Anna-Liisa Levonen

Professor
Department of Neurobiology
University of Eastern Finland
Finland

Professor Cardiology
Biography

Professor and Director of A.I. Virtanen Institute

Research Intrest

The role of reactive oxygen (ROS) and nitrogen (RNS) species in cardiovascular disease, gene regulation by ROS, RNS and oxidized lipids, redox cell signalling. Publications:

List of Publications
VN Bochkov, OV Oskolkova, KG Birukov, AL Levonen, CJ Binder, et al. (2010) Generation and biological activities of oxidized phospholipids. Antioxidants & redox signaling 12: 1009-1059.
PS Brookes, AL Levonen, S Shiva, P Sarti, VM Darley-Usmar (2002) Mitochondria: regulators of signal transduction by reactive oxygen and nitrogen species 1, 2. Free Radical Biology and Medicine 33: 755-764.
E Kansanen, SM Kuosmanen, H Leinonen, AL Levonen (2013) The Keap1-Nrf2 pathway: mechanisms of activation and dysregulation in cancer. Redox biology 1: 45-49.
AL Levonen, A Landar, A Ramachandran, EK Ceaser, DA Dickinson, et al. (2004)Cellular mechanisms of redox cell signalling: role of cysteine modification in controlling antioxidant defences in response to electrophilic lipid oxidation Biochemical Journal 378: 373-382.