MD, PhD Juha Peltonen - UTU Research Portal

Juha Peltonen
MD, PhD

- Senior Advisor,
Institute of Biomedicine (Faculty of Medicine)

juhpel@utu.fi

+358 29 450 4613

+358 50 476 5790

Kiinamyllynkatu 10

Turku

Office: C340

ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5732-4167

CV suomenkielinen_opetuspainotteinen Juha Peltonen June 2019.pdf

ResearcherID

ResearchGate

Areas of expertise

Neurofibromatosis, Cancer, Skin, Bone, Cell and Developmental Biology

Biography

EDUCATION

MD, University of Turku, Finland 1981;
PhD, University of Turku 1985;

Docentships:
•Medical Biochemistry, University of Turku 1990
•Anatomy, University of Oulu, Finland 1993
•Cell and developmental biology, University of Oulu 2009

Postdoc & foreign visits

Jefferson Institute of Molecular Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 1987-1990

Research

http://www.researcherid.com/rid/C-2817-2008
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Juha_Peltonen2/
http://www.vsshp.fi/en/toimipaikat/tyks/osastot-ja-poliklinikat/Pages/Turku-Neurofibromatosis-Centre.aspx

FULL LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5732-4167

Rekisteritutkimuksen tietosuojailmoitushttps://www.utu.fi/sites/default/files/public%3A//media/file/Tietosuojailmoitus_neurofibromatoosi_Suomessa.pdf

Teaching

Cell Biology, Histology, Developmental biology, Gross anatomy, Epidemiology

Publications

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Dentofacial Malocclusion in Neurofibromatosis 1 in FinlandPregnancy and the Risk for Cancer in Neurofibromatosis 1Breast cancer in neurofibromatosis 1: survival and risk of contralateral breast cancer in a five country cohort studyBreast cancer risk in Neurofibromatosis type 1 is a function of the type of NF1 gene mutation: a new genotype-phenotype correlation (2025)
- American Journal of Medical Genetics Part AGenetics in Medicine
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 AnalysisCharacterization of Immune Cell Populations of Cutaneous Neurofibromas in Neurofibromatosis 1 (2025)
- American Journal of Medical Genetics Part AMolecular Biology Reports
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)
(2025)
- Genes, Chromosomes and CancerGenetics in MedicineJournal of Medical Genetics
Kallionpää, Roope A.; Määttanen, Juha; Leppävirta, Jussi; Peltonen, Sirkku; Peltonen, Juha
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Risk and prognosis of myocardial infarction in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1: Evidence of compromised survival (2025)
Loponen, Niina; Kallionpää, Roope A.; Ylä-Outinen, Heli; Valtanen, Mikko; Auranen, Kari; Järveläinen, Hannu; Peltonen, Sirkku; Peltonen, Juha
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
(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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
(2020)
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)
Density and function of actin-microdomains in healthy and NF1 deficient osteoclasts revealed by the combined use of atomic force and stimulated emission depletion microscopy (2020)
- Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
Takahiro Deguchi, Elnaz Fazeli, Sami Koho, Paula Pennanen, Maria Alanne, Mayank Modi, John E Eriksson, Kari V Vienola, Pekka E Hänninen, Juha Peltonen, Tuomas Näreoja
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
p53-Regulated Long Noncoding RNA PRECSIT Promotes Progression of Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma via STAT3 Signaling (2020)
- American Journal of Pathology
Minna Piipponen, Liisa Nissinen, Pilvi Riihilä, Mehdi Farshchian, Markku Kallajoki, Juha Peltonen, Sirkku Peltonen, Veli-Matti Kähäri
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Association Between Invasive Lobular Breast Cancer and Mutations in the Mismatch Repair Gene MSH6 (2019)
- JAMA Oncology
Evans DG, Howell SJ, Peltonen J
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal)
(2019)
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)