Pekka Lappalainen

18.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
146 papers, 13.6k citations indexed

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Pekka Lappalainen is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Pekka Lappalainen has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 13.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 111 papers in Cell Biology, 74 papers in Molecular Biology and 35 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Pekka Lappalainen's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (97 papers), Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (35 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (26 papers). Pekka Lappalainen is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (97 papers), Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (35 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (26 papers). Pekka Lappalainen collaborates with scholars based in Finland, United States and Germany. Pekka Lappalainen's co-authors include Pieta K. Mattila, Pirta Hotulainen, Hongxia Zhao, David G. Drubin, Sari Tojkander, Gergana Gateva, Juha Saarikangas, Maria K. Vartiainen, Ville O. Paavilainen and Pauli J. Ojala and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Pekka Lappalainen

143 papers receiving 13.5k 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.

Filopodia: molecular architecture and cellular functions

2008 1.3k citations Pieta K. Mattila, Pekka Lappalainen Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology profile →
Stress fibers are generated by two distinct actin assembly mechanisms in motile cells

2006 698 citations Pirta Hotulainen, Pekka Lappalainen The Journal of Cell Biology profile →
Actin stress fibers – assembly, dynamics and biological roles

2012 656 citations Sari Tojkander, Gergana Gateva et al. profile →
Biochemical and mechanical regulation of actin dynamics

2022 159 citations Pekka Lappalainen, Tommi Kotila et al. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pekka Lappalainen Finland	64	7.9k	6.5k	1.8k	1.5k	1.3k	146	13.6k
R. Dyche Mullins United States	47	7.5k 0.9×	5.5k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	1.5k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	86	12.3k
Tatyana Svitkina United States	59	8.8k 1.1×	5.2k 0.8×	987 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	114	13.1k
Bruce L. Goode United States	57	7.4k 0.9×	5.9k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	800 0.6×	138	10.9k
J. Victor Small Austria	78	10.0k 1.3×	6.9k 1.1×	2.0k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	2.5k 1.9×	171	15.6k
Henry N. Higgs United States	52	6.3k 0.8×	6.3k 1.0×	1.4k 0.8×	952 0.7×	1.4k 1.1×	104	11.6k
Laurent Blanchoin France	56	7.4k 0.9×	4.8k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	1.7k 1.1×	818 0.6×	124	10.7k
Laura M. Machesky United Kingdom	68	8.8k 1.1×	7.9k 1.2×	1.0k 0.6×	926 0.6×	2.9k 2.2×	199	15.9k
Dominique Pantaloni France	58	8.1k 1.0×	5.2k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	1.6k 1.1×	868 0.7×	117	11.6k
David G. Drubin United States	87	15.3k 1.9×	17.4k 2.7×	1.4k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	938 0.7×	225	23.6k
John H. Hartwig United States	87	9.9k 1.2×	9.7k 1.5×	2.2k 1.3×	997 0.7×	3.6k 2.7×	234	24.8k

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Kotila, Tommi, Konstantin Kogan, Lina Antenucci, et al.. (2024). Leishmania profilin interacts with actin through an unusual structural mechanism to control cytoskeletal dynamics in parasites. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 300(3). 105740–105740. 1 indexed citations

Chastney, Megan, Johan Peränen, Jesse Aaron, et al.. (2024). Focal adhesions contain three specialized actin nanoscale layers. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2547–2547. 21 indexed citations

Vasilescu, Catalina, Tiina Ojala, Tuula Manninen, et al.. (2024). Recessive TMOD1 mutation causes childhood cardiomyopathy. Communications Biology. 7(1). 7–7. 3 indexed citations

Kotila, Tommi, Christophe Guérin, Benoît Vianay, et al.. (2023). Recycling of the actin monomer pool limits the lifetime of network turnover. The EMBO Journal. 42(9). e112717–e112717. 14 indexed citations

Senju, Yosuke, Helena Vihinen, Aki Manninen, et al.. (2023). Actin-rich lamellipodia-like protrusions contribute to the integrity of epithelial cell–cell junctions. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 299(5). 104571–104571. 8 indexed citations

