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Molecular Biology
Belgium
2025

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
78
Citations
19073
World Ranking
1085
National Ranking
13

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Etienne Pays is affiliated with the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium and works primarily within the field of Medicine. Their research focuses notably on Trypanosoma species and their biological and immunological aspects.

Their main fields of study include Epidemiology, Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Immunology. These subfields highlight a multidisciplinary approach to understanding infectious diseases and their impacts.

Main research topics pursued by Etienne Pays are:

  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
  • Galectins and Cancer Biology
  • Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism
  • Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research

Etienne Pays has contributed to several scientific publications, including recent papers such as:

  • "Genetic and immunological basis of human African trypanosomiasis," 2021, published in Current Opinion in Immunology
  • "The Trypanosoma Brucei KIFC1 Kinesin Ensures the Fast Antibody Clearance Required for Parasite Infectivity," 2020, published in iScience

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Derek P. Nolan
  • Laurence Lecordier
  • Sophie Uzureau
  • Gilles Vanwalleghem
  • Magali Deleu

Etienne Pays publishes primarily in venues such as Current Opinion in Immunology and iScience, indicating a focus on immunology and broader biological sciences.

Best Publications

  • Association of trypanolytic ApoL1 variants with kidney disease in African Americans.

    Giulio Genovese;Giulio Genovese;David J. Friedman;Michael D. Ross;Laurence Lecordier

  • Apolipoprotein L-I is the trypanosome lytic factor of human serum

    Luc Vanhamme;Françoise Paturiaux-Hanocq;Philippe Poelvoorde;Derek P. Nolan;Derek P. Nolan

  • A VSG Expression Site-Associated Gene Confers Resistance to Human Serum in Trypanosoma rhodesiense

    Hoang Van Xong;Luc Vanhamme;Mustapha Chamekh;Chibeka Evelyn Chimfwembe

  • Apolipoprotein L-I Promotes Trypanosome Lysis by Forming Pores in Lysosomal Membranes

    David Pérez-Morga;Benoit Vanhollebeke;Françoise Paturiaux-Hanocq;Derek P. Nolan

  • Control of gene expression in trypanosomes.

    Luc Vanhamme;Etienne Pays

  • Hybrid formation between African trypanosomes during cyclical transmission.

    L Jenni;S Marti;J Schweizer;B Betschart

  • The genes and transcripts of an antigen gene expression site from T. brucei.

    Etienne Pays;Patricia Tebabi;Annette Pays;Hélène Coquelet

  • A haptoglobin-hemoglobin receptor conveys innate immunity to Trypanosoma brucei in humans.

    Benoit Vanhollebeke;Géraldine De Muylder;Marianne J Nielsen;Annette Pays

  • Human Trypanosoma evansi infection linked to a lack of apolipoprotein L-I.

    Benoit Vanhollebeke;Philippe Truc;Philippe Poelvoorde;Annette Pays

  • A novel heterodimeric transferrin receptor encoded by a pair of VSG expression site-associated genes in T. brucei.

    Didier Salmon;Maurice Geuskens;Françoise Hanocq;Jacqueline Hanocq-Quertier

  • The trypanolytic factor of human serum

    Etienne Pays;Benoit Vanhollebeke;Luc Vanhamme;Françoise Paturiaux-Hanocq

  • Antigenic variation in Trypanosoma brucei: facts, challenges and mysteries.

    Etienne Pays;Luc Vanhamme;David Pérez-Morga

  • The Glycosyl-Inositol-Phosphate and Dimyristoylglycerol Moieties of the Glycosylphosphatidylinositol Anchor of the Trypanosome Variant-Specific Surface Glycoprotein Are Distinct Macrophage-Activating Factors

    Stefan Magez;B Stijlemans;Magdalena Radwanska;E Pays

  • The serum resistance-associated gene as a diagnostic tool for the detection of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense.

    Magdalena Radwanska;Mustapha Chamekh;Luc Vanhamme;Filip Claes

  • A gene from the variant surface glycoprotein expression site encodes one of several transmembrane adenylate cyclases located on the flagellum of Trypanosoma brucei.

    P Paindavoine;S Rolin;S Van Assel;M Geuskens

  • Experimental therapy of African trypanosomiasis with a nanobody-conjugated human trypanolytic factor.

    Toya Nath Baral;Stefan Magez;Benoît Stijlemans;Katja Conrath

  • Atypical Human Infections by Animal Trypanosomes

    Philippe Truc;Philippe Büscher;Gérard Cuny;Mary Isabel Gonzatti

  • Expression and function of surface proteins in Trypanosoma brucei.

    Etienne Pays;Derek P Nolan

  • Apolipoprotein L-I is the trypanosome lytic factor of human serum, and is blocked by SRA in Trypanosoma rhodesiense. Nature 422:83-87

    L. Vanhamme;F Paturiaux-Hanocq;P Poelvoorde;D.P. Nolan

  • Association of Trypanolytic ApoL1 Variants with Kidney Disease in

    Giulio Genovese;David J. Friedman;Michael D. Ross

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Magez
Stefan Magez Ghent University
Patrick De Baetselier
Patrick De Baetselier Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Alain Beschin
Alain Beschin Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Mark Carrington
Mark Carrington University of Cambridge
Laurence Lins
Laurence Lins Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Philippe Büscher
Philippe Büscher Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp
Søren K. Moestrup
Søren K. Moestrup Aarhus University
Isabel Roditi
Isabel Roditi University of Bern
Serge Muyldermans
Serge Muyldermans Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Robert Brasseur
Robert Brasseur Université Libre de Bruxelles

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