Sami Kukkonen

Puumala hantavirus genome in patients with nephropathia epidemica: correlation of PCR positivity with HLA haplotype and link to viral sequences in local rodents

Alexander Plyusnin, Jan Hörling, Mervi Kanerva et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 1997 · 149 citations · Full text

Viral Diagnostics, Viral Pathogenesis, Immunology +21

Isolation and characterization of Tula virus, a distinct serotype in the genus Hantavirus, family Bunyaviridae

Olli Vapalahti, Åke Lundkvist, Sami Kukkonen et al. · Journal of General Virology · 1996 · 137 citations

Diagnostic Virology, Viral Evolution, Viral Diagnostics +14

Transfection-mediated generation of functionally competent Tula hantavirus with recombinant S RNA segment

Alexander Plyusnin, Sami Kukkonen, Angelina Plyusnina et al. · The EMBO Journal · 2002 · 54 citations · Full text

Viral Replication, Molecular Virology, Synthetic Virology +9

Association of Tat with Promoters of PTEN and PP2A Subunits Is Key to Transcriptional Activation of Apoptotic Pathways in HIV-Infected CD4+ T Cells

Nayoung Kim, Sami Kukkonen, Sumeet Gupta et al. · PLoS Pathogens · 2010 · 53 citations · Full text

T-regulatory Cell, Apoptosis, Immunology +18

Tula hantavirus infection of Vero E6 cells induces apoptosis involving caspase 8 activation

Xiao-Dong Li, Sami Kukkonen, Olli Vapalahti et al. · Journal of General Virology · 2004 · 51 citations

Apoptosis, Viral Pathogenesis, Immunology +17