Risto Kerkelä

6.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
86 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Risto Kerkelä is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Risto Kerkelä has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 51 papers in Molecular Biology and 15 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Risto Kerkelä's work include Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling (30 papers), Signaling Pathways in Disease (18 papers) and Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (12 papers). Risto Kerkelä is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling (30 papers), Signaling Pathways in Disease (18 papers) and Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (12 papers). Risto Kerkelä collaborates with scholars based in Finland, United States and Hungary. Risto Kerkelä's co-authors include Thomas Force, Ming Hui Chen, Heikki Ruskoaho, Kathleen C. Woulfe, Johanna Magga, Jean‐Bernard Durand, Johanna Ulvila, Sampsa Pikkarainen, Richard D. Patten and Robert Salomon and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Risto Kerkelä

84 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

2 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Cardiotoxicity of the cancer therapeutic agent imatinib mesylate

2006 858 citations Risto Kerkelä, Luanda Grazette et al. Nature Medicine profile →
Cardiotoxicity associated with tyrosine kinase inhibitor sunitinib

2007 814 citations Risto Kerkelä, Kathleen C. Woulfe et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Risto Kerkelä Finland	31	2.2k	2.0k	1.1k	621	569	86	4.6k
John J. Lepore United States	38	1.3k 0.6×	2.4k 1.2×	481 0.4×	947 1.5×	425 0.7×	61	4.7k
Ferdinand H. Bahlmann Germany	30	960 0.4×	2.4k 1.2×	747 0.7×	513 0.8×	613 1.1×	59	5.1k
Kimio Satoh Japan	37	1.3k 0.6×	1.6k 0.8×	328 0.3×	1.5k 2.4×	440 0.8×	98	4.0k
Richard D. Patten United States	30	2.0k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	411 0.4×	341 0.5×	374 0.7×	53	3.8k
Jeffrey A. Jones United States	39	782 0.4×	1.3k 0.7×	750 0.7×	1.4k 2.3×	155 0.3×	130	4.4k
Shinji Takai Japan	34	1.0k 0.5×	1.5k 0.8×	440 0.4×	289 0.5×	175 0.3×	147	3.8k
Ratnadeep Basu Canada	35	2.2k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	289 0.3×	317 0.5×	196 0.3×	52	4.1k
Gregor Theilmeier Germany	34	1.1k 0.5×	1.2k 0.6×	254 0.2×	394 0.6×	453 0.8×	83	4.0k
Abdelkarim Sabri United States	36	1.4k 0.6×	1.9k 1.0×	278 0.3×	172 0.3×	297 0.5×	59	3.5k
Erdenechimeg Shagdarsuren Germany	28	1.0k 0.5×	1.9k 0.9×	684 0.6×	217 0.3×	175 0.3×	42	4.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Risto Kerkelä

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Fields of papers citing papers by Risto Kerkelä

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Risto Kerkelä

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All Works

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Ruohonen, Saku, Zoltán Szabó, Minying Cai, et al.. (2025). Melanocortin 1 Receptor Regulates Pathological and Physiological Cardiac Remodeling. Journal of the American Heart Association. 14(4). e037961–e037961.

Alharbi, Hajed Obaid, Sonia Chothani, Owen J. L. Rackham, et al.. (2024). Striatin plays a major role in angiotensin II-induced cardiomyocyte and cardiac hypertrophy in mice in vivo. Clinical Science. 138(10). 573–597. 2 indexed citations

Junttila, Juhani, et al.. (2024). Reproducibility of autonomic cardiovascular function and hemodynamics at rest and during recovery from exercise. Physiological Reports. 12(16). e70007–e70007. 1 indexed citations

Szabó, Zoltán, J. Peters, Outi Kummu, et al.. (2024). Inhibition of activin receptor 2 signalling ameliorates metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease in western diet/L-NAME induced cardiometabolic disease. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 175. 116683–116683. 2 indexed citations

Ruohonen, Saku, Zoltán Szabó, Bishwa Ghimire, et al.. (2024). α-Melanocyte-stimulating hormone alleviates pathological cardiac remodeling via melanocortin 5 receptor. EMBO Reports. 25(4). 1987–2014. 1 indexed citations

