Researcher
L Kestens
- Research Expertise (University of Antwerp):Immunology of tropical infectious diseases. Natural and acquired resistance to HIV Immunopathogenesis of HIV-TB co-infections Immune monitoring of HIV during anti-retroviral therapy WHO assessment of point-of-care technologies to monitor HIV infection and treatment responses.
- Keywords (University of Antwerp):CD4, HIV, NATURAL KILLER CELLS, Biomedical sciences (incl. biochemistry)
- Disciplines (University of Antwerp):Adaptive immunology, Innate immunity, Microbial diagnostics, Clinical hematology
- Research techniques (University of Antwerp):Flow Cytometry, CD4 T cell counting
- Users of research expertise (University of Antwerp):Immunologists Clinicians
- See also: Luc Kestens (University of Antwerp)
Affiliations
- Laboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH) (Research group)
Member
From1 Oct 2003 → 30 Sep 2021 - Department of Biomedical Sciences (Department)
Member
From1 Sep 1978 → 31 Dec 2023 - Department of Biomedical Sciences, Management (Research unit)
Member
From1 Sep 1978 → 1 Feb 2022 - Experimental Immunology (Research unit)
Member
From31 Aug 1978 → 29 Apr 2020 - Experimental Immunology (Research unit)
Member
From31 Aug 1978 → 16 Apr 2015
Projects
1 - 9 of 9
- A study of the mechanisms of natural killer cell-mediated resistance to HIV-infectionFrom22 Jan 2015 → 2 Apr 2020
- Study of the dynamics, phenotype and role of regulatory T cells during HIV subtype C early Infecton and during prime-boost vaccination with HIVIS-DNAFrom1 Dec 2013 → 8 May 2019
- A Directed Search for a Treponema pallidum Antigen TestFrom1 Jul 2013 → 28 Feb 2019
- The role of TH17 and regulatory T-cells in the development of schistosoma pathology in SenegalFrom1 Jan 2012 → 11 Apr 2019
- The role of T cell diversity in the pathogenesis of TB-IRIS in HIV/aids patients in UgandaFrom1 Jul 2011 → 12 Jul 2023
- Etude comparative de l'expression des lymphocytes T regulateurs CD4+CD25high+ entre patients infectes par Ie VIH-l et ceux infectes par Ie VIH-2 traites et non traites.From1 Jan 2011 → 15 Jun 2015
- Immunopathogenese van het immuunreconstitutie inflammatoir syndroom (IRIS) in HIV/TB-patiënten die antiretrovirale therapie ontvangen: Zoektocht naar prognostische en diagnostische merkersFrom1 Jan 2010 → 4 Feb 2015
- Polyclonal B-cell activation in human African tryponosomiasis (HAT): impact on acquired immunity and on rapid diagnostic tests.From1 Sep 2009 → 31 Dec 2012
- Pathogenesis and identification of predictive factors of TB-IRIS in HIV patients under HAARTFrom1 Jul 2007 → 30 Jun 2011
Publications
1 - 10 of 199
- Helios expressing regulatory T cells are correlated with decreased IL-2 producing CD8 T cells and antibody diversity in Mozambican individuals living chronically with HIV-1(2022)
Authors: Raquel Matavele Chissumba, Cacildo Magul, Rosa Macamo, Vânia Monteiro, Sónia Maria M. Enosse, Ivalda Macicame, Victória Cumbane, Nilesh Bhatt, Edna Viegas, Michelle Imbach, et al.
Pages: 12 - Genetic variation in the immune system and malaria susceptibility in infants: a nested case-control study in Nanoro, Burkina Faso(2021)
Authors: Hamatandi Magloire Natama, Eduard Rovira Vallbona, Meryam Krit, Pieter Guetens, Hermann Sorgho, M Athanase Somé, Maminata Traore Coulibaly, Innocent Valéa, Petra F Mens, Henk D F H Schallig, et al.
- Lack of elevated pre-ART elastase-ANCA levels in patients developing TB-IRIS(2020)
Authors: Odin Goovaerts, Marguerite Massinga-Loembé, Pascale Ondoa, Ann Ceulemans, William WORODRIA, Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, Robert Colebunders, Luc Kestens
- Use of resuscitation promoting factors to screen for tuberculosis infection in household-exposed children in The Gambia(2020)
Authors: W. van Loon, M. P. Gomez, D. Jobe, K. L. M. C. Franken, Tom H M Ottenhoff, M. Coninx, Luc Kestens, Jayne S Sutherland, B. Kampmann, Leopold D Tientcheu
- Determination of HSV-2-specific cellular responses by IFN-gamma ELISpot assay in HIV-1 heterosexual discordant couples in Dakar, Senegal(2019)
Authors: M. Camara, A. Padane, Badiane J. K. Seye, P.A. Diaw, L Kestens, Souleymane Mboup, C. S. B. Boye, Tandakha Ndiaye Dieye
Pages: 1061-1061 - Increased KLRG1 and PD-1 expression on CD8 T lymphocytes in TB-IRIS(2019)
Authors: Odin Goovaerts, Marguerite Massinga Loembé, Pascale Ondoa, Ann Ceulemans, William WORODRIA, Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, Robert Colebunders, Luc Kestens
- Complement receptor 1 availability on red blood cell surface modulates Plasmodium vivax invasion of human reticulocytes(2019)
Authors: Surendra Prajapati, Céline Borlon, Eduard Rovira Vallbona, Jakub Gruszczyk, Sebastien Menant, Wai-Hong Tham, Johanna H Kattenberg, Elizabeth Villasis, Katlijn De Meulenaere, Dionicia Gamboa, et al.
- Repeat syphilis has a different immune response compared with initial syphilis(2018)
Authors: Chris Kenyon, Achilleas Tsoumanis, Kara OSBAK, Marjan Van Esbroeck, E Florence, Tania Crucitti, L Kestens
Pages: 180 - Neutrophil activation and enhanced release of granule products in HIV-TB immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome(2018)
Authors: Justine K. Nakiwala, Naomi F. Walker, Collin R. Diedrich, William WORODRIA, Graeme Meintjes, Robert J Wilkinson, Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, Robert Colebunders, L Kestens, Katalin A. Wilkinson, et al.
Pages: 221-229 - Aberrant plasma MMP and TIMP dynamics in Schistosoma - Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS)(2018)
Authors: Odin Goovaerts, Pauline N M Mwinzi, Erick M O Muok, Ann Ceulemans, Robert Colebunders, Luc Kestens