Elina Ikonen

30.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
185 papers, 20.3k citations indexed

About

Elina Ikonen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Elina Ikonen has authored 185 papers receiving a total of 20.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 133 papers in Molecular Biology, 78 papers in Cell Biology and 47 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Elina Ikonen's work include Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (50 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (48 papers) and Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (41 papers). Elina Ikonen is often cited by papers focused on Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (50 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (48 papers) and Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (41 papers). Elina Ikonen collaborates with scholars based in Finland, United States and Germany. Elina Ikonen's co-authors include Kai Simons, Maarit Hölttä‐Vuori, Vesa M. Olkkonen, Robert G. Parton, Veijo T. Salo, Pentti Somerharju, Sanna Heino, Shiqian Li, Ilpo Vattulainen and Abdou Rachid Thiam and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Elina Ikonen

182 papers receiving 20.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Functional rafts in cell membranes

1997 8.0k citations Kai Simons, Elina Ikonen profile →
Cellular cholesterol trafficking and compartmentalization

2008 1.1k citations Elina Ikonen profile →
How Cells Handle Cholesterol

2000 1.1k citations Kai Simons, Elina Ikonen profile →
Roles of lipid rafts in membrane transport

2001 544 citations Elina Ikonen profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elina Ikonen

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A TOM1 variant impairs interaction with TOLLIP, autophagosome-lysosome fusion and regulation of innate immunity 2025 ·Disease Models & Mechanisms ·(unknown), (unknown), Maarit Hölttä‐Vuori, Salla Keskitalo, Markku Varjosalo, Kaarina Heiskanen, (unknown), Mikko Seppänen, Daniel G. S. Capelluto, Elina Ikonen, Samppa Ryhänen	1
2	Nuclear envelope-associated lipid droplets are enriched in cholesteryl esters and increase during inflammatory signaling 2025 ·The EMBO Journal ·Ábel Szkalisity, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Shiqian Li, Antti Isomäki, (unknown), Clare J. Strachan, Ilya Belevich, Eija Jokitalo, Elina Ikonen	3
3	The usage of the paris classification system in urine cytology in the diagnosis of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer: a retrospective single-center study 2025 ·Discover Oncology ·Pirkko Saarinen, (unknown), (unknown), Elina Ikonen, Timo K. Nykopp	1
4	HiHo-AID2: boosting homozygous knock-in efficiency enables robust generation of human auxin-inducible degron cells 2024 ·Genome biology ·Shiqian Li, Yafei Wang, Miesje M. van der Stoel, Xin Zhou, (unknown), Kristiina Kanerva, (unknown), (unknown), Vesa M. Olkkonen, You Zhou, Taneli Raivio, Elina Ikonen	5
5	Intracellular Cholesterol Trafficking 2023 ·Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology ·Elina Ikonen, Vesa M. Olkkonen	16
6	Lipid Metabolic Reprogramming Extends beyond Histologic Tumor Demarcations in Operable Human Pancreatic Cancer 2022 ·Cancer Research ·(unknown), Ábel Szkalisity, Jaana Hagström, Yonghyo Kim, Ede Migh, Mária Kovács, Maarit Hölttä‐Vuori, Johan Peränen, Hanna Seppänen, Caj Haglund, Jeovanis Gil, Melinda Rezeli, Johan Malm, Péter Horváth, György Marko‐Varga, Pauli Puolakkainen, Elina Ikonen	8
7	DGAT1 activity synchronises with mitophagy to protect cells from metabolic rewiring by iron depletion 2022 ·The EMBO Journal ·(unknown), Álvaro Sánchez-Martínez, (unknown), Fumi Suomi, Hans Stenlund, Annika Johansson, (unknown), Veijo T. Salo, Lambert Montava‐Garriga, (unknown), Elina Ikonen, Ian G. Ganley, Alexander J. Whitworth, Thomas G. McWilliams	31
