Riku Katainen

4.0k citations

33 papers · 1.6k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 18

Co-authors: Lauri A. Aaltonen Eevi Kaasinen Pia Vahteristo Miika Mehine Netta Mäkinen Esa Pitkänen Jari Sjöberg Minna Taipale
Topics: Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (11 papers)Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (9 papers)Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies (5 papers)
Cited by: Obstetrics and Gynecology Reproductive Medicine Cancer Research
Journals: Science New England Journal of Medicine Nature Medicine
Partner nations: Finland Sweden Denmark

In The Last Decade

Riku Katainen

32 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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MED12 , the Mediator Complex Subunit 12 Gene, Is Mutated at High Frequency in Uterine Leiomyomas

2011 470 citations Netta Mäkinen, Miika Mehine et al. Science profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Comprehensive metabolomic and epigenomic characterization of microsatellite stable BRAF-mutated colorectal cancer 2025 ·Oncogene ·Aurora Taira,Mervi Aavikko,Riku Katainen,Eevi Kaasinen,Niko Välimäki,Janne Ravantti,Ari Ristimäki,Toni T. Seppälä,Laura Renkonen‐Sinisalo,Anna Lepistö,(unknown),Anne Mattila,Selja Koskensalo,Jukka‐Pekka Mecklin,Jan Böhm,Jesper B. Bramsen,Claus L. Andersen,Kimmo Palin,Kristiina Rajamäki,Lauri A. Aaltonen,(unknown)	2
2	Drug-tolerant persisting polyploid giant cancer cells mediate resistance to HER2-targeting antibody-drug conjugates 2025 ·Cancer Letters ·(unknown),(unknown),Riku Katainen,(unknown),Jun Dai,Anna Vähärautio,Jorma Isola,(unknown),Vadim Le Joncour,Pirjo Laakkonen,Heikki Joensuu,Márk Barok	2
3	Previously reported CCDC26 risk variant and novel germline variants in GALNT13, AR, and MYO10 associated with familial glioma in Finland 2024 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown),Ebrahim Afyounian,(unknown),Riku Katainen,(unknown),Anssi Nurminen,Mauro Scaravilli,(unknown),Vidal Fey,(unknown),Pauli Helén,Niko Välimäki,Juha Kesseli,Lauri A. Aaltonen,Hannu Haapasalo,Matti Nykter,Kirsi J. Rautajoki	1
4	Colibactin DNA-damage signature indicates mutational impact in colorectal cancer 2020 ·Nature Medicine ·(unknown),Hilmar Berger,Federica Battistini,Britta A. M. Bouwman,(unknown),Riku Katainen,Tatiana Cajuso,Nicola Crosetto,Modesto Orozco,Lauri A. Aaltonen,Thomas F. Meyer	188
5	Exome and immune cell score analyses reveal great variation within synchronous primary colorectal cancers 2019 ·British Journal of Cancer ·Ulrika A. Hänninen,Erkki‐Ville Wirta,Riku Katainen,Tomas Tanskanen,(unknown),Minna Taipale,Jan Böhm,Laura Renkonen‐Sinisalo,Anna Lepistö,(unknown),Esa Pitkänen,Kimmo Palin,Toni T. Seppälä,Netta Mäkinen,Jukka‐Pekka Mecklin,Lauri A. Aaltonen	4
6	Discovery of potential causative mutations in human coding and noncoding genome with the interactive software BasePlayer 2018 ·Nature Protocols ·Riku Katainen,Iikki Donner,Tatiana Cajuso,Eevi Kaasinen,Kimmo Palin,Veli Mäkinen,Lauri A. Aaltonen,Esa Pitkänen	29
7	Exome-wide somatic mutation characterization of small bowel adenocarcinoma 2018 ·PLoS Genetics ·Ulrika A. Hänninen,Riku Katainen,Tomas Tanskanen,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Ari Ristimäki,Eero Pukkala,Minna Taipale,Jukka‐Pekka Mecklin,(unknown),Esa Pitkänen,Kimmo Palin,Niko Välimäki,Netta Mäkinen,Lauri A. Aaltonen	54
8	Germline mutations in young non-smoking women with lung adenocarcinoma 2018 ·Lung Cancer ·Iikki Donner,Riku Katainen,(unknown),Mervi Aavikko,Eero Pukkala,Lauri A. Aaltonen	33
9	Candidate susceptibility variants in angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma 2018 ·Familial Cancer ·Iikki Donner,Riku Katainen,Eevi Kaasinen,Mervi Aavikko,(unknown),Eero Pukkala,Lauri A. Aaltonen	11
10	Comprehensive Evaluation of Protein Coding Mononucleotide Microsatellites in Microsatellite-Unstable Colorectal Cancer 2017 ·Cancer Research ·Johanna Kondelin,Alexandra E. Gylfe,(unknown),Tomas Tanskanen,(unknown),Mervi Aavikko,Kimmo Palin,Heikki Ristolainen,Riku Katainen,Eevi Kaasinen,Minna Taipale,Jussi Taipale,Laura Renkonen‐Sinisalo,Heikki Järvinen,Jan Böhm,Jukka‐Pekka Mecklin,Pia Vahteristo,Sari Tuupanen,Lauri A. Aaltonen,Esa Pitkänen	14
