Abdominal Transplantation KU Leuven
Intestinal transplantation Bioartifical liver Effect of immunosuppression on tolerance induction. Chronic rejection
Intestinal transplantation Bioartifical liver Effect of immunosuppression on tolerance induction. Chronic rejection
The Department of Cell Biology (CYTO-VUB) is specialized in molecular and cellular liver research, with a main focus on the (patho)biology of hepatic stellate cells and liver progenitor cells. Prof. A. Geerts contributed to the first paper on isolation, purification and culturing of hepatic stellate cells (1) and is the author of a side scatter activated cell sorting method to purify freshly isolated hepatic stellate cell up to 95 - 100% (2). ...
The labo of Hepatology studies pathophysiology and treatment of liver and pancreas diseases and metabolism.
The Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine promotes and supports research within its divisions of Endocrinology, Gerontology and Geriatrics, Thoracic Surgery, Gastroenterology, Pneumology, and Hepatology. The department’s research aims to achieve a better understanding of human diseases and to discover better detection methods and treatments for disorders of the organ systems being studied.
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Current research of the Anatomy Department of the Free University of Brussels is mainly concentrated on: 1° Study of the mechanisms leading to glomerulosclerosis in experimental models of chronic renal failure; 2° Transplantation of liver progenitor cells; 3° Arthrokinematics and morphologic anatomic studies; 4° Clinical research on knee pathology.
The staff of the Laboratory for Clinical Infectious and Inflammatory Disorders consists of dedicated clinicians involved in the patient care of the General Internal Medicine Department, including Emergency Care and Intensive Care. Hence, the research efforts have tight links with clinical care and provide a dynamic interplay between bench and bedside. Examples of topics include: hepatic critical care: detoxification devices and hemodynamics; ...