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Overview

Cobi Jacoba Johanna Heijnen is affiliated with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine with a focus on several interconnected subfields including Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Physiology, Clinical Psychology, Oncology, and Molecular Biology.

Their work covers a range of main topics, notably Pain Mechanisms and Treatments, Cancer-related cognitive impairment studies, Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology, Brain Metastases and Treatment, Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health, Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research, and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology.

Cobi Heijnen has coauthored frequently with several researchers including Annemieke Kavelaars, Christopher P. Fagundes, E. Lydia Wu-Chung, Jiacheng Ma, and Peter M. Grace. Their collaborative efforts have contributed to a robust research output across multiple disciplines.

Their publications have appeared most frequently in the following venues:

  • Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Journal of Pain
  • Acta Neuropathologica Communications
  • Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology

Significant papers involving Cobi Heijnen include:

  • "Sleep characteristics across the lifespan in 1.1 million people from the Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States: a systematic review and meta-analysis" (2020, Nature Human Behaviour)
  • "Complex I inhibitor of oxidative phosphorylation in advanced solid tumors and acute myeloid leukemia: phase I trials" (2023, Nature Medicine)
  • "Astrocytes rescue neuronal health after cisplatin treatment through mitochondrial transfer" (2020, Acta Neuropathologica Communications)
  • "Feasibility and safety of intranasally administered mesenchymal stromal cells after perinatal arterial ischaemic stroke in the Netherlands (PASSIoN): a first-in-human, open-label intervention study" (2022, The Lancet Neurology)
  • "Nasal administration of mitochondria reverses chemotherapy-induced cognitive deficits" (2021, Theranostics)

Best Publications

  • Assessment of HPA-axis function in posttraumatic stress disorder: Pharmacological and non-pharmacological challenge tests, a review

    C. S. de Kloet;E. Vermetten;E. Geuze;Annemieke Kavelaars

  • Embryonic implantation: cytokines, adhesion molecules, and immune cells in establishing an implantation environment

    Maaike S. M. van Mourik;Nick S. Macklon;Cobi J. Heijnen

  • Neuroinflammation and Comorbidity of Pain and Depression

    Adam K. Walker;Annemieke Kavelaars;Cobi Jacoba Johanna Heijnen;Robert Dantzer

  • Natural Selection of Human Embryos: Impaired Decidualization of Endometrium Disables Embryo-Maternal Interactions and Causes Recurrent Pregnancy Loss

    Madhuri Salker;Gijs Teklenburg;Mariam Molokhia;Stuart Lavery

  • Sleep characteristics across the lifespan in 1.1 million people from the Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Desana Kocevska;Thom S Lysen;Aafje Dotinga;M Elisabeth Koopman-Verhoeff

  • Complex I inhibitor of oxidative phosphorylation in advanced solid tumors and acute myeloid leukemia: phase I trials

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  • Natural Selection of Human Embryos: Decidualizing Endometrial Stromal Cells Serve as Sensors of Embryo Quality upon Implantation

    Gijs Teklenburg;Madhuri S. Salker;Mariam Molokhia;Stuart Lavery

  • The neuroimmune basis of fatigue

    Robert Dantzer;Cobi Jacoba Johanna Heijnen;Annemieke Kavelaars;Sophie Laye

  • Mesenchymal stem cell treatment after neonatal hypoxic-ischemic brain injury improves behavioral outcome and induces neuronal and oligodendrocyte regeneration.

    Cindy T.J. van Velthoven;Annemieke Kavelaars;Frank van Bel;Cobi Jacoba Johanna Heijnen

  • Uterine Selection of Human Embryos at Implantation

    Jan J. Brosens;Madhuri S. Salker;Gijs Teklenburg;Jaya Nautiyal

  • Dorsal Root Ganglion Infiltration by Macrophages Contributes to Paclitaxel Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy

    Hongmei Zhang;Yan Li;Marianna de Carvalho-Barbosa;Annemieke Kavelaars

  • Adjuvant Aspirin Therapy Reduces Symptoms of Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders : Results From a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

    Wijnand Laan;Diederick E. Grobbee;Jean Paul Selten;Cobi J. Heijnen

  • Ventilator-induced lung injury and multiple system organ failure: a critical review of facts and hypotheses

    Frans B. Plötz;Arthur S. Slutsky;Adrianus J. Van Vught;Cobi Jacoba Johanna Heijnen

  • Decreased expression and activity of G-protein-coupled receptor kinases in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients with rheumatoid arthritis

    Maria Stella Lombardi;Annemieke Kavelaars;Manfred Schedlowski;Johannes W.J. Bijlsma

  • Endometrial secretion analysis identifies a cytokine profile predictive of pregnancy in IVF

    C. M. Boomsma;Annemieke Kavelaars;M. J.C. Eijkemans;M. J.C. Eijkemans;E. G. Lentjes

  • Cardiovascular and endocrine responses to experimental stress: Effects of mental effort and controllability

    Madelon L. Peters;Guido L.R. Godaert;Rudy E. Ballieux;Marja Van Vliet

  • The role and regulation of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α expression in brain development and neonatal hypoxic-ischemic brain injury

    Xiyong Fan;Cobi J. Heijnen;Michael A. van der Kooij;Floris Groenendaal

  • Repeated Mesenchymal Stem Cell Treatment after Neonatal Hypoxia–Ischemia Has Distinct Effects on Formation and Maturation of New Neurons and Oligodendrocytes Leading to Restoration of Damage, Corticospinal Motor Tract Activity, and Sensorimotor Function

    Cindy T J Van Velthoven;Annemieke Kavelaars;Frank Van Bel;Cobi Jacoba Johanna Heijnen

  • Effects of experimental psychological stress on distribution and function of peripheral blood cells.

    J. F. Brosschot;R. J. Benschop;G. L.R. Godaert;M. B.M. De Smet

  • The molecular basis of recurrent pregnancy loss: impaired natural embryo selection

    G. Teklenburg;Madhuri Salker;Cobi Heijnen;Nick S. Macklon;Nick S. Macklon

  • Nasal Administration of Stem Cells: A Promising Novel Route to Treat Neonatal Ischemic Brain Damage

    Cindy T J Van Velthoven;Annemieke Kavelaars;Frank Van Bel;Cobi Jacoba Johanna Heijnen

Frequent Co-Authors

Annemieke Kavelaars
Annemieke Kavelaars The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Frank van Bel
Frank van Bel Utrecht University
Elbert Geuze
Elbert Geuze Utrecht University
Eric Vermetten
Eric Vermetten Leiden University Medical Center
Floris Groenendaal
Floris Groenendaal Utrecht University
Nick S. Macklon
Nick S. Macklon University of Copenhagen
Manfred Schedlowski
Manfred Schedlowski University of Duisburg-Essen
Sigrid Elsenbruch
Sigrid Elsenbruch Ruhr University Bochum
Robert Dantzer
Robert Dantzer The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Herman G.M. Westenberg
Herman G.M. Westenberg Utrecht University

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