Onderzoeker
L. Kestens
- Onderzoeksexpertise (University of Antwerp):Immunologie van tropische infectieziekten. Natuurlijke en verworven weerstand tegen HIV Immunopathogenese van co-infecties met HIV-TB Immuunmonitoring van HIV tijdens antiretrovirale therapie WHO-evaluatie van point-of-care-technologieën om hiv-infectie en behandelingsreacties te volgen.
- Trefwoorden (University of Antwerp):"NATURAL KILLER"-CELLEN, CD4, HIV, Biomedische wetenschappen
- Disciplines (University of Antwerp):Adaptieve immunologie, Aangeboren immuniteit, Microbiële diagnostiek, Klinische hematologie
- Onderzoekstechnieken (University of Antwerp):Flow Cytometry, tellingen van CD4 T cellen
- Gebruikers van onderzoeksexpertise (University of Antwerp):Immunologen Clinici
Affiliaties
- Departement Biomedische Wetenschappen, Beheer (Onderzoekseenheid)
Lid
Vanaf1 sep 1978 → 1 feb 2022 - Departement Biomedische Wetenschappen (Departement)
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Vanaf1 sep 1978 → 30 apr 2022 - Laboratorium voor Microbiologie, Parasitologie en Hygiëne (LMPH) (Onderzoeksgroep)
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Vanaf1 okt 2003 → 30 sep 2021
Projecten
1 - 9 of 9
- A study of the mechanisms of natural killer cell-mediated resistance to HIV-infectionVanaf22 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-DNAVanaf1 dec 2013 → 8 mei 2019
- A Directed Search for a Treponema pallidum Antigen TestVanaf1 jul 2013 → 28 feb 2019
- The role of TH17 and regulatory T-cells in the development of schistosoma pathology in SenegalVanaf1 jan 2012 → 11 apr 2019
- The role of T cell diversity in the pathogenesis of TB-IRIS in HIV/aids patients in UgandaVanaf1 jul 2011 → Heden
- 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.Vanaf1 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 merkersVanaf1 jan 2010 → 4 feb 2015
- Polyclonal B-cell activation in human African tryponosomiasis (HAT): impact on acquired immunity and on rapid diagnostic tests.Vanaf1 sep 2009 → 31 dec 2012
- Pathogenesis and identification of predictive factors of TB-IRIS in HIV patients under HAARTVanaf1 jul 2007 → 30 jun 2011
Publicaties
1 - 10 van 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)
Auteurs: 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.
Pagina's: 12 - Genetic variation in the immune system and malaria susceptibility in infants: a nested case-control study in Nanoro, Burkina Faso(2021)
Auteurs: 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)
Auteurs: Odin Goovaerts, Marguerite Massinga-Loembé, Pascale Ondoa, Ann Ceulemans, William WORODRIA, Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, Robert Colebunders, L. Kestens
- Use of resuscitation promoting factors to screen for tuberculosis infection in household-exposed children in The Gambia(2020)
Auteurs: W. van Loon, M. P. Gomez, D. Jobe, K. L. M. C. Franken, Tom H M Ottenhoff, M. Coninx, L. Kestens, Jayne S Sutherland, B. Kampmann, Leopold D Tientcheu
- Increased KLRG1 and PD-1 expression on CD8 T lymphocytes in TB-IRIS(2019)
Auteurs: Odin Goovaerts, Marguerite Massinga-Loembé, Pascale Ondoa, Ann Ceulemans, William WORODRIA, Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, R. Colebunders, L. Kestens
- Determination of HSV-2-specific cellular responses by IFN-gamma ELISpot assay in HIV-1 heterosexual discordant couples in Dakar, Senegal(2019)
Auteurs: Makhtar Camara, A. Padane, Badiane J. K. Seye, P.A. Diaw, L. Kestens, Souleymane Mboup, C. S. B. Boye, Tandakha Ndiaye Dieye
Pagina's: 1061-1061 - Complement receptor 1 availability on red blood cell surface modulates Plasmodium vivax invasion of human reticulocytes(2019)
Auteurs: Surendra Prajapati, C. Borlon, Eduard Rovira Vallbona, Jakub Gruszczyk, Sebastien Menant, Wai-Hong Tham, Johanna Helena Kattenberg, Elizabeth Villasis, Katlijn De Meulenaere, Dionicia Gamboa, et al.
- Repeat syphilis has a different immune response compared with initial syphilis(2018)
Auteurs: Christopher Kenyon, Achilleas Tsoumanis, Kara OSBAK, M. Van Esbroeck, Eric Florence, Tania Crucitti, L. Kestens
Pagina's: 180 - Uptake of intermittent preventive treatment and pregnancy outcomes(2018)
Auteurs: Paulo Arnaldo, Eduard Rovira Vallbona, Jerónimo S Langa, Crizolgo Salvador, Pieter Guetens, Driss Chiheb, Bernardete Xavier, L. Kestens, Sónia M Enosse, Anna Rosanas-Urgell
- Additional screening and treatment of malaria during pregnancy provides further protection against malaria and nonmalarial fevers during the first year of life(2018)
Auteurs: Hamtandi Magloire Natama, Eduard Rovira Vallbona, Hermann Sorgho, M Athanase Somé, Maminata Traore Coulibaly, Susana Scott, Serge Henri Zango, Ousséni Sawadogo, Sibiri Claude Zongo, Innocent Valéa, et al.
Pagina's: 1967-1976