Heino Jyrki
Professor
Biochemistry
University of Turku
Finland
Biography
Jyrki Heino is a professor of biochemistry at the University of Turku . Since 2004 Heino has also served as the scientific director of BioCity Turku Biomass.Jyrki Heino has studied the activity of integrin (s) cell adhesion receptors.In addition to the University of Turku, Jyrki Heino has worked as a researcher at Massachusetts University and at the Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Heino has been a member of the Finnish Academy of Science since 2011.
Research Interest
Integrin signaling, especially atypical signaling mechanisms, including low avidity integrin–ligand interaction and signaling by nonactivated integrins.
Publications
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Woltersdorf C, Bonk M, Leitinger B, Huhtala M, Käpylä J, Heino J, Girol CG, Niland S, Eble JA, Bruckner P, Dreier R. The binding capacity of α1β1-, α2β1-and α10β1-integrins depends on non-collagenous surface macromolecules rather than the collagens in cartilage fibrils. Matrix Biology. 2017 Feb 10.
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Salmela M, Jokinen J, Tiitta S, Rappu P, Cheng RH, Heino J. Integrin α2β1 in nonactivated conformation can induce focal adhesion kinase signaling. Scientific Reports. 2017;7.
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Sipilä KH, Ranga V, Rappu P, Mali M, Pirilä L, Heino I, Jokinen J, Käpylä J, Johnson MS, Heino J. Joint inflammation related citrullination of functional arginines in extracellular proteins. Scientific Reports. 2017;7.
