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Gennadi
Egutkin

Senior Research Fellow, MediCity
Docent, Institute of Biomedicine
PhD, Docent

Contact

+358 29 450 4388
Tykistökatu 6
20520
Turku

Teaching

Principal supervisor (PS) or co-supervisor (co-S) for for the following theses: Bachelor’s thesis of Camilla Tallgren (Turku University of Applied Sciences; May 2011, PS) Master of Science (MSc) thesis of Mikko Helenius (UTU; March 2011, PS) PhD thesis of Mariachiara Zuccarini (University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy; April 2015, PS) PhD thesis of Mikko Helenius (University of Helsinki; October 2015, co-S) MSc thesis of Marius Paul (University of Bonn [UB], Germany; May 2019, PS) MSc thesis of Nora Kreisig (UB, September 2024, PS) MSc thesis of Samuel Svärd (UTU; November 2024, PS) PhD thesis of Karolina Losenkova (UTU; March 2025, PS) MSc thesis of Julia Baier (UB, April 2026, PS). Currently, I am supervising PhD Theses of Samuel Svärd (UTU, PS), and Shaghayegh Hasanpour (UTU, co-S), and MSc theses of Ursula von Danwitz (UB, PS).

The following visiting researchers, undergraduate and PhD students received training in MediCity under my supervision: Dr. Nathalie Mercier (Nancy, France; 2008–2010) Anne Meyer (UB, April–June 2014) Justyna Kowal (University of Copenhagen, Denmark, December 2014) Mariachiara Zuccarini (University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy, September 2014 – February 2015) Valeria Quarona (University of Torino, Italy, April 2015) Octavia Cadassou (University of Lyon, France, January – February 2017) Karolina Losenkova (Moscow Institute of Physics, Russia, October 2015 – November 2017) Julian Zeiner (UB, May – October 2017) Marius Paul (UB, January – May 2018) • Corinna Weiler (UB, May – October 2021) • Nora Kreisig (UB, May – October 2023) • Joanna Pomeroy (University of Portsmouth, UK, July 2024) Ursula Johanna von Danwitz (UB, May – October 2025) Julia Baier (UB, July 2025 – February 2026).

Research

My research focus for the past 25 years has been to investigate cellular metabolism in various pathophysiological states. I have especially contributed to the papers dealing with role of purine-converting enzymes in cancer, inflammation and vascular remodelling. Overall, I have >100 publications including six Invited Review Articles and four Book Chapters.

Publications

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Fluorine‐18‐Labeled Nucleotide Analogs Targeting Ecto‐5'‐Nucleotidase (CD73) for Positron Emission Tomography Imaging of Solid Tumors (2026)

Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Dobelmann, Clemens; Schmies, Constanze C.; Rolshoven, Georg Wilhelm; Scortichini, Mirko; Wagner, Stefan; Isaak, Andreas; Idris, Riham M.; Dabel, Jennifer; Grey, Lucie; Losenkova, Karolina; Moschutz, Susanne; Al Hroub, Haneen; Keim, Antje; Hoppner, Sandra; Sandholm, Jouko; Bostrom, Pia; Hollmen, Maija; Strater, Norbert; Hermann, Sven; Yegutkin, Gennady G.; Jacobson, Kenneth A.; Schelhaas, Sonja; Muller, Christa E.; Junker, Anna
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

Methodological guidelines for P2X receptor assays and data interpretation (2026)

Cell Death and Disease
Gorecki, Dariusz C.; Adinolfi, Elena; Adriouch, Sahil; Coutinho-Silva, Robson; Engel, Tobias; Gölöncsér, Flóra; Haag, Friedrich; Illes, Peter; Jacobson, Kenneth A.; Koch-Nolte, Friedrich; Mansoor, Steven E.; Matute, Carlos; Melino, Gerry; Novak, Ivana; Pegoraro, Anna; Pelegrin, Pablo; Piacentini, Mauro; Robson, Simon C.; Rumney, Robin M. H.; Seman, Michel; Sluyter, Ronald; Sperlagh, Beáta; Tang, Yong; Tarantini, Mario; Ulrich, Henning; Vouret-Craviari, Valerie; Ye, Qing; Yegutkin, Gennady G.; Verkhratsky, Alexei
(A2 Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä)

Spatiotemporal diversity in molecular and functional abnormalities in the mdx dystrophic brain (2025)

Molecular Medicine
Pomeroy, Joanna; Borczyk, Malgorzata; Kawalec, Maria; Hajto, Jacek; Carlson, Emma; Svärd, Samuel; Verma, Suraj; Bareke, Eric; Boratyńska-Jasińska, Anna; Dymkowska, Dorota; Mellado-Ibáñez, Alvaro; Laight, David; Zabłocki, Krzysztof; Occhipinti, Annalisa; Majewska, Loydie; Angione, Claudio; Majewski, Jacek; Yegutkin, Gennady G.; Korostynski, Michal; Zabłocka, Barbara; Górecki, Dariusz C.
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

Structure-Activity Relationship of 3-Methylcytidine-5 '-alpha,beta-methylenediphosphates as CD73 Inhibitors (2022)

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
Scortichini Mirko, Idris Riham Mohammed, Moschutz Susanne, Keim Antje, Salmaso Veronica, Dobelmann Clemens, Oliva Paola, Losenkova Karolina, Irjala Heikki, Vaittinen Samuli, Sandholm Jouko, Yegutkin Gennady G, Sträter Norbert, Junker Anna, Müller Christa E, Jacobson Kenneth A
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

CD73 controls ocular adenosine levels and protects retina from light-induced phototoxicity (2022)

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
Losenkova Karolina, Takeda Akira, Ragauskas Symantas, Cerrada-Gimenez Marc, Vähätupa Maria, Kaja Simon, Paul Marius L., Schmies Constanze C., Rolshoven Georg, Müller Christa E., Sandholm Jouko, Jalkanen Sirpa, Kalesnykas Giedrius, Yegutkin Gennady G.
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )