Mervi Gursoy
Docent (Adj. Prof.), DDS, PhD, Lic. Spec. in Periodontology
mervi.gursoy@utu.fi +358 29 450 4475 +358 50 514 8124 Lemminkäisenkatu 2 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8545-6821 |
Anaerobes; Oral Microbiology; Periodontology; Pregnancy
Mervi Gürsoy awarded her
DDS degree by the University of Helsinki (1999), and then her PhD in periodontology (2012) as well as her qualification as a specialist in periodontology
(2013) from the University of Turku.
Her doctoral thesis was “Pregnancy and periodontium – A clinical,
microbiological, and enzymological approach via a longitudinal study”, and she has subsequently
co-authored various research articles relating to periodontology, oral
microbiology and pregnancy.
She has received the Young
Researcher award from the Scandinavian Society of Periodontology (2011), the
Hatton award (clinical research, senior category) from the IADR/ Scandinavian
division (NOF) (2011), the second prize of the Unilever/IADR Hatton award
(2012), and the IADR/Philips Oral Healthcare Young Investigator Research grant
(2013).
She reviews articles for
numerous scientific publications in the field of periodontology and oral
microbiology.
- Parodontiitin uusi luokitus ja sen käyttö jokapäiväisessä kliinisessä työssäElevated Baseline Salivary Protease Activity May Predict the Steadiness of Gingival Inflammation During Periodontal Healing: A 12-Week Follow-Up Study on Adults (2022)
- Suomen Hammaslääkärilehti
(Other publication) - (2022)
- Journal of Oral Microbiology
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Salivary levels of hBDs in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus and gingivitis (2022)
- Clinical Oral InvestigationsJournal of Periodontology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Toll-like receptor-1, -2, and -6 genotypes in relation to salivary human beta-defensin-1, -2, -3 and human neutrophilic peptide-1 (2022)
- Journal of Clinical PeriodontologyPathogens
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Bacterial Cyclic Dinucleotides and the cGAS–cGAMP–STING Pathway: A Role in Periodontitis? (2021)
- Pathogens
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - (2021)
- European Journal of Oral Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Regulation of hBD-2, hBD-3, hCAP18/LL37, and Proinflammatory Cytokine Secretion by Human Milk Oligosaccharides in an Organotypic Oral Mucosal Model (2021) Koivumäki Jaakko, Chainier Anna, Gürsoy Mervi, Kangasmaa Hanna, Karaharju-Suvanto Terhi, Meriläinen Sirkku, Näpänkangas Ritva, Savanheimo Nora, Suominen Liisa
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - (2021)
- Pathogens
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Salivary and serum concentrations of monocyte chemoattractant protein‐1, macrophage inhibitory factor, and fractalkine in relation to rheumatoid arthritis and periodontitisActivation of gingival fibroblasts by bacterial cyclic dinucleotides and lipopolysaccharide (2021)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2020)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - An Oral Rinse Active Matrix Metalloproteinase-8 Point-of-Care Immunotest May Be Less Accurate in Patients with Crohn’s Disease (2020)
- BiomoleculesClinical Oral Investigations
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Salivary concentrations of macrophage activation-related chemokines are influenced by non-surgical periodontal treatment: a 12-week follow-up study (2020)
- Pathogens
- Parodontiitti - Käypä hoito -suositus kohdennettu päivitys (2020)
- Journal of Clinical Periodontology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2020)
- Periodontology 2000
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - (2020)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2020)
- Journal of Oral Microbiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2019)
- Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - 2019 Eija Könönen, Mervi Gürsoy, Erja Nuutinen, Marja Pöllänen, Kimmo Suomalainen, Pekka Ylöstalo. Suomalaisen Lääkäriseuran Duodecimin ja Suomen Hammaslääkäriseura Apollonia ry:n asettama työryhmä
(Other publication) - (2019)
- Journal of Clinical MedicineJournal of Oral Microbiology
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Regulation of gingival epithelial cytokine response by bacterial cyclic dinucleotides (2019)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)



