Helena Virtanen

- Docent,
- University Lecturer
Institute of Biomedicine (Faculty of Medicine)

helvir@utu.fi

+358 29 450 4633

+358 50 477 2882

Kiinamyllynkatu 10

Turku

Publications

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Testicular growth and development in puberty (2017)
- Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity
Koskenniemi JJ, Virtanen HE, Toppari J
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )
Compensated reduction in Leydig cell function is associated with lower semen quality variables: a study of 8182 European young men (2016)
- Human Reproduction
Jorgensen N, Joensen UN, Toppari J, Punab M, Erenpreiss J, Zilaitiene B, Paasch U, Salzbrunn A, Fernandez MF, Virtanen HE, Matulevicius V, Olea N, Jensen TK, Petersen JH, Skakkebaek NE, Andersson AM
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Country-specific chemical signatures of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in breast milk of French, Danish and Finnish women. (2016)
- Environmental Pollution
Antignac JP, Main KM, Virtanen HE, Boquien CY, Marchand P, Venisseau A, Guiffard I, Bichon E, Wohlfahrt-Veje C, Legrand A, Boscher C, Skakkebæk NE, Toppari J, Le Bizec B.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Metformin treatment does not affect testicular size in offspring born to mothers with gestational diabetes (2016)
- The Review of Diabetic Studies
Tertti K, Toppari J, Virtanen HE, Sadov S, Rönnemaa T
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Semen quality improves marginally during young adulthood: a longitudinal follow-up study (2016)
- Human Reproduction
Perheentupa A, Sadov S, Rönkä R, Virtanen HE, Rodprasert W, Vierula M, Jørgensen N, Skakkebæk NE, Toppari J:
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Testicular Growth During Puberty in Boys With and Without a History of Congenital Cryptorchidism (2016)
- Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
Sadov S, Koskenniemi JJ, Virtanen HE, Perheentupa A, Petersen JH, Skakkebaek NE, Main KM, Toppari J
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Toward a multi-country monitoring system of reproductive health in the context of endocrine disrupting chemical exposure. (2016)
- European Journal of Public Health
Le Moal J, Sharpe RM, Jϕrgensen N, Levine H, Jurewicz J, Mendiola J, Swan SH, Virtanen H, Christin-Maître S, Cordier S, Toppari J, Hanke W; in name of the HURGENT Network.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Varicocele Is Associated with Impaired Semen Quality and Reproductive Hormone Levels: A Study of 7035 Healthy Young Men from Six European Countries. (2016)
- European Urology
Damsgaard J, Joensen UN, Carlsen E, Erenpreiss J, Blomberg Jensen M, Matulevicius V, Zilaitiene B, Olesen IA, Perheentupa A, Punab M, Salzbrunn A, Toppari J, Virtanen HE, Juul A, Skakkebæk NE, Jørgensen N
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Association between levels of persistent organic pollutants in adipose tissue and cryptorchidism in early childhood: a case-control study (2015)
- Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source
Jaakko J. Koskenniemi, Helena E. Virtanen, Hannu Kiviranta, Ida N. Damgaard, Jaakko Matomäki, Jørgen M. Thorup, Timo Hurme, Niels E. Skakkebaek, Katharina M. Main, Jorma Toppari
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Cryptorchidism and Fertility (2015)
- Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America
Virtanen H., Toppari J.
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )
Association of placenta organotin concentrations with growth and ponderal index in 110 newborn boys from Finland during the first 18 months of life: a cohort study (2014)
- Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source
Rantakokko P, Main KM, Wohlfart-Veje C, Kiviranta H, Airaksinen R, Vartiainen T, Skakkebæk NE, Toppari J, Virtanen HE
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Cryptorchidism – Disease or symptom? (2014)
- Annales d'Endocrinologie
Toppari J, Rodprasert W, Virtanen HE
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )
Embryology and physiology of testicular development and descent (2014)
- Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews
Virtanen Helena, Toppari Jorma
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )
Laskeutumattoman kiveksen syntymekanismit (2014)
- Duodecim
Virtanen Helena, Toppari Jorma
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )
No association between exposure to perfluorinated compounds and congenital cryptorchidism: a nested case-control study among 215 boys from Denmark and Finland (2014)
- Reproduction
Vesterholm Jensen D, Christensen J, Virtanen HE, Skakkebæk NE, Main KM, Toppari J, Veje CW, Andersson AM, Nielsen F, Grandjean P, Jensen TK
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Association of placenta organotin concentrations with congenital cryptorchidism and reproductive hormone levels in 280 newborn boys from Denmark and Finland (2013)
- Human Reproduction
Rantakokko P, Main KM, Wohlfart-Veje C, Kiviranta H, Airaksinen R, Vartiainen T, Skakkebaek NE, Toppari J, Virtanen HE
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Finland is following the trend-sperm quality in Finnish men (2013)
- Asian Journal of Andrology
Virtanen HE, Sadov S, Vierula M, Toppari J
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )
A genome-wide association study of men with symptoms of testicular dysgenesis syndrome and its network biology interpretation (2012)
- Journal of Medical Genetics
Dalgaard MD, Weinhold N, Edsgard D, Silver JD, Pers TH, Nielsen JE, Jorgensen N, Juul A, Gerds TA, Giwercman A, Giwercman YL, Cohn-Cedermark G, Virtanen HE, Toppari J, Daugaard G, Jensen TS, Brunak S, Rajpert-De Meyts E, Skakkebk NE, Leffers H, Gupta R
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Association between chemical pattern in breast milk and congenital cryptorchidism: modelling of complex human exposures (2012)
- International Journal of Andrology
Krysiak-Baltyn K, Toppari J, Skakkebaek NE, Jensen TS, Virtanen HE, Schramm KW, Shen H, Vartiainen T, Kiviranta H, Taboureau O, Audouze K, Brunak S, Main KM
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Associations between congenital cryptorchidism in newborn boys and levels of dioxins and PCBs in placenta (2012)
- International Journal of Andrology
Virtanen HE, Koskenniemi JJ, Sundqvist E, Main KM, Kiviranta H, Tuomisto JT, Tuomisto J, Viluksela M, Vartiainen T, Skakkebaek NE, Toppari J
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)