11	Detection of subclonal L1 transductions in colorectal cancer by long-distance inverse-PCR and Nanopore sequencing 2017 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown),Tatiana Cajuso,Riku Katainen,Päivi Sulo,Tomas Tanskanen,Outi Kilpivaara,Esa Pitkänen,Lauri A. Aaltonen,Liisa Kauppi,Kimmo Palin	18
12	Systematic Analysis of Human Protein Phosphatase Interactions and Dynamics 2017 ·Cell Systems ·(unknown),Fitsum Tamene,Helka Göös,Audrey van Drogen,Riku Katainen,Ruedi Aebersold,Matthias Gstaiger,Markku Varjosalo	63
13	Clonally related uterine leiomyomas are common and display branched tumor evolution 2015 ·Human Molecular Genetics ·Miika Mehine,Hanna-Riikka Heinonen,Nanna Sarvilinna,Esa Pitkänen,Netta Mäkinen,Riku Katainen,Sari Tuupanen,Ralf Bützow,Jari Sjöberg,Lauri A. Aaltonen	17
14	AIP inactivation leads to pituitary tumorigenesis through defective Gαi-cAMP signaling 2014 ·Oncogene ·(unknown),Elina Heliövaara,Anniina Raitila,M-R Rautiainen,Miika Mehine,Riku Katainen,Iikki Donner,Viljami Aittomäki,Heli Lehtonen,(unknown),Leena Kivipelto,Camilla Schalin‐Jäntti,Johanna Arola,Sampsa Hautaniemi,Auli Karhu	79
15	Systematic search for rare variants in Finnish early-onset colorectal cancer patients 2014 ·Cancer Genetics ·Tomas Tanskanen,Alexandra E. Gylfe,Riku Katainen,Minna Taipale,Laura Renkonen‐Sinisalo,Heikki Järvinen,Jukka‐Pekka Mecklin,Jan Böhm,Outi Kilpivaara,Esa Pitkänen,Kimmo Palin,Pia Vahteristo,Sari Tuupanen,Lauri A. Aaltonen	22
16	Identification of 33 candidate oncogenes by screening for base-specific mutations 2014 ·British Journal of Cancer ·Sari Tuupanen,Ulrika A. Hänninen,Johanna Kondelin,Pernilla von Nandelstadh,Tatiana Cajuso,Alexandra E. Gylfe,Riku Katainen,Tomas Tanskanen,Heikki Ristolainen,Jan Böhm,Jukka‐Pekka Mecklin,Heikki Järvinen,Laura Renkonen‐Sinisalo,Claus L. Andersen,Minna Taipale,Jussi Taipale,Pia Vahteristo,Kaisa Lehti,Esa Pitkänen,Lauri A. Aaltonen	31
17	Eleven Candidate Susceptibility Genes for Common Familial Colorectal Cancer 2013 ·PLoS Genetics ·Alexandra E. Gylfe,Riku Katainen,Johanna Kondelin,Tomas Tanskanen,Tatiana Cajuso,Ulrika A. Hänninen,Jussi Taipale,Minna Taipale,Laura Renkonen‐Sinisalo,Heikki Järvinen,Jukka‐Pekka Mecklin,Outi Kilpivaara,Esa Pitkänen,Pia Vahteristo,Sari Tuupanen,Auli Karhu,Lauri A. Aaltonen	60
18	Characterization of Uterine Leiomyomas by Whole-Genome Sequencing 2013 ·New England Journal of Medicine ·Miika Mehine,Eevi Kaasinen,Netta Mäkinen,Riku Katainen,Kati Kämpjärvi,Esa Pitkänen,Hanna-Riikka Heinonen,Ralf Bützow,Outi Kilpivaara,Anna Kuosmanen,Heikki Ristolainen,Massimiliano Gentile,Jari Sjöberg,Pia Vahteristo,Lauri A. Aaltonen	252
19	MED12 , the Mediator Complex Subunit 12 Gene, Is Mutated at High Frequency in Uterine Leiomyomasbreakdown → 2011 ·Science ·Netta Mäkinen,Miika Mehine,Jaana Tolvanen,Eevi Kaasinen,Yilong Li,Heli Lehtonen,Massimiliano Gentile,Jian Yan,Martin Enge,Minna Taipale,Mervi Aavikko,Riku Katainen,Elina Virolainen,Tom Böhling,(unknown),Virpi Launonen,Jari Sjöberg,Jussi Taipale,Pia Vahteristo,Lauri A. Aaltonen	470
20	Systematic search for the best gene expression markers for melanoma micrometastasis detection 2007 ·The Journal of Pathology ·Johanna Soikkeli,Margus Lukk,Pirjo Nummela,(unknown),Tiina Jahkola,Riku Katainen,Leena Harju,Esko Ukkonen,Olli Saksela,Erkki Hölttä	34

About Riku Katainen

Riku Katainen is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Cancer Research and Obstetrics and Gynecology, having authored 33 papers that have together received 1.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (11 papers), Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (9 papers) and Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Obstetrics and Gynecology (558 citations), Reproductive Medicine (492 citations) and Cancer Research (287 citations). Riku Katainen has collaborated with scholars based in Finland, Sweden and Denmark. Frequent co-authors include Lauri A. Aaltonen, Eevi Kaasinen, Pia Vahteristo, Miika Mehine, Netta Mäkinen, Esa Pitkänen, Jari Sjöberg, Minna Taipale, Massimiliano Gentile and Jussi Taipale. Their work appears in journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Nature Medicine.

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