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Jorma Ilonen
Professor

- Professor,
- Senior Advisor,
- Specialist
Institute of Biomedicine (Faculty of Medicine)
- Docent,
Faculty of Medicine (University of Turku)

jsilonen@utu.fi

Kiinamyllynkatu 10

Turku

ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9973-2062

Areas of expertise

Immunogenetics

Publications

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Islet autoimmunity and progression to type 1 diabetes in the Finnish DIPP study: comparison between genetically susceptible children with and without an affected first-degree relative (2026)
- DiabetologiaHLA
Kuusela, Salla; Koskenniemi, Jaakko J.; Valtanen, Toni; Pokka, Tytti; Härkönen, Taina; Ilonen, Jorma; Lempainen, Johanna; Kyrönniemi, Anni; Toppari, Jorma; Knip, Mikael; Keskinen, Päivi; Veijola, Riitta
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
(2025)
- Arthritis and RheumatologyNature Communications
Pitkänen, Viola; Remes-Pakarinen, Terhi; Vähäsalo, Paula; Möttönen, Milja; Grönlund, Minna-Maija; Arvonen, Miika; Knip, Mikael; Veijola, Riitta; Toppari, Jorma; Ilonen, Jorma; Lempainen, Johanna; Schroderus, Anna-Mari; Kröger, Liisa; Kinnunen, Tuure
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Diabetes, Celiac, and Thyroid‐Related Autoantibodies in HLA Genotyped Ethiopian Children and Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes: A Cross‐Sectional Study (2025)
- Pediatric Diabetes
Gudeta, Adugna Negussie; Lind, Alexander; Girma, Alemayehu; Lempainen, Johanna; Ilonen, Jorma; Agardh, Daniel
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Dietary intake of vitamins A, B, C, D and E and risk of islet autoimmunity and type 1 diabetes in genetically at-risk children: a prospective study from the DIPP birth cohort (2025)
- Diabetologia
Mattila, Markus; Haario, Peppi; Hakola, Leena; Takkinen, Hanna-Mari; Peltonen, Essi J.; Korhonen, Tuuli E.; Ahonen, Suvi; Ilonen, Jorma; Toppari, Jorma; Knip, Mikael; Veijola, Riitta; Niinistö, Sari; Virtanen, Suvi M.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Risk Genes and Anti‐C1q Autoantibodies in Upper Egyptian Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythromatosis—High Frequency of HLA‐DRB1*04:05–DQA1*03–DQB1*02 Risk Haplotype in Lupus Nephritis Patients (2025)
- International Journal of Immunogenetics
EL‐Amir, Mostafa I.; El‐Feky, Mohamed Ali; Hashim, Abdelkader Ahmed; Hassan, Mohammed H.; Abdelhady, Marwa; Abady, Wael Abd El Mohsen; ElKaber, Amr Mohamed; Ilonen, Jorma
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
The Frequency but not the Phenotype of Circulating Peripheral T Helper Cells is Increased at Later Stages of Progression to Type 1 Diabetes (2025)
- European Journal of Immunology
Schroderus, Anna-Mari; Hanel, Andrea; Vandamme, Celine; Pitkänen, Viola; Rytkönen-Nissinen, Marja; Heinäniemi, Merja; Knip, Mikael; Veijola, Riitta; Toppari, Jorma; Ilonen, Jorma; Lempainen, Johanna; Kinnunen, Tuure
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Characteristics of Type 1 Diabetes Among Patients Carrying the Protective HLA-DQB1*06:02 Allele (2024)
Taka, Antti‐Mathias; Härkönen,Taina; Vähäsalo, Paula; Vatanen, Tommi; Lempainen, Johanna; Veijola, Riitta; Turtinen, Maaret; Ilonen, Jorma; Knip, Mikael; the Finnish Pediatric Diabetes Register
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Distinct cellular immune responses in children en route to type 1 diabetes with different first-appearing autoantibodies (2024)
Starskaia Inna, Valta Milla, Pietilä Sami, Suomi Tomi, Pahkuri Sirpa, Kalim Ubaid Ullah, Rasool Omid, Rydgren Emilie, Hyöty Heikki, Knip Mikael, Veijola Riitta, Ilonen Jorma, Toppari Jorma, Lempainen Johanna, Elo Laura L., Lahesmaa Riitta
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Early‐pregnancy BMI, maternal gestational weight gain, and asthma and allergic diseases in children (2024)
- Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
Ojwang, Vincent; Nwaru, Bright I.; Hanna-Mari, Takkinen; Heli, Tapanainen; Kaila, Minna; Ahonen, Suvi; Niemela, Onni; Haapala, Anna-Maija; Ilonen, Jorma; Toppari, Jorma; Hyoty, Heikki; Veijola, Riitta; Knip, Mikael; Virtanen, Suvi M.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Food Consumption and Risk of Islet Autoimmunity and Type 1 Diabetes in Children at Increased Genetic Susceptibility for Type 1 Diabetes (2024)
- Journal of Nutrition
Virtanen, Suvi M; Peltonen, Essi J; Hakola, Leena; Niinistö, Sari; Takkinen, Hanna-Mari; Ahonen, Suvi; Åkerlund, Mari; Uusitalo, Ulla; Mattila, Markus; Salo, Tuuli EI; Ilonen, Jorma; Toppari, Jorma; Veijola, Riitta; Knip, Mikael; Nevalainen, Jaakko
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Fruit, berry, and vegetable consumption and the risk of islet autoimmunity and type 1 diabetes in children-the Type 1 Diabetes Prediction and Prevention birth cohort study (2024)
- American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Mattila M, Takkinen HM, Peltonen EJ, Vuorinen AL, Niinistö S, Metsälä J, Ahonen S, Åkerlund M, Hakola L, Toppari J, Ilonen J, Veijola R, Haahtela T, Knip M, Virtanen SM
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Functional metagenomic analysis reveals potential inflammatory triggers associated with genetic risk for autoimmune disease (2024)
- Journal of AutoimmunityClinical Immunology
Berryman, Meghan A.; Ilonen, Jorma; Triplett, Eric W.; Ludvigsson, Johnny

