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Otto Kari

Laboratory Director, Ph.D.
Verified email at helsinki.fi
Cited by 1094

[HTML][HTML] Pharmacokinetic aspects of retinal drug delivery

EM Del Amo, AK Rimpelä, E Heikkinen, OK Kari… - Progress in retinal and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Drug delivery to the posterior eye segment is an important challenge in ophthalmology,
because many diseases affect the retina and choroid leading to impaired vision or blindness. …

[HTML][HTML] The viral protein corona directs viral pathogenesis and amyloid aggregation

…, M Sköld, EA Thompson, O Saher, OK Kari… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Artificial nanoparticles accumulate a protein corona layer in biological fluids, which significantly
influences their bioactivity. As nanosized obligate intracellular parasites, viruses share …

[HTML][HTML] Artificially cloaked viral nanovaccine for cancer immunotherapy

…, L Ylösmäki, E Ylösmäki, F Hamdan, OK Kari… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Virus-based cancer vaccines are nowadays considered an interesting approach in the field
of cancer immunotherapy, despite the observation that the majority of the immune responses …

[HTML][HTML] In situ analysis of liposome hard and soft protein corona structure and composition in a single label-free workflow

OK Kari, J Ndika, P Parkkila, A Louna, T Lajunen… - Nanoscale, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Methodological constraints have limited our ability to study protein corona formation, slowing
nanomedicine development and their successful translation into the clinic. We determined …

[HTML][HTML] Light-activated liposomes coated with hyaluronic acid as a potential drug delivery system

OK Kari, S Tavakoli, P Parkkila, S Baan, R Savolainen… - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Light-activated liposomes permit site and time-specific drug delivery to ocular and systemic
targets. We combined a light activation technology based on indocyanine green with a …

Multi-parametric surface plasmon resonance platform for studying liposome-serum interactions and protein corona formation

OK Kari, T Rojalin, S Salmaso, M Barattin… - Drug delivery and …, 2017 - Springer
When nanocarriers are administered into the blood circulation, a complex biomolecular layer
known as the “protein corona” associates with their surface. Although the drivers of corona …

Influence of cell membrane wrapping on the Cell− porous silicon nanoparticle interactions

…, A Correia, J Chiaro, OK Kari… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Biohybrid nanosystems represent the cutting‐edge research in biofunctionalization of micro‐
and nano‐systems. Their physicochemical properties bring along advantages in the …

ORP2, a cholesterol transporter, regulates angiogenic signaling in endothelial cells

…, JH Taskinen, A Arora, R Kosonen, OK Kari… - The FASEB …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Oxysterol‐binding protein‐related protein 2 (ORP2), a cholesterol‐PI(4,5)P 2 countercurrent
transporter, was recently identified as a novel regulator of plasma membrane (PM) …

Diffusion and protein corona formation of lipid-based nanoparticles in the vitreous humor: profiling and pharmacokinetic considerations

S Tavakoli, OK Kari, T Turunen, T Lajunen… - Molecular …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The vitreous humor is the first barrier encountered by intravitreally injected nanoparticles.
Lipid-based nanoparticles in the vitreous are studied by evaluating their diffusion with single-…

Beyond Basic Characterization and Omics: Immunomodulatory Roles of Platelet-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Unveiled by Functional Testing

…, JA Eble, K Maaninka, J Ndika, OK Kari… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Renowned for their role in hemostasis and thrombosis, platelets are also increasingly recognized
for their contribution in innate immunity, immunothrombosis and inflammatory diseases…