Virpi Launonen

9.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Virpi Launonen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Virpi Launonen has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 16 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Virpi Launonen's work include Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (17 papers), Renal cell carcinoma treatment (9 papers) and Renal and related cancers (9 papers). Virpi Launonen is often cited by papers focused on Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (17 papers), Renal cell carcinoma treatment (9 papers) and Renal and related cancers (9 papers). Virpi Launonen collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Virpi Launonen's co-authors include Lauri A. Aaltonen, Maija Kiuru, Outi Vierimaa, Reijo Salovaara, Riitta Herva, Pia Vahteristo, Eero Pukkala, Auli Karhu, Heikki Järvinen and Pertti Sistonen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Virpi Launonen

49 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

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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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Virpi Launonen Finland	29	1.7k	973	872	825	806	49	3.6k
Pia Vahteristo Finland	36	1.5k 0.9×	802 0.8×	782 0.9×	764 0.9×	451 0.6×	83	4.4k
Paolo Radice Italy	40	2.2k 1.3×	1.6k 1.6×	1.2k 1.4×	1.3k 1.6×	623 0.8×	170	5.2k
Isabelle Hostein France	33	791 0.5×	836 0.9×	394 0.5×	1.0k 1.3×	2.5k 3.0×	61	3.7k
Guido Nicolò Italy	29	987 0.6×	444 0.5×	644 0.7×	951 1.2×	802 1.0×	94	2.9k
Ian Tomlinson United Kingdom	30	1.4k 0.9×	1.6k 1.6×	918 1.1×	1.2k 1.4×	214 0.3×	48	3.2k
Janine Senz Canada	31	1.8k 1.1×	932 1.0×	1.2k 1.3×	706 0.9×	662 0.8×	66	4.7k
Lluís Catasús Spain	27	1.2k 0.7×	691 0.7×	684 0.8×	592 0.7×	250 0.3×	51	2.6k
Pamela M. Pollock Australia	34	2.6k 1.6×	405 0.4×	884 1.0×	1.3k 1.6×	402 0.5×	90	4.0k
S Hirohashi Japan	25	1.9k 1.1×	827 0.8×	1.1k 1.3×	1.7k 2.1×	380 0.5×	28	3.6k
Isabelle Soubeyran France	27	346 0.2×	622 0.6×	368 0.4×	844 1.0×	541 0.7×	70	1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Virpi Launonen

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Kiuru, Anne, Meerit Kämäräinen, Sirpa Heinävaara, et al.. (2014). Assessment of Targeted and Non-Targeted Responses in Cells Deficient in ATM Function following Exposure to Low and High Dose X-Rays. PLoS ONE. 9(3). e93211–e93211. 6 indexed citations

Mäkinen, Netta, Miika Mehine, Jaana Tolvanen, et al.. (2011). MED12 , the Mediator Complex Subunit 12 Gene, Is Mutated at High Frequency in Uterine Leiomyomas. Science. 334(6053). 252–255. 470 indexed citations breakdown →

Lehtonen, Heli, Kowan Ja Jee, Shinsuke Ninomiya, et al.. (2009). Array comparative genomic hybridization identifies a distinct DNA copy number profile in renal cell cancer associated with hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer. Genes Chromosomes and Cancer. 48(7). 544–551. 20 indexed citations

Raitila, Anniina, Marianthi Georgitsi, Elena Bonora, et al.. (2009). Aryl hydrocarbon receptor interacting protein mutations seem not to associate with familial non-medullary thyroid cancer. Journal of Endocrinological Investigation. 32(5). 426–429. 9 indexed citations

Heliövaara, Elina, Anniina Raitila, Virpi Launonen, et al.. (2009). The Expression of AIP-Related Molecules in Elucidation of Cellular Pathways in Pituitary Adenomas. American Journal Of Pathology. 175(6). 2501–2507. 48 indexed citations

