Publications

2024

  1. Pekkarinen, M, Nordfors, K, Uusi-Mäkelä, J, Kytölä, V, Hartewig, A, Huhtala, L et al.. Aberrant DNA methylation distorts developmental trajectories in atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors. Life Sci Alliance. 2024;7 (6):. doi: 10.26508/lsa.202302088. PubMed PMID:38499326 PubMed Central PMC10948937.

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2023

  1. Zapilko, V, Moisio, S, Parikka, M, Heinäniemi, M, Lohi, O. Generation of a Zebrafish Knock-In Model Recapitulating Childhood ETV6::RUNX1-Positive B-Cell Precursor Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Cancers (Basel). 2023;15 (24):. doi: 10.3390/cancers15245821. PubMed PMID:38136366 PubMed Central PMC10871125.
  2. Krali, O, Marincevic-Zuniga, Y, Arvidsson, G, Enblad, AP, Lundmark, A, Sayyab, S et al.. Multimodal classification of molecular subtypes in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia. NPJ Precis Oncol. 2023;7 (1):131. doi: 10.1038/s41698-023-00479-5. PubMed PMID:38066241 PubMed Central PMC10709574.
  3. Ventelä, J, Alanko, A, Auvinen, A, Lohi, O, Nikkilä, A. Dual direction associations between common autoimmune diseases and leukemia among children and young adults: A systematic review. Cancer Epidemiol. 2023;86 :102411. doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2023.102411. PubMed PMID:37423102 .
  4. Heipertz, AE, Pajtler, KW, Pfaff, E, Schramm, K, Blattner-Johnson, M, Milde, T et al.. Outcome of Children and Adolescents With Relapsed/Refractory/Progressive Malignancies Treated With Molecularly Informed Targeted Drugs in the Pediatric Precision Oncology Registry INFORM. JCO Precis Oncol. 2023;7 :e2300015. doi: 10.1200/PO.23.00015. PubMed PMID:37364231 .
  5. Kilpeläinen, L, Nikkilä, A, Lohi, O. Pre-harvest CD34 cell counts predicted peripheral blood stem cell collection yields. Acta Paediatr. 2023;112 (10):2189-2190. doi: 10.1111/apa.16879. PubMed PMID:37332113 .
  6. Hakkarainen, M, Kaaja, I, Douglas, SPM, Vulliamy, T, Dokal, I, Soulier, J et al.. The clinical picture of ERCC6L2 disease: from bone marrow failure to acute leukemia. Blood. 2023;141 (23):2853-2866. doi: 10.1182/blood.2022019425. PubMed PMID:36952636 .
  7. Fischer, A, Lersch, R, de Andrade Krätzig, N, Strong, A, Friedrich, MJ, Weber, J et al.. interrogation of regulatory genomes reveals extensive quasi-insufficiency in cancer evolution. Cell Genom. 2023;3 (3):100276. doi: 10.1016/j.xgen.2023.100276. PubMed PMID:36950387 PubMed Central PMC10025556.
  8. Saralahti, AK, Harjula, SE, Rantapero, T, Uusi-Mäkelä, MIE, Kaasinen, M, Junno, M et al.. Characterization of the innate immune response to Streptococcus pneumoniae infection in zebrafish. PLoS Genet. 2023;19 (1):e1010586. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010586. PubMed PMID:36622851 PubMed Central PMC9858863.