8	ORP2 couples LDL‐cholesterol transport to FAK activation by endosomal cholesterol/PI(4,5)P ₂ exchange 2021 ·The EMBO Journal ·Kohta Takahashi, Kristiina Kanerva, (unknown), Leonardo Almeida‐Souza, Daniel Lietha, Vesa M. Olkkonen, Elina Ikonen	37
9	Desmosterol suppresses macrophage inflammasome activation and protects against vascular inflammation and atherosclerosis 2021 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Xinbo Zhang, Jeffrey G. McDonald, Binod Aryal, Alberto Canfrán‐Duque, Emily L. Goldberg, Elisa Araldi, Wen Ding, Yuhua Fan, Bonne M. Thompson, Abhishek K. Singh, Qian Li, George Tellides, José Ordovás-Montañés, Rolando García-Milian, Vishwa Deep Dixit, Elina Ikonen, Yajaira Suárez, Carlos Fernández‐Hernando	85
10	High‐content imaging and structure‐based predictions reveal functional differences between Niemann‐Pick C1 variants 2020 ·Traffic ·(unknown), Johan Peränen, Simon G. Pfisterer, Giray Enkavi, Ilpo Vattulainen, Elina Ikonen	12
11	Stromal CAVIN1 Controls Prostate Cancer Microenvironment and Metastasis by Modulating Lipid Distribution and Inflammatory Signaling 2020 ·Molecular Cancer Research ·Jin‐Yih Low, W. Nathaniel Brennen, Alan K. Meeker, Elina Ikonen, Brian W. Simons, Marikki Laiho	18
12	Lysosome Associated Protein Transmembrane 4B-24 Is the Predominant Protein Isoform in Human Tissues and Undergoes Rapid, Nutrient-Regulated Turnover 2020 ·American Journal Of Pathology ·Kecheng Zhou, Andrea Dichlberger, Elina Ikonen, Tomas Blom	8
13	Membrane Curvature Catalyzes Lipid Droplet Assembly 2020 ·Current Biology ·Alexandre Santinho, Veijo T. Salo, Aymeric Chorlay, Shiqian Li, Xin Zhou, Mohyeddine Omrane, Elina Ikonen, Abdou Rachid Thiam	88
14	Mitochondrial biogenesis is transcriptionally repressed in lysosomal lipid storage diseases 2019 ·eLife ·King Faisal Yambire, Lorena Fernández-Mosquera, Robert Steinfeld, Christiane Mühle, Elina Ikonen, Ira Milošević, Nuno Raimundo	63
15	OSBP-related protein-2 (ORP2): a novel Akt effector that controls cellular energy metabolism 2018 ·Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences ·(unknown), (unknown), Helena Vihinen, (unknown), Gerhard Liebisch, Zoltán Pataj, Annukka M. Kivelä, Shiqian Li, Leena Karhinen, (unknown), Robert Andrews, (unknown), Silke Matysik, Elina Ikonen, You Zhou, Eija Jokitalo, Vesa M. Olkkonen	28
16	Sphingolipid metabolic flow controls phosphoinositide turnover at the trans ‐Golgi network 2017 ·The EMBO Journal ·(unknown), Lucia Sticco, Riccardo Rizzo, Marinella Pirozzi, Domenico Russo, Nina Dathan, Felix Campelo, Josse van Galen, Maarit Hölttä‐Vuori, Gabriele Turacchio, Angelika Haußer, Vivek Malhotra, Isabelle Riezman, Howard Riezman, Elina Ikonen, Chiara Luberto, Seetharaman Parashuraman, Alberto Luini, Giovanni D’Angelo	65
17	Analysis of the role of p200-containing vesicles in post-Golgi traffic. 1996 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·Elina Ikonen, Robert G. Parton, Frank Lafont, Kai Simons	34
18	Intracellular Sorting of Aspartylglucosaminidase: The Role of N -Linked Oligosaccharides and Evidence of Man-6-P-Independent Lysosomal Targeting 1995 ·DNA and Cell Biology ·Ritva Tikkanen, (unknown), (unknown), Elina Ikonen, Leena Peltonen	38
19	Dissection of the Molecular Consequences of a Double Mutation Causing a Human Lysosomal Disease 1994 ·DNA and Cell Biology ·(unknown), Elina Ikonen, Raija Sormunen, Veli‐Pekka Lehto, Leena Peltonen, Anu Jalanko	19
20	Huntington disease in Finland: linkage disequilibrium of chromosome 4 RFLP haplotypes and exclusion of a tight linkage between the disease and D4S43 locus. 1990 ·PubMed ·Elina Ikonen, J. Palo, Jürg Ott, James F. Gusella, Hannu Somer, Laurent Karila, Aarno Palotie, Leena Peltonen	17

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