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
11 - 20 of 35
- Air Pollution-Induced Placental Alterations: An Interplay of Oxidative Stress, Epigenetics, and the Aging Phenotype?(2019)
Authors: Nelly SAENEN, Dries MARTENS, Kristof NEVEN, Rossella ALFANO, Hannelore BOVE, Bram JANSSEN, Harry ROELS, Michelle PLUSQUIN, Karen VRIJENS, Tim NAWROT
- Simultaneous determination of parabens, bisphenols and alkylphenols in human placenta by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry(2019)
Authors: Ilse Van Overmeire, Karen VRIJENS, Tim NAWROT, An Van Nieuwenhuyse, Joris Van Loco, Tim Reyns
Pages: 96 - 102 - Child's buccal cell mitochondrial DNA content modifies the association between heart rate variability and recent air pollution exposure at school(2019)
Authors: Nelly SAENEN, Eline PROVOST, Ann CUYPERS, Michal KICINSKI, Nicky PIETERS, Michelle PLUSQUIN, Karen VRIJENS, Patrick DE BOEVER, Tim NAWROT
Pages: 39 - 49 - Hallmarks of ageing are interconnected in placental tissue and influenced by particulate air pollution exposure during pregnancy(2019)
Authors: Bram JANSSEN, Dries MARTENS, W. Lefebvre, C. Vanpoucke, Karen VRIJENS, Tim NAWROT
Pages: S71 - S71 - Prenatal particulate air pollution exposure and cord blood homocysteine in newborns: Results from the ENVIRONAGE birth cohort(2019)
Authors: Janneke HOGERVORST, Narjes MADHLOUM, Nelly SAENEN, Bram JANSSEN, Joris PENDERS, Charlotte Vanpoucke, Immaculata De Vivo, Karen VRIJENS, Tim NAWROT
Pages: 507 - 513 - Children's screen time alters the expression of saliva extracellular miR-222 and miR-146a.(2018)
Authors: Annette VRIENS, Eline PROVOST, Nelly SAENEN, Patrick DE BOEVER, Karen VRIJENS, Oliver De Wever, Michelle PLUSQUIN, Tim NAWROT
- Air pollution and the fetal origin of disease: A systematic review of the molecular signatures of air pollution exposure in human placenta(2018)
Authors: Leen LUYTEN, Nelly SAENEN, Bram JANSSEN, Karen VRIJENS, Michelle PLUSQUIN, Harry ROELS, Florence Debacq-Chainiaux, Tim NAWROT
Pages: 310 - 323 - Sex-specific associations between telomere length and candidate miRNA expression in placenta(2018)
Authors: Maria TSAMOU, Dries MARTENS, Bianca COX, Narjes MADHLOUM, Karen VRIJENS, Tim NAWROT
- Placental hypoxia-regulating network in relation to birth weight and ponderal index: the ENVIRONAGE Birth Cohort Study(2018)
Authors: Karen VRIJENS, Maria TSAMOU, Narjes MADHLOUM, Wilfried GYSELAERS, Tim NAWROT
- Mother's Pre-pregnancy BMI and Placental Candidate miRNAs: Findings from the ENVIRONAGE Birth Cohort (vol 7, 5548, 2017)(2018)
Authors: Maria TSAMOU, Dries MARTENS, Ellen WINCKELMANS, Narjes MADHLOUM, Bianca COX, Wilfried GYSELAERS, Tim NAWROT, Karen VRIJENS