Professor Jorma Ilonen - UTU Research Portal

Jorma Ilonen
Professor

- Senior Advisor,
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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Autoantibody Response Toward Chromatin in Patients With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (2025)
- Arthritis and Rheumatology
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)
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)
- HLAiScience
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)
(2024)
- Nature CommunicationsDiabetes
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)
(2024)
- Pediatric Allergy and ImmunologyClinical 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)
2024
- Journal of NutritionHLA
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 Autoimmunity
Berryman, Meghan A.; Ilonen, Jorma; Triplett, Eric W.; Ludvigsson, Johnny

(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Gut inflammation markers, diet, and risk of islet autoimmunity in Finnish children – a nested case-control study (2024)
- Journal of Nutrition
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)
(2024)
- DiabetesEuropean Journal of Nutrition
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)
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)
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)
Circulating metabolic signatures of rapid and slow progression to type 1 diabetes in islet autoantibody-positive children (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)
CXADR polymorphism rs6517774 modifies islet autoimmunity characteristics and exhibits sex disparity (2023)
- Frontiers in Genetics
Nygård Lucas, Valta Milla, Laine Antti-Pekka, Toppari Jorma, Knip Mikael, Veijola Riitta, Hyöty Heikki, Ilonen Jorma, Lempainen Johanna
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Dietary fatty acid intake in childhood and the risk of islet autoimmunity and type 1 diabetes: the DIPP birth cohort study (2023)
Hakola Leena, Vuorinen Anna-Leena, Takkinen Hanna-Mari, Niinistö Sari, Ahonen Suvi, Rautanen Jenna, Peltonen Essi J, Nevalainen Jaakko, Ilonen Jorma, Toppari Jorma, Veijola Riitta, Knip Mikael, Virtanen Suvi M
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)