Publicaties
Clinical, Functional, and Mental Health Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients 3 Months After a Diagnosis of COVID-19 KU Leuven
BACKGROUND: Kidney transplant patients are at high risk for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related mortality. However, limited data are available on longer-term clinical, functional, and mental health outcomes in patients who survive COVID-19. METHODS: We analyzed data from adult kidney transplant patients in the European Renal Association COVID-19 Database who presented with COVID-19 between February 1, 2020, and January 31, 2021. RESULTS: ...
Cardiometabolic and Kidney Protection in Kidney Transplant Recipients With Diabetes: Mechanisms, Clinical Applications, and Summary of Clinical Trials KU Leuven
Kidney transplantation is the therapy of choice for patients with end-stage renal disease. Preexisting diabetes is highly prevalent in kidney transplant recipients (KTR), and the development of posttransplant diabetes is common because of a number of transplant-specific risk factors such as the use of diabetogenic immunosuppressive medications and posttransplant weight gain. The presence of pretransplant and posttransplant diabetes in KTR ...
Cardiometabolic and Kidney Protection in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Diabetes Vrije Universiteit Brussel KU Leuven
Kidney transplantation is the therapy of choice for patients with end-stage renal disease. Preexisting diabetes is highly prevalent in kidney transplant recipients (KTR), and the development of posttransplant diabetes is common because of a number of transplant-specific risk factors such as the use of diabetogenic immunosuppressive medications and posttransplant weight gain. The presence of pretransplant and posttransplant diabetes in KTR ...
Development and validation of a microfluidic multiplex immunoassay for the determination of levels and avidity of serum antibodies to tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis antigens KU Leuven
A multiplex assay for the quantitation of immunoglobulin G (IgG) serum antibodies directed against Clostridium tetani toxin (TT), Corynebacterium diphtheriae toxoid (DTxd), and the Bordetella pertussis antigens pertussis toxin (PT), filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA) and pertactin (Prn) was developed on an Evalution® platform to enhance the evaluation of the specific antibody response towards protein antigens in suspected humoral ...
Cytidine nucleoside analog is an effective antiviral drug against Trichomonasvirus. KU Leuven
BACKGROUND: Trichomonas vaginalis is the causative agent of a sexually transmitted disease in humans. The virulence of the parasite depends on multiple factors, including the presence of endosymbiotic dsRNA viruses. The presence of Trichomonasviruses (TVV) was associated with more severe genital symptoms, increased proinflammatory host reactions, and modulated parasite sensitivity to metronidazole. However, no efficient antiviral drugs are ...
B-Cell Epitope Mapping of TprC and TprD Variants of Treponema pallidum Subspecies Informs Vaccine Development for Human Treponematoses Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Several recent studies have focused on the identification, functional analysis, and structural characterization of outer membrane proteins (OMPs) of Treponema pallidum (Tp). The Tp species encompasses the highly related pallidum, pertenue, and endemicum subspecies of this pathogen, known to be the causative agents of syphilis, yaws, and bejel, respectively. These studies highlighted the importance of identifying surface-exposed OMP regions and ...
Body Mass Index, Interleukin-6 Signaling and Multiple Sclerosis: A Mendelian Randomization Study KU Leuven
Objectives: We explored whether genetically predicted increased body mass index (BMI) modulates multiple sclerosis (MS) risk through interleukin-6 (IL-6) signaling. Methods: We performed a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) study using multiple genome-wide association studies (GWAS) datasets for BMI, IL-6 signaling, IL-6 levels and c-reactive protein (CRP) levels as exposures and estimated their effects on risk of MS from GWAS data from the ...