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
21 - 30 of 35
- Histone H3 levels and modifications in association with gestational particulate matter exposure: the ENVIRONAGE cohort study(2018)
Authors: Karen VRIJENS, Ann-Julie Trippas, Bram JANSSEN, Wouter Lefebvre, Charlotte Vanpoucke, Michelle PLUSQUIN, Tim NAWROT
Pages: 738 - 738 - Air pollution-induced placental epigenetic alterations in early life: a candidate miRNA approach(2018)
Authors: Maria TSAMOU, Karen VRIJENS, Narjes MADHLOUM, Wouter Lefebvre, Charlotte Vanpoucke, Tim NAWROT
Pages: 135 - 146 - Transcriptome-wide analyses indicate mitochondrial responses to particulate air pollution exposure(2017)
Authors: Ellen WINCKELMANS, Tim NAWROT, Maria TSAMOU, Elly Den Hond, Willy Baeyens, J. KLEINJANS, Wouter Lefebvre, Nicolas Van Larebeke, Martien PEUSENS, Michelle PLUSQUIN, et al.
Pages: 1 - 15 - Cohort Profile: The ENVIRonmental influence ON early AGEing (ENVIRONAGE): a birth cohort study(2017)
Authors: Bram JANSSEN, Narjes MADHLOUM, Wilfried GYSELAERS, Esmee BIJNENS, Diana CLEMENTE BATALHA PARDAL, Bianca COX, Janneke HOGERVORST, Leen LUYTEN, Dries MARTENS, Martien PEUSENS, et al.
Pages: 1386 - 1390 - Newborn sex-specific transcriptome signatures and gestational exposure to fine particles: findings from the ENVIRONAGE birth cohort(2017)
Authors: Ellen WINCKELMANS, Karen VRIJENS, Maria TSAMOU, Bram JANSSEN, Nelly SAENEN, Harry ROELS, J. KLEINJANS, Wouter Lefebvre, Charlotte Vanpoucke, Theo DE KOK, et al.
Pages: 1 - 17 - Mother's Pre-pregnancy BMI and Placental Candidate miRNAs: Findings from the ENVIRONAGE Birth Cohort(2017)
Authors: Maria TSAMOU, Dries MARTENS, Ellen WINCKELMANS, Narjes MADHLOUM, Bianca COX, Wilfried GYSELAERS, Tim NAWROT, Karen VRIJENS
Pages: 1 - 11 - Recent versus chronic fine particulate air pollution exposure as determinant of the retinal microvasculature in school children(2017)
Authors: Eline PROVOST, Luc INT PANIS, Nelly SAENEN, Michal KICINSKI, Tijs LOUWIES, Karen VRIJENS, Patrick DE BOEVER, Tim NAWROT
Pages: 103 - 110 - Sex-specific Associations between Particulate Matter Exposure and Gene Expression in Independent Discovery and Validation Cohorts of Middle-aged Men and Women(2016)
Authors: Karen VRIJENS, Ellen WINCKELMANS, Maria TSAMOU, Willy Baeyens, Patrick DE BOEVER, Theo DE KOK, Danyel Jennen, Lefebvre W, Michelle PLUSQUIN, Hans Reynders, et al.
Pages: 660 - 669 - Fetal Thyroid Function, Birth Weight, and in Utero Exposure to Fine Particle Air Pollution: A Birth Cohort Study(2016)
Authors: Bram JANSSEN, Nelly SAENEN, Harry ROELS, Narjes MADHLOUM, Wilfried GYSELAERS, Wouter Lefebvre, Joris PENDERS, Charlotte Vanpoucke, Karen VRIJENS, Tim NAWROT
Pages: 699 - 705 - miRNA expression profiles and retinal blood vessel calibers are associated with short-term particulate matter air pollution exposure(2016)
Authors: Tijs LOUWIES, Caroline Vuegen, Luc INT PANIS, Bianca COX, Karen VRIJENS, Tim NAWROT, Patrick DE BOEVER
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