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2022

  1. Peterziel, H, Jamaladdin, N, ElHarouni, D, Gerloff, XF, Herter, S, Fiesel, P et al.. Drug sensitivity profiling of 3D tumor tissue cultures in the pediatric precision oncology program INFORM. NPJ Precis Oncol. 2022;6 (1):94. doi: 10.1038/s41698-022-00335-y. PubMed PMID:36575299 PubMed Central PMC9794727.
  2. Pilheden, M, Ahlgren, L, Hyrenius-Wittsten, A, Gonzalez-Pena, V, Sturesson, H, Hansen Marquart, HV et al.. Duplex Sequencing Uncovers Recurrent Low-frequency Cancer-associated Mutations in Infant and Childhood -rearranged Acute Leukemia. Hemasphere. 2022;6 (10):e785. doi: 10.1097/HS9.0000000000000785. PubMed PMID:36204688 PubMed Central PMC9529062.
  3. Andersson, NG, Rathe, M, Mølle, I, Jarvis, KB, Hoffmann, M, Huurre, A et al.. A survey on thromboprophylaxis and coagulation assessment in children and young adults with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) in the Nordic and Baltic countries: Different practices of assessment and management. Br J Haematol. 2022;199 (1):117-121. doi: 10.1111/bjh.18397. PubMed PMID:35922061 PubMed Central PMC9804349.
  4. Abuhamed, J, Nikkilä, A, Raitanen, J, Alimam, W, Lohi, O, Pitkäniemi, J et al.. Incidence trends of childhood central nervous system tumors in Finland 1990-2017. BMC Cancer. 2022;22 (1):784. doi: 10.1186/s12885-022-09862-0. PubMed PMID:35850678 PubMed Central PMC9290294.
  5. Vuorenoja, S, Vettenranta, K, Lohi, O. Successful eradication of chronic myeloid leukemia in a child despite allogeneic graft rejection. Cancer Rep (Hoboken). 2022;5 (10):e1663. doi: 10.1002/cnr2.1663. PubMed PMID:35796282 PubMed Central PMC9575499.
  6. Nikkilä, A, Lohi, O, Nieminen, N, Csonka, P. Trends in ferritin measurements in children and adolescents: A Finnish 9-year observational study. Acta Paediatr. 2022;111 (10):1933-1940. doi: 10.1111/apa.16454. PubMed PMID:35708115 PubMed Central PMC9541652.
  7. Schober, SJ, Hallmen, E, Reßle, F, Gassmann, H, Prexler, C, Wawer, A et al.. No Improvement of Survival for Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma Patients After HLA-Matched Versus -Mismatched Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Compared to Standard-of-Care Therapy. Front Oncol. 2022;12 :878367. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.878367. PubMed PMID:35619911 PubMed Central PMC9127413.
  8. Oksa, L, Mäkinen, A, Nikkilä, A, Hyvärinen, N, Laukkanen, S, Rokka, A et al.. Arginine Methyltransferase PRMT7 Deregulates Expression of RUNX1 Target Genes in T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Cancers (Basel). 2022;14 (9):. doi: 10.3390/cancers14092169. PubMed PMID:35565298 PubMed Central PMC9101393.
  9. Laukkanen, S, Veloso, A, Yan, C, Oksa, L, Alpert, EJ, Do, D et al.. Therapeutic targeting of LCK tyrosine kinase and mTOR signaling in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Blood. 2022;140 (17):1891-1906. doi: 10.1182/blood.2021015106. PubMed PMID:35544598 PubMed Central PMC10082361.
  10. Långström, S, Huurre, A, Kari, J, Lohi, O, Sievänen, H, Palmu, S et al.. Bioimpedance spinal needle provides high success and low complication rate in lumbar punctures of pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Sci Rep. 2022;12 (1):6799. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-10915-4. PubMed PMID:35474331 PubMed Central PMC9042945.
  11. Ventelä, J, Nikkilä, A, Jukkola, A, Lohi, O. Incidence and outcomes of cancer in 16- to 17-year-old adolescents. Acta Paediatr. 2022;111 (2):442-444. doi: 10.1111/apa.16161. PubMed PMID:34689375 PubMed Central PMC9299452.

