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Merja Rautio
Researcher at Helsinki University Central Hospital
Publications - 19
Citations - 1321
Merja Rautio is an academic researcher from Helsinki University Central Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Acetaldehyde & Ethanol. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 19 publications receiving 1213 citations.
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Liver abscess due to a Lactobacillus rhamnosus strain indistinguishable from L. rhamnosus strain GG.
Merja Rautio,Hannele Jousimies-Somer,Heikki Kauma,Ilmo Pietarinen,Maija Saxelin,Soile Tynkkynen,Markku Koskela +6 more
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Increased salivary acetaldehyde levels in heavy drinkers and smokers: a microbiological approach to oral cavity cancer
Nils Homann,Jyrki Tillonen,Jukka H. Meurman,Hanna Rintamäki,Christian Lindqvist,Merja Rautio,Hannele Jousimies-Somer,Mikko Salaspuro +7 more
TL;DR: Increased local microbial salivary acetaldehyde production due to ethanol among smokers and heavy drinkers could be a biological explanation for the observed synergistic carcinogenic action of alcohol and smoking on upper gastrointestinal tract cancer.
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Reclassification of Bacteroides putredinis (Weinberg et al., 1937) in a new genus Alistipes gen. nov., as Alistipes putredinis comb. nov., and description of Alistipes finegoldii sp. nov., from human sources.
Merja Rautio,Erkki Eerola,Marja-Liisa Väisänen-Tunkelrott,Denise Molitoris,Paul A. Lawson,Matthew D. Collins,Hannele Jousimies-Somer +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, an unusual bile-resistant pigment-producing strictly anaerobic gram-negative rod was isolated from inflamed and non-inflamed tissue samples, which was classified as Alistipes putredinis comb.
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Role of Yeasts in the Salivary Acetaldehyde Production From Ethanol Among Risk Groups for Ethanol-Associated Oral Cavity Cancer
TL;DR: This study shows that some C. albicans strains have a marked capacity to produce toxic and carcinogenic acetaldehyde from ethanol in vitro, which could be an important microbial pathogenetic factor underlying cancer of the oral cavity associated with ethanol drinking.
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Alistipes onderdonkii sp. nov. and Alistipes shahii sp. nov., of human origin
TL;DR: Two groups of previously unknown Gram-negative, strictly anaerobic, pigment-producing, rod-shaped bacteria, which phenotypically and phylogenetically displayed a close association with the recently described species Alistipes finegoldii, were characterized using phenotypic and molecular taxonomic methods and two novel species are proposed.