A C9orf72 promoter repeat expansion in a Flanders-Belgian cohort with disorders of the frontotemporal lobar degeneration-amyotrophic lateral sclerosis spectrum: a gene identification study

Ilse Gijselinck, Tim Van Langenhove, Julie van der Zee, +32

The Lancet Neurology

Neurodegenerative DiseasesAmyotrophic Lateral SclerosisGenetic DisorderMedicineGenetics +10

Mutations in ABCA7 in a Belgian cohort of Alzheimer's disease patients: a targeted resequencing study

Elise Cuyvers, Arne De Roeck, Tobi Van den Bossche, +11

The Lancet Neurology

Alzheimer's DiseaseDementiaGeneticsGenetic EpidemiologyNeurochemical Biomarkers +7

Immune Modulation by Design: Using Topography to Control Human Monocyte Attachment and Macrophage Differentiation

Matthew Vassey, Grazziela P. Figueredo, David J. Scurr, +10

Advanced Science

Foreign Body RejectionEngineeringMachine LearningAdaptive Immune SystemInnate Immune System +28

The cytokine secretion profile of mesenchymal stromal cells is determined by surface structure of the microenvironment

Daniëlle G. Leuning, Nick R. M. Beijer, Nadia A. du Fossé, +5

Scientific Reports

A 22‐single nucleotide polymorphism Alzheimer's disease risk score correlates with family history, onset age, and cerebrospinal fluid Aβ₄₂

Kristel Sleegers, Karolien Bettens, Arne De Roeck, +11

Alzheimer s & Dementia

Both common variations and rare non-synonymous substitutions and small insertion/deletions in CLU are associated with increased Alzheimer risk

Karolien Bettens, Nathalie Brouwers, Sebastiaan Engelborghs, +15

Molecular Neurodegeneration

Identification of topographical architectures supporting the phenotype of rat tenocytes

Steven Vermeulen, Aliaksei Vasilevich, Dimitrios Tsiapalis, +6

Acta Biomaterialia

Developmental BiologyNeuroanatomyRat TenocytesMorphogenesisCytoskeleton +8

Reduced secreted clusterin as a mechanism for Alzheimer-associated CLU mutations

Karolien Bettens, Steven Vermeulen, Caroline Van Cauwenberghe, +10

Molecular Neurodegeneration

Mechanotransduction is a context-dependent activator of TGF-β signaling in mesenchymal stem cells

Steven Vermeulen, Nadia Roumans, Floris Honig, +6

Biomaterials

Regenerative MedicineMechanobiologyMesenchymal Stem CellsDevelopmental BiologyEngineering +11

On the correlation between material-induced cell shape and phenotypical response of human mesenchymal stem cells

Aliaksei Vasilevich, Steven Vermeulen, Marloes M. J. Kamphuis, +10

Scientific Reports