Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Curriculum vitae
RESEARCH
Aims:
1) To study the whole spectrum of common neurodegenerative diseases and associated genetics in the population-based and neuropathologically assessed Vantaa 85+ Study
2) To characterize familial forms of neurodegenerative disorders both genetically and neuropathologically
POSITION TITLE
Associate professor of neuropathology, Department of Pathology, Medicum, University of Helsinki
Chief consultant, HUS Diagnostic Center, Helsinki University Hospital
DEGREES
M.D. University of Helsinki, 2000
Ph.D. University of Helsinki, Department of Pathology, 2002
Specialist in Pathology, University of Helsinki 2013
Specialist in Neuropathology, University of Helsinki 2017
RESEARCH TRAINING
Pre-doctoral training:
1996-2002 Graduate student, Neuropathology laboratory, Department of Pathology, University of Helsinki
1998 Special Project Associate, Neurogenetics Laboratory, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, FL, USA
Post-doctoral training:
2002-04 Research Fellow, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
2004- 2008 Researcher and Group leader, Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Biomedicum Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
MAJOR FUNDING SOURCES
Academy of Finland 2016-2020, 2021-2025
Helsinki University Hospital Competetive Fund 2020-2021, 2022-24
Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation 2024-2026
Fields of Science
- 3111 Biomedicine
- Neuropathology
- Genetics
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
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LATE-NC staging in routine neuropathologic diagnosis: an update
Nelson, P. T., Lee, E. B., Cykowski, M. D., Alafuzoff, I., Arfanakis, K., Attems, J., Brayne, C., Corrada, M. M., Dugger, B. N., Flanagan, M. E., Ghetti, B., Grinberg, L. T., Grossman, M., Grothe, M. J., Halliday, G. M., Hasegawa, M., Hokkanen, S. R. K., Hunter, S., Jellinger, K., Kawas, C. H., & 30 others, 2023, In: Acta Neuropathologica. p. 159–173 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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TREX1 p.A129fs and p.Y305C variants in a large multi-ethnic cohort of CADASIL-like unrelated patients
Foddis, M., Blumenau, S., Holtgrewe, M., Paquette, K., Westra, K., Alonso, I., Macario, M. D. C., Morgadinho, A. S., Velon, A. G., Santo, G., Santana, I., Monkare, S., Kuuluvainen, L., Schleutker, J., Pöyhönen, M., Myllykangas, L., Pavlovic, A., Kostic, V., Dobricic, V., Lohmann, E., & 9 others, Mar 2023, In: Neurobiology of Aging. 123, p. 208-215 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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A postmortem study suggests a revision of the dual-hit hypothesis of Parkinson's disease
Borghammer, P., Just, M. K., Horsager, J., Skjaerbaek, C., Raunio, A., Kok, E. H. H., Savola, S., Murayama, S., Saito, Y., Myllykangas, L. & Van den Berge, N., 30 Nov 2022, In: NPJ Parkinson's disease. 8, 1, 11 p., 166.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Clinical features and spectrum of NOTCH3 variants in Finnish patients with cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL)
Mönkäre, S., Kuuluvainen, L., Schleutker, J., Myllykangas, L. & Pöyhönen, M., Nov 2022, In: Acta Neurologica Scandinavica. 146, 5, p. 643-651 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Distribution of Lewy-related pathology in the brain, spinal cord, and periphery: the population-based Vantaa 85+study
Raunio, A., Kivistö, V., Kero, M., Tuimala, J., Savola, S., Oinas, M., Kok, E., Colangelo, K., Paetau, A., Polvikoski, T., Tienari, P. J., Puttonen, H. & Myllykangas, L., 12 Dec 2022, In: Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 10, 1, 12 p., 178.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Finska Läkarsesällskapet 2023 Myllykanga
Finska Läkaresällskapet rf Handlingar
01/01/2023 → 31/08/2024
Project: Foundations (Private Foundations, Non-Profit Foundations, Charitable Trusts)
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JAES 2023 Myllykangas
01/03/2024 → 28/02/2027
Project: Foundations (Private Foundations, Non-Profit Foundations, Charitable Trusts)
Activities
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Evidence for two different types of Lewy-body diseases
Liisa Myllykangas (Speaker)
11 May 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Sandbjerg Manor Seminar, Denmark
Liisa Myllykangas (Speaker)
7 Jun 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Gerontologia 2023
Liisa Myllykangas (Speaker)
9 Feb 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Opponent / Laura Luukkainen's defence of PhD thesis
Liisa Myllykangas (Opponent)
28 Apr 2023Activity: Examination types › Supervisor or co-supervisor of doctoral thesis
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Scandinavian Neuropathological Society (External organisation)
Liisa Myllykangas (Board member)
2023 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership or other role in national/international committee, council, board
Press/Media
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Neuropatologen Liisa Myllykangas läser coronans spår i hjärnan. HBL Sep 18 2022
18/09/2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Tutkimus: Korona saattaa lisätä dementiariskiä – asiantuntijat avaavat, miten infektio voi vaikuttaa aivoihin IS Jan 9, 2021
09/01/2021
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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