Publication Catalogue

Publications of the Department of Child and Adolescent Health 2008

A. Original articles and reviews

  1. Alvesalo J, Greco D, Leinonen M, Raitila T, Vuorela P, Auvinen P: Microarray analysis of a Chlamydia pneumoniae-infected human epithelial cell line by use of gene ontology hierarchy. J Infect Dis 2008;197:156-162.
  2. Barber TM, Bennett AJ, Groves CJ, Sovio U, Ruokonen A, Martikainen H, Pouta A, Hartikainen AL, Elliott P, Lindgren CM, Freathy RM, Koch K, Ouwehand WH, Karpe F, Conway GS, Wass JAH, Jarvelin MR, Franks S, McCarthy MI: Association of variants in the fat mass and obesity associated (FTO) gene with polycystic ovary syndrome. Diabetologia 2008;51:1153-1158.
  3. Bennett AJ, Sovio U, Ruokonen A, Martikainen H, Pouta A, Hartikainen A, Franks S, Elliott P, Järvelin M, McCarthy MI: No evidence that established type 2 diabetes susceptibility variants in the PPARG and KCNJ11 genes have pleiotropic effects on early growth. Diabetologia 2008;51:82-85.
  4. Bruce MG, Deeks SL, Zulz T, Bruden D, Navarro C, Lovgren M, Jette L, Kristinsson K, Sigmundsdottir G, Jensen KB, Nuorti JP, Herva E, Nystedt A, Sjostedt A, Koch A, Hennessy TW, Parkinson AJ, the International Circumpolar Surveillance System for Invasi: International circumpolar surveillance system for invasive pneumococcal disease, 1999-2005. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2008;14:25-33.
  5. Dillner L, Pagliusi S, Bray F, Lorincz A, Kjaer SK, Anttila A, Iversen OE, Dillner J, Lehtinen M, Paavonen J: Strengthening prevention programs to eliminate cervical cancer in the Nordic countries. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2008;87:489-498.
  6. Erkkila L, Saario E, Laitinen K, Saikku P, Leinonen M: Intragastric primary infection sensitizes to lung reinfection in a Chlamydia pneumoniae mouse model. Vaccine 2008;20:2503-2509.
  7. Fasoli L, Paldanius M, Don M, Valent F, Vetrugno L, Korppi M, Canciani M: Simkania negevensis in community-acquired pneumonia in Italian children. Scand J Infect Dis 2008;40:269-272.
  8. Freathy RM, Timpson NJ, Lawlor DA, Pouta A, Ben-Shlomo Y, Ruokonen A, Ebrahim S, Shields B, Zeggini E, Weedon MN, Lindgren CM, Lango H, Melzer D, Ferrucci L, Paolisso G, Neville MJ, Karpe F, Palmer CNA, Morris AD, Elliott P, Jarvelin M, Smith GD, McCarthy MI, Hattersley AT, Frayling TM: Common variation in the FTO gene alters diabetes-related metabolic traits to the extent expected given its effect on BMI. Diabetes 2008;57:1419-1426.
  9. Haahtela T, von Herzen L, Mäkelä M, Hannuksela M, Programme Working Group, Vartiainen E, Pouta A: Finnish Allergy Programme 2008-2018 - time to act and change the course. Allergy 2008;63:634-645.
  10. Heiskanen-Kosma T, Paldanius M, Korppi M: Simkania negevensis may be a true cause of community acquired pneumonia in children. Scand J Infect Dis 2008;40:127-130.
  11. Herva A, Pouta A, Hakko H, Läksy K, Joukamaa M, Veijola J: Birth measures and depression at age 31 years: The Northern Finland 1966 birth cohort study. Psychiatry Res 2008;160:263-270.
  12. Holl K, Lundin E, Kaasila M, Grankvist K, Afanasyeva Y, Hallmans G, Lehtinen M, Pukkala E, Surcel HM, Toniolo P, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Koskela P, Lukanova A: Effect of long-term storage on hormone measurements in samples from pregnant women: The experience of the Finnish Maternity Cohort. ACTA ONCOL 2008;47:406-412.
