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Paavo K.J. Kinnunen

Paavo K.J. Kinnunen

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Chemistry

D-Index
77
Citations
19755
World Ranking
4058
National Ranking
12

Overview

Paavo K.J. Kinnunen was affiliated with Aalto University in Finland. Their research encompassed several areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, focusing particularly on molecular biology as a subfield.

Their work touched on specialized topics such as RNA interference and gene delivery, lipid membrane structure and behavior, antimicrobial peptides and activities, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors, protein kinase regulation and GTPase signaling, as well as natural antidiabetic agents studies.

Among the recent papers attributed to Kinnunen were the following:

  • Enhanced gene expression by a novel designed leucine zipper endosomolytic peptide (2021) published in International Journal of Pharmaceutics
  • Activation of phospholipase A2 by prostaglandin in vitro (2020) published in Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators

Kinnunen frequently collaborated with other researchers including Aqeel Ahmad, Kirsi Rilla, Jing Zou, Weikai Zhang, and Ilmari Pyykkö.

Their publications were often found in venues such as:

  • International Journal of Pharmaceutics
  • Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators

Best Publications

  • Hsp70 stabilizes lysosomes and reverts Niemann–Pick disease-associated lysosomal pathology

    Thomas Kirkegaard;Anke G Roth;Nikolaj H T Petersen;Ajay K Mahalka

  • Membranes: a meeting point for lipids, proteins and therapies

    Pablo V. Escribá;José M. González-Ros;Félix M. Goñi;Paavo K. J. Kinnunen

  • Biophysical properties of lipids and dynamic membranes

    P.A. Janmey;P.K.J. Kinnunen

  • Phospholipid-cytochrome c interaction: evidence for the extended lipid anchorage.

    Esa K.J. Tuominen;Carmichael J.A. Wallace;Paavo K.J. Kinnunen

  • An immunochemical method for the selective measurement of two triglyceride lipases in human postheparin plasma.

    Jussi K. Huttunen;Christian Ehnholm;Paavo K.J. Kinnunen;Esko A. Nikkilä

  • Vectorial budding of vesicles by asymmetrical enzymatic formation of ceramide in giant liposomes.

    Juha M. Holopainen;Miglena I. Angelova;Paavo K.J. Kinnunen

  • SPHINGOMYELINASE INDUCES LIPID MICRODOMAIN FORMATION IN A FLUID PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE/SPHINGOMYELIN MEMBRANE

    Juha M. Holopainen;Marappan Subramanian;Paavo K. J. Kinnunen

  • Reversibility of the binding of cytochrome c to liposomes. Implications for lipid-protein interactions.

    Marjatta Rytömaa;Paavo K.J. Kinnunen

  • Molecular mechanisms of membrane deformation by I-BAR domain proteins.

    Juha Saarikangas;Hongxia Zhao;Anette Pykäläinen;Pasi Laurinmäki

  • Evidence for two distinct acidic phospholipid-binding sites in cytochrome c.

    M. Rytömaa;P. K. J. Kinnunen

  • Formation of amyloid fibers triggered by phosphatidylserine-containing membranes

    Hongxia Zhao;Esa K. J. Tuominen;Paavo K. J. Kinnunen

  • The role of lipid-protein interactions in amyloid-type protein fibril formation.

    Galyna P. Gorbenko;Paavo K.J. Kinnunen

  • Hepatic endothelial lipase antiserum influences rat plasma low and high density lipoproteins in vivo.

    Timo Kuusi;Paavo K.J. Kinnunen;Esko A. Nikkilä

  • On the principles of functional ordering in biological membranes.

    Paavo K.J. Kinnunen

  • Increased serum phospholipase A2 activity in schizophrenia: a replication study.

    Gattaz Wf;Hübner Cv;Nevalainen Tj;Thuren T

  • 1-Palmitoyl-2-pyrenedecanoyl glycerophospholipids as membrane probes: evidence for regular distribution in liquid-crystalline phosphatidylcholine bilayers.

    Pentti J. Somerharju;Jorma A. Virtanen;Kari K. Eklund;Petri Vainio

  • Reversible, nonionic, and pH-dependent association of cytochrome c with cardiolipin-phosphatidylcholine liposomes.

    M. Rytömaa;P. Mustonen;P. K. J. Kinnunen

  • Elevated lysosomal pH in neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs)

    Juha M. Holopainen;Juhani Saarikoski;Paavo K. J. Kinnunen;Irma Järvelä

  • Effect of serum and C-apoproteins from very low density lipoproteins on human postheparin plasma hepatic lipase

    Paavo K.J. Kinnunen;Christian Ehnholm

  • Lipid dynamics and peripheral interactions of proteins with membrane surfaces

    Paavo K.J. Kinnunen;Anu Kõiv;Jukka Y.A. Lehtonen;Marjatta Rytömaa

  • Temporin L: antimicrobial, haemolytic and cytotoxic activities, and effects on membrane permeabilization in lipid vesicles.

    Andrea C Rinaldi;Maria Luisa Mangoni;Anna Rufo;Carla Luzi

  • Interaction of the antimicrobial peptide pheromone Plantaricin A with model membranes: implications for a novel mechanism of action.

    Hongxia Zhao;Rohit Sood;Arimatti Jutila;Shambhunath Bose

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Ehnholm
Christian Ehnholm Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Marja Jäättelä
Marja Jäättelä University of Copenhagen
Antonio M. Gotto
Antonio M. Gotto Cornell University
Marja-Liisa Riekkola
Marja-Liisa Riekkola University of Helsinki
Pentti Somerharju
Pentti Somerharju University of Helsinki
Robert Verger
Robert Verger Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Ilpo Huhtaniemi
Ilpo Huhtaniemi Imperial College London
Mikko Karttunen
Mikko Karttunen University of Western Ontario
Franc Pattus
Franc Pattus École Normale Supérieure
Martin Hof
Martin Hof Czech Academy of Sciences

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