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Mika J. Mäkelä

Mika J. Mäkelä

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Immunology

D-Index
73
Citations
28811
World Ranking
2087
National Ranking
16

Overview

Mika J. Mäkelä is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with a strong emphasis on Immunology and Allergy, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Physiology, Dermatology, and Surgery. Their body of work includes 256 publications in Medicine, distributed across these subfields: Immunology and Allergy (73 publications), Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (63), Physiology (56), Dermatology (19), and Surgery (11).

The main topics Mika J. Mäkelä has worked on cover areas such as Asthma and respiratory diseases, Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization, Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research, Respiratory and Cough-Related Research, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Dermatology and Skin Diseases, and Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery. The respective counts of publications are: Asthma and respiratory diseases (112), Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization (86), Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research (60), Respiratory and Cough-Related Research (48), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (30), Dermatology and Skin Diseases (20), and Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery (18).

The scientist has contributed to several publication venues, which include Allergy (21 publications), Clinical and Translational Allergy (9), Pediatric Allergy and Immunology (6), Clinical & Experimental Allergy (5), and The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice (4).

Frequent collaborators of Mika J. Mäkelä include Anna S. Pelkonen (29 collaborations), Nikolaos G. Papadopoulos (22), Tari Haahtela (21), Ioana Agache (19), and L. Pekka Malmberg (16).

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Mika J. Mäkelä include:

  • Efficacy and safety of treatment with biologicals (benralizumab, dupilumab, mepolizumab, omalizumab and reslizumab) for severe eosinophilic asthma. A systematic review for the EAACI Guidelines - recommendations on the use of biologicals in severe asthma, 2020, Allergy
  • Food allergy across the globe, 2021, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • EAACI Biologicals Guidelines-Recommendations for severe asthma, 2020, Allergy
  • <scp>EAACI</scp>Molecular Allergology User's Guide 2.0, 2023, Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
  • Managing food allergy: GA2LEN guideline 2022, 2022, World Allergy Organization Journal

Best Publications

  • Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA): Achievements in 10 years and future needs

    J. Bousquet;H. J. Schünemann;B. Samolinski;P. Demoly

  • Environmental biodiversity, human microbiota, and allergy are interrelated

    Ilkka Hanski;Leena von Hertzen;Nanna Fyhrquist;Kaisa Koskinen

  • Viruses and Bacteria in the Etiology of the Common Cold

    Mika J. Mäkelä;Tuomo Puhakka;Olli Ruuskanen;Maija Leinonen

  • EAACI Molecular Allergology User's Guide.

    P.M Matricardi;J Kleine-Tebbe;H.J Hoffmann;R Valenta

  • International consensus on (ICON) pediatric asthma

    N. G. Papadopoulos;H. Arakawa;A. Custovic;J. Gern

  • EAACI Guidelines on allergen immunotherapy: IgE-mediated food allergy

    G B Pajno;M Fernandez-Rivas;S Arasi;S Arasi;G Roberts;G Roberts;G Roberts

  • Adherence to inhaled therapies, health outcomes and costs in patients with asthma and COPD

    Mika J. Mäkelä;Vibeke Backer;Morten Hedegaard;Kjell Larsson

  • Airway remodeling and inflammation in symptomatic infants with reversible airflow obstruction.

    Sejal Saglani;Kristiina Malmström;Anna S. Pelkonen;L. Pekka Malmberg

  • Anaphylaxis: case definition and guidelines for data collection, analysis, and presentation of immunization safety data

    Jens U. Rüggeberg;Michael S. Gold;José-Maria Bayas;Michael D. Blum

  • Allergen immunotherapy for IgE-mediated food allergy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    U Nurmatov;S Dhami;S Arasi;S Arasi;G B Pajno

  • Clinical course and prognosis of cow's milk allergy are dependent on milk-specific IgE status.

    Kristiina M. Saarinen;Anna S. Pelkonen;Mika J. Mäkelä;Erkki Savilahti

  • Efficacy and safety of treatment with biologicals (benralizumab, dupilumab, mepolizumab, omalizumab and reslizumab) for severe eosinophilic asthma

    Ioana Agache;Jessica Beltran;Cezmi Akdis;Mubeccel Akdis

  • Efficacy and Safety of the Neuraminidase Inhibitor Zanamivir in the Treatment of Influenza A and B Virus Infections

    A. S. Monto;D. M. Fleming;D. Henry;R. de Groot

  • Viruses and bacteria in acute asthma exacerbations--a GA² LEN-DARE systematic review.

    N G Papadopoulos;I Christodoulou;G Rohde;I Agache

  • MACVIA-ARIA Sentinel NetworK for allergic rhinitis (MASK-rhinitis): the new generation guideline implementation

    J. Bousquet;H. J. Schunemann;J. Fonseca;B. Samolinski

  • EAACI Molecular Allergology User's Guide 2.0

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  • IL-10 is necessary for the expression of airway hyperresponsiveness but not pulmonary inflammation after allergic sensitization

    M. J. Mäkelä;A. Kanehiro;L. Borish;A. Dakhama

  • EAACI Biologicals Guidelines—Recommendations for severe asthma

    Ioana Agache;Cezmi Akdis;Mubeccel Akdis;Giorgio Walter Canonica

  • Clinical efficacy and safety of the orally inhaled neuraminidase inhibitor zanamivir in the treatment of influenza: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled European study.

    M.J. Mäkelä;K. Pauksens;T. Rostila;D.M. Fleming

  • Mechanisms of the Development of Allergy (MeDALL): Introducing novel concepts in allergy phenotypes

    Josep M Antó;Jean Bousquet;Jean Bousquet;Mübeccel Akdis;Charles Auffray

  • MeDALL (Mechanisms of the Development of ALLergy): an integrated approach from phenotypes to systems medicine

    J. Bousquet;J. Anto;C. Auffray;M. Akdis

  • Lung function, airway remodelling and inflammation in symptomatic infants: outcome at 3 years

    Kristiina Malmström;Anna S Pelkonen;L Pekka Malmberg;Seppo Sarna

Frequent Co-Authors

Tari Haahtela
Tari Haahtela University of Helsinki
Tiina Laatikainen
Tiina Laatikainen Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Nikolaos G. Papadopoulos
Nikolaos G. Papadopoulos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Harri Alenius
Harri Alenius Karolinska Institute
Cezmi A. Akdis
Cezmi A. Akdis University of Zurich
Erkka Valovirta
Erkka Valovirta University of Turku
Olli Ruuskanen
Olli Ruuskanen Turku University Hospital
Jean Bousquet
Jean Bousquet University of Montpellier
Claus Bachert
Claus Bachert Karolinska Institute
Graham Roberts
Graham Roberts University of Southampton

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