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Anders Paetau is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, focusing significantly on Neurology and its related subfields such as Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Physiology, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, with notable emphasis on:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Neurological disease mechanisms and treatments
  • Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments
  • Hereditary neurological disorders
  • Genetic neurodegenerative diseases
  • Dementia and cognitive impairment research
  • Neurological disorders and treatments

Anders Paetau has contributed to a range of recent papers, including:

  • Neuropathologic features of four autopsied COVID-19 patients, 2020, Brain Pathology
  • Biallelic ADAM22 pathogenic variants cause progressive encephalopathy and infantile-onset refractory epilepsy, 2022, Brain
  • Effectiveness of clinical exome sequencing in adult patients with difficult-to-diagnose neurological disorders, 2021, Acta Neurologica Scandinavica
  • Dominant mutations in ITPR3 cause Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, 2020, Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
  • Ancestral allele of DNA polymerase gamma modifies antiviral tolerance, 2024, Nature

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Anders Paetau include:

  • Liisa Myllykangas
  • Jarno Tuimala
  • Sara Savola
  • Anna Raunio
  • Tuomo Polvikoski

Their publication record is distributed across several notable venues, including:

  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Brain
  • Acta Neuropathologica
  • Brain Pathology
  • Nature

Best Publications

  • A hexanucleotide repeat expansion in C9ORF72 is the cause of chromosome 9p21-linked ALS-FTD

    Alan E. Renton;Elisa Majounie;Adrian James Waite;Javier Simón-Sánchez;Javier Simón-Sánchez

  • Germline mutations in FH predispose to dominantly inherited uterine fibroids, skin leiomyomata and papillary renal cell cancer.

    Tomlinson Ip;Alam Na;Rowan Aj;Barclay E

  • Remodeling of Saccular Cerebral Artery Aneurysm Wall Is Associated With Rupture Histological Analysis of 24 Unruptured and 42 Ruptured Cases

    Juhana Frösen;Anna Piippo;Anders Paetau;Marko Kangasniemi

  • Senile systemic amyloidosis affects 25% of the very aged and associates with genetic variation in alpha2-macroglobulin and tau: a population-based autopsy study

    Maarit Tanskanen;Terhi Peuralinna;Tuomo Polvikoski;Irma-Leena Notkola

  • A novel α-synuclein mutation A53E associated with atypical multiple system atrophy and Parkinson's disease-type pathology

    Petra Pasanen;Liisa Myllykangas;Maija Siitonen;Anna Raunio

  • Saccular intracranial aneurysm: pathology and mechanisms

    Juhana Frösen;Riikka Tulamo;Anders Paetau;Elisa Laaksamo

  • A variant of Alzheimer's disease with spastic paraparesis and unusual plaques due to deletion of exon 9 of presenilin 1

    Richard Crook;Auli Verkkoniemi;Jordi Perez-Tur;Nitin Mehta

  • FGF-21 as a biomarker for muscle-manifesting mitochondrial respiratory chain deficiencies: a diagnostic study.

    Anu Suomalainen;Anu Suomalainen;Jenni M Elo;Kirsi H Pietiläinen;Anna H Hakonen

  • Adverse long-term effects of brain radiotherapy in adult low-grade glioma patients.

    O. Surma-aho;M. Niemelä;J. Vilkki;M. Kouri

  • Mutant mitochondrial helicase Twinkle causes multiple mtDNA deletions and a late-onset mitochondrial disease in mice

    Henna Tyynismaa;Katja Peltola Mjosund;Sjoerd Wanrooij;Ilse Lappalainen

  • ERG transcription factor as an immunohistochemical marker for vascular endothelial tumors and prostatic carcinoma.

    Markku Miettinen;Zeng-Feng Wang;Anders Paetau;Shyh-Han Tan

  • Mitochondrial DNA polymerase W748S mutation: a common cause of autosomal recessive ataxia with ancient European origin

    Anna H. Hakonen;Silja Heiskanen;Vesa Juvonen;Ilse Lappalainen

  • Cathepsin D expression level affects alpha-synuclein processing, aggregation, and toxicity in vivo

    Valerie Cullen;Maria Lindfors;Juliana Ng;Anders Paetau

  • Endothelial ICAM-1 Expression Associated With Inflammatory Cell Response in Human Ischemic Stroke

    Perttu J. Lindsberg;Olli Carpe´n;Anders Paetau;Marja-Liisa Karjalainen-Lindsberg

  • Adverse long-term effects of brain radiotherapy in adult low-grade glioma patients. Editorial

    Kendra Peterson;Lisa M. Deangelis;O. Surma-Aho;M. Niemelä

  • Expression of endothelial cell-specific receptor tyrosine kinases and growth factors in human brain tumors.

    E Hatva;A Kaipainen;P Mentula;J Jääskeläinen

  • Accuracy of the clinical diagnosis of vascular dementia: a prospective clinical and post-mortem neuropathological study.

    T Erkinjuntti;M Haltia;J Palo;R Sulkava

  • Exome Sequencing Identifies Mitochondrial Alanyl-tRNA Synthetase Mutations in Infantile Mitochondrial Cardiomyopathy

    Alexandra Götz;Henna Tyynismaa;Liliya Euro;Pekka Ellonen

  • Cyclooxygenase-2 is induced globally in infarcted human brain

    Tiina Sairanen;Ari Ristimäki;Marja‐Liisa Karjalainen‐Lindsberg;Anders Paetau

  • Evolution of Cerebral Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Production During Human Ischemic Stroke

    Tiina Sairanen;Olli Carpén;Marja-Liisa Karjalainen-Lindsberg;Anders Paetau

Frequent Co-Authors

Anu Suomalainen
Anu Suomalainen University of Helsinki
Pentti J. Tienari
Pentti J. Tienari University of Helsinki
Matti Haltia
Matti Haltia University of Helsinki
Hannu Kalimo
Hannu Kalimo University of Helsinki
Bjarne Udd
Bjarne Udd University of Helsinki
Raimo Sulkava
Raimo Sulkava University of Eastern Finland
John Hardy
John Hardy University College London
Irina Alafuzoff
Irina Alafuzoff Uppsala University
Juha Hernesniemi
Juha Hernesniemi Zhengzhou University
Ralf Krahe
Ralf Krahe The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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