Merja Roivainen
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Recent Articles
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Swanljung E, Tapiovaara L, Lehtoranta L, Makivuokko H, Roivainen M, Korpela R, et al.
Acta Otolaryngol
. 2015 Mar;
135(8):824-30.
PMID: 25813240
Conclusion: Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (L.GG) was present in all adenoids of children receiving the L. GG product. However, since L.GG was also found from the placebo group, one cannot confirm...
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Vaarala O, Vuorela A, Partinen M, Baumann M, Freitag T, Meri S, et al.
PLoS One
. 2014 Dec;
9(12):e114361.
PMID: 25501681
Background: Narcolepsy results from immune-mediated destruction of hypocretin secreting neurons in hypothalamus, however the triggers and disease mechanisms are poorly understood. Vaccine-attributable risk of narcolepsy reported so far with the...
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Kolehmainen P, Jaaskelainen A, Blomqvist S, Kallio-Kokko H, Nuolivirta K, Helminen M, et al.
Pediatr Infect Dis J
. 2014 Nov;
33(11):1109-13.
PMID: 25361406
Background: The symptoms observed in children with human parechovirus (HPeV) infection vary widely from asymptomatic or mild gastrointestinal infections to more severe central nervous system infections and sepsis-like disease. Many...
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Osterback R, Koskinen S, Merilahti P, Pursiheimo J, Blomqvist S, Roivainen M, et al.
Genome Announc
. 2014 Oct;
2(5).
PMID: 25323709
Reports of hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) outbreaks caused by coxsackievirus A6 have increased worldwide after the report of the first outbreak in Finland in 2008. The complete genome of the first...
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Wahjuhono G, Revolusiana , Widhiastuti D, Sundoro J, Mardani T, Ratih W, et al.
J Infect Dis
. 2014 Oct;
210 Suppl 1:S347-52.
PMID: 25316854
Background: Inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) is rarely used in tropical developing countries. To generate additional scientific information, especially on the possible emergence of vaccine-derived polioviruses (VDPVs) in an IPV-only environment,...
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Tapiovaara L, Lehtoranta L, Swanljung E, Makivuokko H, Laakso S, Roivainen M, et al.
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol
. 2014 Aug;
78(10):1637-41.
PMID: 25085073
Objective: Probiotics may have potency in reducing upper respiratory infections, in particular in children. We studied findings from middle ear effusion (MEE) samples after randomized, placebo-controlled 3-week oral administration of...
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Knoch K, Nath-Sain S, Petzold A, Schneider H, Beck M, Wegbrod C, et al.
Mol Metab
. 2014 Jul;
3(5):518-30.
PMID: 25061557
Glucose and GLP-1 stimulate not only insulin secretion, but also the post-transcriptional induction of insulin granule biogenesis. This process involves the nucleocytoplasmic translocation of the RNA binding protein PTBP1. Binding...
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Lehtoranta L, Kalima K, He L, Lappalainen M, Roivainen M, Narkio M, et al.
J Clin Virol
. 2014 May;
60(3):276-81.
PMID: 24793963
Background: Viral upper respiratory tract infections occur frequently among conscripts. Probiotics have reduced viral infections in children attending day care. Limited data are available on the effects of probiotics on...
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Smura T, Blomqvist S, Vuorinen T, Ivanova O, Samoilovich E, Al-Hello H, et al.
PLoS One
. 2014 Apr;
9(4):e94579.
PMID: 24722726
Genetic recombination is considered to be a very frequent phenomenon among enteroviruses (Family Picornaviridae, Genus Enterovirus). However, the recombination patterns may differ between enterovirus species and between types within species....
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Smura T, Blomqvist S, Vuorinen T, Ivanova O, Samoilovich E, Al-Hello H, et al.
PLoS One
. 2014 Apr;
9(4):e93737.
PMID: 24695547
Genus Enterovirus (Family Picornaviridae,) consists of twelve species divided into genetically diverse types by their capsid protein VP1 coding sequences. Each enterovirus type can further be divided into intra-typic sub-clusters...