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Paavo Honkakoski is affiliated with the University of Eastern Finland in Finland. Their research spans several interconnected fields, primarily focusing on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these broad areas, Honkakoski has contributed extensively to pharmacology, health, toxicology, mutagenesis, oncology, molecular biology, and ophthalmology.

The research topics covered by Honkakoski include:

  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Drug transport and resistance mechanisms
  • Pharmacogenetics and drug metabolism
  • Estrogen and related hormone effects
  • Amino acid enzymes and metabolism
  • Computational drug discovery methods
  • Hepatitis B virus studies

Their publication record comprises numerous papers published in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Molecular Pharmaceutics
  • Drug Metabolism and Disposition
  • European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Cells

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Paavo Honkakoski include:

  • "Deficient neurotransmitter systems and synaptic function in frontotemporal lobar degeneration-Insights into disease mechanisms and current therapeutic approaches," 2021, Molecular Psychiatry
  • "Metabolism-Disrupting Chemicals and the Constitutive Androstane Receptor CAR," 2020, Cells
  • "The EDCMET Project: Metabolic Effects of Endocrine Disruptors," 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Ocular metabolism and distribution of drugs in the rabbit eye: Quantitative assessment after intracameral and intravitreal administrations," 2021, International Journal of Pharmaceutics
  • "Novel Bile Acid-Dependent Mechanisms of Hepatotoxicity Associated with Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors," 2021, Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Paavo Honkakoski collaborates frequently with a number of researchers consistently contributing to their joint scientific outputs. Notable co-authors include:

  • Anam Hammid
  • Jenni Küblbeck
  • Mika Reinisalo
  • Arto Urtti
  • Kim L. R. Brouwer

Best Publications

  • THE NUCLEAR ORPHAN RECEPTOR CAR-RETINOID X RECEPTOR HETERODIMER ACTIVATES THE PHENOBARBITAL-RESPONSIVE ENHANCER MODULE OF THE CYP2B GENE

    Paavo Honkakoski;Igor Zelko;Tatsuya Sueyoshi;Masahiko Negishi

  • The repressed nuclear receptor CAR responds to phenobarbital in activating the human CYP2B6 gene.

    Tatsuya Sueyoshi;Takeshi Kawamoto;Igor Zelko;Paavo Honkakoski

  • Inhibition and induction of human cytochrome P450 enzymes: current status.

    Olavi Pelkonen;Miia Turpeinen;Miia Turpeinen;Miia Turpeinen;Jukka Hakkola;Paavo Honkakoski

  • Regulation of cytochrome P450 (CYP) genes by nuclear receptors

    Paavo Honkakoski;Masahiko Negishi

  • Extracellular glycosaminoglycans modify cellular trafficking of lipoplexes and polyplexes.

    Marika Ruponen;Seppo Rönkkö;Paavo Honkakoski;Jukka Pelkonen

  • Drug-activated nuclear receptors CAR and PXR.

    Paavo Honkakoski;Tatsuya Sueyoshi;Masahiko Negishi

  • ACTIVATION BY DIVERSE XENOCHEMICALS OF THE 51-BASE PAIR PHENOBARBITAL-RESPONSIVE ENHANCER MODULE IN THE CYP2B10 GENE

    Paavo Honkakoski;Rick Moore;Kimberly A. Washburn;Masahiko Negishi

  • High variability of nitrosamine metabolism among individuals: Role of cytochromes P450 2A6 and 2E1 in the dealkylation of N-nitrosodimethylamine and N-nitrosodiethylamine in mice and humans

    Anne-Marie Camus;Olivier Geneste;Paavo Honkakoski;Jean-Claude Béréziat

  • Characterization of a phenobarbital-responsive enhancer module in mouse P450 Cyp2b10 gene.

    Paavo Honkakoski;Masahiko Negishi

  • Extracellular and intracellular barriers in non-viral gene delivery

    Marika Ruponen;Paavo Honkakoski;Seppo Rönkkö;Jukka Pelkonen

  • Immunochemical and catalytical studies on hepatic coumarin 7-hydroxylase in man, rat, and mouse.

    Hannu Raunio;Tuula Syngelmä;Markku Pasanen;Risto Juvonen

  • Substrates and inhibitors of efflux proteins interfere with the MTT assay in cells and may lead to underestimation of drug toxicity

    Kati-Sisko Vellonen;Paavo Honkakoski;Arto Urtti

  • Characterization of Phenobarbital-inducible Mouse Cyp2b10 Gene Transcription in Primary Hepatocytes

    Paavo Honkakoski;Rick Moore;Jukka Gynther;Jukka Gynther;Masahiko Negishi

  • Cell-surface glycosaminoglycans inhibit cation-mediated gene transfer.

    Marika Ruponen;Paavo Honkakoski;Markku Tammi;Arto Urtti

  • PEPTIDE-OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHOROTHIOATE CONJUGATES WITH MEMBRANE TRANSLOCATION AND NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION PROPERTIES

    Maxim Antopolsky;Elena Azhayeva;Unni Tengvall;Seppo Auriola

  • Protein serine/threonine phosphatase inhibitors suppress phenobarbital-induced Cyp2b10 gene transcription in mouse primary hepatocytes

    Paavo Honkakoski;Masahiko Negishi

  • Mouse steroid 15 alpha-hydroxylase gene family: identification of type II P-450(15)alpha as coumarin 7-hydroxylase.

    Masahiko Negishi;Raija Lindberg;Barbara Burkhart;Takeshi Ichikawa

  • Cocaine N-demethylation and the metabolism-related hepatotoxicity can be prevented by cytochrome P450 3A inhibitors.

    Pertti Pellinen;Paavo Honkakoski;Frej Stenbäck;Matthias Niemitz

  • Modulation of mouse and human phenobarbital-responsive enhancer module by nuclear receptors.

    Janne Mäkinen;Christian Frank;Johanna Jyrkkärinne;Jukka Gynther

  • Characterization of human cytochrome P450 induction by pesticides.

    Khaled Abass;Virpi Lämsä;Petri Reponen;Jenni Küblbeck

Frequent Co-Authors

Arto Urtti
Arto Urtti University of Eastern Finland
Olavi Pelkonen
Olavi Pelkonen University of Oulu
Hannu Raunio
Hannu Raunio University of Eastern Finland
Masahiko Negishi
Masahiko Negishi National Institutes of Health
Wolfgang Sippl
Wolfgang Sippl Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Anu Kauppinen
Anu Kauppinen University of Eastern Finland
Kai Kaarniranta
Kai Kaarniranta University of Eastern Finland
Seppo Auriola
Seppo Auriola University of Eastern Finland
Markku Tammi
Markku Tammi University of Eastern Finland
Kim L. R. Brouwer
Kim L. R. Brouwer University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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