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Laura M. Airas

Åbo Akademi UniversityORCID 0000-0002-9751-5881Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Organism:human· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:GWAS / association mapping· 1

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Calvin Park· 1 shared Cedric S. RaineiD· 1 shared Cigdem IsitaniD· 1 shared David A. HafleriD· 1 shared David PittiD· 1 shared Flavia ScoyniiD· 1 shared Gerald D. Ponath· 1 shared Heli SkottmaniD· 1 shared

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NeuroscienceJournal of NeuroinflammationPeer-reviewedOct 31, 2025

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

Tanja Hyvärinen, Johanna Lotila, Luca Giudice…·Sanna Hagman

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

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NeuroscienceNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewedDec 11, 2018

Enhanced Astrocyte Responses are Driven by a Genetic Risk Allele Associated with Multiple Sclerosis

Gerald D. Ponath, Matthew R. Lincoln, Maya Levine-Ritterman…·David Pitt

The paper shows that the MS risk variant rs7665090G increases astrocyte NF-κB signaling and lymphocyte recruitment, leading to larger MS lesions.

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