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Antwerp Centre for Advanced Microscopy
High impact science through systematic and quantitative imaging
Publications
Exopolysaccharides of Lactobacillus crispatus mediate key balancing interactions with the vaginal mucosa.
Croatti V, Dricot C, Eilers T, Dillen J, Van Rillaer T, Cauwenberghs E, Van Tente I, Bakelants S, Vandenheuvel D, Allonsius C, Pintelon I, Thys S, Mensah W, Naldi M, Bron PA, Wittouck S, Spacova I, Parolin C, Vitali B, Lebeer S
NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes
2026 Feb 19
DRP1 depletion protects NK cells from hypoxia-induced dysfunction.
Verhezen T, Van Den Eynde A, Verstraelen P, Gehrcken L, Palmiotto G, Lau HW, De Vos WH, Van Der Heijden S, Brants L, Melis J, Van Audenaerde J, Rodrigues Fortes F, Le Compte M, Roeyen G, Prenen H, Campillo-Davo D, Lion E, Argüello RJ, Van Laere S, Lardon F, Deben C, Wouters A, Smits E, De Waele J
Redox Rep
2026 Feb 18
Immunogenicity, reactogenicity and safety to assess booster vaccinations with BNT162b2 or double-dose mRNA-1273 in adults ≥75 years (EU-COVAT-1-AGED) - final report.
Stemler J, Yeghiazaryan L, Stephan C, Mohn KG, Cox RJ, Carcas-Sansuan AJ, Rodriguez ER, Moltó J, Mitxeltorena IV, Pink I, Welte T, Zablockienė B, Akova M, Bethe U, Grimm S, Salmanton-García J, Jakobs J, Tischmann L, Zarrouk M, Cüppers A, Biehl LM, Grothe J, Mellinghoff SC, Nacov JA, Neuhann JM, Sprute R, Frías-Iniesta J, Negi R, Gaillard C, Saini G, León AG, Mallon PWG, Lammens C, Hotterbeekx A, Loens K, Malhotra-Kumar S, Goossens H, Kumar-Singh S, König F, Posch M, Koehler P, Cornely OA, EU-COVAT-1 AGED study group on behalf of the VACCELERATE Consortium
Int J Infect Dis
2026 Feb 6
SV2A PET Imaging Detects Severity-Dependent Synaptic Changes After Experimental Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury.
Schrauwen C, Halloin N, Van Eetveldt A, Laermans Z, De Vos WH, Jankovski A, Verhoye M, Staelens S, Nicaise C, Bertoglio D
J Nucl Med
2026 Feb 5
Polydopamine Nanoparticle-Sensitized Photoporation Delivers Macromolecules in Monocytes and Macrophages with Minimal Impact on Cell Homeostasis.
Goemaere I, Harizaj A, De Smedt SC, De Vos WH, Braeckmans K
Small Methods
2026 Jan 18
Cytokines, Somatosensory Functioning, and Psychological Distress in Post-Breast Cancer Surgery Pain: A longitudinal study.
De Groote A, Meeus M, Coppens L, Kumar-Singh S, Dams L, Mosselmans J, Tjalma W, De Groef A, Gcam MM
Brain Behav Immun
2026 Jan 13
Engineering Carbon Nitride Quantum Dots via Sulfur Doping for Controlled Reactive Oxygen Species Generation.
Belko N, Maltanava H, Brezhneva N, Tamarov K, Lehto VP, Moilanen JO, Leskinen JTT, Semenov D, Filonenko E, Koshevoy I, Schneidewind J, De Vos WH, Kuzhir P
Glob Chall
2026 Jan 8
Low-grade mucosal inflammation in aged senescence-accelerated mouse-prone 8 mice blunts epithelial barrier recovery after dextran sodium sulphate-induced chronic colitis.
