Pia Rantakari
 Adjunct Professor, Group leader

  

  

  

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• Embigin is involved in the regulation of early mouse kidney development  (2026)  
  • Scientific Reports
   Talvi, Salli; Jokinen, Johanna; Rappu, Pekka; Leppäkoski, Roni; Kurtzeborn, Kristen; Rantakari, Pia; Kuure, Satu; Heino, Jyrki

  
  

• Staphylococcus aureus Augments Epithelial Skin Barrier Damage Through T Cell Activation in Cutaneous T Cell Lymphoma  (2026)  
  • Allergy
   Gluud, Maria; Pallesen, Emil M.; Zeng, Ziao; Namini, Martin R. J.; Vadivel, Chella Krishna; Gjerdrum, Lise Mette Rahbek; Yan, Lang; Ahmad, Sana; Lindahl, Lise M.; Bzorek, Michael; Kamstrup, Maria R.; Dey, Saptaswa; Ostrowski, Sisse Rye; Sorensen, Erik; Rantakari, Pia; Bonefeld, Charlotte Menne; Geisler, Carsten; Woetmann, Anders; Lahesmaa, Riitta; Iversen, Lars; Wolf, Peter; Litman, Thomas; Buus, Terkild B.; Odum, Niels

  
  

• Early precursor-derived pituitary gland tissue-resident macrophages play a pivotal role in modulating hormonal balance  (2025)  
  • Cell Reports
   Lehtonen, Henna; Jokela, Heli; Hofmann, Julian; Tola, Lauriina; Mehmood, Arfa; Ginhoux, Florent; Becher, Burkhard; Greter, Melanie; Yegutkin, Gennady G.; Salmi, Marko; Gerke, Heidi; Rantakari, Pia

  
  

• Body-wide genetic deficiency of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 14 sensitizes mice to colitis  (2024)  
  • FASEB Journal
   Vedantham, Madhukar; Polari, Lauri; Poosakkannu, Anbu; Pinto, Rita G.; Sakari, Moona; Laine, Jukka; Sipilä, Petra; Määttä, Jorma; Gerke, Heidi; Rissanen, Tiia; Rantakari, Pia; Toivola, Diana M.; Pulliainen, Arto T.

  
  

• Embigin deficiency leads to delayed embryonic lung development and high neonatal mortality in mice  (2024)  
  • iScience
   Talvi, Salli; Jokinen, Johanna; Sipilä, Kalle; Rappu, Pekka; Zhang, Fu-Ping; Poutanen, Matti; Rantakari, Pia; Heino, Jyrki

  
  

• Immunomodulatory Synthetic Glycocluster Molecule Prevents Melanoma Growth in vivo  (2024)  
  • ChemBioChem
   Honkanen, Meija; Narvi, Elli; Ojala, Veera; Jokilammi, Anne; Rantakari, Pia; Kronqvist, Pauliina; Kähäri, Veli-Matti; Veräjänkorva, Esko; Kurppa, Kari J; Rahkila, Jani; Ekambaram, Ramesh; Savolainen, Johannes; Leino, Reko; Elenius, Klaus

  
  

• Protocol to study early lung developmental branching in mouse embryos using explant culture  (2024)  
  • STAR protocols
   Talvi, Salli; Jokinen, Johanna; Rantakari, Pia; Heino, Jyrki

  
  

• Single-cell transcriptome analysis of the early immune response in the lymph nodes of Borrelia burgdorferi-infected mice  (2024)  
  • Microbes and Infection
   Rinne, Varpu; Gröndahl-Yli-Hannuksela, Kirsi; Fair-Mäkelä, Ruth; Salmi, Marko; Rantakari, Pia; Lönnberg, Tapio; Alinikula, Jukka; Pietikäinen, Annukka; Hytönen, Jukka

  
  

• The senescent secretome drives PLVAP expression in cultured human hepatic endothelial cells to promote monocyte transmigration  (2023)  
  • iScience
   Wilkinson AL, Hulme S, Kennedy JI, Mann ER, Horn P, Shepherd EL, Yin K, Zaki MYW, Hardisty G, Lu WY, Rantakari Pia, Adams DH, Salmi Marko, Hoare M, Patten DA, Shetty S

  
  

• Unravelling the sex-specific diversity and functions of adrenal gland macrophages  (2022)  
  • Cell Reports
   Dolfi Bastien, Gallerand Alexandre, Firulyova Maria M., Xu Yingzheng, Merlin Johanna, Dumont Adélie, Castiglione Alexia, Vaillant Nathalie, Quemener Sandrine, Gerke Heidi, Stunault Marion I., Schrank Patricia R., Kim Seung-Hyeon, Zhu Alisha, Ding Jie, Gilleron Jerome, Magnone Virginie, Barbry Pascal, Dombrowicz David, Duranton Christophe, Wakkach Abdelilah, Blin-Wakkach Claudine, Becher Burkhard, Pagnotta Sophie, Arguello Rafael J., Rantakari Pia, Chakarov Svetoslav, Ginhoux Florent, Zaitsev Konstantin, Kim Ki-Wook, Yvan-Charvet Laurent, Guinamard Rodolphe R., Williams Jesse W., Ivanov Stoyan