Zhang, Yue, Xiaowei Zhang, Zhong‐Yi Li, et al.. (2023). Single particle tracking reveals SARS-CoV-2 regulating and utilizing dynamic filopodia for viral invasion. Science Bulletin. 68(19). 2210–2224. 7 indexed citations

Tojkander, Sari, et al.. (2022). Caldesmon controls stress fiber force-balance through dynamic cross-linking of myosin II and actin-tropomyosin filaments. Nature Communications. 13(1). 6032–6032. 15 indexed citations

Lechuga, Susana, Alexander X. Cartagena‐Rivera, Daniel E. Conway, et al.. (2022). A myosin chaperone, UNC‐45A, is a novel regulator of intestinal epithelial barrier integrity and repair. The FASEB Journal. 36(5). e22290–e22290. 13 indexed citations

Lappalainen, Pekka, Tommi Kotila, Antoine Jégou, & Guillaume Romet‐Lemonne. (2022). Biochemical and mechanical regulation of actin dynamics. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 23(12). 836–852. 159 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tsai, Feng‐Ching, J. Michael Henderson, Elena Kremneva, et al.. (2022). Activated I-BAR IRSp53 clustering controls the formation of VASP-actin–based membrane protrusions. Science Advances. 8(41). eabp8677–eabp8677. 25 indexed citations

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Kogan, Konstantin, Karita Haapasalo, Tommi Kotila, et al.. (2022). Mechanism of Borrelia immune evasion by FhbA-related proteins. PLoS Pathogens. 18(3). e1010338–e1010338. 3 indexed citations

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Mäkitie, Riikka E., Petra Henning, Yaming Jiu, et al.. (2021). An ARHGAP25 variant links aberrant Rac1 function to early‐onset skeletal fragility. JBMR Plus. 5(7). e10509–e10509. 7 indexed citations

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Lehtimäki, Jaakko, Eeva Kaisa Rajakylä, Sari Tojkander, & Pekka Lappalainen. (2021). Generation of stress fibers through myosin-driven reorganization of the actin cortex. eLife. 10. 67 indexed citations

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Becker, Isabelle C., Sarah Beck, Georgi Manukjan, et al.. (2020). Actin/microtubule crosstalk during platelet biogenesis in mice is critically regulated by Twinfilin1 and Cofilin1. Blood Advances. 4(10). 2124–2134. 18 indexed citations

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Tojkander, Sari, Gergana Gateva, Amjad Husain, Ramaswamy Krishnan, & Pekka Lappalainen. (2015). Generation of contractile actomyosin bundles depends on mechanosensitive actin filament assembly and disassembly. eLife. 4. e06126–e06126. 107 indexed citations

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Maddugoda, Madhavi P., Caroline Stefani, David Gonzalez‐Rodriguez, et al.. (2011). cAMP Signaling by Anthrax Edema Toxin Induces Transendothelial Cell Tunnels, which Are Resealed by MIM via Arp2/3-Driven Actin Polymerization. Cell Host & Microbe. 10(5). 464–474. 54 indexed citations

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Paavilainen, Ville O., Esko Oksanen, Adrian Goldman, & Pekka Lappalainen. (2008). Structure of the actin-depolymerizing factor homology domain in complex with actin. The Journal of Cell Biology. 182(1). 51–59. 132 indexed citations

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Mattila, Pieta K., Juha Saarikangas, Ville O. Paavilainen, et al.. (2007). Missing-in-metastasis and IRSp53 deform PI(4,5)P2-rich membranes by an inverse BAR domain–like mechanism. The Journal of Cell Biology. 176(7). 953–964. 313 indexed citations

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Hotulainen, Pirta & Pekka Lappalainen. (2006). Stress fibers are generated by two distinct actin assembly mechanisms in motile cells. The Journal of Cell Biology. 173(3). 383–394. 698 indexed citations breakdown →

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Vartiainen, Maria K., Pauli J. Ojala, Petri Auvinen, Johan Peränen, & Pekka Lappalainen. (2000). Mouse A6/Twinfilin Is an Actin Monomer-Binding Protein That Localizes to the Regions of Rapid Actin Dynamics. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 20(5). 1772–1783. 76 indexed citations

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