Paavo Honkakoski
Professor
Professor in Biopharmacy. Head of the Discipline. Leader in courses Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics (DMPK), Pharmacogenomics (FGEN), ADME models and pharmacokinetic calculations (ADMEL) and Advanced Literature in Biopharmacy (BSYK).
School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences
paavo.honkakoski@uef.fi | +358 40 355 2490
Paavo Honkakoski has a long experience in regulation of drug metabolizing enzymes, drug transporters and nuclear receptors and their applications to assess drug ADMET properties. He is involved in the UEF research community “DrugTech” and a participant in the H2020 consortium project EDCMET. He has accumulated over 3 M€ competitive research funding. He has over 124 peer-reviewed papers garnering >6000 citations. He is active in both graduate and PhD education, having supervised >50 MSc and 11 PhD theses. He is a member of several editorial boards in journals related to drug research. He has served as a director of Graduate Schools/Doctoral Programs in drug research (2008-2017) and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at UEF with responsibilities in research infrastructures and doctoral programs (2012-2017).
Research groups
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Metabolism and transport of drugs and xenobiotics 01.01.2010 - -
Ocular Drug Delivery group (ODD) 01.01.2010 -
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Aldehyde oxidase 1 activity and protein expression in human, rabbit, and pig ocular tissues
Hammid, Anam; Fallon, John K; Vellonen, Kati Sisko; Lassila, Toni; Reinisalo, Mika; Urtti, Arto; Gonzalez, Francisco; Tolonen, Ari; Smith, Philip C; Honkakoski, Paavo. 2023. European journal of pharmaceutical sciences. 191: . 106603 -
Effect of mTOR inhibitors on sodium taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide (NTCP) function in vitro
Saran, Chitra; Ho, Henry; Honkakoski, Paavo; Brouwer, Kim LR. 2023. Frontiers in pharmacology. 14: . 1147495 -
Mass spectrometry in ocular drug research
del Amo, Eva M.; Vellonen, Kati‐Sisko; Urtti, Arto; Terasaki, Tetsuya; Hammid, Anam; Honkakoski, Paavo; Auriola, Seppo. 2023. Mass spectrometry reviews. [First published: 02 August 2023]: 1-32 -
A novel differentiated HuH-7 cell model to examine bile acid metabolism, transport and cholestatic hepatotoxicity
Saran, Chitra; Fu, Dong; Ho, Henry; Klein, Abigail; Fallon, John K.; Honkakoski, Paavo; Brouwer, Kim L. R. . 2022. Scientific reports. 12: . 14333 -
Activity and expression of carboxylesterases and arylacetamide deacetylase in human ocular tissues
Hammid, Anam; Fallon, John K; Lassila, Toni; Vieiro, Paula; Balla, Anusha; Gonzalez, Francisco; Urtti, Arto; Smith, Philip C; Tolonen, Ari; Honkakoski, Paavo. 2022. Drug metabolism and disposition. 50: 1483-1492 -
Novel Bile Acid-dependent Mechanisms of Hepatotoxicity Associated with Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors
Saran, Chitra; Sundqvist, Louise; Ho, Henry; Niskanen, Jonna; Honkakoski, Paavo; Brouwer, Kim LR. 2022. Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics. 380: 114-125 -
Ocular metabolism and distribution of drugs in the rabbit eye: Quantitative assessment after intracameral and intravitreal administrations
del Amo, Eva M.; Hammid, Anam; Tausch, Melanie; Toropainen, Elisa; Sadeghi, Amir; Valtari, Annika; Puranen, Jooseppi; Reinisalo, Mika; Ruponen, Marika; Urtti, Arto; Sauer, Achim; Honkakoski, Paavo. 2022. International journal of pharmaceutics. 613: -
Searching for CAR modulators
Honkakoski, Paavo. 2022. Drug metabolism and disposition. 50: 1002-1009 -
Structural Features Affecting the Interactions and Transportability of LAT1-Targeted Phenylalanine Drug Conjugates
Bahrami, Katayun; Järvinen, Juulia; Laitinen, Tuomo; Reinisalo, Mika; Honkakoski, Paavo; Poso, Antti; Huttunen, Kristiina M.; Rautio, Jarkko. 2022. Molecular pharmaceutics. 2023; 20: 206-218 -
Carboxylesterase Activities and Protein Expression in Rabbit and Pig Ocular Tissues
Hammid, Anam; Fallon, John K; Lassila, Toni; Salluce, Giulia; Smith, Philip C; Tolonen, Ari; Sauer, Achim; Urtti, Arto; Honkakoski, Paavo. 2021. Molecular pharmaceutics. 18: 1305-1316