Elina Hellsten

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Elina Hellsten is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Elina Hellsten has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Physiology and 4 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Elina Hellsten's work include Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research (10 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (3 papers) and RNA regulation and disease (3 papers). Elina Hellsten is often cited by papers focused on Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research (10 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (3 papers) and RNA regulation and disease (3 papers). Elina Hellsten collaborates with scholars based in Finland, United States and United Kingdom. Elina Hellsten's co-authors include Jouni Vesa, Pirkko Santavuori, Leena Peltonen, Linda A. Verkruyse, Juhani Rapola, Sandra L. Hofmann, J. Vesa, Laura‐Maria Peltonen, Kari Alitalo and Anu Jalanko and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The EMBO Journal and Genome Research.

In The Last Decade

Elina Hellsten

18 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Mutations in the palmitoyl protein thioesterase gene caus... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 200 400 600
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Mutations in the palmitoyl protein thioesterase gene causing infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis
    1995 606 citations Jouni Vesa, Elina Hellsten et al. Nature profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Elina Hellsten Finland 14 690 622 414 254 109 18 1.3k
Frans W. Verheijen Netherlands 25 850 1.2× 722 1.2× 477 1.2× 300 1.2× 69 0.6× 47 1.8k
John P. Incardona United States 8 1.1k 1.6× 241 0.4× 248 0.6× 308 1.2× 74 0.7× 8 1.5k
Linda A. Verkruyse United States 8 674 1.0× 756 1.2× 572 1.4× 83 0.3× 149 1.4× 9 1.3k
Winnie Xin United States 18 493 0.7× 348 0.6× 235 0.6× 146 0.6× 49 0.4× 29 1.2k
Aija Kyttälä Finland 22 1.0k 1.5× 681 1.1× 513 1.2× 121 0.5× 211 1.9× 25 1.6k
Jouni Vesa United States 21 1.3k 1.9× 1.0k 1.6× 943 2.3× 272 1.1× 216 2.0× 35 2.5k
J. L. M. Keulemans Netherlands 20 587 0.9× 834 1.3× 250 0.6× 322 1.3× 44 0.4× 32 1.4k
Lluı̈sa Vilageliu Spain 27 742 1.1× 1.2k 1.9× 657 1.6× 134 0.5× 101 0.9× 78 1.7k
Eileen L. Holicky United States 23 1.3k 1.9× 322 0.5× 538 1.3× 69 0.3× 59 0.5× 45 1.9k
Ulrich Matzner Germany 24 554 0.8× 822 1.3× 334 0.8× 125 0.5× 187 1.7× 42 1.3k

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All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Hellsten, Elina, David J. Bernard, Jennie W. Owens, et al.. (2002). Sertoli Cell Vacuolization and Abnormal Germ Cell Adhesion in Mice Deficient in an Inositol Polyphosphate 5-Phosphatase1. Biology of Reproduction. 66(5). 1522–1530. 41 indexed citations
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Hellsten, Elina, et al.. (2001). Disrupted Sperm Function and Fertilin β Processing in Mice Deficient in the Inositol Polyphosphate 5-Phosphatase Inpp5b. Developmental Biology. 240(2). 641–653. 38 indexed citations
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Hellsten, Elina, et al.. (1998). Mouse Palmitoyl Protein Thioesterase: Gene Structure and Expression of cDNA. Genome Research. 8(7). 724–730. 13 indexed citations
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Hellsten, Elina, Jouni Vesa, Anu Jalanko, & Leena Peltonen. (1997). From Locus to Cellular Disturbances: Positional Cloning of the Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis Gene. Neuropediatrics. 28(1). 9–11. 7 indexed citations
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Hellsten, Elina, J. Vesa, Vesa M. Olkkonen, Anu Jalanko, & Laura‐Maria Peltonen. (1996). Human palmitoyl protein thioesterase: evidence for lysosomal targeting of the enzyme and disturbed cellular routing in infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis.. The EMBO Journal. 15(19). 5240–5245. 155 indexed citations
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Heiskanen, Mervi, Elina Hellsten, Olli Kallioniemi, et al.. (1995). Visual Mapping by Fiber-FISH. Genomics. 30(1). 31–36. 71 indexed citations
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Hellsten, Elina, J. Vesa, Mervi Heiskanen, et al.. (1995). Identification of YAC clones for human chromosome 1p32 and physical mapping of the infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (INCL) locus. Genomics. 25(2). 404–412. 24 indexed citations
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Vesa, Jouni, Elina Hellsten, Linda A. Verkruyse, et al.. (1995). Mutations in the palmitoyl protein thioesterase gene causing infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis. Nature. 376(6541). 584–587. 606 indexed citations breakdown →
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Laan, Maris, Olli Kallioniemi, Elina Hellsten, et al.. (1995). Mechanically stretched chromosomes as targets for high-resolution FISH mapping.. Genome Research. 5(1). 13–20. 31 indexed citations
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Mäkelä, Tomi P., Elina Hellsten, J. Vesa, et al.. (1995). The rearranged L-myc fusion gene (RLF) encodes a Zn-15 related zinc finger protein.. PubMed. 11(12). 2699–704. 17 indexed citations
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Vesa, Jouni, Elina Hellsten, Beverly S. Emanuel, et al.. (1994). Assignment of sterol carrier protein X/sterol carrier protein 2 to 1p32 and its exclusion as the causative gene for infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis. Human Molecular Genetics. 3(2). 341–346. 10 indexed citations
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Heiskanen, Mervi, Ritva Karhu, Elina Hellsten, et al.. (1994). High resolution mapping using fluorescence in situ hybridization to extended DNA fibers prepared from agarose-embedded cells.. PubMed. 17(5). 928–9, 932. 88 indexed citations
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Hellsten, Elina, Jouni Vesa, Marcy C. Speer, et al.. (1993). Refined Assignment of the Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (INCL, CLN1) Locus at 1p32: Incorporation of Linkage Disequilibrium in Multipoint Analysis. Genomics. 16(3). 720–725. 58 indexed citations
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Vesa, J., Elina Hellsten, Tomi P. Mäkelä, et al.. (1993). A Single PCR Marker in Strong Allelic Association with the Infantile Form of Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis Facilitates Reliable Prenatal Diagnostics and Disease Carrier Identification. European Journal of Human Genetics. 1(2). 125–132. 17 indexed citations
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Williams, Ruth, Jouni Vesa, Irma Järvelä, et al.. (1993). Genetic heterogeneity in neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (NCL): evidence that the late-infantile subtype (Jansky-Bielschowsky disease; CLN2) is not an allelic form of the juvenile or infantile subtypes.. PubMed. 53(4). 931–5. 19 indexed citations
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Hellsten, Elina, J. Vesa, Irma Järvelä, et al.. (1993). Refined assignment of the infantile neuronal ceroid‐lipofuscinosis (INCL) locus at 1p32 and the current status of prenatal and carrier diagnostics. Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease. 16(2). 335–338. 7 indexed citations
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Järvelä, Irma, Jouni Vesa, Pirkko Santavuori, Elina Hellsten, & Leena Peltonen. (1992). Molecular Genetics of Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinoses. Pediatric Research. 32(6). 645–648. 18 indexed citations
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Mäkelä, Tomi P., Elina Hellsten, J. Vesa, Kari Alitalo, & Leena Peltonen. (1992). An Alu variable polyA repeat polymorphism upstream of L-myc at 1p32. Human Molecular Genetics. 1(3). 217–217. 47 indexed citations

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