Kirsi Huoponen

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Kirsi Huoponen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Clinical Biochemistry and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kirsi Huoponen has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Clinical Biochemistry and 13 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Kirsi Huoponen's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (20 papers), Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (16 papers) and Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (11 papers). Kirsi Huoponen is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (20 papers), Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (16 papers) and Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (11 papers). Kirsi Huoponen collaborates with scholars based in Finland, United States and Italy. Kirsi Huoponen's co-authors include Marja‐Liisa Savontaus, Eeva Nikoskelainen, Douglas C. Wallace, M L Savontaus, Tarja Lamminen, Antonio Torroni, Vesa Juvonen, Rosaria Scozzari, Laura Morelli and Domenica Obinu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Genetics, Genetics and Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.

In The Last Decade

Kirsi Huoponen

49 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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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.

Classification of European mtDNAs From an Analysis of Three European Populations

1996 670 citations Kirsi Huoponen, Marja‐Liisa Savontaus et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kirsi Huoponen Finland	27	2.2k	938	919	329	298	49	3.4k
Marja‐Liisa Savontaus Finland	25	1.4k 0.6×	482 0.5×	973 1.1×	92 0.3×	210 0.7×	53	2.6k
Qing‐Peng Kong China	36	2.3k 1.0×	426 0.5×	1.6k 1.7×	76 0.2×	17 0.1×	111	3.8k
Martin Brandon United States	9	2.4k 1.1×	732 0.8×	897 1.0×	27 0.1×	16 0.1×	9	3.1k
Taosheng Huang United States	34	2.7k 1.2×	617 0.7×	557 0.6×	57 0.2×	59 0.2×	115	3.5k
S. Qasim Mehdi Pakistan	29	1.4k 0.6×	36 0.0×	1.6k 1.8×	322 1.0×	36 0.1×	63	3.1k
Mark Lipson United States	26	906 0.4×	475 0.5×	1.2k 1.3×	9 0.0×	79 0.3×	62	2.4k
James B. Stewart Germany	38	4.5k 2.0×	1.4k 1.5×	952 1.0×	17 0.1×	46 0.2×	60	5.3k
Chiara Rengo Italy	18	884 0.4×	266 0.3×	1.1k 1.2×	44 0.1×	10 0.0×	22	1.9k
Jürgen Horst Germany	27	1.7k 0.8×	194 0.2×	1.1k 1.2×	14 0.0×	37 0.1×	74	2.9k
Valentino Romano Italy	23	1.1k 0.5×	595 0.6×	686 0.7×	4 0.0×	82 0.3×	71	2.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kirsi Huoponen

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Lappalainen, Tuuli, Virpi H. Laitinen, Elina Salmela, et al.. (2008). Migration Waves to the Baltic Sea Region. Annals of Human Genetics. 72(3). 337–348. 53 indexed citations

Tanner, Laura M., Kirsti Näntö‐Salonen, Mohamed S. Rashed, et al.. (2008). Carnitine deficiency and l-carnitine supplementation in lysinuric protein intolerance. Metabolism. 57(4). 549–554. 15 indexed citations

Penttinen, Maila, et al.. (2008). A familial CHARGE syndrome with a CHD7 nonsense mutation and new clinical features. Clinical Dysmorphology. 17(4). 249–253. 16 indexed citations

Ala‐Mello, Sirpa, Carola Saloranta, Maila Penttinen, et al.. (2007). Molecular analysis of the CHD7 gene in CHARGE syndrome: identification of 22 novel mutations and evidence for a low contribution of large CHD7 deletions. Genetics in Medicine. 9(10). 690–694. 38 indexed citations

Mykkänen, Juha, et al.. (2007). Heterodimerization of y+LAT-1 and 4F2hc visualized by acceptor photobleaching FRET microscopy. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1768(10). 2345–2354. 7 indexed citations

Hudson, Gavin, Sharon Keers, Patrick Yu Wai Man, et al.. (2005). Identification of an X-Chromosomal Locus and Haplotype Modulating the Phenotype of a Mitochondrial DNA Disorder. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 77(6). 1086–1091. 144 indexed citations

Sallinen, Riitta, Anna Vihola, Linda L. Bachinski, et al.. (2004). New methods for molecular diagnosis and demonstration of the (CCTG)n mutation in myotonic dystrophy type 2 (DM2). Neuromuscular Disorders. 14(4). 274–283. 37 indexed citations

Huoponen, Kirsi, et al.. (2004). Dispersal of females and differentiation between populations of Epirrita autumnata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) inferred from variation in mitochondrial DNA. European Journal of Entomology. 101(4). 495–502. 10 indexed citations

Mykkänen, Juha, et al.. (2002). Expression of Normal and Mutant GFP-Tagged y+L Amino Acid Transporter-1 in Mammalian Cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 291(5). 1173–1179. 15 indexed citations

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Huoponen, Kirsi, et al.. (2002). Tandem repeats and length variation in the mitochondrial DNA control region ofEpirrita autumnata(Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Genome. 45(5). 855–861. 17 indexed citations

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Huoponen, Kirsi, Theodore G. Schurr, Yusheng Chen, & Douglas C. Wallace. (2001). Mitochondrial DNA variation in an Aboriginal Australian population: evidence for genetic isolation and regional differentiation. Human Immunology. 62(9). 954–969. 38 indexed citations

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Chen, Yusheng, Antonel Olckers, Theodore G. Schurr, et al.. (2000). mtDNA Variation in the South African Kung and Khwe—and Their Genetic Relationships to Other African Populations. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 66(4). 1362–1383. 151 indexed citations

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Lamminen, Tarja, Kirsi Huoponen, Pertti Sistonen, et al.. (1998). mtDNA haplotype analysis in Finnish families with leber hereditary optic neuroretinopathy.. PubMed. 5(5). 271–9. 50 indexed citations

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Nikoskelainen, Eeva, et al.. (1996). Ophthalmologic Findings in Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy, with Special Reference to mtDNA Mutations. Ophthalmology. 103(3). 504–514. 150 indexed citations

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Shoffner, John M., M S Brown, & Kirsi Huoponen. (1994). A mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutation associated with maternally inherited Parkinson`s disease (PD) and deafness. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 55. 2 indexed citations

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Huoponen, Kirsi, Vesa Juvonen, Antti Iitiä, et al.. (1994). Time-resolved fluorometry in the diagnosis of Leber hereditary optic neuroretinopathy. Human Mutation. 3(1). 29–36. 10 indexed citations

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Juvonen, Vesa, et al.. (1994). Quantification of point mutations associated with Leber hereditary optic neuroretinopathy by solid-phase minisequencing. Human Genetics. 93(1). 16–20. 29 indexed citations

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Nikoskelainen, Eeva, Johanna Vilkki, Kirsi Huoponen, & Marja‐Liisa Savontaus. (1991). Recent advances in Leber's hereditary optic neuroretinopathy. Eye. 5(3). 291–293. 2 indexed citations

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Majander, Anna, Kirsi Huoponen, M L Savontaus, Eeva Nikoskelainen, & Mårten Wikström. (1991). Electron transfer properties of NADH: Ubiquinone reductase in the ND1/3460 and the ND4/11778 mutations of the Leber hereditary optic neuroretinopathy (LHON). FEBS Letters. 292(1-2). 289–292. 138 indexed citations

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Huoponen, Kirsi, Pauli Ollikka, M. Kälin, et al.. (1990). Characterization of lignin peroxidase-encoding genes from lignin-degrading basidiomycetes. Gene. 89(1). 145–150. 35 indexed citations

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