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Carla C. Baan is affiliated with Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on topics within Medicine, with notable expertise in transplantation, infectious diseases, surgery, molecular biology, and immunology.

The primary fields of study for this researcher include:

  • Medicine

Subfields of particular emphasis are:

  • Transplantation
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Surgery
  • Molecular Biology
  • Immunology

The main topics of their research work consist of:

  • Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes
  • Renal and related cancers
  • Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes

Carla C. Baan has published extensively, with frequent appearances in the following venues:

  • Transplantation
  • Cytotherapy
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Transplantation Direct
  • American Journal of Transplantation

Selected recent papers include:

  • The RECOVAC Immune-response Study: The Immunogenicity, Tolerability, and Safety of COVID-19 Vaccination in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease, on Dialysis, or Living With a Kidney Transplant, 2021, Transplantation
  • The RECOVAC Immune-response Study: The Immunogenicity, Tolerability, and Safety of COVID-19 Vaccination in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease, on Dialysis, or Living With a Kidney Transplant., 2022, PubMed
  • Global Transplantation COVID Report March 2020, 2020, Transplantation
  • Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Immunocompromised Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 Caused by the Omicron Variant: A Prospective, Observational Study, 2022, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Alternative strategies to increase the immunogenicity of COVID-19 vaccines in kidney transplant recipients not responding to two or three doses of an mRNA vaccine (RECOVAC): a randomised clinical trial, 2022, The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Frequent co-authors in Carla C. Baan's research include:

  • Dennis A. Hesselink
  • Martin J. Hoogduijn
  • Marlies E. J. Reinders
  • Marian C. Clahsen-van Groningen
  • Karin Boer

Best Publications

  • Mesenchymal stem cells are short-lived and do not migrate beyond the lungs after intravenous infusion.

    Elke Eggenhofer;Volker Benseler;Alexander Kroemer;Felix Popp

  • Regulatory T cells contribute to the impaired immune response in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection.

    Jeroen N. Stoop;Renate G. van der Molen;Carla C. Baan;Luc J. W. van der Laan

  • Immunomodulation By Therapeutic Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (MSC) Is Triggered Through Phagocytosis of MSC By Monocytic Cells.

    Samantha F.H. de Witte;Franka Luk;Jesus M. Sierra Parraga;Madhu Gargesha

  • THE IMMUNOMODULATORY PROPERTIES OF MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS AND THEIR USE FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY

    Martin J. Hoogduijn;Felix Popp;Richard Verbeek;Mojgan Masoodi

  • Inflammatory conditions affect gene expression and function of human adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells.

    M. J. Crop;C. C. Baan;S. S. Korevaar;J. N. M. IJzermans

  • Human Heart, Spleen, and Perirenal Fat-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Have Immunomodulatory Capacities

    M.J. Hoogduijn;M.J. Crop;A.M.A. Peeters;G.J.V.M. Van Osch

  • Differential effect of calcineurin inhibitors, anti-CD25 antibodies and rapamycin on the induction of FOXP3 in human T cells

    Carla C. Baan;Barbara J. van der Mast;Mariska Klepper;Wendy M. Mol

  • Human adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells abrogate plasmablast formation and induce regulatory B cells independently of T helper cells.

    Marcella Franquesa;Fane Mensah;Ruth Huizinga;Tanja Strini

  • A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the Efficacy of Cyp3a5 Genotype-Based With Body-Weight-Based Tacrolimus Dosing After Living Donor Kidney Transplantation.

    N. Shuker;R. Bouamar;R. H. N. van Schaik;M. C. Clahsen-van Groningen

  • The RECOVAC Immune-response Study: The Immunogenicity, Tolerability, and Safety of COVID-19 Vaccination in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease, on Dialysis, or Living With a Kidney Transplant.

    Jan-Stephan F Sanders;Frederike J Bemelman;A Lianne Messchendorp;Carla C Baan

  • Effects of hypoxia on the immunomodulatory properties of adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells

    Marieke Roemeling-van Rhijn;Fane K. F. Mensah;Sander S. Korevaar;Maarten J. Leijs

  • Inactivated Mesenchymal Stem Cells Maintain Immunomodulatory Capacity

    Franka Luk;Samantha F H de Witte;Sander S Korevaar;Marieke Roemeling-van Rhijn

  • The Chemokine and Chemokine Receptor Profile of Infiltrating Cells in the Wall of Arteries With Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy Is Indicative of a Memory T–Helper 1 Response

    Jorg van Loosdregt;Matthijs F.M. van Oosterhout;Annette H. Bruggink;Dick F. van Wichen

  • Follicular T helper cells and humoral reactivity in kidney transplant patients.

    G. N. de Graav;M. Dieterich;D. A. Hesselink;K. Boer

  • Donor-derived mesenchymal stem cells suppress alloreactivity of kidney transplant patients.

    Meindert J. Crop;Carla C. Baan;Sander S. Korevaar;Jan N.M. IJzermans

  • Human adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells induce explosive T-Cell proliferation

    Meindert J. Crop;Carla C. Baan;Sander S. Korevaar;Jan N.M. Ijzermans

  • Mesenchymal stem cells induce an inflammatory response after intravenous infusion

    Martin J Hoogduijn;Marieke Roemeling-van Rhijn;Anja U Engela;Sander S Korevaar

  • Inflammatory Conditions Dictate the Effect of Mesenchymal Stem or Stromal Cells on B Cell Function.

    Franka Luk;Laura Carreras-Planella;Sander S. Korevaar;Samantha F. H. de Witte

  • Uremia causes premature ageing of the T cell compartment in end-stage renal disease patients

    Ruud Wj Meijers;Nicolle Hr Litjens;Elly A de Wit;Anton W Langerak

  • End-stage renal failure and regulatory activities of CD4+CD25bright+FoxP3+ T-cells

    Thijs K. Hendrikx;Eveline A. F. J. van Gurp;Wendy M. Mol;Wenda Schoordijk

Frequent Co-Authors

Willem Weimar
Willem Weimar Erasmus University Rotterdam
Martin J. Hoogduijn
Martin J. Hoogduijn Erasmus University Rotterdam
Hubert G. M. Niesters
Hubert G. M. Niesters University Medical Center Groningen
Jan N. M. IJzermans
Jan N. M. IJzermans Erasmus University Rotterdam
Frans H.J. Claas
Frans H.J. Claas Leiden University Medical Center
Luc J. W. van der Laan
Luc J. W. van der Laan Erasmus University Rotterdam
Teun van Gelder
Teun van Gelder Leiden University Medical Center
Dave L. Roelen
Dave L. Roelen Leiden University Medical Center
Pieter J. M. Leenen
Pieter J. M. Leenen Erasmus University Rotterdam
Rutger J. Ploeg
Rutger J. Ploeg University of Oxford

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