The role of cytokines in the generation of inflammation and tissue damage in experimental gram-positive meningitis.

Kapo Saukkonen, Stephen Sande, C Cioffe, +4

The Journal of Experimental Medicine

ImmunologyInflammatory ActivitiesTissue DamageImmune SystemNeuroinflammation +18

Reduction of inflammation, tissue damage, and mortality in bacterial meningitis in rabbits treated with monoclonal antibodies against adhesion-promoting receptors of leukocytes.

Elaine Tuomanen, Kapo Saukkonen, Stephen Sande, +2

The Journal of Experimental Medicine

Humoral ResponseImmunologyNeuroinflammationInflammationSpecific Inhibition +19

Integrin-mediated localization of Bordetella pertussis within macrophages: role in pulmonary colonization.

Kapo Saukkonen, Carmen Cabellos, Margaret Burroughs, +2

The Journal of Experimental Medicine

Host ResponseMicrobial PathogensLung InflammationBordetella PertussisMedicine +10

Comparative evaluation of potential components for group B meningococcal vaccine by passive protection in the infant rat and in vitro bactericidal assay

Kapo Saukkonen, M. Leinonen, H Abdillahi, +1

Vaccine

VaccinationInfant RatVaccine DevelopmentVaccine TargetImmunology +7

Pertussis toxin has eukaryotic-like carbohydrate recognition domains.

Kapo Saukkonen, W. Neal Burnette, V L Mar, +2

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Microbial ToxinPertussis ToxinToxinologyBordetella PertussisMedicine +9

Role of type 1 and S fimbriae in the pathogenesis of Escherichia coli O18:K1 bacteremia and meningitis in the infant rat

Kapo Saukkonen, B. Nowicki, M. Leinonen

Infection and Immunity

Pathogenic MicrobiologyEscherichia Coli InfectionBacteriologyKlebsiella PneumoniaeType 1 +15

PROX1 and β-catenin are prognostic markers in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

Kapo Saukkonen, Jaana Hagström, Harri Mustonen, +6

BMC Cancer

Podocalyxin Is a Marker of Poor Prognosis in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

Kapo Saukkonen, Jaana Hagström, Harri Mustonen, +6

PLoS ONE

A Whole-Blood Lymphocyte Stimulation Test for the Diagnosis of Human Tularemia

Hannu Syrjälä, Elja Herva, Jorma Ilonen, +2

The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Monoclonal Antibodies to the Rough Lipopolysaccharide of Neisseria meningitidis Protect Infant Rats From Meningococcal Infection

Kapo Saukkonen, M. Leinonen, Helena Käyhty, +2

The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Microbial PathogensRough LipopolysaccharideImmunodeficienciesImmunologyMedical Microbiology +14