
MINNA KAIKKONEN-MääTTä
Professor
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.
Contact info
Organization
Faculty of Health Sciences, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences
minna.kaikkonen@uef.fi
Phone
+358 40 355 2413
Keywords
Research groups and research projects
Research groups - UEF
Publications
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Conklin, Austin C.; Nishi, Hitoo; Schlamp, Florencia; Örd, Tiit; Õunap, Kadri; Kaikkonen, Minna U.; Fisher, Edward A.; Romanoski, Casey E.. 2021. Meta-Analysis of Smooth Muscle Lineage Transcriptomes in Atherosclerosis and Their Relationships to In Vitro Models Immunometabolism 3 3: e210022. 2021
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Selvarajan, Ilakya; Toropainen, Anu; Garske, Kristina M.; López Rodríguez, Maykel; Ko, Arthur; Miao, Zong; Kaminska, Dorota; Õunap, Kadri; Örd, Tiit; Ravindran, Aarthi; Liu, Oscar H.; Moreau, Pierre R.; Jawahar Deen, Ashik; Männistö, Ville; Pan, Calvin; Levonen, Anna-Liisa; Lusis, Aldons J.; Heikkinen, Sami; Romanoski, Casey E.; Pihlajamäki, Jussi; Pajukanta, Päivi; Kaikkonen, Minna U.. 2021. Integrative analysis of liver-specific non-coding regulatory SNPs associated with the risk of coronary artery disease American journal of human genetics 108 3: 411-430. 2021
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Örd, Tiit; Õunap, Kadri; Stolze, Lindsey; Aherrahrou, Rédouane; Nurminen, Valtteri; Selvarajan, Ilakya; Toropainen, Anu; Lönnberg, Tapio; Aavik, Einari; Yla-Herttuala, Seppo; Civelek, Mete; Romanoski, Casey E; Kaikkonen, Minna U. 2021. Single-Cell Epigenomics and Functional Fine-Mapping of Atherosclerosis GWAS Loci Circulation research 129 2: 240-258. 2021
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Wu, CY; Borné, Y; Gao, R; Rodriguez, ML; Roell, WC; Wilson, JM; Regmi, A; Luan, C; Aly, DM; Peter, A; Machann, J; Staiger, H; Fritsche, A; Birkenfeld, AL; Tao, R; Wagner, R; Canouil, M; Hong, MG; Schwenk, JM [incl. Laakso, M]. 2021. Elevated circulating follistatin associates with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes Nature communications 12: 6486. 2021
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Mushimiyimana, Isidore; Tomas Bosch, Vanesa; Niskanen, Henri; Downes, Nicholas; Moreau, Pierre; Hartigan, Kiley; Ylä-Herttuala, Seppo; Laham-Karam, Nihay; Kaikkonen, Minna U.. 2021. Genomic landscapes of non-coding RNAs regulating VEGFA and VEGFC expression in endothelial cells Molecular and cellular biology 41 7: e00594-20. 2021
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Moreau, PR; Tomas Bosch, V; Bouvy-Liivrand,M; Õunap, K; Örd, T; Pulkkinen, HH; Pölönen, P; Heinäniemi, M; Ylä-Herttuala, S; Laakkonen, JP; Linna-Kuosmanen, S; Kaikkonen, MU. 2021. Profiling of Primary and Mature miRNA Expression in Atherosclerosis Associated Cell Types Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 41 7: 2149-2167. 2021
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Linna-Kuosmanen, Suvi; Bosch, Vanesa Tomas; Moreau, Pierre R; Bouvy-Liivrand, Maria; Niskanen, Henri; Kansanen, Emilia; Kivelä, Annukka; Hartikainen, Juha; Hippeläinen, Mikko; Kokki, Hannu; Tavi, Pasi; Levonen, Anna-Liisa; Kaikkonen, Minna U. 2021. NRF2 is a key regulator of endothelial microRNA expression under proatherogenic stimuli Cardiovascular research 117 5: 1339-1357. 2021
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Huang, Zhiqiang; Liang, Ning; Goñi, Saioa; Damdimopoulos, Anastasios; Wang, Cheng; Ballaire, Raphaelle; Jager, Jennifer; Niskanen, Henri; Han, Hongya; Jakobsson, Tomas; Bracken, Adrian P; Aouadi, Myriam; Venteclef, Nicolas; Kaikkonen, Minna U; Fan, Rongrong; Treuter, Eckardt. 2021. The corepressors GPS2 and SMRT control enhancer and silencer remodeling via eRNA transcription during inflammatory activation of macrophages Molecular cell 81 5: 953-968.e9. 2021
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Mushimiyimana, I; Niskanen. H; Beter, M; Laakkonen, JP; Kaikkonen, MU; Ylä-Herttuala, S; Laham-Karam, N. 2021. Characterization of a functional endothelial super-enhancer that regulates ADAMTS18 and angiogenesis Nucleic acids research 49 14: 8078-8096. 2021
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Moisio, Olli; Palani, Senthil; Virta, Jenni; Elo, Petri; Liljenbäck, Heidi; Tolvanen, Tuula; Käkelä, Meeri; Miner, Maxwell G; Herre, Erika Atencio; Marjamäki, Päivi; Örd, Tiit; Heinäniemi, Merja; Kaikkonen, Minna U; Zhang, Fenghua; Srinivasarao, Madduri; Knuuti, Juhani; Low, Philip S; Saraste, Antti; Li, Xiang-Guo; Roivainen, Anne. 2020. Radiosynthesis and preclinical evaluation of [ 68 Ga]Ga-NOTA-folate for PET imaging of folate receptor ß-positive macrophages Scientific reports 10 1: 13593. 2020