
Minna Kaikkonen-Määttä
Professor
A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences
minna.kaikkonen@uef.fi | +358 40 355 2413
Minna Kaikkonen-Määttä is a Professor of Cardiovascular Genomics and Director of the Single Cell Genomics Core at University of Eastern Finland. She obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Cellular Biology and Physiology from the Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, France, in 2002 and Master’s degree in Molecular Biology from University of Jyväskylä, Finland, in 2005. She obtained her PhD in Molecular Medicine in 2008. She did her postdoctoral studies at University of California San Diego investigating transcriptional gene regulation and enhancer RNAs (2009-2012) before moving to University of Eastern Finland to establish her own research group. She is the vice head of A.I.Virtanen Institute, President of the Finnish Society of Atherosclerosis and member of the board of European Vascular Biology Organization, Scandinavian Society of Atherosclerosis, and Membership Engagement Committee of the American Society of Human Genetics.
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A pan-cancer analysis shows immunoevasive characteristics in NRF2 hyperactive squamous malignancies
Härkönen, Jouni; Pölönen, Petri; Deen, Ashik Jawahar; Selvarajan, Ilakya; Teppo, Hanna-Riikka; Dimova, Elitsa Y.; Kietzmann, Thomas; Ahtiainen, Maarit; Väyrynen, Juha P.; Väyrynen, Sara A.; Elomaa, Hanna; Tynkkynen, Niko; Eklund, Tiia; Kuopio, Teijo; Talvitie, Eva-Maria; Taimen, Pekka; Kallajoki, Markku; Kaikkonen, Minna U.; Heinäniemi, Merja; Levonen, Anna-Liisa. 2023. Redox biology. 61: -
Alzheimer's disease-induced phagocytic microglia express a specific profile of coding and non-coding RNAs
Scoyni, Flavia; Giudice, Luca; Väänänen, Mari Anna; Downes, Nicholas; Korhonen, Paula; Choo, Xin Yi; Välimäki, Nelli Noora; Mäkinen, Petri; Korvenlaita, Nea; Rozemuller, Annemieke J; de Vries, Helga E; Polo, Jose; Turunen, Tiia A; Ylä-Herttuala, Seppo; Hansen, Thomas B; Grubman, Alexandra; Kaikkonen, Minna U; Malm, Tarja. 2023. Alzheimer's & dementia. [Epub ahead of print 12 Oct 2023]: 1-21 -
ApoA-I Nanotherapy Rescues Postischemic Vascular Maladaptation by Modulating Endothelial Cell and Macrophage Phenotypes in Type 2 Diabetic Mice
Babu, Mohan; Devi, Durga; Mäkinen, Petri; Örd, Tiit; Aavik, Einari; Kaikkonen, Minna; Ylä-Herttuala, Seppo. 2023. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology. 43: e46–e61 -
Cross-tissue omics analysis discovers ten adipose genes encoding secreted proteins in obesity-related non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Darci-Maher, Nicholas; Alvarez, Marcus; Arasu, Uma Thanigai; Selvarajan, Ilakya; Lee, Seung Hyuk T.; Pan, David Z.; Miao, Zong; Das, Sankha Subhra; Kaminska, Dorota; Örd, Tiit; Benhammou, Jihane N.; Wabitsch, Martin; Pisegna, Joseph R.; Männistö, Ville; Pietiläinen, Kirsi H.; Laakso, Markku; Sinsheimer, Janet S.; Kaikkonen, Minna U.; Pihlajamäki, Jussi; Pajukanta, Päivi. 2023. EBioMedicine. 92: -
Deletion of the murine ortholog of human 9p21.3 locus promotes atherosclerosis by increasing macrophage proinflammatory activity
Kettunen, Sanna; Ruotsalainen, Anna-Kaisa; Örd, Tiit; Suoranta, Tuisku; Heikkilä, Janne; Kaikkonen, Minna U.; Laham-Karam, Nihay; Ylä-Herttuala, Seppo. 2023. Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine. 10: . 1113890 -
Dissecting the polygenic basis of atherosclerosis via disease-associated cell state signatures
Örd, Tiit; Lönnberg, Tapio; Nurminen, Valtteri; Ravindran, Aarthi; Niskanen, Henri; Kiema, Miika; Õunap, Kadri; Maria, Maleeha; Moreau, Pierre R; Mishra, Pashupati P; Palani, Senthil; Virta, Jenni; Liljenbäck, Heidi; Aavik, Einari; Roivainen, Anne; Ylä-Herttuala, Seppo; Laakkonen, Johanna P; Lehtimäki, Terho; Kaikkonen, Minna U. 2023. American journal of human genetics. 110: 722-740 -
Dynamic release of neuronal extracellular vesicles containing miR‐21a‐5p is induced by hypoxia
Korvenlaita, Nea; Gómez‐Budia, Mireia; Scoyni, Flavia; Pistono, Cristiana; Giudice, Luca; Eamen, Shaila; Loppi, Sanna; de Sande, Ana Hernández; Huremagic, Benjamin; Bouvy‐Liivrand, Maria; Heinäniemi, Merja; Kaikkonen, Minna U.; Cheng, Lesley; Hill, Andrew F.; Kanninen, Katja M.; Jenster, Guido W.; van Royen, Martin E.; Ramiro, Laura; Montaner, Joan; Batkova, Tereza; Mikulik, Robert; Giugno, Rosalba; Jolkkonen, Jukka; Korhonen, Paula; Malm, Tarja. 2023. Journal of extracellular vesicles. 12: -
ErbB signalling is a potential therapeutic target for vascular lesions with fibrous component
Jauhiainen, Suvi; Ilmonen, Henna; Vuola, Pia; Rasinkangas, Heta; Pulkkinen, Heidi H; Keränen, Sara; Kiema, Miika; Liikkanen, Jade J; Laham Karam, Nihay; Laidinen, Svetlana; Beter, Mustafa; Aavik, Einari; Lappalainen, Kimmo; Lohi, Jouko; Aronniemi, Johanna; Örd, Tiit; Kaikkonen, Minna U; Salminen, Päivi; Tukiainen, Erkki; Ylä-Herttuala, Seppo; Laakkonen, Johanna P. 2023. eLife. 12: -
Exploring the genetic basis of coronary artery disease using functional genomics
López Rodríguez, Maykel; Arasu, Uma Thanigai; Kaikkonen, Minna U. 2023. Atherosclerosis. 374: 87-98 -
Genetic Regulation of SMC Gene Expression and Splicing Predict Causal CAD Genes
Aherrahrou, Rédouane; Lue, Dillon; Perry, R Noah; Aberra, Yonathan Tamrat; Khan, Mohammad Daud; Soh, Joon Yuhl; Örd, Tiit; Singha, Prosanta; Yang, Qianyi; Gilani, Huda; Benavente, Ernest Diez; Wong, Doris; Hinkle, Jameson; Ma, Lijiang; Sheynkman, Gloria M; den Ruijter, Hester M; Miller, Clint L; Björkegren, Johan LM; Kaikkonen, Minna U; Civelek, Mete. 2023. Circulation research. 132: 323-338