Ihalin Riikka

Academy Research Fellow
Biochemistry
University of Turku
Finland

Academician Biochemistry
Biography

Dr. Ihalin Riikka is currently working as a Principal Investigator for the research project 'Biofilm-host interaction in chronic infection' in the Department of Biochemistry,University of Turku. Her research interests include studying biofilm-host interaction in chronic infection, periodontitis.

Research Intrest

Studying biofilm-host interaction in chronic infection, periodontitis

List of Publications
Paino A, Ahlstrand T, Nuutila J, Navickaite I, Lahti M, Tuominen H, Välimaa H, Lamminmäki U, Pöllänen MT, Ihalin R. Identification of a novel bacterial outer membrane interleukin-1β-binding protein from Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans. PloS one. 2013 Jul 31;8(7):e70509.
Ihalin R. Miscellaneous IL‐1β‐Binding Proteins of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans. Moonlighting Proteins: Novel Virulence Factors in Bacterial Infections. 2016 Aug:371-86.
Ahlstrand T, Tuominen H, Beklen A, Torittu A, Oscarsson J, Sormunen R, Pöllänen MT, Permi P, Ihalin R. A novel intrinsically disordered outer membrane lipoprotein of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans binds various cytokines and plays a role in biofilm response to interleukin-1β and interleukin-8. Virulence. 2017 Feb 17;8(2):115-34.

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