(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
(2024)
- Journal of NutritionHLA
Salo Tuuli E.I., Hakola Leena, Niinistö Sari, Takkinen Hanna-Mari, Ahonen Suvi, Puustinen Leena, Ilonen Jorma, Toppari Jorma, Veijola Riitta, Hyöty Heikki, Knip Mikael, Virtanen Suvi M.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Increased Frequency of the HLA-DRB1*04:04-DQA1*03-DQB1*03:02 Haplotype Among HLA-DQB1*06:02-Positive Children With Type 1 DiabetesCirculating metabolic signatures of rapid and slow progression to type 1 diabetes in islet autoantibody-positive children (2024)
- Diabetes
Ilonen Jorma, Kiviniemi Minna, El-Amir Mostafa I., Nygård Lucas, Härkönen Taina, Lempainen Johanna, Knip Mikael
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Maternal gluten, cereal, and dietary fiber intake during pregnancy and lactation and the risk of islet autoimmunity and type 1 diabetes in the child (2024)
- Clinical Nutrition ESPEN
Hakola Leena, Lund-Blix Nicolai A., Takkinen Hanna-Mari, Tapanainen Heli, Niinistö Sari, Korhonen Tuuli E., Stene Lars C., Hyöty Heikki, Toppari Jorma, Ilonen Jorma, Knip Mikael, Veijola Riitta, Virtanen Suvi M.; HEDIMED Investigator group
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Serum proteomics of mother-infant dyads carrying HLA-conferred type 1 diabetes risk (2024)
- iScience
Bhosale, Santosh D.; Moulder, Robert; Suomi, Tomi; Ruohtula, Terhi; Honkanen, Jarno; Virtanen, Suvi M.; Ilonen, Jorma; Elo, Laura L.; Knip, Mikael; Lahesmaa, Riitta
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Temporal Alterations in CD8+ T Cells During the Progression from Stage 1 to Stage 3 Type 1 Diabetes (2024)
- Diabetes
Schroderus, Anna-Mari; Pitkänen, Viola; Ekman, Ilse; Stevens, Daniella; Rytkönen-Nissinen, Marja; Rintamäki, Reeta; Pihlajamäki, Jussi; Knip, Mikael; Veijola, Riitta; Toppari, Jorma; Ilonen, Jorma; Lempainen, Johanna; Kinnunen, Tuure
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
The effect of early life cytomegalovirus infection on the immune profile of children (2024)
Ekman, Ilse; Schroderus, Anna-Mari; Vuorinen, Tytti; Knip, Mikael; Veijola, Riitta; Toppari, Jorma; Ilonen, Jorma; Lempainen, Johanna; Kinnunen, Tuure
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
The effect of type 1 diabetes protection and susceptibility associated HLA class II genotypes on DNA methylation in immune cells (2024)
Pahkuri, Sirpa; Katayama, Shintaro; Valta, Milla; Nygård, Lucas; Knip, Mikael; Kere, Juha; Ilonen, Jorma; Lempainen, Johanna; Finnish Pediatric Diabetes Register
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
(2023)
- Frontiers in Endocrinology
Lamichhane Santosh, Sen Partho, Dickens Alex M, Kråkström Matilda, Ilonen Jorma, Lempainen Johanna, Hyöty Heikki, Lahesmaa Riitta, Veijola Riitta, Toppari Jorma, Hyötyläinen Tuulia, Knip Mikael, Orešič Matej

(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)