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55
Citations
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15094
National Ranking
109

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Lauri Saxén was affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland. Their research contributions spanned several areas within medicine and social sciences, with a focus on health and epidemiology as well as hepatology.

Their recent paper was titled Vaccination in Pregnancy, published in 2024 in the venue WORLD SCIENTIFIC eBooks. This work is part of their engagement with topics related to vaccine coverage and hesitancy, along with influenza virus research studies and hepatitis virus studies and epidemiology.

  • Vaccination in Pregnancy (2024), WORLD SCIENTIFIC eBooks

Lauri Saxén had collaborative relationships with other researchers, notably K Cantell, who frequently co-authored papers with them.

  • K Cantell

Their academic work was most often published in WORLD SCIENTIFIC eBooks, indicating a preference or specialization in this publication venue.

  • WORLD SCIENTIFIC eBooks

The primary fields of study for Lauri Saxén included Medicine, with multiple publications, and Social Sciences. Their work covered several related subfields:

  • Health
  • Epidemiology
  • Hepatology

The main research topics credited to them were:

  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology

Best Publications

  • Organogenesis of the kidney

    Lauri Saxen

  • Early organogenesis of the kidney

    Lauri Saxén;Hannu Sariola

  • Induction of a basement membrane glycoprotein in embryonic kidney: Possible role of laminin in morphogenesis

    Peter Ekblom;Kari Alitalo;Antti Vaheri;Rupert Timpl

  • Primary embryonic induction

    Lauri Saxén;Sulo Toivonen

  • Differentiation and vascularization of the metanephric kidney grafted on the chorioallantoic membrane.

    Hannu Sariola;Peter Ekblom;Eero Lehtonen;Lauri Saxén

  • Changes in the glycosylation pattern during embryonic development of mouse kidney as revealed with lectin conjugates.

    Liisa Laitinen;Ismo Virtanen;Lauri Saxen

  • Activin disrupts epithelial branching morphogenesis in developing glandular organs of the mouse

    Olli Ritvos;Timo Tuuri;Marja Erämaa;Kirsi Sainio

  • ASSOCIATION BETWEEN MATERNAL INTAKE OF DIAZEPAM AND ORAL CLEFTS

    Irma Saxén;Lauri Saxén

  • Induction of meiosis in fetal mouse testis in vitro.

    Anne Grete Byskov;Lauri Saxén

  • Transferrin as a fetal growth factor: acquisition of responsiveness related to embryonic induction.

    Peter Ekblom;Irma Thesleff;Lauri Saxen;Aaro Miettinen

  • Epithelial-mesenchymal interactions regulate the stage-specific expression of a cell surface proteoglycan, syndecan, in the developing kidney.

    Seppo Vainio;Eero Lehtonen;Markku Jalkanen;Merton Bernfield

  • Shift in collagen type as an early response to induction of the metanephric mesenchyme.

    P Ekblom;E Lehtonen;L Saxén;R Timpl

  • Fibronectin in the development of embryonic chick eye

    Markku Kurkinen;Kari Alitalo;Antti Vaheri;Svante Stenman

  • Differentiation of kidney mesenchyme in an experimental model system.

    Lauri Saxén;Olli Koskimies;Aito Lahti;Heikki Miettinen

  • The origin of the glomerular endothelium

    Peter Ekblom;Hannu Sariola;Marketta Karkinen-Jääskeläinen;Lauri Saxén

  • Embryonic kidney in organ culture

    Lauri Saxén;Eero Lehtonen

  • Basement Membrane Formation in Transfilter Tooth Culture and Its Relation to Odontoblast Differentiation

    Irma Thesleff;Eero Lehtonen;Lauri Saxén

  • Differential regulation of two sets of mesonephric tubules by WT-1

    Kirsi Sainio;Paavo Hellstedt;Jordan A. Kreidberg;Lauri Saxén

  • Transfilter induction of kidney tubules: correlation with cytoplasmic penetration into Nucleopore filters

    Jorma Wartiovaara;Stig Nordling;Eero Lehtonen;Lauri Saxén

  • Are morphogenetic tissue interactions mediated by transmissible signal substances or through cell contacts

    Lauri Saxen;Eero Lehtonen;Marketta Karkinen-Jääskeläinen;Stig Nordling

Frequent Co-Authors

Eero Lehtonen
Eero Lehtonen University of Helsinki
Hannu Sariola
Hannu Sariola University of Helsinki
Irma Thesleff
Irma Thesleff University of Helsinki
Markku Jalkanen
Markku Jalkanen Faron Pharmaceuticals
Ismo Virtanen
Ismo Virtanen University of Helsinki
Scott F. Gilbert
Scott F. Gilbert Swarthmore College
Seppo Vainio
Seppo Vainio University of Oulu
Tapani Hovi
Tapani Hovi National Institutes of Health
Jordan A. Kreidberg
Jordan A. Kreidberg Boston Children's Hospital
Antti Vaheri
Antti Vaheri University of Helsinki

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