Alex Dickens
alex.dickens@utu.fi ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3178-8449 |
Areas of expertise
Analytical chemistry; metabolomics; lipidomics; bioinformatics; systems medicine
Analytical chemistry; metabolomics; lipidomics; bioinformatics; systems medicine
Publications 
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- Astrocyte-shed extracellular vesicles regulate the peripheral leukocyte response to inflammatory brain lesionsAnti-VLA-4 treatment reduces microglial activation in a focal EAE-model (2017)
- Science SignalingGlia
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Chronic low-level expression of HIV-1 Tat promotes a neurodegenerative phenotype with agingA TRPML1 agonist facilitates lysosomal clearance of proteins and lipids in a mouse model of gp120 facilitated amyloid deposition (2017)
- Scientific ReportsJournal of NeuroVirology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - HIV Tat protein and amyloid-beta peptide form multifibrillar structures that cause neurotoxicity (2017)
- Nature Structural and Molecular Biology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Impaired Insulin Sensitivity Indicates Worsening Cognitive Function in HIV-infected Patients (2017)
- Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology
(Other publication) - Inflammatory Stroke Extracellular Vesicles Induce Macrophage ActivationA type 2 biomarker separates relapsing-remitting from secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (2017)
- Stroke
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Microglial activation correlates with disease progression in multiple sclerosis (2017)
- Frontiers in NeurologyJournal of Nuclear Medicine
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Modifications in acute phase and complement systems predict shifts in cognitive status of HIV-infected patients (2017)
- AIDSAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Early Diagnosis of Brain Metastases Using a Biofluids-Metabolomics Approach in Mice (2016)
- Theranostics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF BRAIN TUMOURS THROUGH BIOFLUID METABOLOMICS (2016) Larkin JR, Dickens AM, Claridge TDW, Anthony DC, Sibson NR
(Other publication) - HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder - pathogenesis and prospects for treatment (2016)
- Nature Reviews NeurologyJournal of Neuroimmunology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder - pathogenesis and prospects for treatment (vol 12, pg 234, 2016) (2016)
- Nature Reviews Neurology
(Other publication) - (2015)
(Other publication) - (2015)
(Other publication) - Interictal, circulating sphingolipids in women with episodic migraine A case-control study (2015)
- Neurology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - In Vivo PET Imaging Demonstrates Diminished Microglial Activation After Fingolimod Treatment in an Animal Model of Multiple Sclerosis (2015)
- Journal of Nuclear Medicine
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2015) E. Rissanen, J. Tuisku, M. Gardberg, A.M. Dickens, M. Sucksdorff, J. Rokka, T. Paavilainen, R. Parkkola, J.O. Rinne, L. Airas
(Other publication) - Anti-CD20 inhibits T cell-mediated pathology and microgliosis in the rat brain (2014)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Anti-CD20 therapy down-regulates lesion formation and microglial activation in pattern I and pattern II rat models of multiple sclerosis (2014)
(Other publication) - (2014)
- Neurology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Detection of microglial activation in an acute model of neuroinflammation using PET and radiotracers 11C-(R)-PK11195 and 18F-GE-180 (2014)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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