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Alex Dickens

University of Turku
Verified email at utu.fi
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HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder—pathogenesis and prospects for treatment

D Saylor, AM Dickens, N Sacktor, N Haughey… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
In the past two decades, several advancements have improved the care of HIV-infected
individuals. Most importantly, the development and deployment of combination antiretroviral …

Astrocyte-shed extracellular vesicles regulate the peripheral leukocyte response to inflammatory brain lesions

AM Dickens, LB Tovar-y-Romo, SW Yoo, AL Trout… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
Brain injury induces a peripheral acute cytokine response that directs the transmigration of
leukocytes into the brain. Because this brain-to-peripheral immune communication affects …

Detection of microglial activation in an acute model of neuroinflammation using PET and radiotracers 11C-(R)-PK11195 and 18F-GE-180

AM Dickens, S Vainio, P Marjamäki… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2014 - Soc Nuclear Med
It remains unclear how different translocator protein (TSPO) ligands reflect the spatial extent
of astrocyte or microglial activation in various neuroinflammatory conditions. Here, we use a …

Gut metabolome meets microbiome: A methodological perspective to understand the relationship between host and microbe

S Lamichhane, P Sen, AM Dickens, M Orešič… - Methods, 2018 - Elsevier
It is well established that gut microbes and their metabolic products regulate host metabolism.
The interactions between the host and its gut microbiota are highly dynamic and complex. …

[HTML][HTML] Serum metabolome associated with severity of acute traumatic brain injury

I Thomas, AM Dickens, JP Posti, E Czeiter… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Complex metabolic disruption is a crucial aspect of the pathophysiology of traumatic brain
injury (TBI). Associations between this and systemic metabolism and their potential prognostic …

Deep learning meets metabolomics: A methodological perspective

…, AM Dickens, S Khoomrung, M Orešič - Briefings in …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Alex M DickensAlex M. Dickens main research interest is in the use of metabolomics to
understand neurological diseases. As such, he has developed both targeted and untargeted …

[HTML][HTML] Chronic low-level expression of HIV-1 Tat promotes a neurodegenerative phenotype with aging

AM Dickens, SW Yoo, AC Chin, J Xu, TP Johnson… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
The widespread use of combinational antiretroviral therapies (cART) in developed countries
has changed the course of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection from an almost …

A type 2 biomarker separates relapsing-remitting from secondary progressive multiple sclerosis

AM Dickens, JR Larkin, JL Griffin, A Cavey… - Neurology, 2014 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: We tested whether it is possible to differentiate relapsing-remitting (RR) from
secondary progressive (SP) disease stages in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) using a …

[HTML][HTML] Dysregulated lipid metabolism precedes onset of psychosis

AM Dickens, P Sen, MJ Kempton, N Barrantes-Vidal… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background A key clinical challenge in the management of individuals at clinical high risk
for psychosis (CHR) is that it is difficult to predict their future clinical outcomes. Here, we …

HIV Tat protein and amyloid-β peptide form multifibrillar structures that cause neurotoxicity

…, E Masliah, A Fields, MH Lee, AM Dickens… - Nature structural & …, 2017 - nature.com
Deposition of amyloid-β plaques is increased in the brains of HIV-infected individuals, and
the HIV transactivator of transcription (Tat) protein affects amyloidogenesis through several …