
Henna Martiskainen
Senior Researcher
Institute of Biomedicine, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences
henna.martiskainen@uef.fi | +358 50 387 1326
My research is focused on the genetic risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases in the Finnish population. I use human-derived cell models to understand the molecular mechanisms of the genetic risk variants in microglial cells.
Research groups
Publications
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Organotypic Hippocampal Slice Cultures from Adult Tauopathy Mice and Theragnostic Evaluation of Nanomaterial Phospho-TAU Antibody-Conjugates
Kemppainen, Susanna; Huber, Nadine; Willman, Roosa-Maria; Zamora, Ana; Makinen, Petra; Martiskainen, Henna; Takalo, Mari; Haapasalo, Annakaisa; Sobrino, Tomas; Gomez, Manuel Antonio Gonzalez; Pineiro, Yolanda; Rivas, Jose; Himmelreich, Uwe; Hiltunen, Mikko. 2023. Cells. 12: -
Protective Alzheimer's disease-associated APP A673T variant predominantly decreases sAPPβ levels in cerebrospinal fluid and 2D/3D cell culture models
Wittrahm, Rebekka; Takalo, Mari; Kuulasmaa, Teemu; Mäkinen, Petra M; Mäkinen, Petri; Končarević, Saša; Fartzdinov, Vadim; Selzer, Stefan; Kokkola, Tarja; Antikainen, Leila; Martiskainen, Henna; Kemppainen, Susanna; Marttinen, Mikael; Jeskanen, Heli; Rostalski, Hannah; Rahunen, Eija; Kivipelto, Miia; Ngandu, Tiia; Natunen, Teemu; Lambert, Jean-Charles; Tanzi, Rudolph E; Kim, Doo Yeon; Rauramaa, Tuomas; Herukka, Sanna-Kaisa; Soininen, Hilkka; Laakso, Markku; Pike, Ian; Leinonen, Ville; Haapasalo, . 2023. Neurobiology of disease. 182: -
Alzheimerin taudin uudet riskigeenit - keskiössä mikrogliasolut
Martiskainen, Henna; Takalo, Mari; Konttinen, Henna; Malm, Tarja; Haapasalo, Annakaisa; Leinonen, Ville; Hiltunen, Mikko. 2021. Duodecim. 137: 1375- 1382 -
MECP2 Increases the Pro-Inflammatory Response of Microglial Cells and Phosphorylation at Serine 423 Regulates Neuronal Gene Expression upon Neuroinflammation
Wittrahm, Rebekka; Takalo, Mari; Marttinen, Mikael; Kuulasmaa, Teemu; Mäkinen, Petra; Kemppainen, Susanna; Martiskainen, Henna; Rauramaa, Tuomas; Pike, Ian; Leinonen, Ville; Natunen, Teemu; Haapasalo, Annakaisa; Hiltunen, Mikko. 2021. Cells. 10: 860 -
Diabetic phenotype in mouse and humans reduces the number of microglia around ß-amyloid plaques
Natunen, Teemu; Martiskainen, Henna; Marttinen, Mikael; Gabbouj, Sami; Koivisto, Hennariikka; Kemppainen, Susanna; Kaipainen, Satu; Takalo, Mari; Svobodová, Helena; Leppänen, Luukas; Kemiläinen, Benjam; Ryhänen, Simo; Kuulasmaa, Teemu: Rahunen, Eija: Juutinen, Sisko; Mäkinen, Petra; Miettinen, Pasi; Rauramaa, Tuomas; Pihlajamäki, Jussi; Haapasalo, Annakaisa; et al [incl. Leinonen, Ville; Tanila, Heikki; Hiltunen, Mikko]. 2020. Molecular neurodegeneration. 15: 66 -
The Alzheimer's disease-associated protective Plcγ2-P522R variant promotes immune functions
Takalo, Mari; Wittrahm, Rebekka; Wefers, Benedikt; Parhizkar, Samira; Jokivarsi, Kimmo; Kuulasmaa, Teemu; Mäkinen, Petra; Martiskainen, Henna; Wurst, Wolfgang; Xiang, Xianyuan; Marttinen, Mikael; Poutiainen, Pekka; Haapasalo, Annakaisa; Hiltunen, Mikko; Haass, Christian. 2020. Molecular neurodegeneration. 15: 52 -
Altered Insulin Signaling in Alzheimer's Disease Brain - Special Emphasis on PI3K-Akt Pathway
Gabbouj, Sami; Ryhanen, Simo; Marttinen, Mikael; Wittrahm, Rebekka; Takalo, Mari; Kemppainen, Susanna; Martiskainen, Henna; Tanila, Heikki; Haapasalo, Annakaisa; Hiltunen, Mikko; Natunen, Teemu. 2019. Frontiers in neuroscience. 13: 629 -
Decreased plasma C-reactive protein levels in APOE E 4 allele carriers
Martiskainen, Henna; Takalo, Mari; Solomon, Alina; Stancáková, Alena; Marttinen, Mikael; Natunen, Teemu; Haapasalo, Annakaisa; Herukka, Sanna-Kaisa; Kuusisto, Johanna; Soininen, Hilkka; Kivipelto, Miia; Laakso, Markku; Hiltunen, Mikko. 2018. Annals of clinical and translational neurology. 5: 1229-1240 -
DHCR24 exerts neuroprotection upon inflammation-induced neuronal death
Martiskainen H, Paldanius KMA, Natunen T, Takalo M, Marttinen M, Leskelä S, Huber N, Mäkinen P, Bertling E, Dhungana H, Huuskonen M, Honkakoski P, Hotulainen P, Rilla K, Koistinaho J, Soininen H, Malm T, Haapasalo A, Hiltunen M. 2017. Journal of neuroinflammation. : 215 -
Decreased plasma ß-amyloid in the Alzheimer's disease APP A673T variant carriers
Martiskainen H, Herukka SK, Stancáková A, Paananen J, Soininen H, Kuusisto J, Laakso M, Hiltunen M. 2017. Annals of neurology. 82: 128-132