Minna Kaikkonen-Määttä
Head of Department
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.
Research groups
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Enhancing prediction accuracy of coronary artery disease through machine learning-driven genomic variant selection
Alireza, Z.; Maleeha, M.; Kaikkonen, M.; Fortino, V.. 2024. Journal of translational medicine. 22: . 356 -
Genetic variation drives differences in obesity-related gene regulation
Kaikkonen, Minna U. 2024. Trends in genetics. 40: 296-298 -
Mechanosensitive super-enhancers regulate genes linked to atherosclerosis in endothelial cells
Li, Jin; Zhu, Jiayu; Gray, Olivia; Sobreira, Debora R; Wu, David; Huang, Ru-Ting; Miao, Bernadette; Sakabe, Noboru J; Krause, Matthew D; Kaikkonen, Minna U; Romanoski, Casey E; Nobrega, Marcelo A; Fang, Yun. 2024. Journal of cell biology. 223: -
Oncogenic KEAP1 mutations activate TRAF2-NFκB signaling to prevent apoptosis in lung cancer cells
Deen, Ashik Jawahar; Adinolfi, Simone; Härkönen, Jouni; Patinen, Tommi; Liu, Xiaonan; Laitinen, Tuomo; Takabe, Piia; Kainulainen, Kirsi; Pasonen-Seppänen, Sanna; Gawriyski, Lisa M; Arasu, Uma Thanigai; Selvarajan, Ilakya; Mäkinen, Petri; Laitinen, Hanna; Kansanen, Emilia; Kaikkonen, Minna U; Poso, Antti; Varjosalo, Markku; Levonen, Anna-Liisa. 2024. Redox biology. 69: -
Progression of herpesvirus infection remodels mitochondrial organization and metabolism
Leclerc, Simon; Gupta, Alka; Ruokolainen, Visa; Chen, Jian Hua; Kunnas, Kari; Ekman, Axel A; Niskanen, Henri; Belevich, Ilya; Vihinen, Helena; Turkki, Paula; Perez-Berna, Ana J; Kapishnikov, Sergey; Mäntylä, Elina; Harkiolaki, Maria; Dufour, Eric; Hytönen, Vesa; Pereiro, Eva; McEnroe, Tony; Fahy, Kenneth; Kaikkonen, Minna U; Jokitalo, Eija; Larabell, Carolyn A; Weinhardt, Venera; Mattola, Salla; Aho, Vesa; Vihinen-Ranta, Maija. 2024. PLoS pathogens. 20: -
Secreted Protein Profiling of Human Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells Identifies Vascular Disease Associations
Aherrahrou, Rédouane; Baig, Ferheen; Theofilatos, Konstantinos; Lue, Dillon; Beele, Alicia; Örd, Tiit; Kaikkonen, Minna U; Aherrahrou, Zouhair; Cheng, Qi; Ghosh, Saikat Kumar B; Karnewar, Santosh; Karnewar, Vaishnavi; Finn, Aloke V; Owens, Gary K; Joner, Michael; Mayr, Manuel; Civelek, Mete. 2024. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology. 44: 898-914 -
Single-Cell Gene-Regulatory Networks of Advanced Symptomatic Atherosclerosis
Mocci, Giuseppe; Sukhavasi, Katyayani; Örd, Tiit; Bankier, Sean; Singha, Prosanta; Arasu, Uma Thanigai; Agbabiaje, Olayinka Oluwasegun; Mäkinen, Petri; Ma, Lijiang; Hodonsky, Chani J; Aherrahrou, Redouane; Muhl, Lars; Liu, Jianping; Gustafsson, Sonja; Byandelger, Byambajav; Wang, Ying; Koplev, Simon; Lendahl, Urban; Owens, Gary; Leeper, Nicholas J; Pasterkamp, Gerard; Vanlandewijck, Michael; Michoel, Tom; Ruusalepp, Arno; Hao, Ke; Ylä-Herttuala, Seppo; Väli, Marika; Järve, Heli; Mokry, Michal; C. 2024. Circulation research. [Epub ahead of print 19 April 2024]: 1-19 -
Translatome profiling reveals Itih4 as a novel smooth muscle cell–specific gene in atherosclerosis
Ravindran, Aarthi; Holappa, Lari; Niskanen, Henri; Skovorodkin, Ilya; Kaisto, Susanna; Beter, Mustafa; Kiema, Miika; Selvarajan, Ilakya; Nurminen, Valtteri; Aavik, Einari; Aherrahrou, Rédouane; Pasonen-Seppänen, Sanna; Fortino, Vittorio; Laakkonen, Johanna P; Ylä-Herttuala, Seppo; Vainio, Seppo; Örd, Tiit; Kaikkonen, Minna U. 2024. Cardiovascular research. [online publish-ahead of print 30 Jan 2024]: 1-14 -
ciRS-7 and miR-7 regulate ischemia-induced neuronal death via glutamatergic signaling
Scoyni, Flavia; Sitnikova, Valeriia; Giudice, Luca; Korhonen, Paula; Trevisan, Davide M; Hernandez de Sande, Ana; Gomez-Budia, Mireia; Giniatullina, Raisa; Ugidos, Irene F; Dhungana, Hiramani; Pistono, Cristiana; Korvenlaita, Nea; Välimäki, Nelli-Noora; Kangas, Salla M; Hiltunen, Anniina E; Gribchenko, Emma; Kaikkonen-Määttä, Minna U; Koistinaho, Jari; Ylä-Herttuala, Seppo; Hinttala, Reetta; Venø, Morten T; Su, Junyi; Stoffel, Markus; Schaefer, Anne; Rajewsky, Nikolaus; Kjems, Jørgen; LaPierre, . 2024. Cell reports. 43: -
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: