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Etienne Waelkens

Etienne Waelkens

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
67
Citations
12436
World Ranking
8390
National Ranking
147

Overview

Etienne Waelkens is a researcher affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium, focusing on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work primarily spans molecular biology, spectroscopy, cancer research, physiology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics, including:

  • Metabolomics and mass spectrometry studies
  • Sphingolipid metabolism and signaling
  • Cancer, lipids, and metabolism
  • Mass spectrometry techniques and applications
  • Prostate cancer treatment and research
  • Cell image analysis techniques
  • Gene expression and cancer classification

Waelkens has contributed to multiple publication venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cancer Research
  • Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
  • Food Chemistry

Selected recent papers include:

  • ELOVL5 Is a Critical and Targetable Fatty Acid Elongase in Prostate Cancer (2021, Cancer Research)
  • Lipidomic Profiling of Clinical Prostate Cancer Reveals Targetable Alterations in Membrane Lipid Composition (2021, Cancer Research)
  • Prioritization of m/z-Values in Mass Spectrometry Imaging Profiles Obtained Using Uniform Manifold Approximation and Projection for Dimensionality Reduction (2020, Analytical Chemistry)
  • Spatially aware clustering of ion images in mass spectrometry imaging data using deep learning (2021, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry)
  • The role of lipids in determining the air-water interfacial properties of wheat, rye, and oat dough liquor constituents (2020, Food Chemistry)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Waelkens include:

  • Rita Derua (12 publications)
  • Johannes V. Swinnen (9 publications)
  • Jonas Dehairs (8 publications)
  • Bart De Moor (8 publications)
  • Katarzyna Bloch (4 publications)

Best Publications

  • De novo Lipogenesis Protects Cancer Cells from Free Radicals and Chemotherapeutics by Promoting Membrane Lipid Saturation

    Evelien Rysman;Koen Brusselmans;Katryn Scheys;Leen Timmermans

  • Insulin crystallization depends on zinc transporter ZnT8 expression, but is not required for normal glucose homeostasis in mice.

    K. Lemaire;M. A. Ravier;A. Schraenen;J. W. M. Creemers

  • Restricted Location of PSEN2/γ-Secretase Determines Substrate Specificity and Generates an Intracellular Aβ Pool

    Ragna Sannerud;Cary Esselens;Paulina Ejsmont;Rafael Mattera

  • Identification of the gregarization-associated dark-pigmentotropin in locusts through an albino mutant

    Amer I. Tawfik;Seiji Tanaka;Arnold De Loof;Liliane Schoofs

  • Evaluation of a panel of 28 biomarkers for the non-invasive diagnosis of endometriosis

    A. Vodolazkaia;Y. El-Aalamat;D. Popovic;A. Mihalyi

  • The ER Stress Sensor PERK Coordinates ER-Plasma Membrane Contact Site Formation through Interaction with Filamin-A and F-Actin Remodeling.

    Alexander R. van Vliet;Francesca Giordano;Sarah Gerlo;Inmaculada Segura

  • Substrate specificities of 3-oxoacyl-CoA thiolase A and sterol carrier protein 2/3-oxoacyl-CoA thiolase purified from normal rat liver peroxisomes - Sterol carrier protein 2/3-oxoacyl-CoA thiolase is involved in the metabolism of 2-methyl-branched fatty acids and bile acid intermediates

    Vasily D. Antonenkov;Paul P. Van Veldhoven;Etienne Waelkens;Guy P. Mannaerts

  • Purification of porcine brain protein phosphatase 2A leucine carboxyl methyltransferase and cloning of the human homologue.

    De Baere I;Derua R;Janssens;Van Hoof C

  • Biomarkers of endometriosis

    Amelie Fassbender;Alexandra Vodolazkaia;Philippa Saunders;Dan Lebovic

  • Ubiquitin fold modifier 1 (UFM1) and its target UFBP1 protect pancreatic beta cells from ER stress-induced apoptosis.

    Katleen Lemaire;Rodrigo F. Moura;Mikaela Granvik;Mariana Igoillo-Esteve;Mariana Igoillo-Esteve

  • Crustacean hyperglycaemic hormone (CHH)-like peptides and CHH-precursor-related peptides from pericardial organ neurosecretory cells in the shore crab, Carcinus maenas, are putatively spliced and modified products of multiple genes.

    H Dircksen;D Böcking;U Heyn;C Mandel

  • Mimicry of a cellular low energy status blocks tumor cell anabolism and suppresses the malignant phenotype

    Johan Swinnen;Annelies Beckers;Koenraad Brusselmans;Sophie Organe

  • The lectin-like domain of thrombomodulin interferes with complement activation and protects against arthritis

    M. Van de Wouwer;S. Plaisance;A. De Vriese;E. Waelkens

  • Non-small cell lung cancer is characterized by dramatic changes in phospholipid profiles

    Eyra Marien;Michael Meister;Thomas Muley;Steffen Fieuws

  • Proteolytic maturation and activation of autotaxin (NPP2), a secreted metastasis-enhancing lysophospholipase D.

    Silvia Jansen;Cristiana Stefan;John W. M. Creemers;Etienne Waelkens

  • Peptidomics of the pars intercerebralis-corpus cardiacum complex of the migratory locust, Locusta migratoria.

    Elke Clynen;Geert Baggerman;Dirk Veelaert;Anja Cerstiaens

  • Sarcolipin and phospholamban mRNA and protein expression in cardiac and skeletal muscle of different species

    Peter Vangheluwe;Marleen Schuermans;Ernö Zádor;Etienne Waelkens

  • Vascular endothelial growth factor measured in platelet poor plasma allows optimal separation between cancer patients and volunteers: A key to study an angiogenic marker in vivo?

    Wim Wynendaele;Rita Derua;Marc Hoylaerts;A Pawinski

  • Purification, molecular cloning, and expression of 2-hydroxyphytanoyl-CoA lyase, a peroxisomal thiamine pyrophosphate-dependent enzyme that catalyzes the carbon-carbon bond cleavage during alpha-oxidation of 3-methyl-branched fatty acids

    Veerle Foulon;Vasily D. Antonenkov;Kathleen Croes;Etienne Waelkens

  • Fluorescence detection of flat bladder carcinoma in situ after intravesical instillation of hypericin.

    Marie-Ange D’Hallewin;Peter A. De Witte;Etienne Waelkens;Wilfried Merlevede

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