Selected Publications

Junnila A, Zhang FP, Martinez Nieto G, Hakkarainen J, Mäkelä JA, Ohlsson C, Sipilä P, Poutanen M. HSD17B1 compensates for HSD17B3 deficiency in fetal mouse testis but not in adults. Endocrinology. 2024 May; 165(6)

Strauss L, Junnila A, Wärri A, Manti M, Jiang Y, Löyttyniemi E, Stener-Victorin E, Lagerquist MK, Kukoricza K, Heinosalo T, Blom S, Poutanen M. Consistent and effective method to define the mouse estrous cycle stage by deep learning based model. J Endocrinol. 2024 261(3), e230204

Toriseva M, Björkgren I, Junnila A, Mehmood A, Mattson J, Raimoranta I, Bongki K, Laiho A, Nees M, Elo L, Poutanen M, Breton S, Sipilä P. Critical Role of Runx Transcription Factors in Maintaining Epididymal Epithelial Differentiation. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2024 Apr 17;81(1):183.

Huhtaniemi R, Sipilä P, Junnila A, Oksala R, Knuuttila M, Mehmood A, Aho E, Laajala TD, Aittokallio T, Laiho A, Elo L, Ohlsson C, Thulin MH, Kallio P, Mäkelä S, Mustonen MVJ, Poutanen M. High intratumoral dihydrotestosterone is associated with antiandrogen resistance in VCaP prostate cancer xenografts in castrated mice. iScience. 2022 Apr 25;25(5):104287.

Sipilä P, Junnila A, Hakkarainen J, Huhtaniemi R, Mairinoja L, Zhang FP, Strauss L, Ohlsson C, Kotaja N, Huhtaniemi I, Poutanen M. The lack of HSD17B3 in male mice results in disturbed Leydig cell maturation and endocrine imbalance akin to humans with HSD17B3 deficiency. FASEB J. 2020 May;34(5):6111-6128