Félix I, Jokela H, Karhula J, Kotaja N, Savontaus E, Salmi M, Rantakari P. Single-Cell Proteomics Reveals the Defined Heterogeneity of Resident Macrophages in White Adipose Tissue. Front Immunol. 2021. DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.719979

Emmi Lokka, Laura Lintukorpi, Sheyla Cisneros-Montalvo, Juho-Antti Mäkelä, Sofia Tyystjärvi, Venla Ojasalo, Heidi Gerke, Jorma Toppari, Pia Rantakari, Marko Salmi. Generation, localization and functions of macrophages during the development of testis. Nature Communications 11, 4375. 2020. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18206-0

Heli Jokela, Emmi Lokka, Miikka Kiviranta, Sofia Tyystjärvi, Heidi Gerke, Kati Elima, Marko Salmi, Pia Rantakari. Fetal‐derived macrophages persist and sequentially maturate in ovaries after birth in mice. Eur J Immunol. 2020. 00: 1–15 DOI: 10.1002/eji.202048531

Auvinen K, Lokka E, Mokkala E, Jäppinen N, Tyystjärvi S, Saine H, Peurla M, Shetty S, Elima K, Rantakari P, Salmi M. Fenestral diaphragms and PLVAP associations in liver sinusoidal endothelial cells are developmentally regulated. Sci Rep. 2019. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-08065-1.

Jäppinen N, Felix I, Lokka E, Tyystjärvi S, Pynttäri A, Lahtela T, Gerke H, Elima K, Rantakari P, Salmi M. Fetal-derived macrophages dominate in adult mammary glands. Nature Communications. 2019. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-08065-1.

Rantakari P, Jäppinen N, Lokka E, Mokkala E, Gerke H, Peuhu E, Ivaska J, Elima K, Auvinen K, Salmi M. Fetal liver endothelium regulates the seeding of tissue-resident macrophages. Nature. 2016. 538(7625):392-396. DOI: 10.1038/nature19814

Rantakari P, Auvinen K, Jäppinen N, Kapraali M, Valtonen J, Karikoski M, Gerke H, Iftakhar-E-Khuda I, Keuschnigg J, Umemoto E, Tohya K, Miyasaka M, Elima K, Jalkanen S, Salmi M. The endothelial protein PLVAP in lymphatics controls the entry of lymphocytes and antigens into lymph nodes. Nat Immunol. 2015 Apr;16(4):386-96. DOI: 10.1038/ni0515-544c