  13. Holl K, Surcel HM, Koskela P, Dillner J, Hallmans G, Wadell G, Kaasila M, Olafsdottir GH, Ogmundsdottir HM, Pukkala E, Stattino P, Lehtinen M: Maternal Epstein-Barr virus and cytomegalovirus infections and risk of testicular cancer in the offspring: a nested case-control study. APMIS 2008;116:816-822.
  14. Juvonen R, Bloigu A, Paldanius M, Peitso A, Silvennoinen-Kassinen S, Harju T, Leinonen M, Saikku P: Acute Chlamydia pneumoniae infections in asthmatic and non-asthmatic military conscripts during a non-epidemic period. Clinical microbiology and infection 2008;14:207-212.
  15. Juvonen R, Bloigu A, Peitso A, Silvennoinen-Kassinen S, Saikku P, Leinonen M, Harju T: Risk factors for acute respiratory tract illness in military conscripts. Respirology 2008;13:575-580.
  16. Juvonen R, Bloigu A, Peitso A, Silvennoinen-Kassinen S, Saikku P, Leinonen M, Hassi J, Harju T: Training improves physical fitness and decreases CRP also in asthmatic conscripts. J ASTHMA 2008;45:237-242.
  17. Kaijalainen T, Kharit SM, Kvetnaya AS, Sirkiä K, Herva E, Parkov OV, Nohynek H: Invasive infections caused by Neisseria meningitidis, Haemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pneumoniae among children in St Petersburg, Russia. Clinical microbiology and infection 2008;14:507-510.
  18. Kainu TA, Lindqvist AE, Sarna SJ, Lundbäck BE, Sovijärvi AR: FEV1 response to bronchodilation in an adult urban population. Chest 2008(Apr 10).
  19. Karinen L, Leinonen M, Bloigu A, Paldanius M, Koskela P, Saikku P, Hartikainen AL, Järvelin MR, Pouta A: Maternal serum Chlamydia pneumoniae antibodies and CRP levels in women with preeclampsia and gestational hypertension. Hypertension in Pregnancy 2008;27:143-158.
  20. Klemets P, Lyytikäinen O, Ruutu P, Kaijalainen T, Leinonen M, Ollgren J, Nuorti JP: Trends and geographical variation in invasive pneumococcal infections in Finland. Scand J Infect Dis 2008;40:621-628.
  21. Koivunen R, Pouta A, Franks S, Martikainen H, Sovio U, Hartikainen A, McCarthy MI, Ruokonen A, Bloigu A, Järvelin M, Morin-Papunen L: Fecundability and spontaneous abortions in women with self-reported oligo-amenorrhea and/or hirsutism: Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 Study. HUM REPROD 2008;23:2134-2139.
  22. Korppi M, Leinonen M, Ruuskanen O: Pneumococcal serology in children´s respiratory infections. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2008;27:167-175.
  23. Lajunen T, Vikatmaa P, Bloigu A, Ikonen T, Lepäntalo M, Pussinen PJ, Saikku P, Leinonen M: Chlamydial LPS and high-sensitivity CRP levels in serum are associated with an elevated body mass index in patients with cardiovascular disease. Innate Immunity 2008;14:375-382.
  24. Lajunen T, Vikatmaa P, Ikonen T, Lepantalo M, Lounatmaa K, Sormunen R, Rantala A, Leinonen M, Saikku P: Comparison of polymerase chain reaction methods, in situ hybridization, and enzyme immunoassay for detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae in atherosclerotic carotid plaques. DIAGN MICROBIOL INFECT DIS 2008;61:156-164.
