Pentti Somerharju

9.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
145 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Pentti Somerharju is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Pentti Somerharju has authored 145 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 121 papers in Molecular Biology, 32 papers in Biochemistry and 26 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Pentti Somerharju's work include Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (83 papers), Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling (32 papers) and Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (30 papers). Pentti Somerharju is often cited by papers focused on Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (83 papers), Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling (32 papers) and Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (30 papers). Pentti Somerharju collaborates with scholars based in Finland, United States and Netherlands. Pentti Somerharju's co-authors include Martin Hermansson, Jorma A. Virtanen, Kwan Hon Cheng, Elina Ikonen, Reijo Käkelä, K.W.A. Wirtz, Perttu Haimi, Andreas Uphoff, Mirkka Koivusalo and Paavo K.J. Kinnunen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Pentti Somerharju

145 papers receiving 7.1k 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.

Elevated globotriaosylsphingosine is a hallmark of Fabry disease

2008 566 citations Pentti Somerharju et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pentti Somerharju Finland	47	5.1k	1.6k	1.5k	914	693	145	7.3k
Britta Brügger Germany	53	9.5k 1.9×	2.6k 1.7×	1.3k 0.9×	848 0.9×	615 0.9×	124	12.1k
William Dowhan United States	67	11.2k 2.2×	2.2k 1.4×	714 0.5×	1.7k 1.9×	399 0.6×	166	13.9k
László Vı́gh Hungary	47	6.0k 1.2×	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	751 0.8×	264 0.4×	166	8.6k
Toshihide Kobayashi Japan	55	8.3k 1.6×	3.0k 1.9×	2.1k 1.4×	576 0.6×	804 1.2×	234	11.7k
Teymuras V. Kurzchalia Germany	46	8.4k 1.6×	5.4k 3.5×	2.3k 1.6×	879 1.0×	983 1.4×	92	12.4k
Julian P. Whitelegge United States	62	8.1k 1.6×	1.0k 0.6×	1.5k 1.0×	264 0.3×	626 0.9×	277	12.8k
Vladimı́r Saudek Czechia	39	6.0k 1.2×	818 0.5×	937 0.6×	476 0.5×	205 0.3×	96	8.4k
Nieng Yan China	63	9.8k 1.9×	877 0.6×	799 0.5×	653 0.7×	676 1.0×	137	13.4k
Alicia Alonso Spain	55	8.2k 1.6×	1.3k 0.8×	1.6k 1.1×	477 0.5×	296 0.4×	258	9.8k
Marilyn D. Resh United States	62	9.0k 1.8×	2.9k 1.9×	840 0.6×	380 0.4×	569 0.8×	122	12.7k

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Konovalova, Svetlana, Xiaonan Liu, Kaneez Fatima, et al.. (2023). Small mitochondrial protein NERCLIN regulates cardiolipin homeostasis and mitochondrial ultrastructure. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(30). e2210599120–e2210599120. 2 indexed citations

Salo, Veijo T., Shiqian Li, Helena Vihinen, et al.. (2019). Seipin Facilitates Triglyceride Flow to Lipid Droplet and Counteracts Droplet Ripening via Endoplasmic Reticulum Contact. Developmental Cell. 50(4). 478–493.e9. 157 indexed citations

Hermansson, Martin, et al.. (2016). The PNPLA-family phospholipases involved in glycerophospholipid homeostasis of HeLa cells. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids. 1861(9). 1058–1065. 19 indexed citations

Zhang, Lu, et al.. (2012). Dynamics of the Ethanolamine Glycerophospholipid Remodeling Network. PLoS ONE. 7(12). e50858–e50858. 12 indexed citations

Tajima, Nobuyoshi, Yutaka Itokazu, Esa R. Korpi, Pentti Somerharju, & Reijo Käkelä. (2010). Activity of BKCa Channel Is Modulated by Membrane Cholesterol Content and Association with Na+/K+-ATPase in Human Melanoma IGR39 Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(7). 5624–5638. 42 indexed citations

