Pirjo Pakarinen

- Docent,
Faculty of Science (University of Turku)

pirpak@utu.fi

Publications

Deleting the mouse Hsd17b1 gene results in a hypomorphic Naglu allele and a phenotype mimicking a lysosomal storage disease (2017)
- Scientific Reports
Jokela H, Hakkarainen J, Kätkänaho L, Pakarinen P, Ruohonen ST, Tena-Sempere M, Zhang FP, Poutanen M
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Hydroxysteroid (17b)-dehydrogenase 1–deficient female mice present with normal puberty onset but are severely subfertile due to a defect in luteinization and progesterone production (2015)
- FASEB Journal
Janne Hakkarainen, Heli Jokela, Pirjo Pakarinen, Hanna Heikela, Laura Kätkänaho, Liesbeth Vandenput, Claes Ohlsson, Fu-Ping Zhang, and Matti Poutanen
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Thyrocyte-Specific Dicer1 Deficiency Alters Thyroid Follicular Organization and Prevents Goiter Development (2015)
- Endocrinology
Undeutsch H, Lof C, Pakarinen P, Poutanen M, Kero J
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Pituitary gonadotrophic hormone synthesis, secretion, subunit gene expression and cell structure in normal and follicle-stimulating hormone beta knockout, follicle-stimulating hormone receptor knockout, luteinising hormone receptor knockout, hypogonadal and ovariectomised female mice (2014)
- Journal of Neuroendocrinology
Abel MH, Widen A, Wang X, Huhtaniemi I, Pakarinen P, Kumar TR, Christian HC
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
An Investigation into Pituitary Gonadotrophic Hormone Synthesis, Secretion, Subunit Gene Expression and Cell Structure in Normal and Mutant Male Mice (2013)
- Journal of Neuroendocrinology
Abel MH, Charlton HM, Huhtaniemi I, Pakarinen P, Kumar TR, Christian HC
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
FELASA guidelines for the refinement of methods for genotyping genetically-modified rodents (2013)
- Laboratory Animals
Bonaparte D, Cinelli P, Douni E, Herault Y, Maas A, Pakarinen P, Poutanen M, Lafuente MS, Scavizzi F
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Mouse Testis Development and Function Are Differently Regulated by Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Receptors Signaling During Fetal and Prepubertal Life (2012)
- PLoS ONE
Migrenne S, Moreau E, Pakarinen P, Dierich A, Merlet J, Habert R, Racine C
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
The diversity of sex steroid action: novel functions of hydroxysteroid (17 beta) dehydrogenases as revealed by genetically modified mouse models (2012)
- Journal of Endocrinology
Saloniemi T, Jokela H, Strauss L, Pakarinen P, Poutanen M
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Estrogen-Regulated Genes in Rat Testes and Their Relationship to Recovery of Spermatogenesis after Irradiation (2011)
- Biology of Reproduction
Zhou W, Bolden-Tiller OU, Shao SH, Weng CC, Shetty G, AbuElhija M, Pakarinen P, Huhtaniemi I, Momin AA, Wang J, Stivers DN, Liu ZL, Meistrich ML
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Changes in Gene Expression in Somatic Cells of Rat Testes Resulting from Hormonal Modulation and Radiation-Induced Germ Cell Depletion (2010)
- Biology of Reproduction
Zhou W, Bolden-Tiller OU, Shetty G, Shao SH, Weng CC, Pakarinen P, Liu ZL, Stivers DN, Meistrich ML
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)