Immunology search menu search content Research topics Allergy and mastocytosis Mast cell and basophil activation and degranulation T-cell activation Immediate and delayed drug hypersensitivity Hymenoptera venom allergy Cannabis allergy Food allergy Mastocytosis/clonal mast cell diseases Hypertryptas…

Olivier Aerts hoofddocent Over Olivier Aerts Olivier Aerts Olivier Aerts is a full-time senior staff member at the Dermatology department of the University Hospital Antwerp (UZA) and he is responsible for the Contact Allergy Unit. As a researcher he is affiliated with the research group Immunology /…

Vito Sabato hoofddocent - fundamenteel klinisch navorser Publicaties Vito Sabato Unifying global drug allergy : clarifying concepts and defining low-risk penicillin allergy Bron Allergy: European journal of allergy and clinical immunology - ISSN 0105-4538-80:11 (2025) p. 2949-2952 Auteur(s) Philip H…

Athina Van Gasse onbezoldigd gastprofessor Publicaties Athina Van Gasse Towards an optimal decision threshold for specific IgE to rCan s 3 the non-specific lipid transfer protein of Cannabis sativa Bron Clinical and experimental allergy - ISSN 0954-7894- (2025) p. Auteur(s) Didier Ebo, Christel Mert…

Ine Decuyper gastprofessor externe fondsen Publicaties Ine Decuyper A review of cannabis allergy in the early days of legalization Bron Annals of allergy, asthma, and immunology - ISSN 1081-1206-130:3 (2023) p. 288-295 Auteur(s) Alessandro Toscano, Didier Ebo, Khaldon Abbas, Hannelore Brucker, Ine D…

Infla-Med search menu search content News Infla-Med is coordinating a new HORIZON-MSCA-Doctoral Network 'OncoProTools' April 2022: Happy to announce that Infla-Med is coordinating a new HORIZON-MSCA-Doctoral Network! OncoProTools was granted 2.3 million € to train 10 Doctoral Candidates in the fie…

Olivier Aerts associate professor About Olivier Aerts Olivier Aerts Olivier Aerts is a full-time senior staff member at the Dermatology department of the University Hospital Antwerp (UZA) and he is responsible for the Contact Allergy Unit. As a researcher he is affiliated with the research group Imm…

Athina Van Gasse unpaid guest prof. Research Athina Van Gasse Research team Deciphering the complexity of peanut allergy: shifting paradigms about basophilic activation and inhibition mechanisms. 01/10/2018 - 30/09/2020 Abstract IgE-mediated peanut allergy starts with a sensitization phase that is c…

Margo Hagendorens associate professor Research Margo Hagendorens Research team Study of the skin microbiome and the potential of topical probiotics in atopic dermatitis. 01/01/2021 - 30/04/2025 Abstract Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the skin that occurs in about 20% of …

Jessy Elst postdoc mandaat FWO Publicaties Jessy Elst Molecular characterization of sensitization profiles of cannabis sativa Bron Expert review of molecular diagnostics - ISSN 1473-7159- (2025) p. Auteur(s) Alessandro Toscano, Vito Sabato, Christel Mertens, Jessy Elst, Michel Van Houdt, Michiel Bey…

Didier Ebo gewoon hoogleraar Publicaties Didier Ebo Diagnosis of quinolone hypersensitivity : an EAACI position paper Bron Allergy: European journal of allergy and clinical immunology - ISSN 0105-4538- (2025) p. Auteur(s) Asli Gelincik, Knut Brockow, Gulfem E. Celik, Semra Demir, Inmaculada Dona Dia…

Christel Mertens technologisch ontwikkelaar Publicaties Christel Mertens Molecular characterization of sensitization profiles of cannabis sativa Bron Expert review of molecular diagnostics - ISSN 1473-7159- (2025) p. Auteur(s) Alessandro Toscano, Vito Sabato, Christel Mertens, Jessy Elst, Michel Van…

