Heikkinen, Sami

New insights into the genetic etiology of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias

Bellenguez, C., Küçükali, F., Jansen, I. E., Kleineidam, L., Moreno-Grau, S., Amin, N., Naj, A. C., Campos-Martin, R., Grenier-Boley, B., Andrade, V., et al. (2022) · Nature Genetics

Alzheimer's disease research and treatmentsDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

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A multi-ancestry genome-wide study incorporating gene–smoking interactions identifies multiple new loci for pulse pressure and mean arterial pressure

Sung, Y. J., de las Fuentes, L., Winkler, T. W., Chasman, D. I., Bentley, A. R., Kraja, A. T., Ntalla, I., Warren, H. R., Guo, X., Schwander, K., et al. (2019) · Human Molecular Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyBlood Pressure and Hypertension Studies

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The protective PLCγ2-P522R variant mitigates Alzheimer’s disease-associated pathologies by enhancing beneficial microglial functions

Takalo, M., Jeskanen, H., Rolova, T., Kervinen, I., Hellén, M., Heikkinen, S., Koivisto, H., Jokivarsi, K., Müller, S. A., Koivumäki, E.-M., et al. (2025) · Journal of Neuroinflammation

Alzheimer's disease research and treatmentsNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

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Consensus meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias

EADB, Bellenguez, C., Castillo Morales, A., Amin, N., van der Lee, S. J., Muntaner, M., Parveen, K., Küçükali, F., Grenier-Boley, B., Heikkinen, S., et al. (2026) · Nature Genetics

Alzheimer's disease research and treatmentsDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

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Non-microglial downregulation of PLCG2 impairs synaptic function and elicits Alzheimer disease-related hallmarks

Coulon, A., Rabiller, F., Takalo, M., Roy, A., Pelletier, A., Martiskainen, H., Siedlecki-Wullich, D., Lannette-Weimann, N., Majerníková, N., Grenon, A., et al. (2024) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Alzheimer's disease research and treatmentsNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

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Protective PLCG2 variants associate with a delayed onset of Alzheimer’s disease among heterozygous APOE ε4 carriers

Jeskanen, H., Heikkinen, S., Kervinen, I., Lehtisalo, J., Ngandu, T., Willman, R.-M., Rosa, J., Hoffmann, D., FinnGen, Leinonen, V., et al. (2026) · Alzheimer's Research & Therapy

Alzheimer's disease research and treatmentsNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

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PLCG2 downregulation impairs synaptic function and increases Alzheimer’s disease hallmarks in neuronal cultures

Coulon, A., Rabiller, F., Takalo, M., Roy, A., Pelletier, A., Martiskainen, H., Siedlecki-Wullich, D., Lannette-Weimann, N., Majerníková, N., Grenon, A., et al. (2026) · Nature Genetics

Alzheimer's disease research and treatmentsNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

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