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2021

  1. Ventelä, J, Nikkilä, A, Jukkola, A, Lohi, O. Incidence and outcomes of cancer in 16- to 17-year-old adolescents. Acta Paediatr. 2022;111 (2):442-444. doi: 10.1111/apa.16161. PubMed PMID:34689375 PubMed Central PMC9299452.
  2. van Tilburg, CM, Pfaff, E, Pajtler, KW, Langenberg, KPS, Fiesel, P, Jones, BC et al.. The Pediatric Precision Oncology INFORM Registry: Clinical Outcome and Benefit for Patients with Very High-Evidence Targets. Cancer Discov. 2021;11 (11):2764-2779. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-21-0094. PubMed PMID:34373263 PubMed Central PMC9414287.
  3. Immonen, E, Nikkilä, A, Peltomäki, T, Aine, L, Lohi, O. Late adverse effects of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia treatment on developing dentition. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021;68 (9):e29200. doi: 10.1002/pbc.29200. PubMed PMID:34228397 .
  4. Mäkinen, A, Nikkilä, A, Mehtonen, J, Teppo, S, Oksa, L, Nordlund, J et al.. Expression of BCL6 in paediatric B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and association with prognosis. Pathology. 2021;53 (7):875-882. doi: 10.1016/j.pathol.2021.02.013. PubMed PMID:34049715 .
  5. Mäkinen, A, Nikkilä, A, Haapaniemi, T, Oksa, L, Mehtonen, J, Vänskä, M et al.. Associates with Proliferative Phenotype and Prognostic Features in B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Cancers (Basel). 2021;13 (7):. doi: 10.3390/cancers13071505. PubMed PMID:33805930 PubMed Central PMC8037952.
  6. Winter, G, Kirschner-Schwabe, R, Groeneveld-Krentz, S, Escherich, G, Möricke, A, von Stackelberg, A et al.. Clinical and genetic characteristics of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and Li-Fraumeni syndrome. Leukemia. 2021;35 (5):1475-1479. doi: 10.1038/s41375-021-01163-y. PubMed PMID:33580201 PubMed Central PMC8102191.

