Prof. Dr. Mikko Niemi

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsPharmacology
Keywordsdrug transporters, pharmacogenetics, pharmacokinetics

Current contact address

CountryFinland
CityHelsinki
InstitutionUniversity of Helsinki
InstituteDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Martin FrommDr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institut für Klinische Pharmakologie (IKP), Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus GmbH, Stuttgart
Start of initial sponsorship01/02/2003

Programme(s)

2002Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2004Mikko Niemi, Elke Schaeffeler, Thomas Lnag, Martin F. Fromm, Mikko Neuvonen, Carl Kyrklund, Janne T. Backman, Reinhold Kerb, Matthias Schwab, Pertti J. Neuvonen, Michel Eichelbaum, Kari T. Kivistö: High plasma pravastatin concentrations are associated with single nucleotide polymorphisms and haplotypes of organic anion transporting polypeptide-C (OATP-C, SLCO1B1). In: Pharmacogenetics, 2004, 429-440
2004Kari T. Kivistö, Mikko Niemi, Elke Schaeffeler, Kaisu Pitkälä, Reijo Tilvis, Martin F. Fromm, Matthias Schwab, Michel Eichelbaum, Timo Strandberg: Lipid-lowering response to statins is affected by CYP3A5 polymorphism. In: Pharmacogenetics, 2004, 523-525
2003Kari T. Kivistö, Jörg Zukunft, Ute Hofmann, Mikko Niemi, Sabine Rekersbrink, Swetlana Schneider, Gerd Luippold, Matthias Schwab, Michel Eichelbaum, Martin F. Fromm: Characterisation of cerivastatin as a P-glycoprotein substrate: studies in P-glycoprotein-expressing cell monolayers and mdr1a/b knock-out mice. In: Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Arch Pharmacol, 2003, 124-130