  25. Loos RJF, Lindgren CM, Li SX, Wheeler E, Zhao JH, Prokopenko I, Inouye M, Freathy RM, Attwood AP, Beckmann JS, Berndt SI, Bergmann S, Bennett AJ, Bingham SA, Bochud M, Brown M, Cauchi S, Connell JM, Cooper C, Smith GD, Day I, Dina C, De S, Dermitzakis ET, Doney ASF, Elliott KS, Elliott P, Evans DM, Farooqi IS, Froguel P, Ghori J, Groves CJ, Gwilliam R, Hadley D, Hall AS, Hattersley AT, Hebebrand J, Heid IM, Herrera B, Hinney A, Hunt SE, Järvelin MR, Johnson T, Jolley JDM, Karpe F, Keniry A, Khaw KT, Luben RN, Mangino M, Marchini J, McArdle WL, McGinnis R, Meyre D, Munroe PB, Morris AD, Ness AR, Neville MJ, Nica AC, Ong KK, Owen KR, Palmer CNA, Papadakis K, Potter S, Pouta A, Qi L, Randall JC, Rayner NW, Ring SM, Sandhu MS, Scherag A, Sims MA, Song K, Soranzo N, Speliotes EK, Syddall HE, Teichmann SA, Timpson NJ, Tobias JH, Uda M, Vogel CIG, Wallace C, Waterworth DM, Weedon MN, Willer CJ, Wraight VL, Yuan X, Zeggini E, Hirschhorn JN, Strachan DP, Ouwehand WH, Caulfield MJ, Samani NJ, Frayling TM, Vollenweider P, Waeber G, Mooser V, Deloukas P, McCarthy MI, Wareham NJ, Barroso I: Common variants near MC4R are associated with fat mass, weight and risk of obesity. Nat Genet 2008;40:768-775.
  26. Lyytikäinen E, Kaasila M, Koskela P, Lehtinen M, Patama T, Pukkala E, Tasanen K, Surcel HM, Paavonen J: Chlamydia trachomatis seroprevalence atlas of Finland 1983-2003. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2008;84:19-22.
  27. Lyytikäinen E, Kaasila M, Hiltunen-Back E, Lehtinen M, Tasanen K, Surcel H, Koskela P, Paavonen J: A discrepancy of Chlamydia trachomatis incidence and prevalence trends in Finland 1983-2003. BMC Infectious Diseases 2008(Dec 18).
  28. Melin MM, Hollingshead SK, Briles DE, Hanage WP, Lahdenkari M, Kaijalainen T, Kilpi TM, Käyhty HM: Distribution of pneumococcal surface protein A families 1 and 2 among Streptoccus pneumoniae isolates from children in Finland who had acute otitis media or were nasopharyngeal carriers. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology 2008;15:1555-1563.
  29. Morin-Papunen L, Martikainen H, McCarthy MI, Franks S, Sovio U, Hartikainen AL, Ruokonen A, Leinonen M, Laitinen J, Järvelin MR, Pouta A: Comparison of metabolic and inflammatory outcomes in women who used oral contraceptives and the levonorgestrelreleasing intrauterine device in a general population. AM J OBSTET GYNECOL 2008;199:529.e1-529.e10.
  30. Männistö T, Vääräsmäki M, Pouta A, Hartikainen A, Ruokonen A, Surcel H, Bloigu A, Järvelin M, Suvanto-Luukkonen E: Perinatal outcome of children born to mothers with thyroid dysfunction or antibodies. A prospective population-based cohort study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2008(Dec 23).
  31. Nascimento-Carvalho CM, Ribeiro CT, Cardoso MRA, Barral A, Araújo-Neto CA, Oliveira JR, Sobral LS, Viriato D, Souza AL, Saukkoriipi A, Paldanius M, Vainionpää R, Leinonen M, Ruuskanen O: The role of respiratory viral infections among children hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia in a developing country. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2008;27:939-941.
  32. Paavonen J, Lehtinen M: Introducing human papillomavirus vaccines - questions remain. Ann Med 2008;40:162-166.
  33. Paavonen J, the FUTURE II Study Group: Baseline demographic characteristics of subjects enrolled in international quadrivalent HPV (types 6/11/16/18) vaccine clinical trials. CURR MED RES OPIN 2008;24:1623-1634.
  34. Palikhe A, Lokki M, Saikku P, Leinonen M, Paldanius M, Seppänen M, Valtonen V, Nieminen MS, Sinisalo J: Association of Chlamydia pneumoniae infection with HLA-B*35 in patients with coronary artery disease. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology 2008;15:55-59.
  35. Pirkola J, Tammelin T, Bloigu A, Pouta A, Laitinen J, Ruokonen A, Tapanainen P, Järvelin MR, Vääräsmäki M: Prevalence of metabolic syndrome at age 16 using the International Deabetes Federation paediatric definition. Arch Dis Child 2008;93:945-951.
