Liisa Nissinen - UTU Research Portal

Liisa Nissinen

- Senior Researcher,
Dermatology and Venereology (Department of Clinical Medicine)
- Docent,
Department of Life Technologies (Faculty of Technology)

liinis@utu.fi

Kiinamyllynkatu 10

Turku

ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6743-6736

Publications

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C1s protects cutaneous squamous carcinoma cells from TRAIL-induced apoptosis (2026)
- Oncogenesis
Salmela, Maria; Nissinen, Liisa; Rappu, Pekka; Viiklepp, Kristina; Ojalill, Marjaana; Heino, Jyrki; Riihilä, Pilvi; Kähäri, Veli-Matti
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
C5aR1 Promotes Invasion, Metastasis, and Poor Prognosis in Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma (2025)
- American Journal of Pathology
Heiskanen, Lauri; Nissinen, Liisa; Siljamäki, Elina; Knuutila, Jaakko S.; Pellinen, Teijo; Kallajoki, Markku; Heino, Jyrki; Riihilä, Pilvi; Kähäri, Veli-Matti
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Expression of C1q by Macrophages and Fibroblasts in Tumor Microenvironment Is Associated with Progression and Metastasis of Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma (2025)
- Journal of Investigative Dermatology
Viiklepp, Kristina; Knuutila, Jaakko S.; Nissinen, Liisa; Siljamäki, Elina; Rappu, Pekka; Suwal, Ujjwal; Pellinen, Teijo; Kallajoki, Markku; Meri, Seppo; Heino, Jyrki; Kähäri, Veli-Matti; Riihilä, Pilvi
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
C1s targeting antibodies inhibit the growth of cutaneous squamous carcinoma cells (2024)
- Scientific Reports
Nissinen, Liisa; Riihilä, Pilvi; Viiklepp, Kristina; Rajagopal, Vaishnavi; Storek, Michael J.; Kähäri, Veli-Matti
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Cancer-associated fibroblast activation predicts progression, metastasis, and prognosis of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (2024)
- International Journal of Cancer
Knuutila, Jaakko S.; Riihilä, Pilvi; Nissinen, Liisa; Heiskanen, Lauri; Kallionpää, Roosa E.; Pellinen, Teijo; Kähäri, Veli-Matti

(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Clinical Risk Factors for Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Patients with Actinic Keratosis or Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Situ: A Retrospective Double-cohort Study (2024)
- Acta Dermato-Venereologica
Knuutila, Jaakko S.; Kaijala, Olli; Lehto, Salla; Vahlberg, Tero; Nissinen, Liisa; Kähäri, Veli-Matti; Riihilä, Pilvi
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Clustering of RNA co-expression network identifies novel long non-coding RNA biomarkers in squamous cell carcinoma (2024)
- Scientific Reports
Nissinen, Liisa; Haalisto, Josefiina; Riihilä, Pilvi; Piipponen, Minna; Kähäri, Veli-Matti
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Long noncoding RNA plasmacytoma variant translocation 1 is overexpressed in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma and exon 2 is critical for its oncogenicity (2024)
- British Journal of Dermatology
Li Chen, Sun Chengxi, Mahapatra Kunal Das, Riihilä Pilvi, Knuutila Jaakko, Nissinen Liisa, Lapins Jan, Kähäri Veli-Matti, Homey Bernhard, Sonkoly Enikö, Pivarcsi Andor
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Inhibition of TGF-β signaling, invasion, and growth of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma by PLX8394 (2023)
- Oncogene
Siljamäki Elina, Riihilä Pilvi, Suwal Ujjwal, Nissinen Liisa, Rappu Pekka, Kallajoki Markku, Kähäri Veli-Matti, Heino Jyrki
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Targeting Myofibroblasts in Dermal Fibrosis: A Retinoid Connection (2023)
- Journal of Investigative Dermatology
Nissinen Liisa, Kähäri Veli-Matti
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal)