Marjo Suomalainen
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Recent Articles
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Korpela K, Salonen A, Vepsalainen O, Suomalainen M, Kolmeder C, Varjosalo M, et al.
Microbiome
. 2018 Oct;
6(1):182.
PMID: 30326954
Background: Infants born by caesarean section or receiving antibiotics are at increased risk of developing metabolic, inflammatory and immunological diseases, potentially due to disruption of normal gut microbiota at a...
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Jarvinen H, Laakkonen L, Haiko J, Johansson T, Juuti K, Suomalainen M, et al.
Mol Microbiol
. 2013 Jun;
89(3):507-17.
PMID: 23763588
Fibrinolysis is important in cell migration and tightly regulated by specific inhibitors and activators; of the latter, urokinase (uPA) associates with enhancement of cell migration. Active uPA is formed through...
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Suomalainen M, Lobo L, Brandenburg K, Lindner B, Virkola R, Knirel Y, et al.
Infect Immun
. 2010 Apr;
78(6):2644-52.
PMID: 20368351
The Pla surface protease of Yersinia pestis activates human plasminogen and is a central virulence factor in bubonic and pneumonic plague. Pla is a transmembrane beta-barrel protein and member of...
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Haiko J, Suomalainen M, Ojala T, Lahteenmaki K, Korhonen T
Innate Immun
. 2009 Mar;
15(2):67-80.
PMID: 19318417
The omptin family of Gram-negative bacterial transmembrane aspartic proteases comprises surface proteins with a highly conserved beta-barrel fold but differing biological functions. The omptins OmpT of Escherichia coli, PgtE of...
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Suomalainen M, Haiko J, Ramu P, Lobo L, Kukkonen M, Westerlund-Wikstrom B, et al.
Adv Exp Med Biol
. 2007 Oct;
603:268-78.
PMID: 17966423
The Pla surface protease of Yersinia pestis, encoded by the Y. pestis-specific plasmid pPCP1, is a versatile virulence factor. In vivo studies have shown that Pla is essential in the...
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Ramu P, Lobo L, Kukkonen M, Bjur E, Suomalainen M, Raukola H, et al.
Int J Med Microbiol
. 2007 Sep;
298(3-4):263-78.
PMID: 17888724
Mammalian matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) degrade collagen networks in extracellular matrices by cleaving collagen and its denatured form gelatin, and thus enhance migration of mammalian cells. The gastrointestinal pathogen Salmonella enterica...
7.
Lack of O-antigen is essential for plasminogen activation by Yersinia pestis and Salmonella enterica
Kukkonen M, Suomalainen M, Kyllonen P, Lahteenmaki K, Lang H, Virkola R, et al.
Mol Microbiol
. 2003 Dec;
51(1):215-25.
PMID: 14651623
The O-antigen of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a virulence factor in enterobacterial infections, and the advantage of its genetic loss in the lethal pathogen Yersinia pestis has remained unresolved. Y. pestis...
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Lahteenmaki K, Kukkonen M, Jaatinen S, Suomalainen M, Soranummi H, Virkola R, et al.
Adv Exp Med Biol
. 2003 May;
529:141-5.
PMID: 12756746
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