Erkki Kuusisto
Researcher
National Public Health Institute,
Centre for Environmental Health Risk Analysis,
POB 95, FIN-70701 Kuopio, Finland.
Email: firstname.lastname@thl.fi
phone: +358 20 610 63xx, fax: +358 20 610 6498
Areas of interest
integrated modeling tools, risk analysis for road traffic, environmental noise, value judgements and decision-making
Current research
Policy options for reducing the health burden and other costs of urban traffic (INTARESE)
Education
PhD (Neurosciences), University of Kuopio, Finland
MSc (Cell Biology), University of Jyväskylä, Finland
MSc (Engineering Physics), Tampere University of Technology, Finland
Selected publications
E. Kuusisto , T. Kauppinen, I. Alafuzoff: Use of p62 / SQSTM1 antibodies for neuropathological diagnosis. Neuropathol. Appl. Neurobiol. (in press).
A.J. Tervo, T. Suuronen, S. Kyrylenko, E. Kuusisto, P.H. Kiviranta, A. Salminen, J. Leppänen, A. Poso: Discovering Inhibitors of Human Sirtuin Type 2: Novel Structural Scaffolds. J. Med. Chem. 49, 7239-7241 (2006).
E. Kuusisto , L. Parkkinen, I. Alafuzoff: Morphogenesis of Lewy bodies: dissimilar incorporation of alpha-synuclein, ubiquitin, and p62. J. Neuropathol. Exp. Neurol. 62, 1241-53 (2003).
E. Kuusisto , A. Salminen, I. Alafuzoff: Early accumulation of p62 in neurofibrillary tangles in Alzheimer's disease: possible role in tangle formation. Neuropathol. Appl. Neurobiol. 28, 228-237 (2002).
E. Kuusisto , A. Salminen, I. Alafuzoff: Ubiquitin-binding protein p62 is present in neuronal and glial inclusions in human tauopathies and synucleinopathies. NeuroReport 12, 2085-2090 (2001).
E. Kuusisto , T. Suuronen, A. Salminen: Ubiquitin-binding protein p62 expression is induced during apoptosis and proteasomal inhibition in neuronal cells. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 280, 223-228 (2001).
M. Roschier, E. Kuusisto, T. Suuronen, P. Korhonen, S. Kyrylenko, A. Salminen: Insulin-like growth factor binding protein 5 and type-1 insulin-like growth factor receptor are differentially regulated during apoptosis in cerebellar granule cells. J. Neurochem. 76, 1-11 (2001).
M. Roschier, E. Kuusisto, A. Salminen: A differential display protocol to identify differentially expressed mRNAs in potassium-deprived cerebellar granule cells. Brain Res. Brain Res. Protoc. 5, 121-131 (2000).
M. Valden, J. Aaltonen, E. Kuusisto, M. Pessa, C. J. Barnes: 1994. Molecular beam studies of CO oxidation and CO-NO reactions on a supported Pd catalyst. Surf. Sci. 307-309, 193-198 (1994).
K. Imai, E. Kuusisto, J. Lilja, M. Pessa, D. Suzuki, H. Ozaki, K. Kumazaki: Electrical characterization of Li-doped ZnSe grown by molecular beam epitaxy. J. Crystal Growth 117, 406-409 (1992).