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2020

  1. Abuhamed, J, Nikkilä, A, Lohi, O, Auvinen, A. Trends of computed tomography use among children in Finland. Eur J Radiol Open. 2020;7 :100290. doi: 10.1016/j.ejro.2020.100290. PubMed PMID:33335951 PubMed Central PMC7733003.
  2. Mehtonen, J, Teppo, S, Lahnalampi, M, Kokko, A, Kaukonen, R, Oksa, L et al.. Single cell characterization of B-lymphoid differentiation and leukemic cell states during chemotherapy in ETV6-RUNX1-positive pediatric leukemia identifies drug-targetable transcription factor activities. Genome Med. 2020;12 (1):99. doi: 10.1186/s13073-020-00799-2. PubMed PMID:33218352 PubMed Central PMC7679990.
  3. Dufva, O, Pölönen, P, Brück, O, Keränen, MAI, Klievink, J, Mehtonen, J et al.. Immunogenomic Landscape of Hematological Malignancies. Cancer Cell. 2020;38 (3):424-428. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2020.08.019. PubMed PMID:32931743 .
  4. Laukkanen, S, Oksa, L, Nikkilä, A, Lahnalampi, M, Parikka, M, Seki, M et al.. SIX6 is a TAL1-regulated transcription factor in T-ALL and associated with inferior outcome. Leuk Lymphoma. 2020;61 (13):3089-3100. doi: 10.1080/10428194.2020.1804560. PubMed PMID:32835548 .
  5. Immonen, E, Aine, L, Nikkilä, A, Parikka, M, Grönroos, M, Vepsäläinen, K et al.. Randomized controlled and double-blinded study of Caphosol versus saline oral rinses in pediatric patients with cancer. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2020;67 (10):e28520. doi: 10.1002/pbc.28520. PubMed PMID:32725875 .
  6. Chan, LN, Murakami, MA, Robinson, ME, Caeser, R, Sadras, T, Lee, J et al.. Signalling input from divergent pathways subverts B cell transformation. Nature. 2020;583 (7818):845-851. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2513-4. PubMed PMID:32699415 PubMed Central PMC7394729.
  7. Dufva, O, Pölönen, P, Brück, O, Keränen, MAI, Klievink, J, Mehtonen, J et al.. Immunogenomic Landscape of Hematological Malignancies. Cancer Cell. 2020;38 (3):380-399.e13. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2020.06.002. PubMed PMID:32649887 .
  8. Karalexi, MA, Dessypris, N, Ma, X, Spector, LG, Marcotte, E, Clavel, J et al.. Age-, sex- and disease subtype-related foetal growth differentials in childhood acute myeloid leukaemia risk: A Childhood Leukemia International Consortium analysis. Eur J Cancer. 2020;130 :1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2020.01.018. PubMed PMID:32163883 .
  9. Nikkilä, A, Raitanen, J, Lohi, O, Auvinen, A. Radiation exposure from computerized tomography and risk of childhood leukemia: Finnish register-based case-control study of childhood leukemia (FRECCLE). Haematologica. 2020;105 (3):849-850. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2019.245704. PubMed PMID:32115415 PubMed Central PMC7049358.
  10. Grönroos, T, Mäkinen, A, Laukkanen, S, Mehtonen, J, Nikkilä, A, Oksa, L et al.. Clinicopathological features and prognostic value of SOX11 in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Sci Rep. 2020;10 (1):2043. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-58970-z. PubMed PMID:32029838 PubMed Central PMC7005266.
  11. Nikkilä, A, Arvela, H, Mehtonen, J, Raitanen, J, Heinäniemi, M, Lohi, O et al.. Predicting residential radon concentrations in Finland: Model development, validation, and application to childhood leukemia. Scand J Work Environ Health. 2020;46 (3):278-292. doi: 10.5271/sjweh.3867. PubMed PMID:31763683 .
  12. Harjula, SE, Saralahti, AK, Ojanen, MJT, Rantapero, T, Uusi-Mäkelä, MIE, Nykter, M et al.. Characterization of immune response against Mycobacterium marinum infection in the main hematopoietic organ of adult zebrafish (Danio rerio). Dev Comp Immunol. 2020;103 :103523. doi: 10.1016/j.dci.2019.103523. PubMed PMID:31626817 .
  13. Heikkilä, P, Kokko, P, Lohi, O, Korppi, M. Nursing intensity scores did not correlate well with reimbursement claims for infant bronchiolitis. Acta Paediatr. 2020;109 (1):140-146. doi: 10.1111/apa.14926. PubMed PMID:31269265 .