  36. Pirkola J, Vääräsmäki M, Bloigu A, Veijola R, Tossavainen P, Knip M, Tapanainen P: Maternal type 1 and gestational diabetes: postnatal differences in insulin secretion in offspring at preschool age. Pediatric Diabetes 2008;9:583-589.
  37. Poikonen K, Lajunen T, Silvennoinen-Kassinen S, Paldanius M, Leinonen M, Saikku P: Susceptibility of human monocyte-macrophages to Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in vitro is highly variable and associated with levels of soluble CD14 and C. pneumoniae IgA and human HSP-IgG antibodies in serum. Scand J Immunol 2008;67:279-284.
  38. Rantala A, Lajunen T, Juvonen R, Bloigu A, Silvennoinen-Kassinen S, Peitso A, Saikku P, Vainio O, Leinonen M: Mannose-binding lectin concentrations, MBL2 polymorphisms, and susceptibility to respiratory tract infections in young men. J Infect Dis 2008;198:1247-1253.
  39. Renko M, Valkonen P, Tapiainen T, Kontiokari T, Mattila P, Knuuttila M, Svanberg M, Leinonen M, Karttunen R, Uhari M: Xylitol-supplemented nutrition enhances bacterial killing and prolongs survival of rats in experimental pneumococcal sepsis. BMC Microbiology 2008;8:45.
  40. Savijoki K, Alvesalo J, Vuorela P, Leinonen M, Kalkkinen N: Proteomic analysis of Chlamydia pneumoniae-infected HL cells reveals extensive degradation of cytoskeletal proteins. Fems Immunol Med Microbiol 2008;54:375-84.
  41. Simen-Kapeu A, Kataja V, Yliskoski M, Syrjänen K, Dillner J, Koskela P, Paavonen J, Lehtinen M: Smoking impairs human papillomavirus (HPV) type 16 and 18 capsids antibody response following natural HPV infection. Scand J Infect Dis 2008;40:745-751.
  42. Tikkanen M, Surcel H, Bloigu A, Nuutila M, Hiilesmaa V, Ylikorkala O, Paavonen J: Prediction of placental abruption by testing for C-reactive protein and chlamydial antibody levels in early pregnancy. BJOG 2008;115:486-491.
  43. Tzoulaki I, Jarvelin M, Hartikainen A, Leinonen M, Pouta A, Paldanius M, Ruokonen A, Canoy D, Sovio U, Saikku P, Elliott P: Size at birth, weight gain over the life course, and low-grade inflammation in young adulthood: northern Finland 1966 birth cohort study. Eur Heart J 2008;29:1049-1056.
  44. Yan Y, Silvennoinen-Kassinen S, Törmäkangas L, Leinonen M, Saikku P: Selective cyclooxygenase inhibitors prevent the growth of Chlamydia pneumoniae in HL cells. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 2008;32:78-83.

D. Other publications

  1. Pouta A: Miten estää lasten lihominen? Pääkirjoitus. Kansanterveys - the Bulletin of National Public Health Institute of Finland 2008(7):3-3.
  2. Rova M: Lastenneuvolatyö uudistui Oulun Etelässä. Kansanterveys - the Bulletin of National Public Health Institute of Finland 2008(1):13-14.
  3. Rova M: Terve, tulevaisuus! - hyvinvointia oululaisille lapsille ja nuorille. Kansanterveys - the Bulletin of National Public Health Institute of Finland 2008(7):15-16.
  4. Rova M: Tuutin täydeltä terveyttä. Kansanterveys - the Bulletin of National Public Health Institute of Finland 2008(7):17-17.

E. Theses

  1. Juvonen R: Respiratory infections and cold exposure in asthmatic and health military conscripts [dissertation]. Oulu: Oulun yliopisto, 2008. 118 p. (Acta Universitatis Ouluensis D 963/2008).
  2. Lajunen T: Persistent Chlamydia pneumoniae infection, inflammation and innate immunity [thesis]. oulu: Oulun yliopisto, 2008. 142 p. (Acta Universitatis Ouluensis D 1000/2008).