Verboven R, Verstraelen P, De Loose N, Ott J, Hanning N, De Winter BY, Timmermans JP, De Vos WH
Biogerontology
2026 Jan 10
Maternal and neonatal outcomes after infection with monkeypox virus clade I during pregnancy in DR Congo: a pooled, prospective cohort study.
Vakaniaki EH, Barhishindi I, Mubiala A, Malembaka EB, Braunack-Mayer L, Nganga B, Sabiti Nundu S, Brosius I, Bracke S, Bangwen E, De Vos E, Colebunders R, Ngale M, Kayembe G, Tshongo C, Dilu A, Tshimanga C, Biampata JL, Bugeme PM, Ntamabyaliro N, Kirenga B, Wayengera M, Siewe Fodjo JN, Lupande Mwenebitu D, Rimoin AW, Wawina-Bokalanga T, Vercauteren K, Mukadi-Bamuleka D, Muyembe-Tamfum JJ, Krasemann S, Kindrachuk J, Azman AS, Nussenblatt V, Crozier I, Dodd LE, Tshiani-Mbaya O, MBOTE-SK Consortium, PREGMPOX Consortium, PALM007 Consortium, Uvira Study Group, Low N, Katoto PDMC, Mbala-Kingebeni P, Liesenborghs L
Lancet
2025 Dec 19
LRRC59 cooperates with nuclear transporters to restrain the nuclear envelope repair machinery and safeguard genome integrity.
Timmer R, Bellanger A, Peeters S, Kim H, de la Ballina LR, Eikvar S, Arns AJ, Oortgijs E, Sekulić N, De Vos WH, Campsteijn C
Nat Commun
2025 Dec 12
A comprehensive longitudinal analysis of the cellular immune response specific to the spike protein in healthcare workers vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2- ORCHESTRA Project.
Ugel S, Gupta A, Spiteri G, Marchetti P, De Sanctis F, Wouters S, Konnova A, Monaco MGL, Carta A, Pezzani MD, Liviero F, Pavanello S, dell'Omo M, Fabiánová E, Bérešová J, Larese Filon F, Mauro M, Verlato G, Bronte V, Kumar-Singh S, Porru S
Front Immunol
2025 Nov 25
Microencapsulated Quercetin and Bifidobacterium animalis Independently Preserve Jejunal Enteric Neurons During Colorectal Carcinogenesis.
Casagrande L, Bernardo CCO, Sestak SS, da Silva MPA, Godoy MYN, Timmermans JP, Ferreira CA, Becker TCA, Stoppa EG, Verri WA, Miranda JRA, Martins Perles JVC, Zanoni JN
Neurogastroenterol Motil
2025 Oct 29
C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansions impair microglial response in ALS.
Masrori P, Bijnens B, Fumagalli L, Davie K, Poovathingal SK, Meese T, Storm A, Hersmus N, Fazal R, van den Biggelaar D, Asselbergh B, Gruel R, Van Den Daele J, Denton H, Miquel PP, Manzella S, De Vos WH, Chandran S, Van Den Bosch L, Thal DR, Mancuso R, Van Damme P
Nat Neurosci
2025 Oct 14
Publisher Correction: Functional synapses between neurons and small cell lung cancer.
Sakthivelu V, Schmitt A, Odenthal F, Ndoci K, Touet M, Shaib AH, Chihab A, Wani GA, Nieper P, Hartmann GG, Pintelon I, Kisis I, Boecker M, Eckert NM, Iannicelli Caiaffa M, Ibruli O, Weber J, Maresch R, Bebber CM, Chitsaz A, Lütz A, Kim Alves Carpinteiro M, Morris KM, Franchino CA, Benz J, Pérez-Revuelta L, Soriano-Campos JA, Huetzen MA, Goergens J, Jevtic M, Jahn-Kelleter HM, Zempel H, Placzek A, Hennrich AA, Conzelmann KK, Tumbrink HL, Hunold P, Isensee J, Werr L, Gaedke F, Schauss A, Minère M, Müller M, Fenselau H, Liu Y, Heimsoeth A, Gülcüler Balta GS, Walczak H, Frezza C, Jachimowicz RD, George J, Schmiel M, Brägelmann J, Hucho T, von Karstedt S, Peifer M, Annibaldi A, Hänsel-Hertsch R, Persigehl T, Grüll H, Sos ML, Reifenberger G, Fischer M, Adriaensen D, Büttner R, Sage J, Brouns I, Rad R, Thomas RK, Anstötz M, Rizzoli SO, Bergami M, Motori E, Reinhardt HC, Beleggia F
Nature
2025 Sep 19
Biarylacetamides: a novel class of late-stage autophagy inhibitors.
