Cardiovascular Diseases search menu search content Microvascular dysfunction in adults with a congenital heart disease and the effect of exercise training (MICONEX) It has been shown that adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD) have a lower functional capacity, reduced quality of life and worse …

Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics (LEMP) search menu search content Mucin Research Lab Head: prof dr Annemieke Smet The mucin isoform landscape in barrier-related diseases Loss of mucosal barrier integrity is a significant contributor in the pathophysiology of mucosal inflammatory d…

Cardiovascular Diseases search menu search content Cardio-Oncology Discovering the role of titin (TTN) in anthracycline-induced cardiac dysfunction in breast cancer. Discovering the role of titin (TTN) in anthracycline-induced cardiac dysfunction in cancer patients. Anthracyclines are the mainstay o…

Info for companies search menu search content Life sciences License offers A mucin mRNA isoform-based biomarker approach to advance precision medicine in diseases characterized by mucosal barrier dysfunction The University of Antwerp has developed a technology for use in diagnosis, monitoring and/or…

Wendy Hens teaching assistant Research Wendy Hens Research team Movement Antwerp (MOVANT) Microvascular dysfunction in adults with a congenital heart disease and the effect of exercise training (MICONEX). 01/11/2021 - 31/10/2025 Abstract Adults with a congenital heart disease (ACHD) have a lower fun…

An Van Berendoncks assistant professor Research An Van Berendoncks Research team Cardiovascular diseases (CARDIOVASC) Expertise My research subjects are patients with congenital heart disease and pregnant women with cardiovascular disease. Research is mainly focused on the evaluation of right ventri…

Constantijn Franssen assistant professor Research Constantijn Franssen Research team Cardiovascular diseases (CARDIOVASC) Investigating SERPINA3 as target and predictive marker in chemotherapy-induced cardiovascular dysfunction. 01/10/2024 - 30/09/2028 Abstract Recently, we discovered upregulation o…

Hanne Boen unpaid staff Research Hanne Boen Research team Cardiovascular diseases (CARDIOVASC) Discovering the role of titin (TTN) in anthracycline-induced cardiac dysfunction in breast cancer. 01/11/2019 - 31/10/2023 Abstract Anthracyclines are the mainstay of chemotherapeutic treatment in a wide r…

Nateneal Tamerat Beyene doctoral scholarship holder Research Nateneal Tamerat Beyene Research team Laboratory Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics (LEMP) Adipose tissue expandability and dysfunction: modulator of liver damage and disease progression in NAFLD? 01/10/2022 - 30/09/2026 Abstract Non-alc…

Luisa Vonghia assistant professor Research Luisa Vonghia Research team Laboratory Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics (LEMP) Expertise Expertise in research in Non-alcoholic liver disease (NASH) and Metabolic syndrome, both pre-clinical and clinical. There is familiarity in conducting clinical tria…

An Verrijken unpaid staff Publications An Verrijken An unbiased ranking of murine dietary models based on their proximity to human metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) Source Nature Metabolism - ISSN 2522-5812-6:6 (2024) p. 1178-1196 Author(s) Michele Vacca, Ioannis Kamzo…

Cardiovascular Diseases search menu search content Doctoral Theses - Cardiovascular Diseases Doctoral Theses Gevaert, A (2019): Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction : focus on exercise and the endothelium. Promotors: Van Craenenbroeck, E and Vrints, CJ Frederix, I (2018): Cardiac telerehab…

Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics (LEMP) search menu search content Intensive care Head: prof de Philippe Jorens Main research topics: The main study topics of this unit are dedicated to the use of sewage to estimate whole population illicit drug use; in vivo migration and different…

Biljana Ermanoska postdoctoral scholarship hold. Research Biljana Ermanoska Research team Translational Neurosciences (TNW) Assessment of mitochondrial dysfunction at the basis of α-spectrinopathies. 01/04/2024 - 31/03/2025 Abstract Spectrins are an integral part of the submembranous cytoskeleton p…

Wilhelmus Kwanten unpaid guest prof. Publications Wilhelmus Kwanten Spleen stiffness-based algorithms are superior to Baveno VI criteria to rule out varices needing treatment in patients With advanced chronic liver disease Source The American journal of gastroenterology - ISSN 0002-9270-119:8 (2024)…

Hanane Kachar doctoral scholarship holder Research Hanane Kachar Research team ECHOES: Unraveling the interplay between hearing loss, cognitive decline and tauopathy: The role of neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration in the hippocampus. 01/10/2024 - 30/09/2028 Abstract The association between hear…

Emeline Van Craenenbroeck associate professor - fund. clinical researcher Research Emeline Van Craenenbroeck Research team Cardiovascular diseases (CARDIOVASC) Expertise My research is focused on the physiological effects of exercise training in heart failure and aims to discover new therapies by st…

Inez Rodrigus associate professor Research Inez Rodrigus Research team Antwerp Surgical Training, Anatomy and Research Centre (ASTARC) Expertise Endocarditis: clinical expertise - participation in European registry New techiques in aortic and mitral valve surgery: clinical expertise minimal invasive…

Luisa Vonghia assistant professor Publications Luisa Vonghia An unbiased ranking of murine dietary models based on their proximity to human metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) Source Nature Metabolism - ISSN 2522-5812-6:6 (2024) p. 1178-1196 Author(s) Michele Vacca, Ioan…

Gert Verpooten emeritus occasional assignment Research Gert Verpooten Research team Scientific Chair Nephrology. 20/12/2011 - 19/12/2012 Abstract This project represents a formal research agreement between UA and on the other hand a private institution. UA provides the private institution research r…

Christiaan Vrints emeritus occasional assignment Research Christiaan Vrints Research team INFLA-MED - Fundamental research in the pathophysiological processes of inflammatory diseases. 01/01/2015 - 31/12/2019 Abstract The Infla-Med consortium performs fundamental research on the pathophysiological p…

Sven Francque full professor - fund. clinical researcher Publications Sven Francque An unbiased ranking of murine dietary models based on their proximity to human metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) Source Nature Metabolism - ISSN 2522-5812-6:6 (2024) p. 1178-1196 Author…

Eveline Dirinck assistant professor Publications Eveline Dirinck An unbiased ranking of murine dietary models based on their proximity to human metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) Source Nature Metabolism - ISSN 2522-5812-6:6 (2024) p. 1178-1196 Author(s) Michele Vacca, …

An Van Berendoncks assistant professor Publications An Van Berendoncks First diagnosis of severe coarctation of the aorta necessitating percutaneous intervention during pregnancy : a case report Source European Heart Journal: Case Reports - ISSN 2514-2119-8:10 (2024) p. 1-6 Author(s) An van Berendon…

Stefan De Wachter full professor Publications Stefan De Wachter Acute autonomic nervous system response to direct sacral nerve root stimulation in lower urinary tract dysfunction : a new approach to understand the mechanism of action of sacral nerve modulation Source The journal of urology - ISSN 00…