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Overview

Arto Mannermaa is affiliated with the University of Eastern Finland in Finland. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focused on the intersection of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Throughout their career, they have contributed extensively to fields such as oncology, molecular biology, cancer research, genetics, and artificial intelligence as applied to medical science.

Their scholarly work includes a number of recent papers, reflecting a focus on genetic insights and cancer epidemiology. Notable publications include:

  • FinnGen: Unique genetic insights from combining isolated population and national health register data, 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Author Correction: FinnGen provides genetic insights from a well-phenotyped isolated population, 2023, Nature
  • Physical activity, sedentary time and breast cancer risk: a Mendelian randomisation study, 2022, British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Distinct Reproductive Risk Profiles for Intrinsic-Like Breast Cancer Subtypes: Pooled Analysis of Population-Based Studies, 2022, JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
  • Multi-level dilated residual network for biomedical image segmentation, 2021, Scientific Reports

The primary topics of their research include:

  • BRCA gene mutations in cancer
  • AI in cancer detection
  • Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Mannermaa's coauthors include Veli-Matti Kosma, Manjeet K. Bolla, D. Gareth Evans, Reiner Hoppe, and Jaana M. Hartikainen.

Their work is regularly published in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Scientific Reports, Cancers, Cancer Medicine, and Nature Communications, indicating a consistent presence in journals related to molecular biology and cancer research.

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide association study identifies novel breast cancer susceptibility loci

    Douglas F. Easton;Karen A. Pooley;Alison M. Dunning;Paul D. P. Pharoah

  • Association analysis identifies 65 new breast cancer risk loci

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Sara Lindström;Sara Lindström;Joe Dennis;Jonathan Beesley

  • Large-scale genotyping identifies 41 new loci associated with breast cancer risk

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Per Hall;Anna Gonzalez-Neira;Maya Ghoussaini

  • Breast-Cancer Risk in Families with Mutations in PALB2

    A. C. Antoniou;S. Casadei;T. Heikkinen;D. Barrowdale

  • RAD51B in Familial Breast Cancer

    Liisa M. Pelttari;Sofia Khan;Mikko Vuorela;Johanna I. Kiiski

  • Polygenic Risk Scores for Prediction of Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Subtypes

    Nasim Mavaddat;Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Joe Dennis;Michael Lush

  • Associations of Breast Cancer Risk Factors With Tumor Subtypes: A Pooled Analysis From the Breast Cancer Association Consortium Studies

    Xiaohong R. Yang;Jenny Chang-Claude;Ellen L. Goode;Fergus J. Couch

  • Apolipoprotein E epsilon4 allele, elevated midlife total cholesterol level, and high midlife systolic blood pressure are independent risk factors for late-life Alzheimer disease.

    Miia Kivipelto;Eeva-Liisa Helkala;Mikko P. Laakso;Tuomo Hänninen

  • Breast Cancer Risk Genes - Association Analysis in More than 113,000 Women

    Leila Dorling;Sara Carvalho;Jamie Allen

  • A common coding variant in CASP8 is associated with breast cancer risk

    Angela Cox;Alison M. Dunning;Montserrat Garcia-Closas;Sabapathy Balasubramanian

  • Parent-of-origin-specific allelic associations among 106 genomic loci for age at menarche

    John R.B. Perry;Felix Day;Cathy E. Elks;Patrick Sulem

  • Genome-wide association analysis of more than 120,000 individuals identifies 15 new susceptibility loci for breast cancer

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Jonathan Beesley;Sara Lindstrom;Sander Canisius

  • Multiple independent variants at the TERT locus are associated with telomere length and risks of breast and ovarian cancer

    Stig E. Bojesen;Stig E. Bojesen;Karen A. Pooley;Sharon E. Johnatty;Jonathan Beesley

  • Prediction of Breast Cancer Risk Based on Profiling With Common Genetic Variants

    Nasim Mavaddat;Paul D.P. Pharoah;Kyriaki Michailidou;Jonathan Tyrer

  • Genomic analyses identify hundreds of variants associated with age at menarche and support a role for puberty timing in cancer risk

    Felix R. Day;Deborah J. Thompson;Hannes Helgason;Hannes Helgason;Daniel I. Chasman

  • MicroRNA related polymorphisms and breast cancer risk

    Sofia Khan;Dario Greco;Dario Greco;Kyriaki Michailidou;Roger L. Milne;Roger L. Milne

  • CHEK2*1100delC and Susceptibility to Breast Cancer: A Collaborative Analysis Involving 10,860 Breast Cancer Cases and 9,065 Controls from 10 Studies

    D Easton;L McGuffog;D Thompson;A Dunning

  • Newly discovered breast cancer susceptibility loci on 3p24 and 17q23.2.

    Shahana Ahmed;Gilles Thomas;Maya Ghoussaini;Catherine S. Healey

  • A recurrent mutation in PALB2 in Finnish cancer families

    Hannele Erkko;Bing Xia;Jenni Nikkilä;Johanna Schleutker

  • Large-scale genomic analyses link reproductive aging to hypothalamic signaling, breast cancer susceptibility and BRCA1-mediated DNA repair

    Felix R. Day;Katherine S. Ruth;Deborah J Thompson;Kathryn L. Lunetta

Frequent Co-Authors

Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Hiltrud Brauch
Hiltrud Brauch German Cancer Research Center
Roger L. Milne
Roger L. Milne Cancer Council Victoria
Jenny Chang-Claude
Jenny Chang-Claude German Cancer Research Center
Veli-Matti Kosma
Veli-Matti Kosma University of Eastern Finland
Melissa C. Southey
Melissa C. Southey Monash University
Fergus J. Couch
Fergus J. Couch Mayo Clinic
Irene L. Andrulis
Irene L. Andrulis University of Toronto
Stig E. Bojesen
Stig E. Bojesen University of Copenhagen
Douglas F. Easton
Douglas F. Easton University of Cambridge

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