Researcher
Karen VRIJENS
- Keywords:Biology
- Disciplines:Epigenetics, Genetics, Environmental health and safety, Preventive medicine
Affiliations
- Biology - Geology (Department)
Member
From1 Jan 2013 → 31 Dec 2021 - Environmental Biology (Research group)
Member
From1 Jan 2013 → 31 Dec 2021 - Research Institute: Centre for Environmental Sciences (Research institute)
Member
From1 Jan 2013 → 31 Dec 2021 - Faculty of Sciences (Faculty)
Member
From1 Jan 2013 → 31 Dec 2021
Projects
1 - 4 of 4
- The association between fetal microchimerism and maternal stress: an in-depth analysis on molecular mechanisms and clinical outcomesFrom1 Jan 2020 → 31 Dec 2022Funding: FWO research grant KAN
- The influence of early life environmental exposure on (epi)genetics: findings from the ENVIRONAGE birth cohortFrom1 Jan 2018 → 31 Dec 2018Funding: Other Flemish scientific institutions
- Fetal microchimerism and maternal health: a molecular epidemiological approachFrom1 Oct 2017 → 30 Sep 2020Funding: FWO fellowships
- Impact of air quality on health: exploiting relevant markers of exposure, effect markers and gene expression data from Flemish human biomonitoring data and other databases.From15 Sep 2013 → 14 May 2015Funding: Department Environment and Infrastructure
Publications
1 - 10 of 35
- Lower iodine storage in the placenta is associated with gestational diabetes mellitus(2021)
Authors: Kristof NEVEN, Bianca COX, Charlotte COSEMANS, Wilfried GYSELAERS, Joris PENDERS, Michelle PLUSQUIN, Harry ROELS, Karen VRIJENS, Ann RUTTENS, Tim NAWROT
- Genome-wide microRNA expression analysis in human placenta reveals sex-specific patterns: an ENVIRONAGE birth cohort study(2021)
Authors: Maria TSAMOU, Karen VRIJENS, Congrong WANG, Ellen WINCKELMANS, Kristof NEVEN, Narjes MADHLOUM, Theo DE KOK, Tim NAWROT
Pages: 373 - 388 - In utero exposure to parabens and early childhood BMI z-scores – Associations between placental ethyl paraben, longitudinal BMI trajectories and cord blood metabolic biomarkers(2021)
Authors: Brigitte REIMANN, Karen VRIJENS, Harry ROELS, Congrong WANG, Charlotte COSEMANS, Ilse Van Overmeire, Tim NAWROT, Michelle PLUSQUIN
Pages: 106845 - Establishing reference values for macro- and microvascular measurements in 4-to-5 year-old children of the ENVIRONAGE prospective birth cohort(2020)
Authors: Narjes MADHLOUM, Leen LUYTEN, Eline PROVOST, Patrick DE BOEVER, Yinthe DOCKX, Hanne SLEURS, Michelle PLUSQUIN, Jos OP'T ROODT, Karen VRIJENS, Tim NAWROT
- Association Between Maternal Prepregnancy Body Mass Index and Anthropometric Parameters, Blood Pressure, and Retinal Microvasculature in Children Age 4 to 6 Years(2020)
Authors: Bianca COX, Leen LUYTEN, Yinthe DOCKX, Eline PROVOST, Narjes MADHLOUM, Kristof NEVEN, Franco Sassi, Hanne SLEURS, Karen VRIJENS, Paolo Vineis, et al.
- Weight and head circumference at birth in function of placental paraben load in Belgium: an ENVIRONAGE birth cohort study(2020)
Authors: Karen VRIJENS, Ilse Van Overmeire, Koen De Cremer, Kristof NEVEN, Riccardo CAROLLO, Christiane Vleminckx, Joris Van Loco, Tim NAWROT
- Association of Prenatal Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution With Circulating Histone Levels in Maternal Cord Blood(2020)
Authors: Karen VRIJENS, Ann-Julie Trippas, Wouter Lefebvre, Charlotte Vanpoucke, Joris PENDERS, Bram JANSSEN, Tim NAWROT
Pages: e205156 - Determinants of placental iodine concentrations in a mild-to-moderate iodine-deficient population: an ENVIRONAGE cohort study(2020)
Authors: Kristof NEVEN, Bianca COX, Karen VRIJENS, Michelle PLUSQUIN, Harry ROELS, Ann RUTTENS, Tim NAWROT
- Prenatal particulate air pollution exposure and expression of the miR-17/92 cluster in cord blood: Findings from the ENVIRONAGE birth cohort(2020)
Authors: Maria TSAMOU, Tim NAWROT, Riccardo CAROLLO, Ann-Julie Trippas, Wouter Lefebvre, Charlotte Vanpoucke, Karen VRIJENS
- A Co-expression Analysis of the Placental Transcriptome in Association With Maternal Pre-pregnancy BMI and Newborn Birth Weight(2019)
Authors: Bianca COX, Maria TSAMOU, Karen VRIJENS, Kristof NEVEN, Ellen WINCKELMANS, Theo DE KOK, Michelle PLUSQUIN, Tim NAWROT