Uma Thanigai Arasu
Postdoctoral Researcher
Studying the extracellular matrix and functional changes of the adipose tissue during atherosclerosis.
A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences
uma.thanigai@uef.fi
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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: -
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: -
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 -
Hyaluronan-coated extracellular vesicles : regulation of their secretion and interaction with their target cells
Thanigai Arasu, Uma. 2020. Publications of the University of Eastern Finland. Dissertations in Health Sciences -
CD44s Assembles Hyaluronan Coat on Filopodia and Extracellular Vesicles and Induces Tumorigenicity of MKN74 Gastric Carcinoma Cells
Härkönen, K; Oikari, S; Kyykallio, H; Capra, J; Hakkola, S; Ketola, K; Thanigai Arasu, U; Daaboul, G; Malloy, A; Oliveira, C; Jokelainen, O; Sironen, R; Hartikainen, JM; Rilla, K. 2019. Cells. 8: 276 -
Correlative light and electron microscopy is a powerful tool to study interactions of extracellular vesicles with recipient cells
Arasu, Uma Thanigai; Härkönen, Kai; Koistinen, Arto; Rilla, Kirsi. 2019. Experimental cell research. 376: 149-158 -
Effects of mutations in the post-translational modification sites on the trafficking of hyaluronan synthase 2 (HAS2)
Melero-Fernandez de Mera, RM; Arasu, UT; Kärnä, R; Oikari, S; Rilla, K; Vigetti, D; Passi, A; Heldin, P; Tammi, MI; Deen, AJ. 2019. Matrix biology. 80: 85-103 -
Extracellular vesicles are integral and functional components of the extracellular matrix
Rilla, Kirsi; Mustonen, Anne-Mari; Thanigai, Arasu Uma; Härkönen, Kai; Matilainen, Johanna; Nieminen, Petteri. 2019. Matrix biology. 75-76: 201-219 -
HAS3-induced extracellular vesicles from melanoma cells stimulate IHH mediated c-Myc upregulation via the hedgehog signaling pathway in target cells
Arasu, UT; Deen, AJ; Pasonen-Seppänen, S; Heikkinen, S; Lalowski, M; Kärnä, R; Härkönen, K; Mäkinen, P; Lázaro-Ibáñez, E; Siljander, PR; Oikari, S; Levonen, AL; Rilla, K. 2019. Cellular and molecular life sciences. [Published: 09 December 2019]: 1-23 -
EMT induced by EGF and wounding activates hyaluronan synthesis machinery and EV shedding in rat primary mesothelial cells
Koistinen Ville, Härkönen Kai, Kärnä Riikka, Arasu Uma Thanigi, OIkari Sanna, Rilla Kirsi. 2017. Matrix biology. 63: 38-54