Vähätalo, Juha, Lauri Holmström, Katri Pylkäs, et al.. (2022). Genetic Variants Associated With Sudden Cardiac Death in Victims With Single Vessel Coronary Artery Disease and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy With or Without Fibrosis. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 8. 755062–755062. 4 indexed citations

Lin, Ruizhu, Johanna Magga, Johanna Ulvila, et al.. (2020). miR-1468-3p Promotes Aging-Related Cardiac Fibrosis. STM:n Hallinnonalan avoin julkaisuarkisto (Julkari). 1 indexed citations

Alakoski, Tarja, Johanna Ulvila, Laura Vainio, et al.. (2019). Inhibition of cardiomyocyte Sprouty1 protects from cardiac ischemia–reperfusion injury. Basic Research in Cardiology. 114(2). 7–7. 16 indexed citations

Richter, Kati, Daniela Mennerich, Kateryna Kubaichuk, et al.. (2018). USP28 Deficiency Promotes Breast and Liver Carcinogenesis as well as Tumor Angiogenesis in a HIF-independent Manner. Molecular Cancer Research. 16(6). 1000–1012. 25 indexed citations

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Vainio, Laura, Niilo Ryti, Johanna Magga, et al.. (2011). Neuronostatin, a Novel Peptide Encoded by Somatostatin Gene, Regulates Cardiac Contractile Function and Cardiomyocyte Survival. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(7). 4572–4580. 16 indexed citations

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Kerkelä, Risto, Heikki Tokola, Sampsa Pikkarainen, et al.. (2010). The mixed‐lineage kinase 1–3 signalling pathway regulates stress response in cardiac myocytes via GATA‐4 and AP‐1 transcription factors. British Journal of Pharmacology. 159(3). 717–725. 9 indexed citations

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Serpi, Raisa, Olli Tenhunen, Tommi Vaskivuo, et al.. (2009). Divergent Effects of Losartan and Metoprolol on Cardiac Remodeling, C‐kit⁺Cells, Proliferation and Apoptosis in the Left Ventricle after Myocardial Infarction. Clinical and Translational Science. 2(6). 422–430. 14 indexed citations

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Leskinen, Hanna, István Szokodi, Risto Kerkelä, et al.. (2008). Adaptive or maladaptive response to adenoviral adrenomedullin gene transfer is context‐dependent in the heart. The Journal of Gene Medicine. 10(8). 867–877. 5 indexed citations

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Kerkelä, Risto, Kathleen C. Woulfe, & Thomas Force. (2007). Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3β—Actively Inhibiting Hypertrophy. Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine. 17(3). 91–96. 40 indexed citations

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Kerkelä, Risto, Luanda Grazette, Rinat Yacobi, et al.. (2006). Cardiotoxicity of the cancer therapeutic agent imatinib mesylate. Nature Medicine. 12(8). 908–916. 858 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kerkelä, Risto & Thomas Force. (2006). p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 48(3). 556–558. 84 indexed citations

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Pikkarainen, Sampsa, et al.. (2003). Endothelin-1-specific Activation of B-type Natriuretic Peptide Gene via p38 Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase and Nuclear ETS Factors. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(6). 3969–3975. 32 indexed citations

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Pikkarainen, Sampsa, Risto Kerkelä, Heikki Tokola, et al.. (2002). Decoy oligonucleotide characterization of GATA-4 transcription factor in hypertrophic agonist induced responses of cardiac myocytes. Journal of Molecular Medicine. 80(1). 51–60. 19 indexed citations

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Kerkelä, Risto, Mika Ilves, Sampsa Pikkarainen, et al.. (2002). Identification of PKCα Isoform-Specific Effects in Cardiac Myocytes Using Antisense Phosphorothioate Oligonucleotides. Molecular Pharmacology. 62(6). 1482–1491. 20 indexed citations

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Kerkelä, Risto, et al.. (2002). Distinct Roles of Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Pathways in GATA-4 Transcription Factor-mediated Regulation of B-type Natriuretic Peptide Gene. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(16). 13752–13760. 70 indexed citations

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