Psychiatry
  • FASEB BioAdvances
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cell Reports

Throughout their career, Juha Partanen has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, notably Kaia Achim, Sami Kilpinen, Anna Kirjavainen, Sari E. Lauri, and Laura Lahti, with multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Vascular endothelial growth factor C is required for sprouting of the first lymphatic vessels from embryonic veins.

    Marika J Karkkainen;Paula Haiko;Kirsi Sainio;Juha Partanen

  • FGFR-4, a novel acidic fibroblast growth factor receptor with a distinct expression pattern.

    J Partanen;T P Mäkelä;E Eerola;J Korhonen

  • THE RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASE TIE IS REQUIRED FOR INTEGRITY AND SURVIVAL OF VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL-CELLS

    M C Puri;J Rossant;K Alitalo;A Bernstein

  • Genome-wide Prediction of Mammalian Enhancers Based on Analysis of Transcription-Factor Binding Affinity

    Outi Hallikas;Kimmo Palin;Natalia Sinjushina;Reetta Rautiainen

  • A novel endothelial cell surface receptor tyrosine kinase with extracellular epidermal growth factor homology domains.

    J Partanen;E Armstrong;T P Mäkelä;J Korhonen

  • Endocardial and epicardial derived FGF signals regulate myocardial proliferation and differentiation in vivo.

    Kory J Lavine;Kai Yu;Andrew C White;Xiuqin Zhang

  • The human p50csk tyrosine kinase phosphorylates p56lck at Tyr-505 and down regulates its catalytic activity.

    M. Bergman;T. Mustelin;C. Oetken;J. Partanen

  • Opposite phenotypes of hypomorphic and Y766 phosphorylation site mutations reveal a function for Fgfr1 in anteroposterior patterning of mouse embryos

    Juha Partanen;Lois Schwartz;Janet Rossant

  • FGFR1 Is Required for the Development of the Auditory Sensory Epithelium

    Ulla Pirvola;Jukka Ylikoski;Ras Trokovic;Jean M Hébert

  • FGF signaling through FGFR1 is required for olfactory bulb morphogenesis.

    Jean M. Hébert;Mary Lin;Juha Partanen;Janet Rossant

  • The three mouse actin-depolymerizing factor/cofilins evolved to fulfill cell-type-specific requirements for actin dynamics

    Maria K. Vartiainen;Tuija Mustonen;Pieta K. Mattila;Pauli J. Ojala

  • Fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 signaling in the osteo-chondrogenic cell lineage regulates sequential steps of osteoblast maturation

    Anne L. Jacob;Craig Smith;Juha Partanen;David M. Ornitz

  • The European dimension for the mouse genome mutagenesis program

    Johan Auwerx;Phil Avner;Richard Baldock;Andrea Ballabio

  • FLT4, a novel class III receptor tyrosine kinase in chromosome 5q33-qter.

    Olga Aprelikova;Katri Pajusola;Juha Partanen;Elina Armstrong

  • Developmental origin of smooth muscle cells in the descending aorta in mice.

    Per Wasteson;Bengt R. Johansson;Tomi Jukkola;Silke Breuer

  • Amplification of fgfr4 gene in human breast and gynecological cancers

    S Jaakkola;P Salmikangas;S Nylund;J Partanen

  • Fibroblast growth factor receptor-4 shows novel features in genomic structure, ligand binding and signal transduction.

    Vainikka S;Partanen J;Bellosta P;Coulier F

  • The mouse tie receptor tyrosine kinase gene: expression during embryonic angiogenesis.

    J Korhonen;A Polvi;J Partanen;K Alitalo

  • Putative tyrosine kinases expressed in K-562 human leukemia cells.

    Juha Partanen;Tomi Mäkelä;Riitta Alitalo;H Lehvaslaiho

  • Interaction of the TEK and TIE receptor tyrosine kinases during cardiovascular development

    Mira C. Puri;Juha Partanen;Janet Rossant;Alan Bernstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Kari Alitalo
Kari Alitalo University of Helsinki
Tomi P. Mäkelä
Tomi P. Mäkelä University of Helsinki
Wolfgang Wurst
Wolfgang Wurst German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Janet Rossant
Janet Rossant University of Toronto
David M. Ornitz
David M. Ornitz Washington University in St. Louis
Hannu Sariola
Hannu Sariola University of Helsinki
Kay Huebner
Kay Huebner The Ohio State University
Sari E. Lauri
Sari E. Lauri University of Helsinki
Lea Sistonen
Lea Sistonen Åbo Akademi University
Victoria B. Risbrough
Victoria B. Risbrough University of California, San Diego

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