Roope Kallionpää

- Docent,
Faculty of Medicine (University of Turku)
- Senior Research Fellow,
Institute of Biomedicine (Faculty of Medicine)

roope.kallionpaa@utu.fi

+358 29 450 4565

+358 50 321 5982

Kiinamyllynkatu 10

Turku

ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7512-2980

Research

Publications

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Dentofacial Malocclusion in Neurofibromatosis 1 in Finland (2025)
- American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A
Reinhold, Vivian; Valtanen, Mikko; Auranen, Kari; Syrjänen, Stina; Peltonen, Sirkku; Peltonen, Juha; Kallionpää, Roope A.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Hospital Visits Associated With Oral Infections in Patients With Neurofibromatosis Type 1: A Register-Based Analysis (2025)
- American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A
Reinhold, Vivian; Kallionpää, Roope; Valtanen, Mikko; Auranen, Kari; Syrjänen, Stina; Peltonen, Sirkku; Peltonen, Juha
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Mass spectrometric insights into the protein composition of human cutaneous neurofibromas: comparison of neurofibromas with the overlying skin. (2025)
- British Journal of Cancer
Kallionpää, Roope A.; Martikkala, Eija; Haapaniemi, Pekka; Karppinen, Sanna-Maria; Riihilä, Pilvi; Rokka, Anne; Leivo, Ilmo; Pihlajaniemi, Taina; Peltonen, Sirkku; Peltonen, Juha
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Pregnancy and the Risk for Cancer in Neurofibromatosis 1 (2025)
- Genes, Chromosomes and Cancer
Kallionpää, Roope A.; Määttanen, Juha; Leppävirta, Jussi; Peltonen, Sirkku; Peltonen, Juha
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Characterization of Immune Cell Populations of Cutaneous Neurofibromas in Neurofibromatosis 1 (2024)
- Laboratory Investigation
Kallionpää Roope A., Peltonen Sirkku, Le Kim My, Martikkala Eija, Jääskeläinen Mira, Fazeli Elnaz, Riihilä Pilvi, Haapaniemi Pekka, Rokka Anne, Salmi Marko, Leivo Ilmo, Peltonen Juha
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Hypertension in NF1: A closer look at the primacy of essential hypertension versus secondary causes (2024)
- Molecular Genetics and Genomic Medicine
Loponen Niina, Yla-Outinen Heli, Kallionpää Roope A., Valtanen Mikko, Auranen Kari, Järveläinen Hannu, Peltonen Sirkku, Peltonen Juha
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Patients with Darier disease have an increased risk of keratinocyte carcinoma: a Swedish registry-based nationwide cohort study (2024)
- Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
Inci, Rahime; Gillstedt, Martin; Kallionpää, Roope A.; Peltonen, Sirkku; Polesie, Sam
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
The contribution of morbidity and unemployment for the reduced labor market participation of individuals with neurofibromatosis 1 in Finland (2023)
- European Journal of Human Genetics
Kallionpää Roope A., Johansson Edvard, Böckerman Petri, Peltonen Juha, Peltonen Sirkku
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Increased incidence of melanoma in children and adolescents in Finland in 1990-2014: nationwide re-evaluation of histopathological characteristics (2022)
- Annals of Medicine
Rousi Emma K., Kallionpää Roope A., Kallionpää Roosa E., Juteau Susanna M., Talve Lauri A., Hernberg Micaela M., Vihinen Pia P., Kähäri Veli-Matti, Koskivuo Ilkka O.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Mast Cells in Human Cutaneous Neurofibromas: Density, Subtypes, and Association with Clinical Features in Neurofibromatosis 1 (2022)
- Dermatology
Kallionpää Roope A, Ahramo Kaisa, Martikkala Eija, Fazeli Elnaz, Haapaniemi Pekka, Rokka Anne, Leivo Ilmo, Harvima Ilkka T, Peltonen Juha, Peltonen Sirkku

(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Morbidity in neurofibromatosis 1: Epidemiological perspectives on breast cancer and diabetes (2022) Kallionpää Roope
(G5 Article dissertation )
The rare disease neurofibromatosis 1 as a source of hereditary economic inequality: evidence from Finland (2022)
- Genetics in Medicine
Johansson Edvard, Kallionpää Roope A, Böckerman Petri, Peltonen Sirkku, Peltonen Juha
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
A rare disease and education: Neurofibromatosis type 1 decreases educational attainment (2021)
- Clinical Genetics
Johansson Edvard, Kallionpää Roope A, Böckerman Petri, Peltonen Juha, Peltonen Sirkku
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Circulating free DNA in the plasma of individuals with neurofibromatosis type 1 (2021)
- American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A
Kallionpää Roope A, Ahramo Kaisa, Aaltonen Marianna, Pennanen Paula, Peltonen Juha, Peltonen Sirkku
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Haploinsufficiency of the NF1 gene is associated with protection against diabetes (2021)
- Journal of Medical Genetics
Kallionpää RA, Peltonen S, Leppävirta J, Pöyhönen M, Auranen K, Järveläinen H, Peltonen J
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Increased risk for dementia in neurofibromatosis type 1 (2021)
- Genetics in Medicine
Kallionpää Roope A, Valtanen Mikko, Auranen Kari, Uusitalo Elina, Rinne Juha O, Peltonen Sirkku, Peltonen Juha

(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Signaling pathways in human osteoclasts differentiation: ERK1/2 as a key player (2021)
- Molecular Biology Reports
Pennanen Paula, Kallionpää Roope A, Peltonen Sirkku, Nissinen Liisa, Kähäri Veli-Matti, Heervä Eetu, Peltonen Juha
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Breast cancer in neurofibromatosis 1: survival and risk of contralateral breast cancer in a five country cohort study (2020)
- Genetics in Medicine
Evans DGR, Kallionpää RA, Clementi M, Trevisson E, Mautner V, Howell SJ, Lewis L, Zehou O, Peltonen S, Brunello A, Harkness EF, Wolkenstein P, Peltonen J
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Breast cancer risk in Neurofibromatosis type 1 is a function of the type of NF1 gene mutation: a new genotype-phenotype correlation (2019)
- Journal of Medical Genetics
Frayling IM, Mautner V-F, van Minkelen R, Kallionpää RA, Aktas S, Baralle D, Ben-Shachar S, Callaway A, Cox H, Eccles DM, Ferkal S, LaDuca H, Lazaro C, Rogers MT, Stuenkel AJ, Summerour P, Varan A, Yap Y-S, Peltonen J, Evans DG, Wolkenstein P, Upadhyaya M
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Intestinal tumors in neurofibromatosis 1 with special reference to fatal gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) (2019)
- Molecular Genetics and Genomic Medicine
Heli Ylä-Outinen, Niina Loponen, Roope A. Kallionpää, Sirkku Peltonen, Juha Peltonen
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)