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Bart Ghesquière

Bart Ghesquière

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
18248
World Ranking
10045
National Ranking
181

Overview

Bart Ghesquière is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has made significant contributions to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their research includes 109 publications in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology and 105 in Medicine.

The scientist's work frequently focuses on several subfields including Molecular Biology, Immunology, Cancer Research, Oncology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Topics covered in their publications highlight complexities in cancer, immune cell function, mitochondrial metabolism, and metabolic disorders.

  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
  • Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies

Ghesquière has published extensively in several venues, with numerous papers appearing in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature, Cell Metabolism, Nature Communications, and Wellcome Open Research.

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Cell Metabolism
  • Nature Communications
  • Wellcome Open Research

Some of the recent papers published by Ghesquière and colleagues include:

  • "Metabolites released from apoptotic cells act as tissue messengers" (2020, Nature)
  • "Nitric oxide orchestrates metabolic rewiring in M1 macrophages by targeting aconitase 2 and pyruvate dehydrogenase" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "ATP13A2 deficiency disrupts lysosomal polyamine export" (2020, Nature)
  • "Mitochondria metabolism sets the species-specific tempo of neuronal development" (2023, Science)
  • "Macrophage-derived glutamine boosts satellite cells and muscle regeneration" (2020, Nature)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Peter Carmeliet, David Cassiman, Sarah R. Walmsley, Silvia Radenkovic, and Pranvera Sadiku. These co-authors have contributed to multiple publications with Ghesquière, reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Role of PFKFB3-Driven Glycolysis in Vessel Sprouting

    Katrien De Bock;Maria Georgiadou;Sandra Schoors;Anna Kuchnio

  • A roadmap for interpreting 13 C metabolite labeling patterns from cells

    Joerg M. Buescher;Maciek R. Antoniewicz;Laszlo G. Boros;Shawn C Burgess

  • Consensus guidelines for the use and interpretation of angiogenesis assays

    Patrycja Nowak-Sliwinska;Kari Alitalo;Elizabeth Allen;Andrey Anisimov

  • Inhibition of the Glycolytic Activator PFKFB3 in Endothelium Induces Tumor Vessel Normalization, Impairs Metastasis, and Improves Chemotherapy

    Anna Rita Cantelmo;Lena Christin Conradi;Aleksandra Brajic;Jermaine Goveia

  • Fatty acid carbon is essential for dNTP synthesis in endothelial cells

    Sandra Schoors;Ulrike Bruning;Rindert Missiaen;Karla C S Queiroz

  • Tumour hypoxia causes DNA hypermethylation by reducing TET activity

    Bernard Thienpont;Jessica Steinbacher;Hui Zhao;Flora D’Anna

  • Partial and transient reduction of glycolysis by PFKFB3 blockade reduces pathological angiogenesis.

    Sandra Schoors;Katrien De Bock;Anna Rita Cantelmo;Maria Georgiadou

  • Metabolism of stromal and immune cells in health and disease

    Bart Ghesquière;Brian W. Wong;Anna Kuchnio;Peter Carmeliet

  • Macrophage Metabolism Controls Tumor Blood Vessel Morphogenesis and Metastasis

    Mathias Wenes;Min Shang;Mario Di Matteo;Jermaine Goveia

  • Tumor Vessel Normalization by Chloroquine Independent of Autophagy

    Hannelore Maes;Anna Kuchnio;Aleksandar Peric;Stijn Moens

  • Histamine Receptor H1-Mediated Sensitization of TRPV1 Mediates Visceral Hypersensitivity and Symptoms in Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome

    Mira M. Wouters;Dafne Balemans;Sander Van Wanrooy;James Dooley

  • Metabolites released from apoptotic cells act as tissue messengers

    Christopher B. Medina;Parul Mehrotra;Sanja Arandjelovic;Justin S. A. Perry

  • The miR-17-92 MicroRNA Cluster Regulates Multiple Components of the TGF-β Pathway in Neuroblastoma

    Pieter Mestdagh;Anna-Karin Bostrom;Francis Impens;Erik Fredlund;Erik Fredlund

  • The role of fatty acid β-oxidation in lymphangiogenesis

    Brian W. Wong;Xingwu Wang;Annalisa Zecchin;Bernard Thienpont

  • A Fatty Acid Oxidation-Dependent Metabolic Shift Regulates Adult Neural Stem Cell Activity

    Marlen Knobloch;Gregor-Alexander Pilz;Bart Ghesquière;Werner J. Kovacs

  • Role of glutamine and interlinked asparagine metabolism in vessel formation

    Hongling Huang;Saar Vandekeere;Joanna Kalucka;Laura Bierhansl

  • Nitric oxide orchestrates metabolic rewiring in M1 macrophages by targeting aconitase 2 and pyruvate dehydrogenase.

    Erika M. Palmieri;Marieli Gonzalez-Cotto;Walter A. Baseler;Luke C. Davies

  • Pharmacologic or Genetic Targeting of Glutamine Synthetase Skews Macrophages toward an M1-like Phenotype and Inhibits Tumor Metastasis

    Erika M. Palmieri;Alessio Menga;Rosa Martín-Pérez;Annamaria Quinto

  • ATP13A2 deficiency disrupts lysosomal polyamine export

    Sarah van Veen;Shaun Martin;Chris Van den Haute;Veronick Benoy

  • HIF-1α metabolically controls collagen synthesis and modification in chondrocytes

    Steve Stegen;Kjell Laperre;Guy Eelen;Gianmarco Rinaldi

Frequent Co-Authors

Kris Gevaert
Kris Gevaert Ghent University
Guy Eelen
Guy Eelen KU Leuven
Joël Vandekerckhove
Joël Vandekerckhove Ghent University
Holger Gerhardt
Holger Gerhardt Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine

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