PhD, Adjunct Professor in Stem Cell Science, Principal Investigator Elisa Närvä - UTU Research Portal

Elisa Närvä
PhD, Adjunct Professor in Stem Cell Science, Principal Investigator

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

elisa.narva@utu.fi

Kiinamyllynkatu 10

Turku

Office: D5054

ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0517-9436

Pluripotency & Cancer Laboratory

Areas of expertise

Human pluripotent stem cells; cancer stem cells, cancer

Research

Publications

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Anti-adherence capacity of phytosphingosine on titanium surfaces (2025)
- Journal of Biomaterials Applications
Liinoja, Enni; Areid, Nagat; Närvä, Elisa; Bikker, Floris J.; Loimaranta, Vuokko; Närhi, Timo O.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Detection of Cancer Stem Cells from Patient Samples (2025)
- Cells
Hakala, Sofia; Hämäläinen, Anna; Sandelin, Sanne; Giannareas, Nikolaos; Närva, Elisa
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )
Gingival keratinocyte adhesion on atomic layer-deposited hydroxyapatite coated titanium (2025)
- Journal of Biomaterials Applications
Abushahba, Faleh; Riivari, Sini; Areid, Nagat; Närvä, Elisa; Kylmäoja, Elina; Ritala, Mikko; Tuukkanen, Juha; Vallittu, Pekka K.; Närhi, Timo O.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Impact of Atomic Layer-Deposited Hydroxyapatite-Coated Titanium on Expression of Focal Adhesion Molecules of Human Gingival Fibroblasts (2025)
- Nanomaterials
Areid, Nagat; Abushahba, Faleh; Riivari, Sini; Närvä, Elisa; Kylmäoja, Elina; Ritala, Mikko; Tuukkanen, Juha; Vallittu, Pekka K.; Närhi, Timo O.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Generation of three isogenic human induced pluripotent stem cell lines from normal neonate skin fibroblasts (2024)
- Stem Cell Research
Sandelin Sanne, Hakala Sofia, Lehtinen Laura, Närvä Elisa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Saliva exposure reduces gingival keratinocyte growth on TiO2-coated titanium (2024)
- Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine
Riivari Sini, Areid Nagat, Närvä Elisa, Willberg Jaana, Närhi Timo
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Focal adhesion formation of primary human gingival fibroblast on hydrothermally and in-sol-made TiO2-coated titanium (2023)
- Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research
Riivari Sini, Närva Elisa, Kangasniemi Ilkka, Willberg Jaana, Närhi Timo
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Onko syövän kantasolujen kliininen tunnistaminen vieläkin mahdotonta? (2023)
- Duodecim
Närvä Elisa
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )
Epithelial cell attachment and adhesion protein expression on novel in sol TiO2 coated zirconia and titanium alloy surfaces (2022)
- Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials
Riivari Sini, Närvä Elisa, Kangasniemi Ilkka, Willberg Jaana, Närhi Timo
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
MASTL is enriched in cancerous and pluripotent stem cells and influences OCT1/OCT4 levels (2022)
- iScience
Närvä Elisa, Taskinen Maria E, Lilla Sergio, Isomursu Aleksi, Pietilä Mika, Weltner Jere, Isola Jorma, Sihto Harri, Joensuu Heikki, Zanivan Sara, Norman Jim, Ivaska Johanna
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Kinase-Independent Functions of MASTL in Cancer: A New Perspective on MASTL Targeting (2020)
- Cells
James Ronald William Conway, Elisa Närvä, Maria Emilia Taskinen, Johanna Ivaska
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )
MASTL promotes cell contractility and motility through kinase-independent signaling (2020)
- Journal of Cell Biology
Maria Emilia Taskinen, Elisa Narv, James R.W. Conway, Laura Soto Hinojosa, Sergio Lilla, Anja Mai, Nicola De Franceschi, Laura L. Elo, Robert Grosse, Sara Zanivan, Jim C. Norman, Johanna Ivaska
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
SORLA regulates endosomal trafficking and oncogenic fitness of HER2 (2019)
- Nature Communications
Mika Pietilä, Pranshu Sahgal, Emilia Peuhu, Niklas Z. Jäntti, Ilkka Paatero, Elisa Närvä, Hussein Al-Akhrass, Johanna Lilja, Maria Georgiadou, Olav M. Andersen, Artur Padzik, Harri Sihto, Heikki Joensuu, Matias Blomqvist, Irena Saarinen, Peter. J. Boström, Pekka Taimen, Johanna Ivaska
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Superresolution architecture of cornerstone focal adhesions in human pluripotent stem cells (2019)
- Nature Communications
Aki Stubb, Camilo Guzmán, Elisa Närvä, Jesse Aaron, Teng-Leong Chew, Markku Saari, Mitro Miihkinen, Guillaume Jacquemet, Johanna Ivaska
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
A Strong Contractile Actin Fence and Large Adhesions Direct Human Pluripotent Colony Morphology and Adhesion (2017)
- Stem Cell Reports
Elisa Närvä, Aki Stubb, Camilo Guzmán, Matias Blomqvist, Diego Balboa, Martina Lerche, Markku Saari, Timo Otonkoski, Johanna Ivaska
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
RNA Polymerase III Subunit POLR3G Regulates Specific Subsets of PolyA+ and SmallRNA Transcriptomes and Splicing in Human Pluripotent Stem Cells (2017)
- Stem Cell Reports
Riikka J. Lund, Nelly Rahkonen, Maia Malonzo, Leni Kauko, Maheswara Reddy Emani, Virpi Kivinen, Elisa Närvä, Esko Kemppainen, Asta Laiho, Heli Skottman, Outi Hovatta, Omid Rasool, Matti Nykter, Harri Lähdesmäki, Riitta Lahesmaa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Epigenetic Silencing of the Key Antioxidant Enzyme Catalase in Karyotypically Abnormal Human Pluripotent Stem Cells (2016)
- Scientific Reports
Konki M, Pasumarthy K, Malonzo M, Sainio A, Valensisi C, Soderstrom M, Emani MR, Stubb A, Narva E, Ghimire B, Laiho A, Jarvelainen H, Lahesmaa R, Lahdesmaki H, Hawkins RD, Lund RJ
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Mature Let-7 miRNAs fine tune expression of LIN28B in pluripotent human embryonic stem cells (2016)
- Stem Cell Research
Nelly Rahkonen, Aki Stubb, Maia Malonzo, Sanna Edelman, Maheswara Reddy Emani, Elisa Närvä, Harri Lähdesmäki, Hannele Ruohola-Baker, Riitta Lahesmaa, Riikka Lund
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
The L1TD1 Protein Interactome Reveals the Importance of Post-transcriptional Regulation in Human Pluripotency (2015)
- Stem Cell Reports
Emani MR, Närvä E, Stubb A, Chakroborty D, Viitala M, Rokka A, Rahkonen N, Moulder R, Denessiouk K, Trokovic R, Lund R, Elo LL, Lahesmaa R.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Integrative genomics and transcriptomics analysis of human embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells (2014)
- BioData Mining
Laurila K, Autio R, Kong LJ, Närvä E, Hussein S, Otonkoski T, Lahesmaa R, Lähdesmäki H
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)