Sami Heikkinen
Research Director
Institute of Biomedicine, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences
sami.heikkinen@uef.fi | +358 40 355 3393
Research groups
Publications
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Expression profiles of small non-coding RNAs in breast cancer tumors characterize clinicopathological features and show prognostic and predictive potential
Kärkkäinen, Emmi; Heikkinen, Sami; Tengström, Maria; Kosma, Veli-Matti; Mannermaa, Arto; Hartikainen, Jaana M.. 2022. Scientific reports. 12: . 22614 -
FGF21 Contributes to Metabolic Improvements Elicited by Exenatide and Pioglitazone in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
Samms, Ricardo J; Cheng, Christine C; Fourcaudot, Marcel; Heikkinen, Sami; Khattab, Ahmed; Adams, John; Cersosimo, Eugenio; Triplitt, Curtis; Puckett, Curtis; Tsintzas, Kostas; Adams, Andrew Charles; Abdul-Ghani, Muhammad A; DeFronzo, Ralph A; Norton, Luke. 2022. American journal of physiology : endocrinology and metabolism. 323: E123-E132 -
M1 Macrophages Induce Protumor Inflammation in Melanoma Cells through TNFR–NF-κB Signaling
Kainulainen, Kirsi; Takabe, Piia; Heikkinen, Sami; Aaltonen, Niina; de la Motte, Carol; Rauhala, Leena; Durst, Franziska C; Oikari, Sanna; Hukkanen, Taija; Rahunen, Eija; Ikonen, Ella; Hartikainen, Jaana M; Ketola, Kirsi; Pasonen-Seppänen, Sanna. 2022. Journal of investigative dermatology. 1412: 3041-3051.e10 -
Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 127 open-angle glaucoma loci with consistent effect across ancestries
Gharahkhani, Puya; Jorgenson, Eric; Hysi, Pirro; Khawaja, Anthony P; Pendergrass, Sarah; Han, Xikun; Ong, Jue Sheng; Hewitt, Alex W; Segrè, Ayellet V; Rouhana, John M; Hamel, Andrew R; Igo, Robert P; Choquet, Helene; Qassim, Ayub; Josyula, Navya S; Cooke Bailey, Jessica N; Bonnemaijer, Pieter W M; Iglesias, Adriana; Siggs, Owen M; Young, Terri L et al. [incl FinGen; Mannermaa, Arto; Heikkinen, Sami; Kosma, Veli-Matti]. 2021. Nature communications. 12: 1258 -
Hematopoietic mosaic chromosomal alterations increase the risk for diverse types of infection
Zekavat, Seyedeh M.; Lin, Shu-Hong; Bick, Alexander G.; Liu, Aoxing; Paruchuri, Kaavya; Wang, Chen; Uddin, Md Mesbah; Ye, Yixuan; Yu, Zhaolong; Liu, Xiaoxi; Kamatani, Yoichiro; Bhattacharya, Romit; Pirruccello, James P.; Pampana, Akhil; Loh, Po-Ru; Kohli, Puja; McCarroll, Steven A.; Kiryluk, Krzysztof; Neale, Benjamin; Ionita-Laza, Iuliana et al. [incl. Mannermaa, Arto; Heikkinen, Sami; Kosma, Veli-Matti]. 2021. Nature medicine. 27: 1012-1024 -
Integrative analysis of liver-specific non-coding regulatory SNPs associated with the risk of coronary artery disease
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. American journal of human genetics. 108: 411-430 -
Lifetime risk of rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease in MUC5B mutation carriers
Palomäki, Antti; FinnGen Rheumatology Clinical Expert Group; Palotie, Aarno; Koskela, Jukka; Eklund, Kari K; Pirinen, Matti; FinnGen; Ripatti, Samuli; Laitinen, Tarja; Mars, Nina; [incl. collaborators Kosma, Veli-Matti; Mannermaa, Arto; Heikkinen, Sami]. 2021. Annals of the rheumatic diseases. 80: 1530-1536 -
Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study accounting for gene-psychosocial factor interactions identifies novel loci for blood pressure traits
Sun, Daokun; Richard, Melissa A.; Musani, Solomon K.; Sung, Yun Ju; Winkler, Thomas W.; Schwander, Karen; Chai, Jin Fang; Guo, Xiuqing; Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O.; Vojinovic, Dina; Aschard, Hugues; Bartz, Traci M.; Bielak, Lawrence F.; Brown, Michael R.; Chitrala, Kumaraswamy; Hartwig, Fernando P.; Horimoto, Andrea R.V.R.; Liu, Yongmei; Manning, Alisa K.; Noordam, Raymond et al. [incl. Heikkinen, Sami; Lakka, Timo]. 2021. HGG advances. 2: 100013 -
Multi-ancestry genome-wide gene-sleep interactions identify novel loci for blood pressure
Wang, Heming; Noordam, Raymond; Cade, Brian E.; Schwander, Karen; Winkler, Thomas W.; Lee, Jiwon; Sung, Yun Ju; Bentley, Amy R.; Manning, Alisa K.; Aschard, Hugues; Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O.; Ilkov, Marjan; Brown, Michael R.; Horimoto, Andrea R.; Richard, Melissa; Bartz, Traci M.; Vojinovic, Dina; Lim, Elise; Nierenberg, Jovia L.; Liu, Yongmei et al. [incl. Heikkinen, Sami]. 2021. Molecular psychiatry. 26: 6293-6304 -
The debatable presence of PIWI-interacting RNAs in invasive breast cancer
Kärkkäinen, Emmi; Heikkinen, Sami; Tengström, Maria; Kosma, Veli-Matti; Mannermaa, Arto; Hartikainen, Jaana M. 2021. Cancer medicine. 10: 3593 - 3603