Krister Melén

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Krister Melén is a scholar working on Immunology, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Krister Melén has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Immunology, 15 papers in Infectious Diseases and 15 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Krister Melén's work include interferon and immune responses (27 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (8 papers) and Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions (8 papers). Krister Melén is often cited by papers focused on interferon and immune responses (27 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (8 papers) and Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions (8 papers). Krister Melén collaborates with scholars based in Finland, United States and Germany. Krister Melén's co-authors include Ilkka Julkunen, Ilkka Julkunen, Riku Fagerlund, Leena Kinnunen, Ismo Ulmanen, Carola Tilgmann, Timo Lotta, Jyrki Taskinen, Jukka Vidgren and Tapani Ronni and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Krister Melén

51 papers receiving 4.0k citations

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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.

Kinetics of Human Soluble and Membrane-Bound Catechol O-Methyltransferase: A Revised Mechanism and Description of the Thermolabile Variant of the Enzyme

1995 922 citations Timo Lotta, Jukka Vidgren et al. Biochemistry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Krister Melén Finland	34	1.4k	1.3k	1.0k	612	439	52	4.0k
Jun R. Huh United States	32	2.2k 1.5×	3.2k 2.5×	765 0.7×	396 0.6×	659 1.5×	53	6.8k
Reginald M. Gorczynski Canada	38	2.5k 1.7×	760 0.6×	504 0.5×	257 0.4×	414 0.9×	225	4.6k
Robert S. Fujinami United States	48	3.0k 2.1×	1.6k 1.2×	1.9k 1.8×	1.4k 2.3×	649 1.5×	184	8.4k
Mauro D’Amato Sweden	37	953 0.7×	1.8k 1.4×	826 0.8×	417 0.7×	328 0.7×	154	5.4k
Shintaro Okada Japan	45	730 0.5×	2.6k 2.0×	1.7k 1.7×	605 1.0×	1.1k 2.5×	229	7.4k
Jeanne E. Bell United Kingdom	46	951 0.7×	2.5k 1.9×	893 0.9×	1.5k 2.5×	378 0.9×	130	6.9k
Birgit Ledermann Switzerland	36	3.8k 2.7×	3.5k 2.7×	1.1k 1.1×	415 0.7×	921 2.1×	43	9.6k
Lot D. de Witte Netherlands	38	1.5k 1.1×	1.5k 1.1×	799 0.8×	432 0.7×	144 0.3×	116	5.3k
Marina Saresella Italy	38	1.4k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	543 0.5×	569 0.9×	339 0.8×	116	4.4k
Gary Peltz United States	44	1.8k 1.3×	2.7k 2.1×	661 0.6×	457 0.7×	912 2.1×	144	6.9k

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Österlund, Pamela, Miao Jiang, Suvi Kuivanen, et al.. (2019). Asian and African lineage Zika viruses show differential replication and innate immune responses in human dendritic cells and macrophages. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 15710–15710. 15 indexed citations

Melén, Krister, Sari Maljanen, Rickard Lundberg, et al.. (2017). Ebolavirus protein VP24 interferes with innate immune responses by inhibiting interferon-λ1 gene expression. Virology. 509. 23–34. 25 indexed citations

Melén, Krister, Laura Kakkola, Kari J. Airenne, et al.. (2016). Production, purification and immunogenicity of recombinant Ebola virus proteins − A comparison of Freund’s adjuvant and adjuvant system 03. Journal of Virological Methods. 242. 35–45. 13 indexed citations

Kaukinen, Pasi, et al.. (2012). Hepatitis C virus NS2 protease inhibits host cell antiviral response by inhibiting IKKε and TBK1 functions. Journal of Medical Virology. 85(1). 71–82. 41 indexed citations

Melén, Krister, et al.. (2009). Hepatitis C virus core, NS3, NS4B and NS5A are the major immunogenic proteins in humoral immunity in chronic HCV infection. Virology Journal. 6(1). 84–84. 38 indexed citations

Kaukinen, Pasi, Sergei V. Kotenko, Rongtuan Lin, et al.. (2006). Hepatitis C virus NS2 and NS3/4A proteins are potent inhibitors of host cell cytokine/chemokine gene expression.. Virology Journal. 3(1). 66–66. 62 indexed citations

Fagerlund, Riku, Leena Kinnunen, Matthias Köhler, Ilkka Julkunen, & Krister Melén. (2005). NF-κB Is Transported into the Nucleus by Importin α3 and Importin α4. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(16). 15942–15951. 248 indexed citations

Vainio, Anni, Riku Fagerlund, Krister Melén, et al.. (2005). Serum antibodies to putative proteinase maturation protein A in children with acute otitis media. Vaccine. 24(11). 1792–1799. 4 indexed citations

Melén, Krister, Riku Fagerlund, Jacqueline Franke, et al.. (2003). Importin α Nuclear Localization Signal Binding Sites for STAT1, STAT2, and Influenza A Virus Nucleoprotein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(30). 28193–28200. 150 indexed citations

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Cheon, Myeong Sook, S. H. Kim, Marie‐Laure Yaspo, et al.. (2003). Protein levels of genes encoded on chromosome 21 in fetal Down syndrome brain: Challenging the gene dosage effect hypothesis (Part I). Amino Acids. 24(1). 111–117. 75 indexed citations

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Melén, Krister, et al.. (2000). Interferon-induced gene expression and signaling in human hepatoma cell lines. Journal of Hepatology. 33(5). 764–772. 56 indexed citations

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Julkunen, Ilkka, et al.. (2000). Inflammatory responses in influenza A virus infection. Vaccine. 19. S32–S37. 222 indexed citations

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Sareneva, Timo, et al.. (1999). Impaired Antiviral Response in Human Hepatoma Cells. Virology. 263(2). 364–375. 99 indexed citations

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Melén, Krister & Ilkka Julkunen. (1997). Nuclear Cotransport Mechanism of Cytoplasmic Human MxB Protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(51). 32353–32359. 36 indexed citations

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Kanerva, Mari, Krister Melén, Antti Vaheri, & Ilkka Julkunen. (1996). Inhibition of Puumala and Tula Hantaviruses in Vero Cells by MxA Protein. Virology. 224(1). 55–62. 90 indexed citations

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Melén, Krister, et al.. (1996). Human MxB Protein, an Interferon-α-inducible GTPase, Contains a Nuclear Targeting Signal and Is Localized in the Heterochromatin Region beneath the Nuclear Envelope. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271(38). 23478–23486. 115 indexed citations

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Lotta, Timo, Jukka Vidgren, Carola Tilgmann, et al.. (1995). Kinetics of Human Soluble and Membrane-Bound Catechol O-Methyltransferase: A Revised Mechanism and Description of the Thermolabile Variant of the Enzyme. Biochemistry. 34(13). 4202–4210. 922 indexed citations breakdown →

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Melén, Krister & Ilkka Julkunen. (1994). Mutational Analysis of Murine Mx1 Protein: GTP Binding Core Domain Is Essential for Anti-Influenza A Activity. Virology. 205(1). 269–279. 38 indexed citations

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Melén, Krister, et al.. (1994). Enzymatic characterization of interferon-induced antiviral GTPases murine Mx1 and human MxA proteins.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 269(3). 2009–2015. 34 indexed citations

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Hultberg, B., et al.. (1988). Source of Increased Serum Beta-Hexosaminidase in Rat LiverCirrhosis. Enzyme. 40(1). 18–24. 12 indexed citations

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