Pentti J. Tienari

25.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
143 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Pentti J. Tienari is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Pentti J. Tienari has authored 143 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Molecular Biology, 46 papers in Neurology and 34 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Pentti J. Tienari's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (31 papers), Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (23 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (20 papers). Pentti J. Tienari is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (31 papers), Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (23 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (20 papers). Pentti J. Tienari collaborates with scholars based in Finland, United States and United Kingdom. Pentti J. Tienari's co-authors include Liisa Myllykangas, Anders Paetau, J. Wikström, Tuomo Polvikoski, Raimo Sulkava, Andrew Singleton, John Hardy, Johanna Eerola, Konrad Beyreuther and Colin L. Masters and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Pentti J. Tienari

139 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Distinct sites of intracellular production for Alzheimer's disease Aβ40/42 amyloid peptides

1997 592 citations Pentti J. Tienari et al. profile →
A novel α-synuclein mutation A53E associated with atypical multiple system atrophy and Parkinson's disease-type pathology

2014 413 citations Liisa Myllykangas, Anna Raunio et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pentti J. Tienari Finland	37	1.9k	1.7k	1.6k	969	764	143	5.5k
Chiara Fenoglio Italy	41	2.1k 1.1×	1.9k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	454 0.5×	924 1.2×	172	5.7k
Takashi Taniguchi Japan	41	1.9k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	870 0.6×	1.3k 1.4×	943 1.2×	185	5.6k
M. A. Pericak‐Vance United States	24	2.7k 1.4×	2.7k 1.6×	824 0.5×	455 0.5×	297 0.4×	57	7.1k
Hideyuki Takeuchi Japan	48	2.4k 1.3×	1.5k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	613 0.6×	1.7k 2.2×	160	7.7k
Jae Kyu Ryu Canada	45	1.7k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	768 0.5×	335 0.3×	872 1.1×	73	6.4k
Ranjan Dutta United States	30	2.2k 1.2×	565 0.3×	666 0.4×	1.8k 1.8×	1.5k 2.0×	80	6.3k
Na Zhao China	31	1.8k 0.9×	1.8k 1.1×	494 0.3×	249 0.3×	373 0.5×	139	4.9k
Akihiko Taguchi Japan	40	2.3k 1.2×	778 0.5×	474 0.3×	409 0.4×	702 0.9×	115	6.8k
Susan M. Knoblach United States	38	2.2k 1.1×	434 0.3×	1.1k 0.7×	546 0.6×	412 0.5×	70	4.4k
Julie E. Simpson United Kingdom	34	1.1k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	687 0.4×	294 0.3×	677 0.9×	78	4.2k

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Nieminen, Janne, Satu Koskela, Mari Kaunisto, et al.. (2025). HLA ‐Region Genetic Association Analysis of Breast Cancer Patients With and Without Persistent Postsurgical Neuropathic Pain. European Journal of Pain. 29(4). e70009–e70009.

Huuhtanen, Jani, Kirsten Nowlan, Pentti J. Tienari, et al.. (2025). Altered immune landscape of cervical lymph nodes reveals Epstein-Barr virus signature in multiple sclerosis. Science Immunology. 10(104). eadl3604–eadl3604. 3 indexed citations

Itkonen, Outi, et al.. (2025). Optimized Kappa‐Index Test Protocol to Detect Intrathecal Immunoglobulin Synthesis in Multiple Sclerosis. European Journal of Neurology. 32(11). e70411–e70411.

Kaivola, Karri, Laura Hokkanen, Jyrki Launes, et al.. (2024). The shared ancestry between the C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansion and intermediate-length alleles using haplotype sharing trees and HAPTK. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 111(2). 383–392.

Strandin, Tomas, J. Parantainen, Katariina Nurmi, et al.. (2024). Fibrinolysis associated proteins and lipopolysaccharide bioactivity in plasma and cerebrospinal fluid in multiple sclerosis. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 395. 578432–578432. 3 indexed citations

Jahromi, Behnam Rezai, Miko Valori, Riikka Tulamo, et al.. (2024). Cancer-type somatic mutations in saccular cerebral aneurysms. European Journal of Human Genetics. 33(8). 1076–1079.

Nowlan, Kirsten, Lea Hedman, Pentti J. Tienari, et al.. (2024). Parvovirus B19 and Human Herpes Virus 6B and 7 Are Frequently Found DNA Viruses in the Human Thymus But Show No Definitive Link With Myasthenia Gravis. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 231(4). e601–e606. 1 indexed citations

Atula, Sari, et al.. (2023). A skewed ratio of free light chains is more common in patients with late-onset than early-onset myasthenia gravis. Immunology Letters. 260. 81–88. 2 indexed citations

Laaksovirta, Hannu, Jyrki Launes, Lilja Jansson, et al.. (2022). ALS in Finland. Neurology Genetics. 8(2). e665–e665. 9 indexed citations

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Tuvikene, Jürgen, Anu Planken, Eija Kalso, et al.. (2022). Immune response to a conserved enteroviral epitope of the major capsid VP1 protein is associated with lower risk of cardiovascular disease. EBioMedicine. 76. 103835–103835. 2 indexed citations

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Kaivola, Karri, Anna Raunio, Mia Kero, et al.. (2021). Primary age‐related tauopathy in a Finnish population‐based study of the oldest old (Vantaa 85+). Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology. 48(3). e12788–e12788. 15 indexed citations

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Kantonen, Jonas, Karri Kaivola, Laura Hokkanen, et al.. (2021). APOE ε4 associates with increased risk of severe COVID-19, cerebral microhaemorrhages and post-COVID mental fatigue: a Finnish biobank, autopsy and clinical study. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 9(1). 199–199. 55 indexed citations

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Kaivola, Karri, Lilja Jansson, Jyrki Launes, et al.. (2020). Carriership of two copies of C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat intermediate-length alleles is a risk factor for ALS in the Finnish population. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 8(1). 187–187. 13 indexed citations

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Valori, Miko, Lilja Jansson, Kimmo Porkka, et al.. (2016). Lymphoid somatic mutations in multiple sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis Journal. 22. 170–171. 2 indexed citations

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Launes, Jyrki, Laura Hokkanen, Marja Laasonen, et al.. (2014). Attrition in a 30-year follow-up of a perinatal birth risk cohort: factors change with age. PeerJ. 2. e480–e480. 27 indexed citations

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Tienari, Pentti J., et al.. (2011). Month of birth is associated with multiple sclerosis but not with HLA-DR15 in Finland. Multiple Sclerosis Journal. 18(5). 563–568. 21 indexed citations

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Tanskanen, Maarit, Terhi Peuralinna, Tuomo Polvikoski, et al.. (2008). Senile systemic amyloidosis affects 25% of the very aged and associates with genetic variation inalpha2‐macroglobulinandtau: A population‐based autopsy study. Annals of Medicine. 40(3). 232–239. 396 indexed citations

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Saarela, Janna, S. Kallio, Daniel Chen, et al.. (2006). PRKCA and Multiple Sclerosis: Association in Two Independent Populations. PLoS Genetics. 2(3). e42–e42. 39 indexed citations

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Lindqvist, Anna-Karin, Jaana Lähdetie, Pentti J. Tienari, et al.. (2004). Mapping of the HLA Class II Susceptibility Haplotype for Multiple Sclerosis in Finland. Hereditas. 132(2). 89–94. 2 indexed citations

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Laaksonen, Mikko, Tomi Pastinen, Minna Sjöroos, et al.. (2002). HLA class II associated risk and protection against multiple sclerosis—a Finnish family study. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 122(1-2). 140–145. 59 indexed citations

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