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Risto Renkonen is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland and is engaged primarily in research fields related to medicine as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work includes subfields such as surgery, molecular biology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, oncology, and cancer research.

The scientist's research covers a variety of topics demonstrating a focus on transplantation, respiratory diseases, cancer biology, and proteomics. Key topics addressed in their publications include renal transplantation outcomes and treatments, transplantation methods and outcomes, asthma and respiratory diseases, respiratory and cough-related research, cancer metabolism, and advanced proteomics techniques. Additionally, studies on extracellular vesicles in disease form part of their expertise.

Frequent publication venues for Renkonen include:

  • The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
  • PLoS ONE
  • Clinical and Translational Allergy
  • BMJ Open Respiratory Research
  • Scientific Reports

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Renkonen are:

  • Extracellular vesicles from human plasma and serum are carriers of extravesicular cargo-Implications for biomarker discovery (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • Genomics of asthma, allergy and chronic rhinosinusitis: novel concepts and relevance in airway mucosa (2020, Clinical and Translational Allergy)
  • Label-free plasma proteomics identifies haptoglobin-related protein as candidate marker of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and dysregulation of complement and oxidative pathways (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Plasma protein expression differs between colorectal cancer patients depending on primary tumor location (2020, Cancer Medicine)
  • Orexin-A measurement in narcolepsy: A stability study and a comparison of LC-MS/MS and immunoassays (2021, Clinical Biochemistry)

Renkonen collaborates frequently with several co-authors. The most common co-authors are:

  • Sakari Joenväärä
  • Mayank Saraswat
  • Tiialotta Tohmola
  • Matilda Holm
  • Kishor Dhaygude

Best Publications

  • A novel endothelial cell surface receptor tyrosine kinase with extracellular epidermal growth factor homology domains.

    J Partanen;E Armstrong;T P Mäkelä;J Korhonen

  • Lymphatic Endothelium and Kaposi's Sarcoma Spindle Cells Detected by Antibodies against the Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-3

    Lotta Jussila;Reija Valtola;Taina A. Partanen;Petri Salven

  • Extracellular vesicles from human plasma and serum are carriers of extravesicular cargo-Implications for biomarker discovery.

    Mari Palviainen;Mayan K. Saraswat;Zoltan Varga;Diana Kitka

  • The expression of human intercellular adhesion molecule-2 is refractory to inflammatory cytokines.

    Pekka Nortamo;Rui Li;Risto Renkonen;Tuomo Timonen

  • The inflammatory mechanisms of allograft rejection.

    P. Hsauyry;E. von Willebrand;E. Parthenais;A. Nemlander

  • De novo expression of endothelial sialyl Lewis(a) and sialyl Lewis(x) during cardiac transplant rejection: superior capacity of a tetravalent sialyl Lewis(x) oligosaccharide in inhibiting L-selectin-dependent lymphocyte adhesion.

    J P Turunen;M L Majuri;A Seppo;S Tiisala

  • Complementary Acceptor and Site Specificities of Fuc-TIV and Fuc-TVII Allow Effective Biosynthesis of Sialyl-TriLex and Related Polylactosamines Present on Glycoprotein Counterreceptors of Selectins

    Ritva Niemelä;Jari Natunen;Marja-Leena Majuri;Hannu Maaheimo

  • Endothelial and epithelial expression of sialyl Lewisx and sialyl Lewisa in lesions of breast carcinoma

    Jutta Renkonen;Timo Paavonen;Risto Renkonen

  • 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

  • Recombinant E-selectin-protein mediates tumor cell adhesion via Sialyl-Lea and sialyl-Lex

    Marja-Leena Majuri;Pirkko Mattila;Risto Renkonen

  • Analysis of nucleotide sugars from cell lysates by ion-pair solid-phase extraction and reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography.

    Jarkko Räbinä;Minna Mäki;Emma M. Savilahti;Nina Järvinen

  • Glycosylation might provide endothelial zip codes for organ-specific leukocyte traffic into inflammatory sites.

    Jutta Renkonen;Olli Tynninen;Pekka Häyry;Pekka Häyry;Timo Paavonen

  • TNF alpha-induced expression of endothelial adhesion molecules, ICAM-1 and VCAM-1, is linked to protein kinase C activation.

    P Mattila;M L Majuri;P S Mattila;R Renkonen

  • The vascular E-selectin binds to the leukocyte integrins CD11/CD18

    Pekka Kotovuori;Eveliina Tontti;Rod Pigott;Maura Shepherd

  • Expression and function of α2,3‐sialyl‐ and α,3/l,4‐fucosyltransferases in colon adenocarcinoma cell lines: Role in synthesis of E‐selectin counter‐receptors

    Marja-Leena Majuri;Ritva Niemelä;Sinikka Tiisala;Ossi Renkonen

  • Composition of Drosophila melanogaster Proteome Involved in Fucosylated Glycan Metabolism

    Christophe Roos;Meelis Kolmer;Pirkko Mattila;Risto Renkonen;Risto Renkonen

  • Selective expression of sialyl-Lewis x and Lewis a epitopes, putative ligands for L-selectin, on peripheral lymph-node high endothelial venules.

    T. Paavonen;R. Renkonen

  • Synthesis of a divalent sialyl Lewis x O-glycan, a potent inhibitor of lymphocyte-endothelium adhesion. Evidence that multivalency enhances the saccharide binding to L-selectin.

    Hannu Maaheimo;Risto Renkonen;Juha Pekka Turunen;Leena Penttilä

  • Functional expression of Escherichia coli enzymes synthesizing GDP-L-fucose from inherent GDP-D-mannose in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Pirkko Mattila;Jarkko Räbinä;Solveig Hortling;Jari Helin

  • Biosynthesis of 6-deoxyhexose glycans in bacteria.

    Minna Mäki;Risto Renkonen

Frequent Co-Authors

Pekka Häyry
Pekka Häyry University of Helsinki
Ossi Renkonen
Ossi Renkonen University of Helsinki
Caj Haglund
Caj Haglund University of Helsinki
Juha Pekkanen
Juha Pekkanen University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Heini Huhtala
Heini Huhtala Tampere University
Ari Ristimäki
Ari Ristimäki University of Helsinki
Mika J. Mäkelä
Mika J. Mäkelä University of Helsinki
Tari Haahtela
Tari Haahtela University of Helsinki
Carl G. Gahmberg
Carl G. Gahmberg University of Helsinki
Anu Suomalainen
Anu Suomalainen University of Helsinki

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