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Jorma
Toppari
Professor, Institute of Biomedicine
InFLAMES Flagship
MD, PhD

Contact

+358 29 450 2826
+358 40 180 2600
Kiinamyllynkatu 10
20520
Turku

Areas of expertise

Pediatric endocrinology
reproductive health
endocrine disruption
testis
type 1 diabetes

Biography

Professor Jorma Toppari (H-index 68) is an international expert in environmental endocrine disruption, male reproduction and type 1 diabetes. He is a principal investigator in a NIH-funded cohort study The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young (TEDDY) and in the Finnish Type 1 Diabetes Prediction and Prevention Study (DIPP). He is leading a joint Finnish-Danish birth cohort study exploring the genetic and environmental aspects of human reproduction. 

Teaching

Basic and clinical endocrinology, particularly pediatric and reproductive endocrinology, endocrine disruption, reproductive toxicology

Research

The aim of our research is to identify risk factors of reproductive health and type 1 diabetes (T1D) to make risk management possible and prevent health problems. We are performing a comprehensive reproductive health study for 19-year-old men that we have followed up prospectively from pregnancy. We focus now our studies on sperm epigenome. We are studying the role of retinoblastoma protein (Rb) and E2F3 transcription factors in gonadal development and whether endocrine disruptors affect reproductive health. In the Finnish type 1 Diabetes Prediction and Prevention (DIPP) study and in The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young (TEDDY) study we are exploring the early determinants of T1D in large child cohorts with increased genetic risk.

Publications

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Beta cell function in participants with single or multiple islet autoantibodies at baseline in the TEDDY Family Prevention Study: TEFA (2021)

Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Martinez Maria Månsson, Salami Falastin, Larsson Helena Elding, Toppari Jorma, Lernmark Åke, Kero Jukka, Veijola Riitta, Koskenniemi Jaakko J., Tossavainen Päivi, Lundgren Markus, Borg Henrik, Katsarou Anastasia, Maziarz Marlena, Törn Carina; The TEDDY Family (TEFA) Study Group
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

RANKL regulates male reproductive function (2021)

Nature Communications
Jensen MB, Andreassen CH, Jorgensen A, Nielsen JE, Mortensen L, Boisen IM, Schwarz P, Toppari J, Baron R, Lanske B, Juul A
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Determining the timing of pubertal onset via a multicohort analysis of growth (2021)

PLoS ONE
Syrjälä Essi, Niinikoski Harri, Virtanen Helena E, Ilonen Jorma, Knip Mikael, Hutri-Kähönen Nina, Pahkala Katja, Raitakari Olli T, Rodprasert Wiwat, Toppari Jorma, Virtanen Suvi M, Veijola Riitta, Peltonen Jaakko, Nevalainen Jaakko
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))