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Kalle Saksela

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
55
Citations
11947
World Ranking
14961
National Ranking
106

Kalle Saksela publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kalle Saksela sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 169 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Kalle Saksela D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kalle Saksela sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kalle Saksela is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland. Their research profile demonstrates a focus primarily on medicine and related biomedical fields, with a substantial output covering infectious diseases and molecular biology. This expertise extends into subfields such as biomedical engineering, genetics, and virology.

The scientist's work has contributed to several main research topics, including:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • Nanowire Synthesis and Applications
  • Diabetes and associated disorders
  • Diabetes Management and Research

Among their recent publications are the following papers, which cover a range of biomedical and clinical research topics:

  • "T cell circuits that sense antigen density with an ultrasensitive threshold," 2021, Science
  • "Plasma proteins, cognitive decline, and 20-year risk of dementia in the Whitehall II and Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities studies," 2021, Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • "A Generic, Scalable, and Rapid Time-Resolved Förster Resonance Energy Transfer-Based Assay for Antigen Detection-SARS-CoV-2 as a Proof of Concept," 2021, mBio
  • "Antidepressant and Antipsychotic Drugs Reduce Viral Infection by SARS-CoV-2 and Fluoxetine Shows Antiviral Activity Against the Novel Variants in vitro," 2022, Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • "SARS-CoV-2 and type 1 diabetes in children in Finland: an observational study," 2023, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

Saksela frequently publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), with eight publications, alongside contributions to Structure, SSRN Electronic Journal, Science, and Alzheimer's & Dementia. This reflects interdisciplinary engagement across preprint platforms and established academic journals.

Several coauthors have recurrently collaborated with Saksela, indicative of ongoing research partnerships. These include Hasan Uğurlu, Olli Vapalahti, Riku Fagerlund, Anna R. Mäkelä, and Lev Levanov.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Crystal Structure of the Conserved Core of HIV-1 Nef Complexed with a Src Family SH3 Domain

    Chi-Hon Lee;Kalle Saksela;Urooj A Mirza;Brian T Chait

  • A single amino acid in the SH3 domain of Hck determines its high affinity and specificity in binding to HIV-1 Nef protein

    Chi Hon Lee;Benjamin Leung;Mark A. Lemmon;Jie Zheng

  • SH3 domain ligand binding: What's the consensus and where's the specificity?

    Kalle Saksela;Perttu Permi

  • Harnessing Endogenous miRNAs to Control Virus Tissue Tropism as a Strategy for Developing Attenuated Virus Vaccines

    Dwight Barnes;Mark Kunitomi;Marco Vignuzzi;Kalle Saksela

  • The hepatitis C virus non-structural NS5A protein inhibits activating protein-1 function by perturbing ras-ERK pathway signaling

    Andrew Macdonald;Katherine Crowder;Andrew Street;Christopher McCormick

  • High-throughput phosphotyrosine profiling using SH2 domains.

    Kazuya Machida;Christopher M. Thompson;Kevin Dierck;Karl Jablonowski

  • Generation of a Conditionally Replicating Adenovirus Based on Targeted Destruction of E1A mRNA by a Cell Type-Specific MicroRNA

    Erkko Ylösmäki;Tanja Hakkarainen;Akseli Hemminki;Tapio Visakorpi

  • myc oncogenes: activation and amplification

    Kari Alitalo;Päivi Koskinen;Tomi P. Mäkelä;Kalle Saksela

  • Identification of the Nef-associated kinase as p21-activated kinase 2.

    G.Herma Renkema;Aki Manninen;Derek A. Mann;Mark Harris

  • SH3 Domain-Mediated Recruitment of Host Cell Amphiphysins by Alphavirus nsP3 Promotes Viral RNA Replication

    Maarit Neuvonen;Arunas Kazlauskas;Miika Martikainen;Ari Hinkkanen

  • Identification of preferred protein interactions by phage‐display of the human Src homology‐3 proteome

    Satu Kärkkäinen;Marita Hiipakka;Jing-Huan Wang;Iivari Kleino

  • Avian and 1918 Spanish influenza a virus NS1 proteins bind to Crk/CrkL Src homology 3 domains to activate host cell signaling.

    Leena S. Heikkinen;Arunas Kazlauskas;Krister Melén;Ralf Wagner

  • Insulin receptor tyrosine kinase substrate links the E. coli O157:H7 actin assembly effectors Tir and EspF(U) during pedestal formation.

    Didier F. Vingadassalom;Arunas Kazlauskas;Brian M. Skehan;Hui-Chun Cheng

  • SH3-Domain Binding Function of HIV-1 Nef Is Required for Association with a PAK-Related Kinase

    Aki Manninen;Marita Hiipakka;Mauno Vihinen;Wange Lu

  • T cell circuits that sense antigen density with an ultrasensitive threshold

    Rogelio A. Hernandez-Lopez;Wei Yu;Katelyn A. Cabral;Olivia A. Creasey

  • Acute myelogenous leukaemia with c-myc amplification and double minute chromosomes.

    Kari Alitalo;Robert Winqvist;Jorma Keski-Oja;Mirja Ilvonen

  • Primary cutaneous T-cell lymphomas show a deletion or translocation affecting NAV3, the human UNC-53 homologue.

    Leena Karenko;Sonja Hahtola;Suvi Päivinen;Ritva Karhu

  • Heat shock protects WEHI‐164 target cells from the cytolysis by tumor necrosis factors α and β

    Marja Jäättelä;Kalle Saksela;Eero Saksela

  • HIV Nef, Paxillin, and Pak1/2 Regulate Activation and Secretion of TACE/ADAM10 Proteases

    Jung Hyun Lee;Sebastian Wittki;Tanja Bräu;Florian S. Dreyer

Frequent Co-Authors

Kari Alitalo
Kari Alitalo University of Helsinki
Tomi P. Mäkelä
Tomi P. Mäkelä University of Helsinki
Serge Benichou
Serge Benichou Grenoble Alpes University
Olli Vapalahti
Olli Vapalahti University of Helsinki
Matthias Geyer
Matthias Geyer University of Bonn
Akseli Hemminki
Akseli Hemminki University of Helsinki
Henrik Zetterberg
Henrik Zetterberg University of Gothenburg
Frank Kirchhoff
Frank Kirchhoff University of Ulm
Archana Singh-Manoux
Archana Singh-Manoux Inserm
Anja Kipar
Anja Kipar University of Zurich

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