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Alexandra Belayew

Alexandra Belayew

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
43
Citations
7062
World Ranking
2978
National Ranking
38

Overview

Alexandra Belayew is affiliated with the University of Mons in Belgium. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with additional focus in Medicine. The main subfields of their work include Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Genetics, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Epidemiology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to research on muscle physiology and disorders, cancer, hypoxia, and metabolism. Other notable topics include neurogenetic and muscular disorders research, cardiomyopathy and myosin studies, mitochondrial function and pathology, high altitude and hypoxia, as well as viral infectious diseases and gene expression in insects.

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Neuromuscular Disorders
  • Skeletal Muscle
  • Preprints.org
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Planta Medica

Recent publications by Alexandra Belayew include:

  • Hypoxia and Hypoxia-Inducible Factor Signaling in Muscular Dystrophies: Cause and Consequences, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Induction of a local muscular dystrophy using electroporation in vivo: an easy tool for screening therapeutics, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • 268th ENMC workshop - Genetic diagnosis, clinical classification, outcome measures, and biomarkers in Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD): Relevance for clinical trials, 2023, Neuromuscular Disorders
  • Hypoxia enhances human myoblast differentiation: involvement of HIF1α and impact of DUX4, the FSHD causal gene, 2023, Skeletal Muscle
  • The double homeodomain protein DUX4c is associated with regenerating muscle fibers and RNA-binding proteins, 2023, Skeletal Muscle

Co-authorship has been a significant aspect of their work, with frequent collaborators including Anne-Émilie Declèves, Alexandra Tassin, Alexandre Legrand, Thuy-Hang Nguyen, and Peter S. Zammit.

Best Publications

  • Transcriptional control of the murine albumin/alpha-fetoprotein locus during development

    Shirley M. Tilghman;Alexandra Belayew

  • DUX4, a candidate gene of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, encodes a transcriptional activator of PITX1

    Manjusha Dixit;Eugénie Ansseau;Alexandra Tassin;Sara Winokur

  • Nucleotide sequence of the partially deleted D4Z4 locus in a patient with FSHD identifies a putative gene within each 3.3 kb element.

    J. Gabriels;M.C. Beckers;H. Ding;A.S. de Vriese

  • Locus unlinked to alpha-fetoprotein under the control of the murine raf and Rif genes

    Vassilis Pachnis;Alexandra Belayew;Shirley M. Tilghman

  • The DUX4 gene at the FSHD1A locus encodes a pro-apoptotic protein.

    Valeria Kowaljow;Aline Marcowycz;Eugénie Ansseau;Cecilia B. Conde

  • An isogenetic myoblast expression screen identifies DUX4-mediated FSHD-associated molecular pathologies.

    Darko Bosnakovski;Zhaohui Xu;Eun Ji Gang;Cristi L Galindo

  • DUX4, a candidate gene for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, causes p53-dependent myopathy in vivo.

    Lindsay M. Wallace;Sara E. Garwick;Wenyan Mei;Wenyan Mei;Alexandra Belayew

  • The human genome contains hundreds of genes coding for finger proteins of the Krüppel type.

    Eric J. Bellefroid;P. Lecocq;A. Benhida;Dominique A. Poncelet

  • Isolation and characterization of the human prolactin gene

    Anh T Truong;Colette Duez;Alexandra Belayew;André Renard

  • The FSHD Atrophic Myotube Phenotype Is Caused by DUX4 Expression

    Céline Vanderplanck;Eugénie Ansseau;Sébastien Charron;Nadia Stricwant

  • DUX4 expression in FSHD muscle cells: how could such a rare protein cause a myopathy?

    Alexandra Tassin;Dalila Laoudj-Chenivesse;Céline Vanderplanck;Marietta Barro

  • Genetic analysis of alpha-fetoprotein synthesis in mice.

    A Belayew;S M Tilghman

  • Functional muscle impairment in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy is correlated with oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction.

    Ahmed Turki;Maurice Hayot;Gilles Carnac;Fabien Pillard

  • DUX4c, an FSHD candidate gene, interferes with myogenic regulators and abolishes myoblast differentiation.

    Darko Bosnakovski;Sarah Lamb;Tugba Simsek;Zhaohui Xu

  • Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD): an enigma unravelled?

    Mark Richards;Frédérique Coppée;Nicholas Stuart Tudor Thomas;Alexandra Belayew

  • Regulatory elements controlling pituitary-specific expression of the human prolactin gene.

    B Peers;M L Voz;P Monget;M Mathy-Hartert

  • Multihormonal regulation of the human prolactin gene expression from 5000 bp of its upstream sequence.

    Monique Berwaer;Philippe Monget;Bernard Peers;Marianne Mathy-Hartert

  • Functional interactions between Sp1 or Sp3 and the helicase-like transcription factor mediate basal expression from the human plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 gene.

    Hao Ding;Abderrafi M. Benotmane;Guntram Suske;Désiré Collen

  • Transcriptional induction of the human prolactin gene by cAMP requires two cis-acting elements and at least the pituitary-specific factor Pit-1.

    B. Peers;P. Monget;M.A. Nalda;M.L. Voz

  • The Helicase-Like Transcription Factor and its implication in cancer progression

    G. Debauve;A. Capouillez;A. Belayew;S. Saussez

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph Martial
Joseph Martial University of Liège
Desire Collen
Desire Collen KU Leuven
Ruddy Wattiez
Ruddy Wattiez University of Mons
Guy G. Rousseau
Guy G. Rousseau Université Catholique de Louvain
Oberdan Leo
Oberdan Leo Université Libre de Bruxelles
Frédéric P. Lemaigre
Frédéric P. Lemaigre Université Catholique de Louvain
Vassilis Pachnis
Vassilis Pachnis The Francis Crick Institute
Rune R. Frants
Rune R. Frants Leiden University Medical Center
Peter Marynen
Peter Marynen KU Leuven

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