Taru Meri

University of Helsinki — Finland

Immunology and Microbiology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Vector-borne infectious diseases(20), Viral Infections and Vectors(14), Complement system in diseases(9), Antifungal resistance and susceptibility(7), Bacterial Infections and Vaccines(5)

Publications61 total

Evasion of complement and amyloid-beta by the neurotropic pathogen Borrelia burgdorferi in human 3D cultures
Immunobiology·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Mechanism of Borrelia immune evasion by FhbA-related proteins
PLoS Pathogens·2022· 3 citedOpen Access
SARS‐CoV‐2 variant with mutations in N gene affecting detection by widely used PCR primers
Journal of Medical Virology·2021· 32 citedOpen Access
Dientamoeba fragilis – the most common intestinal protozoan in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, Finland, 2007 to 2017
Eurosurveillance·2019· 25 citedOpen Access
Distribution of exogenous complement factor H in mice in vivo
Scandinavian Journal of Immunology·2018· 3 citedOpen Access
Crystal structure of a tripartite complex between C3dg, C-terminal domains of factor H and OspE of Borrelia burgdorferi
PLoS ONE·2017· 21 citedOpen Access
Staphylococcal protein Ecb impairs complement receptor-1 mediated recognition of opsonized bacteria
PLoS ONE·2017· 24 citedOpen Access
The structure of the tripartite complex between OspE, the C-terminal domains of factor H and C3dg
2017
Lapamato satavuotiaassa Suomessa
2017
Mitä laboratoriossa voidaan nähdä veren sivelyvalmisteesta : sivelyvalmisteen mikroskopoinnin lyhyt oppimäärä
2016
Automated segmentation of blood cells in Giemsa stained digitized thin blood films
Diagnostic Pathology·2013· 17 citedOpen Access
Staphylococcal Ecb Protein and Host Complement Regulator Factor H Enhance Functions of Each Other in Bacterial Immune Evasion
The Journal of Immunology·2013· 31 cited
Structural Basis for Complement Evasion by Lyme Disease Pathogen Borrelia burgdorferi
Journal of Biological Chemistry·2013· 56 citedOpen Access
Correction: Microbes Bind Complement Inhibitor Factor H via a Common Site
PLoS Pathogens·2013· 20 citedOpen Access
Microbes Bind Complement Inhibitor Factor H via a Common Site
PLoS Pathogens·2013· 111 citedOpen Access
Solution Structure of Outer surface protein E
2013
OspE
Open MIND·2013
Factor H ligand complexes – structural studies on complement regulation and disease
Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography·2012Open Access
[Intestinal parasite infections].
PubMed·2012
[Endemic cryptosporidiosis--underdiagnosed disease in Finland].
PubMed·2012· 4 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Seppo Meri(25), T. Sakari Jokiranta(25), Markus J. Lehtinen(8), Ilkka Seppälä(7), Antti Alitalo(6), Hanne Amdahl(6), Adrian Goldman(6), Karita Haapasalo(6), Malcolm Richardson(5), Jens Hellwage(4), Peter F. Zipfel(4), Satu Hyvärinen(4), John V. McDowell(4), Richard T. Marconi(4), Jaana Panelius(3), Hilkka Lankinen(3), Darrin R. Akins(3), Anna M. Blom(3), Arnab Bhattacharjee(3), Ruska Rimhanen‐Finne(3)