Maija Saraste - UTU Research Portal

Maija Saraste

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

maihel@utu.fi

+358 29 450 4743

+358 50 472 8266

Itäinen Pitkäkatu 4

Turku

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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
TSPO-PET-measurable neuroinflammation associates with information processing speed decline in multiple sclerosis (2026)
- Multiple Sclerosis
Saraste Maija; Nikkilä Taru; Matilainen Markus; Hämäläinen Päivi; Wahlroos Saara; Rajander Johan; Snellman Anniina; Rinne Juha; Airas Laura
Multiple sclerosis: 2024 update (2025)
- Free Neuropathology
Klotz, Luisa; Saraste, Maija; Airas, Laura; Kuhlmann, Tanja
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
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
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
A Novel Comprehensive Epigenomic Liquid Biopsy Assay Reveals Disease Biology in Multiple Sclerosis Patients from 1 mL of Plasma (2024)
- Multiple Sclerosis
Beagan, Jonathan; Nylund, Marjo; Painter, Corrie; Saraste, Maija; Chmielecki, Juliann; Tran, Vy; Tamakloe, Tyrone; Matilainen, Markus; Eaton, Matthew; Barrett, Carl; Airas, Laura
Plasma CHI3L1 associates with increased TSPO-PET measurable microglial activation in patients with progressive multiple sclerosis (2024)
- Multiple Sclerosis
40th Congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS), 18-20 September 2024, Copenhagen, Denmark Ahola, Venla; Saraste, Maija; Matilainen, Markus; Brockmann, Eeva-Christine; Lamminmaki, Urpo; Airas, Laura
Sex-driven variability in TSPO-expressing microglia in MS patients and healthy individuals (2024)
- Frontiers in Neurology
Laaksonen, Sini; Saraste, Maija; Nylund, Marjo; Hinz, Rainer; Snellman, Anniina; Rinne, Juha; Matilainen, Markus; Airas, Laura
TSPO-PET-measurable microglial activity remains unaltered in cladribine-treated RRMS patients (2024)
- Multiple Sclerosis
Rajalehto, Olli; Saraste, Maija; Matilainen, Markus; Nylund, Marjo; Honkonen, Eveliina; Lehto, Jussi; Airas, Laura