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2019

  1. Karppinen, S, Lohi, O, Vihola, M. Prediction of leukocyte counts during paediatric acute lymphoblastic leukaemia maintenance therapy. Sci Rep. 2019;9 (1):18076. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-54492-5. PubMed PMID:31792398 PubMed Central PMC6889389.
  2. Nikkilä, A, Arvela, H, Mehtonen, J, Raitanen, J, Heinäniemi, M, Lohi, O et al.. Predicting residential radon concentrations in Finland: Model development, validation, and application to childhood leukemia. Scand J Work Environ Health. 2020;46 (3):278-292. doi: 10.5271/sjweh.3867. PubMed PMID:31763683 .
  3. Harjula, SE, Saralahti, AK, Ojanen, MJT, Rantapero, T, Uusi-Mäkelä, MIE, Nykter, M et al.. Characterization of immune response against Mycobacterium marinum infection in the main hematopoietic organ of adult zebrafish (Danio rerio). Dev Comp Immunol. 2020;103 :103523. doi: 10.1016/j.dci.2019.103523. PubMed PMID:31626817 .
  4. Talibov, M, Olsson, A, Bailey, H, Erdmann, F, Metayer, C, Magnani, C et al.. Parental occupational exposure to low-frequency magnetic fields and risk of leukaemia in the offspring: findings from the Childhood Leukaemia International Consortium (CLIC). Occup Environ Med. 2019;76 (10):746-753. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2019-105706. PubMed PMID:31358566 PubMed Central PMC6817988.
  5. Mehtonen, J, Pölönen, P, Häyrynen, S, Dufva, O, Lin, J, Liuksiala, T et al.. Data-driven characterization of molecular phenotypes across heterogeneous sample collections. Nucleic Acids Res. 2019;47 (13):e76. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkz281. PubMed PMID:31329928 PubMed Central PMC6648337.
  6. Heikkilä, P, Kokko, P, Lohi, O, Korppi, M. Nursing intensity scores did not correlate well with reimbursement claims for infant bronchiolitis. Acta Paediatr. 2020;109 (1):140-146. doi: 10.1111/apa.14926. PubMed PMID:31269265 .
  7. Pölönen, P, Mehtonen, J, Lin, J, Liuksiala, T, Häyrynen, S, Teppo, S et al.. Hemap: An Interactive Online Resource for Characterizing Molecular Phenotypes across Hematologic Malignancies. Cancer Res. 2019;79 (10):2466-2479. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-18-2970. PubMed PMID:30940663 .
  8. Wolthers, BO, Mogensen, PR, Frandsen, TL, Abrahamsson, J, Behrendtz, M, Heyman, M et al.. Insulin-dependent diabetes: A chronic complication to acute pancreatitis in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2019;66 (1):e27437. doi: 10.1002/pbc.27437. PubMed PMID:30216644 .
  9. Poukka, M, Lund-Aho, T, Raittinen, P, Nikkilä, A, Kivinen, K, Lundán, T et al.. Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia With INPP5D-ABL1 Fusion Responds to Imatinib Treatment. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2019;41 (7):e481-e483. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0000000000001267. PubMed PMID:30045148 .

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2018

  1. Wolthers, BO, Mogensen, PR, Frandsen, TL, Abrahamsson, J, Behrendtz, M, Heyman, M et al.. Insulin-dependent diabetes: A chronic complication to acute pancreatitis in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2019;66 (1):e27437. doi: 10.1002/pbc.27437. PubMed PMID:30216644 .
  2. Nikkilä, A, Raitanen, J, Lohi, O, Auvinen, A. Radiation exposure from computerized tomography and risk of childhood leukemia: Finnish register-based case-control study of childhood leukemia (FRECCLE). Haematologica. 2018;103 (11):1873-1880. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2018.187716. PubMed PMID:29976736 PubMed Central PMC6278981.
  3. Nikkilä, A, Kendall, G, Raitanen, J, Spycher, B, Lohi, O, Auvinen, A et al.. Effects of incomplete residential histories on studies of environmental exposure with application to childhood leukaemia and background radiation. Environ Res. 2018;166 :466-472. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2018.06.035. PubMed PMID:29945121 .
  4. Nordfors, K, Haapasalo, J, Afyounian, E, Tuominen, J, Annala, M, Häyrynen, S et al.. Erratum: Whole-exome sequencing identifies germline mutation in TP53 and ATRX in a child with genomically aberrant AT/RT and her mother with anaplastic astrocytoma. Cold Spring Harb Mol Case Stud. 2018;4 (3):. doi: 10.1101/mcs.a003129. PubMed PMID:29858379 PubMed Central PMC5983177.
  5. Nordfors, K, Haapasalo, J, Afyounian, E, Tuominen, J, Annala, M, Häyrynen, S et al.. Whole-exome sequencing identifies germline mutation in TP53 and ATRX in a child with genomically aberrant AT/RT and her mother with anaplastic astrocytoma. Cold Spring Harb Mol Case Stud. 2018;4 (2):. doi: 10.1101/mcs.a002246. PubMed PMID:29602769 PubMed Central PMC5880256.
  6. de Bock, CE, Demeyer, S, Degryse, S, Verbeke, D, Sweron, B, Gielen, O et al.. HOXA9 Cooperates with Activated JAK/STAT Signaling to Drive Leukemia Development. Cancer Discov. 2018;8 (5):616-631. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-17-0583. PubMed PMID:29496663 .
  7. Norberg, A, Rosén, A, Raaschou-Jensen, K, Kjeldsen, L, Moilanen, JS, Paulsson-Karlsson, Y et al.. Novel variants in Nordic patients referred for genetic testing of telomere-related disorders. Eur J Hum Genet. 2018;26 (6):858-867. doi: 10.1038/s41431-018-0112-8. PubMed PMID:29483670 PubMed Central PMC5974393.

