Adjunct Professor, Group leader Pia Rantakari - UTU Research Portal

Pia Rantakari
Adjunct Professor, Group leader

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- Senior Research Fellow,
Turku Bioscience Centre (Independent units)
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InFLAMES Flagship (Faculty of Medicine)
- Docent,
Department of Clinical Medicine (Faculty of Medicine)

piaranta@utu.fi

Tykistökatu 6

Turku

: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1638-5075

Rantakari group

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CD44 binds to macrophage mannose receptor on lymphatic endothelium and supports lymphocyte migration via afferent lymphatics – CD44-MRC mediates migration within lymphatics (2013)
- Circulation Research
Salmi M, Karikoski M, Elima K, Rantakari P, Jalkanen S
Seminal vesicles and urinary bladder as sites of aromatization of androgens in men, evidenced by a CYP19A1-driven luciferase reporter mouse and human tissue specimens (2013)
- FASEB Journal
Strauss L, Rantakari P, Sjogren K, Salminen A, Lauren E, Kallio J, Damdimopoulou P, Bostrom M, Bostrom PJ, Pakarinen P, Zhang FP, Kujala P, Ohlsson C, Makela S, Poutanen M
SHARPIN Regulates Uropod Detachment in Migrating Lymphocytes (2013)
- Cell Reports
Pouwels J, De Franceschi N, Rantakari P, Auvinen K, Karikoski M, Mattila E, Potter C, Sundberg JP, Hogg N, Gahmberg CG, Salmi M, Ivaska J
Hydroxysteroid (17 beta) Dehydrogenase 12 Is Essential for Mouse Organogenesis and Embryonic Survival (2010)
- Endocrinology
Rantakari P, Lagerbohm H, Kaimainen M, Suomela JP, Strauss L, Sainio K, Pakarinen P, Poutanen M
Hydroxysteroid (17 beta) Dehydrogenase 7 Activity Is Essential for Fetal de Novo Cholesterol Synthesis and for Neuroectodermal Survival and Cardiovascular Differentiation in Early Mouse Embryos (2010)
- Endocrinology
Jokela H, Rantakari P, Lamminen T, Strauss L, Ola R, Mutka AL, Gylling H, Miettinen T, Pakarinen P, Sainio K, Poutanen M
Inactivation of Palb2 gene leads to mesoderm differentiation defect and early embryonic lethality in mice (2010)
- Human Molecular Genetics
Rantakari P, Nikkilä J, Jokela H, Ola R, Pylkäs K, Lagerbohm H, Sainio K, Poutanen M, Winqvist R