Pentti Kuusela

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Best Publications

• Bacterial plasminogen activators and receptors

  Kaarina Lähteenmäki;Pentti Kuusela;Pentti Kuusela;Timo K Korhonen

  497
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• Fibroblast surface antigen: a new serum protein.

  Erkki Ruoslahti;Antti Vaheri;Pentti Kuusela;Ewert Linder

  290
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• Predictive value of procalcitonin and interleukin 6 in critically ill patients with suspected sepsis

  Ville Pettilä;Marja Hynninen;Olli Takkunen;Pentti Kuusela

  277
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• Attachment of staphylococci and streptococci on fibronectin, fibronectin fragments, and fibrinogen bound to a solid phase.

  P Kuusela;T Vartio;M Vuento;E B Myhre

  242
  Citations

• Comparison of a new tumour marker, CA 19-9, with alpha-fetoprotein and carcinoembryonic antigen in patients with upper gastrointestinal diseases

  Hannu Jalanko;Pentti Ilmari Kuusela;Peter J. Roberts;Pentti Ilmari Sipponen

  219
  Citations

• The O75X adhesin of uropathogenic Escherichia coli is a type IV collagen-binding protein.

  B. Westerlund;P. Kuusela;J. Risteli;L. Risteli

  201
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• Isolation of a tryptic fragment containing the collagen-binding site of plasma fibronectin.

  E Ruoslahti;E G Hayman;P Kuusela;J E Shively

  191
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• Adhesion protein YadA of Yersinia species mediates binding of bacteria to fibronectin.

  R Tertti;M Skurnik;T Vartio;P Kuusela

  177
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• Genome diversification in Staphylococcus aureus: Molecular evolution of a highly variable chromosomal region encoding the staphylococcal exotoxin-like family of proteins

  J. Ross Fitzgerald;Sean D. Reid;Eeva Ruotsalainen;Timothy J. Tripp

  168
  Citations

• Immunological interspecies cross-reactions of fibroblast surface antigen (fibronectin)

  P Kuusela;E Ruoslahti;E Engvall;A Vaheri

  166
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• Binding and activation of plasminogen at the surface of Staphylococcus aureus. Increase in affinity after conversion to the Lys form of the ligand.

  Pentti Kuusela;Olli Saksela

  160
  Citations

• Hydrophobic domains affect the collagen-binding specificity and surface polymerization as well as the virulence potential of the YadA protein of Yersinia enterocolitica.

  Anu Tamm;Ann-Mari Tarkkanen;Timo K. Korhonen;Pentti Kuusela

  160
  Citations

• Binding sites for streptococci and staphylococci in fibronectin.

  P Kuusela;T Vartio;M Vuento;E B Myhre

  158
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• Type V collagen as the target for type‐3 fimbriae, enterobacterial adherence organelles

  A.‐M. Tarkkanen;B. L. Allen;B. Westerlund;H. Holthöfer

  155
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• Comparison of CA 19-9 and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels in the serum of patients with colorectal diseases.

  P Kuusela;H Jalanko;P Roberts;P Sipponen

  154
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• The prognostic value of preoperative serum levels of CA 19-9 and CEA in patients with pancreatic cancer.

  J. Lundin;P. J. Roberts;P. Kuusela;C. Haglund

  151
  Citations

• Predictive value of monocyte histocompatibility leukocyte antigen-DR expression and plasma interleukin-4 and -10 levels in critically ill patients with sepsis.

  Marja Hynninen;Ville Pettilä;Olli Takkunen;Riitta Orko

  146
  Citations

• Proteolytic activity in leg ulcer exudate

  Miina Palolahti;Jorma Lauharanta;Ross W. Stephens;Pentti Kuusela

  145
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• Evaluation of CA 19-9 as a serum tumour marker in pancreatic cancer.

  Caj Hilding Haglund;Peter J. Roberts;Pentti Ilmari Kuusela;Theodor M. Scheinin

  141
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• Enhanced activation of bound plasminogen on Staphylococcus aureus by staphylokinase.

  Tomi Mölkänen;Jaana Tyynelä;Jari Helin;Nisse Kalkkinen

  128
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