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Fred Van Leuven

Fred Van Leuven

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Biology and Biochemistry
Belgium
2023

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Medicine

D-Index
87
Citations
29578
World Ranking
13588
National Ranking
166

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Fred Van Leuven is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium. Their academic profile focuses on various aspects of scientific research, although specific details about their research papers, co-authors, and publication venues are not available.

Van Leuven's academic presence at KU Leuven situates them within a leading European research institution known for contributions across multiple disciplines. While no specific fields of study, subfields, or research topics are listed, their association with this institution suggests engagement with scholarly activities related to the broad scientific community.

No records of recent papers, including titles, publication years, or venues, are provided, nor are there entries documenting frequent collaboration with other researchers. Similarly, no information on book publications or awards has been noted.

Due to the absence of detailed bibliometric data, a precise mapping of Van Leuven's research focus or scholarly impact cannot be constructed here.

Best Publications

  • Early Phenotypic Changes in Transgenic Mice That Overexpress Different Mutants of Amyloid Precursor Protein in Brain

    Dieder Moechars;Ilse Dewachter;Kristin Lorent;Delphine Reversé

  • A disintegrin-metalloproteinase prevents amyloid plaque formation and hippocampal defects in an Alzheimer disease mouse model.

    Rolf Postina;Anja Schroeder;Ilse Dewachter;Juergen Bohl

  • Presenilin 2 deficiency causes a mild pulmonary phenotype and no changes in amyloid precursor protein processing but enhances the embryonic lethal phenotype of presenilin 1 deficiency

    An Herreman;Dieter Hartmann;Wim Annaert;Paul Saftig

  • Acute treatment with the PPARγ agonist pioglitazone and ibuprofen reduces glial inflammation and Aβ1–42 levels in APPV717I transgenic mice

    Michael T Heneka;Magdalena Sastre;Lucia Dumitrescu-Ozimek;Anne Hanke

  • Therapeutic effects of PKC activators in Alzheimer's disease transgenic mice.

    René Etcheberrigaray;Mathew Tan;Ilse Dewachter;Cuno Kuipéri

  • Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs repress β-secretase gene promoter activity by the activation of PPARγ

    Magdalena Sastre;Ilse Dewachter;Steffen Rossner;Nenad Bogdanovic

  • Prominent Axonopathy in the Brain and Spinal Cord of Transgenic Mice Overexpressing Four-Repeat Human tau Protein

    Kurt Spittaels;Chris Van den Haute;Jo Van Dorpe;Koen Bruynseels

  • Transcription factor NFE2L2/NRF2 is a regulator of macroautophagy genes.

    Marta Pajares;Natalia Jiménez-Moreno;Ángel J. García-Yagüe;Maribel Escoll

  • Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3β Phosphorylates Protein Tau and Rescues the Axonopathy in the Central Nervous System of Human Four-repeat Tau Transgenic Mice

    Kurt Spittaels;Chris Van Den Haute;Jo Van Dorpe;Hugo Geerts

  • A ketogenic diet reduces amyloid beta 40 and 42 in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.

    Ingrid Van der Auwera;Stefaan Wera;Freddy Van Leuven;Samuel T Henderson

  • Focal glial activation coincides with increased BACE1 activation and precedes amyloid plaque deposition in APP[V717I] transgenic mice.

    Michael T Heneka;Magdalena Sastre;Lucia Dumitrescu-Ozimek;Ilse Dewachter

  • Neuronal Deficiency of Presenilin 1 Inhibits Amyloid Plaque Formation and Corrects Hippocampal Long-Term Potentiation But Not a Cognitive Defect of Amyloid Precursor Protein [V717I] Transgenic Mice

    Ilse Dewachter;Delphine Reversé;Nathalie Caluwaerts;Laurence Ris

  • Deletion of the transient receptor potential cation channel TRPV4 impairs murine bladder voiding

    Thomas Gevaert;Joris Vriens;Andrei Segal;Wouter Everaerts

  • Amyloid Activates GSK-3β to Aggravate Neuronal Tauopathy in Bigenic Mice

    Dick Terwel;David Muyllaert;Ilse Dewachter;Peter Borghgraef

  • Phosphorylation, Subcellular Localization, and Membrane Orientation of the Alzheimer's Disease-associated Presenilins

    Bart De Strooper;Monique Beullens;Bart Contreras;Lyne Levesque

  • Changed Conformation of Mutant Tau-P301L Underlies the Moribund Tauopathy, Absent in Progressive, Nonlethal Axonopathy of Tau-4R/2N Transgenic Mice

    Dirk Terwel;Reena Lasrado;Johan Snauwaert;Johan Snauwaert;Erno Vandeweert

  • In Vitro Antifungal Activity of a Radish (Raphanus sativus L.) Seed Protein Homologous to Nonspecific Lipid Transfer Proteins

    Franky R. G. Terras;Inge J. Goderis;Fred Van Leuven;Jozef Vanderleyden

  • Expression of Human Apolipoprotein E4 in Neurons Causes Hyperphosphorylation of Protein Tau in the Brains of Transgenic Mice

    Ina Tesseur;Jo Van Dorpe;K Spittaels;Chris Van Den Haute

  • Reduction of amyloid load and cerebral damage in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease by treatment with a beta-sheet breaker peptide.

    Bruno Permanne;Céline Adessi;Gabriela P Saborio;Santiago Fraga

  • Primary amines inhibit recycling of α2M receptors in fibroblasts

    Freddy Van Leuven;Jean-Jacques Cassiman;Herman Van den Berghe

Frequent Co-Authors

Willy J. Peumans
Willy J. Peumans Ghent University
Pierre Rougé
Pierre Rougé Paul Sabatier University
Annick Barre
Annick Barre Paul Sabatier University
Peter Marynen
Peter Marynen KU Leuven
Sebastian Kügler
Sebastian Kügler University of Göttingen
Gérard Hilaire
Gérard Hilaire Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée

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