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Overview

Jacques Urbain is affiliated with the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium and has contributed to the field of medicine, with a focus on surgery and related subfields. Their research spans reconstructive surgery techniques, breast implant and reconstruction procedures, and aspects of infectious diseases and oncology.

The scientist's work primarily revolves around topics such as:

  • Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques
  • Breast Implant and Reconstruction
  • Body Contouring and Surgery
  • Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
  • Fungal Infections and Studies
  • Nail Diseases and Treatments
  • Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

Jacques Urbain has published multiple papers notably in the venues:

  • Annales de Chirurgie Plastique Esthétique
  • Journal of Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery

Recent publications include:

  • Percutaneous approach for inframammary fold creation combined with exclusive adipose tissue transfer in post-mastectomy breast reconstruction (2025), published in Annales de Chirurgie Plastique Esthétique
  • Application locale d'amphotéricine B par VAC instillation : aide thérapeutique dans le traitement de la mucormycose (2023), published in Annales de Chirurgie Plastique Esthétique
  • Thoracoabdominal advancement flap for definition of inframammary fold in delayed breast reconstruction: A retrospective cohort study assessing safety and patient-reported satisfaction using the BREAST-Q (2025), published in Journal of Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery

The scientist's frequent collaborators include Mathilde Lherm, Fabien Boucher, Ali Mojallal, and C. Brenac, indicating a sustained collaborative effort in their research work.

Best Publications

  • CD8alpha+ and CD8alpha- subclasses of dendritic cells direct the development of distinct T helper cells in vivo.

    Roberto Maldonado-López;Thibaut De Smedt;Patrick Michel;Jacques Godfroid

  • Regulation of dendritic cell numbers and maturation by lipopolysaccharide in vivo.

    T. De Smedt;B. Pajak;E. Muraille;L. Lespagnard

  • Effect of interleukin-10 on dendritic cell maturation and function

    Thibaut de Smedt;Marcelle van Mechelen;Geneviève De Becker;Jacques Urbain

  • Pre-B-cell colony-enhancing factor, whose expression is up-regulated in activated lymphocytes, is a nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase, a cytosolic enzyme involved in NAD biosynthesis.

    Anthony Rongvaux;Robin J. Shea;Martha H. Mulks;Daniel Gigot

  • Murine dendritic cells pulsed in vitro with tumor antigen induce tumor resistance in vivo.

    VéRonique Flamand;Thierry Sornasse;Kris Thielemans;Christian Demanet

  • Cytokines Regulate the Capacity of CD8α+ and CD8α− Dendritic Cells to Prime Th1/Th2 Cells In Vivo

    Roberto Maldonado-López;Charlie Maliszewski;Jacques Urbain;Muriel Moser

  • B Lymphocytes Regulate Dendritic Cell (Dc) Function in Vivo: Increased Interleukin 12 Production by DCs from B Cell–Deficient Mice Results in T Helper Cell Type 1 Deviation

    Véronique Moulin;Fabienne Andris;Kris M. Thielemans;Charles Maliszewski

  • Glucocorticoids down-regulate dendritic cell function in vitro and in vivo.

    Muriel Moser;Thibaut De Smedt;Thierry Sornasse;Françoise Tielemans

  • CD4+ CD25+ regulatory T cells control T helper cell type 1 responses to foreign antigens induced by mature dendritic cells in vivo.

    Guillaume Oldenhove;Magali de Heusch;Georgette Urbain-Vansanten;Jacques Urbain

  • The adjuvant monophosphoryl lipid A increases the function of antigen-presenting cells

    Geneviève De Becker;Véronique Moulin;Bernard Pajak;Claudine Bruck

  • Idiotypic regulation of the immune system by the induction of antibodies against anti-idiotypic antibodies

    Jacques Urbain;Maurice Mosze Wikler;Jean-Denis Franssen;Catherine Collignon

  • Preferential activation of Th2 cells in chronic graft-versus-host reaction.

    D De Wit;M Van Mechelen;C Zanin;J M Doutrelepont

  • Antigen-pulsed dendritic cells can efficiently induce an antibody response in vivo.

    T Sornasse;V Flamand;G De Becker;H Bazin

  • Role of CD8alpha+ and CD8alpha- dendritic cells in the induction of primary immune responses in vivo.

    R Maldonado-López;T De Smedt;B Pajak;C Heirman

  • Towards a logical analysis of the immune response.

    Marcelle Kaufman;Jacques Urbain;René Thomas

  • The injection of deaggregated gamma globulins in adult mice induces antigen-specific unresponsiveness of T helper type 1 but not type 2 lymphocytes.

    D De Wit;M Van Mechelen;M Ryelandt;A C Figueiredo

  • Glucocorticoids attenuate T cell receptor signaling.

    François Van Laethem;Erika Baus;Lesley A. Smyth;Fabienne Andris

  • Cutting Edge: Antigen-Specific T Lymphocytes Regulate Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Apoptosis of Dendritic Cells In Vivo

    Thibaut De Smedt;Bernard Pajak;Gerry G. B. Klaus;Randolph J. Noelle

  • Idiotypic Regulation in Immune Networks

    J. Urbain;C. Wuilmart;P.-A. Cazenave

  • Cytokine release syndrome induced by the 145-2C11 anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody in mice: prevention by high doses of methylprednisolone.

    M L Alegre;P Vandenabeele;M Depierreux;S Florquin

Frequent Co-Authors

Oberdan Leo
Oberdan Leo Université Libre de Bruxelles
Muriel Moser
Muriel Moser Université Libre de Bruxelles
Kris Thielemans
Kris Thielemans Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Michel Goldman
Michel Goldman Université Libre de Bruxelles
Hervé Bazin
Hervé Bazin Université Catholique de Louvain
Fabienne Willems
Fabienne Willems Université Libre de Bruxelles
Maria-Luisa Alegre
Maria-Luisa Alegre University of Chicago
Peter Vandenabeele
Peter Vandenabeele Ghent University
Paul-Pierre Pastoret
Paul-Pierre Pastoret University of Liège
Jacques Godfroid
Jacques Godfroid University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway

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