Lallier M, Robeyns R, Mertens F, Sisto A, De Meyer GRY, Augustyns K, Berg M, De Vos WH, Timmerman V, Janssen GMC, van Veelen P, van Nuijs ALN, Engedal N, Martinet W, Van der Veken P
Autophagy Rep
2025 Aug 7
Functional synapses between neurons and small cell lung cancer.
Sakthivelu V, Schmitt A, Odenthal F, Ndoci K, Touet M, Shaib AH, Chihab A, Wani GA, Nieper P, Hartmann GG, Pintelon I, Kisis I, Boecker M, Eckert NM, Iannicelli Caiaffa M, Ibruli O, Weber J, Maresch R, Bebber CM, Chitsaz A, Lütz A, Kim Alves Carpinteiro M, Morris KM, Franchino CA, Benz J, Pérez-Revuelta L, Soriano-Campos JA, Huetzen MA, Goergens J, Jevtic M, Jahn-Kelleter HM, Zempel H, Placzek A, Hennrich AA, Conzelmann KK, Tumbrink HL, Hunold P, Isensee J, Werr L, Gaedke F, Schauss A, Minère M, Müller M, Fenselau H, Liu Y, Heimsoeth A, Gülcüler Balta GS, Walczak H, Frezza C, Jachimowicz RD, George J, Schmiel M, Brägelmann J, Hucho T, von Karstedt S, Peifer M, Annibaldi A, Hänsel-Hertsch R, Persigehl T, Grüll H, Sos ML, Reifenberger G, Fischer M, Adriaensen D, Büttner R, Sage J, Brouns I, Rad R, Thomas RK, Anstötz M, Rizzoli SO, Bergami M, Motori E, Reinhardt HC, Beleggia F
Nature
2025 Sep 10
The impact of maternal diet-induced obesity on offspring primordial oocyte mitochondria at birth and at weaning.
Marei WFA, Xhonneux I, Buydens A, Pintelon I, Meulders B, Andries S, Leroy JLMR
Mol Hum Reprod
2025 Jul 3
Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus GG in a chewable colonizes the nose and facilitates local immune benefits in allergic rhinoconjunctivitis patients.
De Boeck I, Spacova I, Cauwenberghs E, Eilers T, Gehrmann T, Van den Bossche K, Martens K, Condori-Catachura S, Michiels K, De Winter F, Kumar-Singh S, Bruffaerts N, Packeu A, Hellings PW, Vroegop A, Van Gool K, Vanderveken OM, Lebeer S
Microbiol Spectr
2025 Sep 2
Immunostimulatory activity of inactivated environmental Bacillus isolates and their endospores.
Dekeukeleire M, Vandenheuvel D, Khondee T, Delanghe L, Van Rillaer T, Thys S, Timmermans JP, Lebeer S, Spacova I
Sci Rep
2025 Aug 20
Biophysical analysis of an oligomerization-attenuated variant of the Leishmania donovani dynamin-1-like protein.
Wuyts E, Sundaramoorthy R, Tulloch L, Monsieurs P, Eadsforth TC, Pintelon I, Timmermans JP, Dujardin JC, Domagalska MA, Caljon G, De Rycker M, Postis VLG, Wyllie S, Sterckx YG
Mol Biochem Parasitol
2025 Aug 14
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