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Cees Vermeer is affiliated with Maastricht University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and nursing, with significant attention to nutrition and dietetics as a key subfield. Their work intersects with surgery, nephrology, rheumatology, and infectious diseases.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Vitamin K Research Studies
  • Vitamin C and Antioxidants Research
  • Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension
  • Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment
  • Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Cees Vermeer include:

  • "Reduced Vitamin K Status as a Potentially Modifiable Risk Factor of Severe Coronavirus Disease 2019", 2020, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • "Vitamin K metabolism as the potential missing link between lung damage and thromboembolism in Coronavirus disease 2019", 2020, British Journal Of Nutrition
  • "Reduced Vitamin K Status as A Potentially Modifiable Prognostic Risk Factor in COVID-19", 2020, Preprints.org
  • "Circulating Receptor Activator of Nuclear Factor kB Ligand and triglycerides are associated with progression of lower limb arterial calcification in type 2 diabetes: a prospective, observational cohort study", 2020, Cardiovascular Diabetology
  • "The coincidence of low vitamin K status and high expression of growth differentiation factor 15 may indicate increased mortality risk in stable coronary heart disease patients", 2020, Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Cees Vermeer include:

  • Jona Walk
  • Rob Janssen
  • Leon J. Schurgers
  • Anton S. M. Dofferhoff
  • Margot P. J. Visser

Their research has been published in multiple venues, notably:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Nutrients
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • British Journal Of Nutrition
  • Preprints.org

Best Publications

  • Differential Expression of Bone Matrix Regulatory Proteins in Human Atherosclerotic Plaques

    Cherida R. Dhore;Jack P.M. Cleutjens;Esther Lutgens;Kitty B.J.M. Cleutjens

  • Dietary Intake of Menaquinone Is Associated with a Reduced Risk of Coronary Heart Disease: The Rotterdam Study

    Johanna M. Geleijnse;Johanna M. Geleijnse;Cees Vermeer;Diederick E. Grobbee;Leon J. Schurgers

  • The Associations of Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 and Uncarboxylated Matrix Gla Protein With Mortality in Coronary Artery Disease: The Heart and Soul Study

    Benjamin D. Parker;Leon J. Schurgers;Vincent M. Brandenburg;Robert H. Christenson

  • Determination of phylloquinone and menaquinones in food. Effect of food matrix on circulating vitamin K concentrations.

    Leon J. Schurgers;Cees Vermeer

  • Vitamin K–containing dietary supplements: comparison of synthetic vitamin K1 and natto-derived menaquinone-7

    Leon J Schurgers;Kirsten J F Teunissen;Karly Hamulyák;Marjo H J Knapen

  • Gamma-carboxyglutamate-containing proteins and the vitamin K-dependent carboxylase.

    C Vermeer

  • Matrix Gla-protein: The calcification inhibitor in need of vitamin K

    Leon J. Schurgers;Ellen C. M. Cranenburg;Cees Vermeer

  • Regression of warfarin-induced medial elastocalcinosis by high intake of vitamin K in rats

    Leon J. Schurgers;Henri M. H. Spronk;Berry A. M. Soute;Paul M. Schiffers

  • Novel conformation-specific antibodies against matrix gamma-carboxyglutamic acid (Gla) protein: undercarboxylated matrix Gla protein as marker for vascular calcification.

    Leon J. Schurgers;Kirsten J.F. Teunissen;Marjo H.J. Knapen;Martijn Kwaijtaal

  • The effect of vitamin K supplementation on circulating osteocalcin (bone Gla protein) and urinary calcium excretion.

    Marjo H. J. Knapen;Karly Hamulyák;Cees Vermeer

  • Effect of Vitamin K2 Supplementation on Functional Vitamin K Deficiency in Hemodialysis Patients: A Randomized Trial

    Ralf Westenfeld;Thilo Krueger;Georg Schlieper;Ellen C. M. Cranenburg

  • The role of menaquinones (vitamin K 2 ) in human health

    Joline W. J. Beulens;Sarah L. Booth;Ellen G. H. M. van den Heuvel;Elisabeth Stoecklin

  • The Circulating Inactive Form of Matrix Gla Protein Is a Surrogate Marker for Vascular Calcification in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Preliminary Report

    Leon J. Schurgers;Daniela V. Barreto;Fellype C. Barreto;Sophie Liabeuf

  • Role of vitamin K in bone metabolism.

    C. Vermeer;K.-S. G. Jie;M. H. J. Knapen

  • Vitamin K2 supplementation improves hip bone geometry and bone strength indices in postmenopausal women

    M. H. J. Knapen;L. J. Schurgers;C. Vermeer

  • Vitamin K: the coagulation vitamin that became omnipotent.

    Ellen C. M. Cranenburg;Leon J. Schurgers;Cees Vermeer

  • Vitamin K1 supplementation retards bone loss in postmenopausal women between 50 and 60 years of age.

    L.A.J.L.M. Braam;M.H.J. Knapen;Piet Geusens;F. Brouns

  • Differential lipoprotein transport pathways of K-vitamins in healthy subjects

    Leon J. Schurgers;Cees Vermeer

  • Circulating Nonphosphorylated Carboxylated Matrix Gla Protein Predicts Survival in ESRD

    Georg Schlieper;Ralf Westenfeld;Thilo Krüger;Ellen C. Cranenburg

  • Post-translational modifications regulate matrix Gla protein function: importance for inhibition of vascular smooth muscle cell calcification

    L. J. Schurgers;H. M. H. Spronk;J. N. Skepper;T. M. Hackeng

Frequent Co-Authors

Leon J. Schurgers
Leon J. Schurgers Maastricht University
Markus Ketteler
Markus Ketteler RWTH Aachen University
Yvonne T. van der Schouw
Yvonne T. van der Schouw Utrecht University
Jürgen Floege
Jürgen Floege RWTH Aachen University
Sarah L. Booth
Sarah L. Booth Tufts University
Johanna M. Geleijnse
Johanna M. Geleijnse Wageningen University & Research
Willi Jahnen-Dechent
Willi Jahnen-Dechent RWTH Aachen University

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