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Kaisa Granfors

Kaisa Granfors

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Microbiology

D-Index
51
Citations
7619
World Ranking
4365
National Ranking
40

Overview

Kaisa Granfors is affiliated with the University of Turku in Finland. Their academic profile does not currently include records of recent papers, frequent co-authors, or frequent publication venues. The available data does not mention specific book publications or detailed main fields of study.

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Best Publications

  • Yersinia antigens in synovial-fluid cells from patients with reactive arthritis.

    K Granfors;S Jalkanen;R von Essen;R Lahesmaa-Rantala

  • Salmonella lipopolysaccharide in synovial cells from patients with reactive arthritis.

    K. Granfors;S. Jalkanen;O. Mäki-Ikola;R. Lahesmaa-Rantala

  • Pathogenesis of Yersinia‐Triggered Reactive Arthritis: Immunological, Microbiological and Clinical Aspects

    Auli Toivanen;Kaisa Granfors;Riitta Lahesmaa-Rantala;Rauli Leino

  • No benefit of long-term ciprofloxacin treatment in patients with reactive arthritis and undifferentiated oligoarthritis: a three-month, multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study.

    Joachim Sieper;Claas Fendler;Sigrid Laitko;Helmut Sörensen

  • Persistence of Yersinia antigens in peripheral blood cells from patients with Yersinia enterocolitica O:3 infection with or without reactive arthritis

    Kaisa Granfors;Riitta Merilahti‐Palo;Reijo Luukkainen;Timo Möttönen

  • Aberrant binding of lamina propria lymphocytes to vascular endothelium in inflammatory bowel diseases.

    Marko Salmi;Kaisa Granfors;Richard MacDermott;Sirpa Jalkanen

  • An Outbreak of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Infection

    R. Tertti;K. Granfors;O.-P. Lehtonen;J. Mertsola

  • HLA‐B27 modulates intracellular survival of Salmonella enteritidis in human monocytic cells

    PÄIvi Laitio;Mika Virtala;Marko Salmi;Lauri J. Pelliniemi

  • Reactive arthritis or post-infectious arthritis?

    Timo Hannu;Timo Hannu;Robert Inman;Kaisa Granfors;Marjatta Leirisalo-Repo

  • APPLICATION OF THE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION AND IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TECHNIQUES TO THE DETECTION OF BACTERIA IN YERSINIA-TRIGGERED REACTIVE ARTHRITIS

    Anna‐Mari Viitanen;T. Petteri Arstila;Riitta Lahesmaa;Kaisa Granfors

  • A hypervariable N-terminal region of Yersinia LcrV determines Toll-like receptor 2-mediated IL-10 induction and mouse virulence.

    Andreas Sing;Dagmar Reithmeier-Rost;Kaisa Granfors;Jim Hill

  • Clinical and experimental evidence for persistent Yersinia infection in reactive arthritis.

    J. S. Hill Gaston;Charles Cox;Kaisa Granfors

  • Plasmids in Yersinia enterocolitica serotypes O:3 and O:9: correlation with epithelial cell adherence in vitro.

    T Vesikari;T Nurmi;M Mäki;M Skurnik

  • Yersinia-triggered reactive arthritis. Use of polymerase chain reaction and immunocytochemical staining in the detection of bacterial components from synovial specimens.

    Simo Nikkari;Riitta Merilahti-Palo;Riitta Saario;Karl-ove Söderstrom

  • Bacterial antigens in synovial biopsy specimens in yersinia triggered reactive arthritis.

    R Merilahti-Palo;K O Söderström;R Lahesmaa-Rantala;K Granfors

  • Solid-phase radioimmunoassay of rubella virus immunoglobulin M antibodies: comparison with sucrose density gradient centrifugation test.

    O H Meurman;M K Viljanen;K Granfors

  • Clever-1/Stabilin-1 regulates lymphocyte migration within lymphatics and leukocyte entrance to sites of inflammation.

    Marika Karikoski;Heikki Irjala;Heikki Irjala;Mikael Maksimow;Mari Miiluniemi

  • Salmonella-triggered reactive arthritis: use of polymerase chain reaction, immunocytochemical staining, and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry in the detection of bacterial components from synovial fluid.

    S Nikkari;K Rantakokko;P Ekman;T Möttönen

  • Solid-phase radioimmunoassay of human immunoglobulin M and immunoglobulin G antibodies against herpes simplex virus type 1 capsid, envelope, and excreted antigens.

    K. O. K. Kalimo;R. J. Marttila;K. Granfors;M. K. Viljanen

  • REACTIVE ARTHRITIS FOLLOWING AN OUTBREAK OF SALMONELLA INFECTION IN FINLAND

    L. Mattila;M. Leirisalo-Repo;S. Koskimies;K. Granfors

  • Modification of disease outcome in Salmonella-infected patients by HLA-B27.

    Pïvi Ekman;Juha Kirveskari;Kaisa Granfors

Frequent Co-Authors

Sirpa Jalkanen
Sirpa Jalkanen University of Turku
Paavo Toivanen
Paavo Toivanen University of Turku
Marjatta Leirisalo-Repo
Marjatta Leirisalo-Repo University of Helsinki
Riitta Lahesmaa
Riitta Lahesmaa Åbo Akademi University
Mikael Skurnik
Mikael Skurnik University of Helsinki
Matti K. Viljanen
Matti K. Viljanen University of Turku
Marko Salmi
Marko Salmi University of Turku
Jürgen Heesemann
Jürgen Heesemann Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Lea Sistonen
Lea Sistonen Åbo Akademi University
Erkki Eerola
Erkki Eerola University of Turku

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