Alessandro Toscano onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Alessandro Toscano Molecular characterization of sensitization profiles of cannabis sativa Bron Expert review of molecular diagnostics - ISSN 1473-7159- (2025) p. Auteur(s) Alessandro Toscano, Vito Sabato, Christel Mertens, Jessy Elst, Michel Van…

Michel Van Houdt gespecialiseerd med.- expert Publicaties Michel Van Houdt Molecular characterization of sensitization profiles of cannabis sativa Bron Expert review of molecular diagnostics - ISSN 1473-7159- (2025) p. Auteur(s) Alessandro Toscano, Vito Sabato, Christel Mertens, Jessy Elst, Michel V…

Vito Sabato associate professor - fund. clinical researcher Publications Vito Sabato Unifying global drug allergy : clarifying concepts and defining low-risk penicillin allergy Source Allergy: European journal of allergy and clinical immunology - ISSN 0105-4538-80:11 (2025) p. 2949-2952 Author(s) Ph…

Athina Van Gasse unpaid guest prof. Publications Athina Van Gasse Towards an optimal decision threshold for specific IgE to rCan s 3 the non-specific lipid transfer protein of Cannabis sativa Source Clinical and experimental allergy - ISSN 0954-7894- (2025) p. Author(s) Didier Ebo, Christel Mertens,…

Ine Decuyper guest prof. external funds Publications Ine Decuyper A review of cannabis allergy in the early days of legalization Source Annals of allergy, asthma, and immunology - ISSN 1081-1206-130:3 (2023) p. 288-295 Author(s) Alessandro Toscano, Didier Ebo, Khaldon Abbas, Hannelore Brucker, Ine D…

Michiel Beyens onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Michiel Beyens PSMA-positive bone lesions unmasked : systemic mastocytosis mimicking metastatic prostate cancer Bron European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging - ISSN 1619-7070- (2025) p. Auteur(s) Ine Van Thielen, Rosina Dewaide, Mic…

Vito Sabato associate professor - fund. clinical researcher Research Vito Sabato Research team Expertise The research activity is mainly focusing on activation and inhibition pathways of basophils and mast cells in anaphylaxis, adverse reactions to drug, hymenoptera venom, food and primary (clonal) …

Margo Hagendorens hoofddocent Publicaties Margo Hagendorens Molecular characterization of sensitization profiles of cannabis sativa Bron Expert review of molecular diagnostics - ISSN 1473-7159- (2025) p. Auteur(s) Alessandro Toscano, Vito Sabato, Christel Mertens, Jessy Elst, Michel Van Houdt, Michi…

Marie-Line Van der Poorten onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Marie-Line Van der Poorten Flow cytometry-assisted analyses of individual human basophils, mast cells and T cells in the diagnosis of immediate drug hypersensitivity : a review Bron Allergy: European journal of allergy and clinical immuno…

Chris Bridts onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Chris Bridts Mas-related G protein-coupled receptor MRGPRX2 in human basophils : expression and functional studies Bron Frontiers in immunology - ISSN 1664-3224-13 (2023) p. 1-13 Auteur(s) Alessandro Toscano, Jessy Elst, Athina Van Gasse, Michiel Beyen…

Didier Ebo full professor Research Didier Ebo Research team Expertise The overarching focus of my research is to study the complex mechanisms that govern basophil and mast cell activation mainly in drug hypersensitivity but also allergy to food, hymenoptera venom and cannabis sativa. Particular expe…

Didier Ebo full professor Publications Didier Ebo Diagnosis of quinolone hypersensitivity : an EAACI position paper Source Allergy: European journal of allergy and clinical immunology - ISSN 0105-4538- (2025) p. Author(s) Asli Gelincik, Knut Brockow, Gulfem E. Celik, Semra Demir, Inmaculada Dona Dia…

Jessy Elst postdoc researcher FWO Publications Jessy Elst Molecular characterization of sensitization profiles of cannabis sativa Source Expert review of molecular diagnostics - ISSN 1473-7159- (2025) p. Author(s) Alessandro Toscano, Vito Sabato, Christel Mertens, Jessy Elst, Michel Van Houdt, Michi…