Kaisa Pietikäinen

- Senior Researcher,
- University Teacher
- Doctoral Researcher
Institute of Biomedicine (Faculty of Medicine)

kaisa.pietikainen@utu.fi

Publications

UHPLC-MS/MS-based untargeted metabolite profiling of Lyme neuroborreliosis (2025)
- Scientific Reports
Kuukkanen, Ilari; Pietikäinen, Annukka; Rissanen, Tiia; Hurme, Saija; Kortela, Elisa; Kanerva, Mari J.; Oksi, Jarmo; Hytönen, Jukka; Karonen, Maarit
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Borrelia burgdorferi specific serum and cerebrospinal fluid antibodies in Lyme neuroborreliosis (2022)
- Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Pietikäinen Annukka, Glader Otto, Kortela Elisa, Kanerva Mari, Oksi Jarmo, Hytönen Jukka
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Clinical performance and analytical accuracy of a C6 peptide-based point-of-care lateral flow immunoassay in Lyme borreliosis serology (2022)
- Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Pietikäinen Annukka, Backman Ida, Henningsson Anna J, Hytönen Jukka
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
The effects of Borrelia infection on its wintering rodent host (2022)
- Oecologia
Sipari Saana, Hytönen Jukka, Pietikäinen Annukka, Mappes Tapio, Kallio Eva R
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
C6 peptide enzyme immunoassay in Lyme borreliosis serology (2021)
- Journal of Microbiological Methods
Rouhiainen Meri, Pietikäinen Annukka, Kortela Elisa, Kanerva Mari J, Oksi Jarmo, Hytönen Jukka
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Conserved lysine residues in decorin binding proteins of Borrelia garinii are critical in adhesion to human brain microvascular endothelial cells (2021)
- Molecular Microbiology
Pietikäinen Annukka, Åstrand Mia, Cuellar Julia, Glader Otto, Elovaara Heli, Rouhiainen Meri, Salo Jemiina, Furihata Tomomi, Salminen Tiina A, Hytönen Jukka
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Oral Doxycycline Compared to Intravenous Ceftriaxone in the Treatment of Lyme Neuroborreliosis: A Multicenter, Equivalence, Randomized, Open-label Trial (2021)
- Clinical Infectious Diseases
Elisa Kortela, Mari J Kanerva, Juha Puustinen, Saija Hurme, Laura Airas, Anneli Lauhio, Ulla Hohenthal, Päivi Jalava-Karvinen, Tuomas Nieminen, Taru Finnilä, Tony Häggblom, Annukka Pietikäinen, Mari Koivisto, Johanna Vilhonen, Minna Marttila-Vaara, Jukka Hytönen, Jarmo Oksi
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Structural and Biomolecular Analyses of Borrelia burgdorferi BmpD Reveal a Substrate-Binding Protein of an ABC-Type Nucleoside Transporter Family (2020)
- Infection and Immunity
Cuellar J, Åstrand M, Elovaara H, Pietikäinen A, Sirén S, Liljeblad A, Guédez G, Salminen TA, Hytönen J
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Borrelia burgdorferi Infection in Biglycan Knockout Mice (2019)
- Journal of Infectious Diseases
Cuellar J., Pietikäinen A., Glader O., Liljenbäck H., Söderström M., Hurme S., Salo J., Hytönen J.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
In vivo imaging of Lyme arthritis in mice by [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (2018)
- Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology
A. Pietikäinen, R. Siitonen, H. Liljenbäck, O. Eskola, M. Söderström, A. Roivainen, J. Hytönen
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Point-of-care testing for CXCL13 in Lyme neuroborreliosis (2018)
- Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Annukka Pietikäinen, Jarmo Oksi, Jukka Hytönen
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Studies on the pathogenesis and laboratory diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis (2018) Pietikäinen Annukka
(G5 Article dissertation )
Targeting of vascular adhesion protein-1 by positron emission tomography visualizes sites of inflammation in Borrelia burgdorferi-infected mice (2017)
- Arthritis Research and Therapy
Riikka Siitonen, Annukka Pietikäinen, Heidi Liljenbäck, Meeri Käkelä, Mirva Söderström, Sirpa Jalkanen, Jukka Hytönen, Anne Roivainen
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Cerebrospinal fluid cytokines in Lyme neuroborreliosis (2016)
- Journal of Neuroinflammation
Pietikainen A, Maksimow M, Kauko T, Hurme S, Salmi M, Hytonen J
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Flow-Tolerant Adhesion of a Bacterial Pathogen to Human Endothelial Cells Through Interaction With Biglycan (2016)
- Journal of Infectious Diseases
Salo Jemiina, Pietikäinen Annukka, Söderström Mirva, Auvinen Kaisa, Salmi Marko, Ebady Rhodaba, Moriarty Tara J, Viljanen Matti K, Hytönen Jukka
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Puutiaisten borreliakantajuuden kotitestaus on tarpeetonta (2016)
- Moodi
Hytönen J, Pietikäinen A
(D1 Article in a professional journal)