Kari Alitalo

Kari Kustaa Alitalo (born 21 May 1952, Kuopio) is a Finnish biologist and medical researcher. He is a professor of the Finnish Academy of Sciences. [1] He became famous for his discoveries of several receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs)[2][3][4] and the first growth factor capable to induce lymphangiogenesis: vascular endothelial growth factor C (VEGF-C).[5] In the years 1996-2007 he was Europe's second most cited author in the field of cell biology. [6]

Alitalo received the Leopold Griffuel Prize in 2003 [7][8] and the 2006 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine.[7] He also received the 2005 Eric Fernström Foundation's Nordic Prize[9] and the 2009 In-Bev Baillet Latour Health Prize.[10]

References

  1. ^ Kari Alitalo, Finnish Academy of Sciences. Accessed August 22, 2011
  2. ^ Partanen, J; Mäkelä, TP; Eerola, E; Korhonen, J; Hirvonen, H; Claesson-Welsh, L; Alitalo, K (1991). "FGFR-4, a novel acidic fibroblast growth factor receptor with a distinct expression pattern". The EMBO journal 10 (6): 1347–54. PMC 452793. PMID 1709094. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=452793. 
  3. ^ Aprelikova, O; Pajusola, K; Partanen, J; Armstrong, E; Alitalo, R; Bailey, SK; McMahon, J; Wasmuth, J et al. (1992). "FLT4, a novel class III receptor tyrosine kinase in chromosome 5q33-qter". Cancer research 52 (3): 746–8. PMID 1310071. 
  4. ^ Partanen, J; Armstrong, E; Mäkelä, TP; Korhonen, J; Sandberg, M; Renkonen, R; Knuutila, S; Huebner, K et al. (1992). "A novel endothelial cell surface receptor tyrosine kinase with extracellular epidermal growth factor homology domains". Molecular and cellular biology 12 (4): 1698–707. PMC 369613. PMID 1312667. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=369613. 
  5. ^ Joukov, V; Pajusola, K; Kaipainen, A; Chilov, D; Lahtinen, I; Kukk, E; Saksela, O; Kalkkinen, N et al. (1996). "A novel vascular endothelial growth factor, VEGF-C, is a ligand for the Flt4 (VEGFR-3) and KDR (VEGFR-2) receptor tyrosine kinases". The EMBO journal 15 (2): 290–98. PMC 449944. PMID 8617204. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=449944. 
  6. ^ "Publication Analysis 1996-2007. Cell Biology." Lab Times. 2007. Number 5, pages 42-44
  7. ^ a b Professor Kari Alitalo. Winner of the 2006 Louis-Jeantet Prize for medicine. Louis-Jeantet Foundation. Accessed August 21, 2011
  8. ^ 2010 ESDR Guest Lecture - Angiogenesis, 40th annual ESDR meeting (September 8-11, 2010), European Society for Dermatological Research. Accessed August 21, 2011
  9. ^ Kari Alitalo received recognition for his work, University of Helsinki 2005 annual report. Accessed August 21, 2011
  10. ^ FINISH PROFESSORS KARI ALITALO AND SEPPO YLÄ-HERTTUALA ARE RECIPIENTS OF THE INBEV-BAILLET LATOUR HEALTH PRIZE 2009 FOR THEIR PIONEERING RESEARCH ON CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS. Press-release, April 2009, In-Bev Baillet Latour Foundation. Accessed August 21, 2011

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