Bayley, Jean‐Pierre, Virpi Launonen, & Ian Tomlinson. (2008). The FH mutation database: an online database of fumarate hydratase mutations involved in the MCUL (HLRCC) tumor syndrome and congenital fumarase deficiency. BMC Medical Genetics. 9(1). 20–20. 112 indexed citations

Georgitsi, Marianthi, Auli Karhu, Robert Winqvist, et al.. (2007). Mutation analysis of aryl hydrocarbon receptor interacting protein (AIP) gene in colorectal, breast, and prostate cancers. British Journal of Cancer. 96(2). 352–356. 45 indexed citations

Lehtonen, Heli, Markus J. Mäkinen, Maija Kiuru, et al.. (2007). Increased HIF1α in SDH and FH deficient tumors does not cause microsatellite instability. International Journal of Cancer. 121(6). 1386–1389. 19 indexed citations

Raitila, Anniina, Marianthi Georgitsi, Auli Karhu, et al.. (2007). No evidence of somatic aryl hydrocarbon receptor interacting protein mutations in sporadic endocrine neoplasia. Endocrine Related Cancer. 14(3). 901–906. 40 indexed citations

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Vierimaa, Outi, Marianthi Georgitsi, Rainer Lehtonen, et al.. (2006). Pituitary Adenoma Predisposition Caused by Germline Mutations in the AIP Gene. Science. 312(5777). 1228–1230. 408 indexed citations

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Cybulski, Cezary, Rainer Lehtonen, Maija Kiuru, et al.. (2006). Germline fumarate hydratase mutations in patients with ovarian mucinous cystadenoma. European Journal of Human Genetics. 14(7). 880–883. 22 indexed citations

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Kiuru, Maija, Heli Lehtonen, Rainer Lehtonen, et al.. (2006). Analysis of fumarate hydratase mutations in a population‐based series of early onset uterine leiomyosarcoma patients. International Journal of Cancer. 119(2). 283–287. 64 indexed citations

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Launonen, Virpi. (2005). Mutations in the humanLKB1/STK11gene. Human Mutation. 26(4). 291–297. 73 indexed citations

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Alhopuro, Pia, Pekka Katajisto, Rainer Lehtonen, et al.. (2005). Mutation analysis of three genes encoding novel LKB1-interacting proteins, BRG1, STRADα, and MO25α, in Peutz–Jeghers syndrome. British Journal of Cancer. 92(6). 1126–1129. 22 indexed citations

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Kiuru, Maija & Virpi Launonen. (2004). Hereditary Leiomyomatosis and Renal Cell Cancer (HLRCC). Current Molecular Medicine. 4(8). 869–875. 41 indexed citations

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Laiho, Päivi, Reijo Salovaara, Jukka‐Pekka Mecklin, et al.. (2003). Little evidence for involvement of MLH3 in colorectal cancer predisposition. International Journal of Cancer. 106(2). 292–296. 39 indexed citations

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Salovaara, Reijo, Stephan Roth, Anu Loukola, et al.. (2002). Frequent loss of SMAD4/DPC4 protein in colorectal cancers. Gut. 51(1). 56–59. 111 indexed citations

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Launonen, Virpi, Egle Avizienyte, Anu Loukola, et al.. (2000). No evidence of Peutz-Jeghers syndrome gene LKB1 involvement in left-sided colorectal carcinomas.. PubMed. 60(3). 546–8. 27 indexed citations

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Huusko, Pia, Katariina Castrén, Virpi Launonen, et al.. (1999). Germ-Line TP53 Mutations in Finnish Cancer Families Exhibiting Features of the Li-Fraumeni Syndrome and Negative for BRCA1 and BRCA2. Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics. 112(1). 9–14. 23 indexed citations

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Launonen, Virpi, et al.. (1995). The pvB370 BamHI satellite DNA family of the Drosophila virilis group and its evolutionary relation to mobile dispersed genetic pDv elements. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 41(5). 604–14. 55 indexed citations

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