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Lassi Virtanen

Tampere University

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Approach:statistical model· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Assay:ChIP-seq· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Organism:human· 1 Organism:mouse· 1

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Microglia from patients with multiple sclerosis display a cell-autonomous immune activation state

Tanja Hyvärinen, Johanna Lotila, Luca Giudice, Iisa Tujula, Marjo Nylund, Sohvi Ohtonen, Flavia Scoyni, Henna Jäntti, Lassi Virtanen, Sara Pihlava, Roosa Kattelus, Heli Skottman, Susanna Narkilahti, Laura M. Airas, Tarja Malm, Sanna Hagman

This study shows that microglia from MS patients have intrinsic activation features, identified through iPSC-derived microglia-like cells and transcriptomic analysis.

Journal of Neuroinflammation · Oct 31, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Gene regulatory mechanisms guiding bifurcation of inhibitory and excitatory neuron lineages in the anterior brainstem

Sami K. Kilpinen, Lassi Virtanen, Silvana Bodington-Celma, Amos Bonsdorff, Heidi Heliölä, Kaia Achim, Juha M. Partanen

The paper investigates gene regulatory mechanisms controlling the differentiation of inhibitory GABAergic and excitatory glutamatergic neurons in the anterior brainstem using chromatin accessibility and transcription factor analysis.

bioRxiv · Jan 26, 2025Developmental Biology