PhD Markus Matilainen - UTU Research Portal

Markus Matilainen
PhD

- Senior Researcher,
Clinical Neurosciences (Department of Clinical Medicine)

Turku PET Centre

manmat@utu.fi

+358 29 450 4739

+358 50 472 8469

Itäinen Pitkäkatu 4

Turku

ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5597-2670

Areas of expertise

Statistics; Biostatistics; Blind Source Separation

Publications

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Association between post-COVID-19 neuropsychiatric symptoms and persistent glial activation in the limbic system: a TSPO PET study (2026)
- Journal of Neurology
Tuomaala, Joel; Saraste, Maija; Smith, Emma; Kuusi, Matilda; Westerberg, Elisabet; Honkonen, Eveliina; Kargar, Rahim; Laaksonen, Sini; Lehto, Jussi; Luoma, Amelie; Matilainen, Markus; Misin, Olavi; Atosuo, Janne; Kanerva, Mari; Liira, Helena; Laakso, Sini; Posharina, Tatiana; Saunavaara, Virva; Wahlroos, Saara; Rajander, Johan; Airas, Laura
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Real-world detection of paramagnetic rim lesions and their association with disease burden in multiple sclerosis (2026)
- Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders
Misin, Olavi; Piispanen, Anni; Matilainen, Markus; Parkkola, Riitta; Nyman, Mikko; Sainio, Teija; Hirvonen, Jussi; Airas, Laura
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
A nationwide comparison of public and private treatment of Achilles tendon rupture in Finland (2025)
- Scandinavian Journal of Surgery
Hallinen, Marjukka; Leino, Oskari; Laaksonen, Inari; Matilainen, Markus; Ekman, Elina
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Broad rim lesions are a new pathological and imaging biomarker for rapid disease progression in multiple sclerosis (2025)
- Nature Medicine
Klotz, Luisa; Smolders, Joost; Lehto, Jussi; Matilainen, Markus; Lütje, Lukas; Buchholz, Luzia; Albrecht, Stefanie; Walter, Carolin; Varghese, Julian; Wiendl, Heinz; Nylund, Marjo; Thomas, Christian; Gardberg, Maria; van den Bosch, Aletta M. R.; Airas, Laura; Huitinga, Inge; Kuhlmann, Tanja
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Hemispheric asymmetry of [11C](R)PK11195 binding to translocator protein 18 kDa (TSPO) in normal brain (2025)
- Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism
Alfaifi, Bandar Q.; Tuisku, Jouni; Matilainen, Markus; Anton-Rodriguez, Jose; Lewis, Daniel; Jackson, Alan; Coope, David J.; Airas, Laura; Deakin, Bill; Herholz, Karl; Gerhard, Alexander; Hinz, Rainer
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Integrating TSPO-PET imaging with metabolomics for enhanced prognostic accuracy in multiple sclerosis (2025)
- BMJ neurology open
Radford-Smith, Daniel E.; Yates, Abi G.; Kacerova, Tereza; Nylund, Marjo; Sucksdorff, Marcus; Matilainen, Markus; Willemse, Eline; Oechtering, Johanna; Maceski, Aleksandra Maleska; Leppert, David; Kuhle, Jens; Probert, Fay; Anthony, Daniel C.; Airas, Laura
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Longitudinal accumulation of glial activation measured by TSPO-PET predicts later brain atrophy in multiple sclerosis (2025)
- Journal of Neuroinflammation
Nylund, Marjo; Lehto, Jussi; Matilainen, Markus; Rajander, Johan; Wahlroos, Saara; Sucksdorff, Marcus; Kuhlmann, Tanja; Airas, Laura
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Plasma CHI3L1 associates with brain volume loss and glial activation in multiple sclerosis (2025)
- Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
Ahola, Venla; Saraste, Maija; Nylund, Marjo; Matilainen, Markus; Luoma, Amelie; Vuorimaa, Anna; Lehto, Jussi; Laaksonen, Sini; Brockmann, Eeva-Christine; Kuhle, Jens; Leppert, David; Soukka, Tero; Lamminmäki, Urpo; Airas, Laura
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Predictors of risk of secondary progression in multiple sclerosis (2025)
- Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders
Laaksonen, Sini; Sucksdorff, Marcus; Vuorimaa, Anna; Kuhle, Jens; Nylund, Marjo; Rajander, Johan; Wahlroos, Saara; Matilainen, Markus; Saraste, Maija; Airas, Laura
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Serum glial fibrillary acid protein associates with TSPO-expressing lesions in multiple sclerosis brain (2025)
- Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders
Sjöros, Tanja; Saraste, Maija; Matilainen, Markus; Nylund, Marjo; Koivumäki, Mikko; Kuhle, Jens; Leppert, David; Airas, Laura
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)