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2017

  1. Teppo, S, Heinäniemi, M, Lohi, O. Deregulation of the non-coding genome in leukemia. RNA Biol. 2017;14 (7):827-830. doi: 10.1080/15476286.2017.1312228. PubMed PMID:28387584 PubMed Central PMC5546539.
  2. Lohi, O, Heinäniemi, M. Derailed regulatory network in childhood acute leukaemia. Acta Paediatr. 2017;106 (3):359-360. doi: 10.1111/apa.13714. PubMed PMID:28186373 .
  3. Grönroos, T, Teppo, S, Mehtonen, J, Laukkanen, S, Liuksiala, T, Nykter, M et al.. Overexpression of PTP4A3 in ETV6-RUNX1 acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Leuk Res. 2017;54 :1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.leukres.2016.12.005. PubMed PMID:28063378 .

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2016

  1. Grönroos, T, Teppo, S, Mehtonen, J, Laukkanen, S, Liuksiala, T, Nykter, M et al.. Overexpression of PTP4A3 in ETV6-RUNX1 acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Leuk Res. 2017;54 :1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.leukres.2016.12.005. PubMed PMID:28063378 .
  2. Teppo, S, Laukkanen, S, Liuksiala, T, Nordlund, J, Oittinen, M, Teittinen, K et al.. Genome-wide repression of eRNA and target gene loci by the ETV6-RUNX1 fusion in acute leukemia. Genome Res. 2016;26 (11):1468-1477. doi: 10.1101/gr.193649.115. PubMed PMID:27620872 PubMed Central PMC5088590.
  3. Heinäniemi, M, Vuorenmaa, T, Teppo, S, Kaikkonen, MU, Bouvy-Liivrand, M, Mehtonen, J et al.. Transcription-coupled genetic instability marks acute lymphoblastic leukemia structural variation hotspots. Elife. 2016;5 :. doi: 10.7554/eLife.13087. PubMed PMID:27431763 PubMed Central PMC4951197.
  4. Nikkilä, A, Erme, S, Arvela, H, Holmgren, O, Raitanen, J, Lohi, O et al.. Background radiation and childhood leukemia: A nationwide register-based case-control study. Int J Cancer. 2016;139 (9):1975-82. doi: 10.1002/ijc.30264. PubMed PMID:27405274 .
  5. Teppo, E, Penttinen, J, Myöhänen, O, Vettenranta, K, Lohi, O. Single-centre study reports a 84% five-year overall survival rate for paediatric solid tumours. Acta Paediatr. 2016;105 (8):952-8. doi: 10.1111/apa.13425. PubMed PMID:27060472 .
  6. Järvelä, L, Raitanen, J, Erme, S, Lohi, O, Auvinen, A. Residential mobility and the risk of childhood leukemia. Cancer Causes Control. 2016;27 (3):433-43. doi: 10.1007/s10552-016-0720-y. PubMed PMID:26830898 .
  7. Lohi, O, Helminen, M, Korppi, M. Audits show that specialist paediatric training programmes are sensitive to medical, staffing and economic changes. Acta Paediatr. 2016;105 (6):701-4. doi: 10.1111/apa.13330. PubMed PMID:26776769 .
  8. Laitaoja, M, Tossavainen, H, Pihlajamaa, T, Valjakka, J, Viiri, K, Lohi, O et al.. Redox-dependent disulfide bond formation in SAP30L corepressor protein: Implications for structure and function. Protein Sci. 2016;25 (3):572-86. doi: 10.1002/pro.2849. PubMed PMID:26609676 PubMed Central PMC4815409.

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