Tafesse, Fikadu, Martin Hermansson, Joep van den Dikkenberg, et al.. (2007). Both Sphingomyelin Synthases SMS1 and SMS2 Are Required for Sphingomyelin Homeostasis and Growth in Human HeLa Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(24). 17537–17547. 187 indexed citations

Hynynen, Riikka, Saara Laitinen, Reijo Käkelä, et al.. (2005). Overexpression of OSBP-related protein 2 (ORP2) induces changes in cellular cholesterol metabolism and enhances endocytosis. Biochemical Journal. 390(1). 273–283. 72 indexed citations

Laurinavičius, Simonas, Reijo Käkelä, Pentti Somerharju, & Dennis H. Bamford. (2004). Phospholipid molecular species profiles of tectiviruses infecting Gram-negative and Gram-positive hosts. Virology. 322(2). 328–336. 39 indexed citations

Hermansson, Martin, et al.. (2003). Regulation of Calcium Channel Activity by Lipid Domain Formation in Planar Lipid Bilayers. Biophysical Journal. 85(2). 933–942. 51 indexed citations

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Tanhuanpää, Kimmo, Jorma A. Virtanen, & Pentti Somerharju. (2000). Fluorescence imaging of pyrene-labeled lipids in living cells. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1497(3). 308–320. 17 indexed citations

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Heino, Sanna, Sari Lusa, Pentti Somerharju, et al.. (2000). Dissecting the role of the Golgi complex and lipid rafts in biosynthetic transport of cholesterol to the cell surface. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 97(15). 8375–8380. 216 indexed citations

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Cheng, Kwan Hon & Pentti Somerharju. (1996). Effects of unsaturation and curvature on the transverse distribution of intramolecular dynamics of dipyrenyl lipids. Biophysical Journal. 70(5). 2287–2298. 9 indexed citations

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Westerman, Jan, et al.. (1995). A Sphingomyelin-transferring Protein from Chicken Liver. USE OF PYRENE-LABELED PHOSPHOLIPID. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(24). 14263–14266. 36 indexed citations

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Cheng, Kwan Hon, et al.. (1994). Intramolecular excimer kinetics of fluorescent dipyrenyl lipids: 2. DOPE/DOPC membranes. Biophysical Journal. 67(2). 914–921. 12 indexed citations

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Zborowski, Józef, et al.. (1993). Intramitochondrial distribution and transport of phosphatidylserine and its decarboxylation product, phosphatidylethanolamine. Application of pyrene-labeled species. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1152(1). 161–170. 20 indexed citations

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Eklund, Kari K., et al.. (1992). Conformation of phosphatidylcholine in neat and cholesterol-containing liquid-crystalline bilayers. Application of a novel method. Biochemistry. 31(36). 8560–8565. 36 indexed citations

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Wirtz, K.W.A., Gerry T. Snoek, Theodorus W. J. Gadella, Peter A. van Paridon, & Pentti Somerharju. (1990). Properties and possible function of phosphatidylinositol‐transfer proteins. Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry. 12(5). 485–488. 4 indexed citations

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Thurén, Tom, Jorma A. Virtanen, Pentti Somerharju, & Paavo K.J. Kinnunen. (1988). Phospholipase A2 assay using an intramolecularly quenched pyrene-labeled phospholipid analog as a substrate. Analytical Biochemistry. 170(1). 248–255. 28 indexed citations

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Kuusi, Timo, et al.. (1987). A simple isotopic assay method for human serum phospholipase A₂activity. Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation. 47(6). 529–534. 6 indexed citations

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Schröder, T., Pentti Somerharju, & Marko Lempinen. (1979). Phospholipase A<sub>2</sub> in Serum and Ascitic Exudate in Experimental Acute Haemorrhagic Pancreatitis in Pigs. European Surgical Research. 11(3). 172–178. 20 indexed citations

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