Helena Sork

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Helena Sork is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Helena Sork has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Genetics and 4 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Helena Sork's work include RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (7 papers), Extracellular vesicles in disease (6 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (4 papers). Helena Sork is often cited by papers focused on RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (7 papers), Extracellular vesicles in disease (6 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (4 papers). Helena Sork collaborates with scholars based in Estonia, Sweden and United Kingdom. Helena Sork's co-authors include Samir EL Andaloussi, Imre Mäger, Joel Z. Nordin, Oscar P. B. Wiklander, Matthew J. A. Wood, Giulia Corso, Smith Rjh, Pieter Vader, Paolo Macchiarini and Ylva Gustafsson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Nature Communications and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Helena Sork

14 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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Extracellular vesicle in vivo biodistribution is determined by cell source, route of administration and targeting

2015 1.3k citations Oscar P. B. Wiklander, Joel Z. Nordin et al. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles profile →

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Shinobu Ueda Japan

Shin‐ichiro Ohno Japan

Tek N. Lamichhane United States

Killian P. O’Brien United States

Yi Lee Sweden

Xianjun Gao China

Giulia Corso Sweden

Stefano Ughetto United States

A. Matsumoto Japan

Alanna Sedgwick United States

Shinobu Ueda Japan

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192 ×0.9

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92 ×0.9

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Helena Sork

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14 of 14 papers shown

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Lehto, Tõnis, Helena Sork, Annely Lorents, et al.. (2025). Amphipathic Octenyl‐Alanine Modified Peptides Mediate Effective siRNA Delivery. Journal of Peptide Science. 31(10). e70054–e70054. 1 indexed citations

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Straten, Demian van, et al.. (2024). Biofluid specific protein coronas affect lipid nanoparticle behavior in vitro. Journal of Controlled Release. 373. 481–492. 12 indexed citations

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Zheng, Wenyi, Julia Rädler, Helena Sork, et al.. (2023). Identification of scaffold proteins for improved endogenous engineering of extracellular vesicles. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4734–4734. 44 indexed citations

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Sork, Helena, Virginia M. Stone, Maria Eldh, et al.. (2022). Proteome profiling of whole plasma and plasma-derived extracellular vesicles facilitates the detection of tissue biomarkers in the non-obese diabetic mouse. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 13. 971313–971313. 8 indexed citations

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Sork, Helena, Mariana Conceição, Giulia Corso, et al.. (2021). Profiling of Extracellular Small RNAs Highlights a Strong Bias towards Non-Vesicular Secretion. Cells. 10(6). 1543–1543. 12 indexed citations

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Lehto, Tõnis, Olof Gissberg, Dhanu Gupta, et al.. (2021). Novel Orthogonally Hydrocarbon-Modified Cell-Penetrating Peptide Nanoparticles Mediate Efficient Delivery of Splice-Switching Antisense Oligonucleotides In Vitro and In Vivo. Biomedicines. 9(8). 1046–1046. 11 indexed citations

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Blanter, Marfa, Helena Sork, Soile Tuomela, & Malin Flodström‐Tullberg. (2019). Genetic and Environmental Interaction in Type 1 Diabetes: a Relationship Between Genetic Risk Alleles and Molecular Traits of Enterovirus Infection?. Current Diabetes Reports. 19(9). 82–82. 36 indexed citations

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Coenen-Stass, Anna, Helena Sork, Sole Gatto, et al.. (2018). Comprehensive RNA-Sequencing Analysis in Serum and Muscle Reveals Novel Small RNA Signatures with Biomarker Potential for DMD. Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids. 13. 1–15. 38 indexed citations

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Sork, Helena, Giulia Corso, Kaarel Krjutškov, et al.. (2018). Heterogeneity and interplay of the extracellular vesicle small RNA transcriptome and proteome. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 10813–10813. 104 indexed citations

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Sork, Helena, Joel Z. Nordin, Janne J. Turunen, et al.. (2016). Lipid-based Transfection Reagents Exhibit Cryo-induced Increase in Transfection Efficiency. Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids. 5. e290–e290. 16 indexed citations

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Wiklander, Oscar P. B., Joel Z. Nordin, Ylva Gustafsson, et al.. (2015). Extracellular vesicle in vivo biodistribution is determined by cell source, route of administration and targeting. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 4(1). 26316–26316. 1285 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lehto, Taavi, Oscar E. Simonson, Imre Mäger, et al.. (2011). A Peptide-based Vector for Efficient Gene Transfer In Vitro and In Vivo. Molecular Therapy. 19(8). 1457–1467. 85 indexed citations

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Krjutškov, Kaarel, Priit Palta, Ene Metspalu, et al.. (2009). Evaluation of the 124-plex SNP typing microarray for forensic testing. Forensic Science International Genetics. 4(1). 43–48. 22 indexed citations

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Krjutškov, Kaarel, Reidar Andreson, Reedik Mägi, et al.. (2008). Development of a single tube 640-plex genotyping method for detection of nucleic acid variations on microarrays. Nucleic Acids Research. 36(12). e75–e75. 30 indexed citations

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