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Lieve Moons

Lieve Moons

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D-Index
88
Citations
45209
World Ranking
12922
National Ranking
151

Overview

Lieve Moons is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium. Their research primarily centers on neuroscience, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Over time, they have contributed significantly to several subfields, including molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, developmental neuroscience, neurology, and ophthalmology.

The scientist's main research topics encompass retinal development and disorders, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, fish biology, ecology, and behavior, nerve injury and regeneration, retinal diseases and treatments, as well as glaucoma and retinal disorders.

Lieve Moons has published extensively in multiple venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cells
  • Cold Spring Harbor Protocols
  • Acta Neuropathologica Communications
  • Aging Cell

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Lieve Moons include:

  • Single-cell transcriptome analysis of the Akimba mouse retina reveals cell-type-specific insights into the pathobiology of diabetic retinopathy, 2020, Diabetologia
  • Combination of snapshot hyperspectral retinal imaging and optical coherence tomography to identify Alzheimer's disease patients, 2020, Alzheimer's Research & Therapy
  • Retinal ganglion cell repopulation for vision restoration in optic neuropathy: a roadmap from the RReSTORe Consortium, 2023, Molecular Neurodegeneration
  • A novel retinal ganglion cell quantification tool based on deep learning, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • The AppNL-G-F mouse retina is a site for preclinical Alzheimer's disease diagnosis and research, 2021, Acta Neuropathologica Communications

Co-authorship collaborations are notable in their work, frequently partnering with:

  • Lies De Groef
  • Steven Bergmans
  • Luca Masin
  • Sophie Vanhunsel
  • Annelies Van Dyck

Lieve Moons' research contributions span several areas related to vision science, neurodegeneration, and molecular neuroscience, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach integrating developmental and cellular mechanisms with disease pathology.

Best Publications

  • Abnormal blood vessel development and lethality in embryos lacking a single VEGF allele

    Peter Carmeliet;Valérie Ferreira;Georg Breier;Saskia Pollefeyt

  • Role of HIF-1alpha in hypoxia-mediated apoptosis, cell proliferation and tumour angiogenesis.

    Peter Carmeliet;Yuval Dor;Jean-Marc Herbert;Dai Fukumura

  • Synergism between vascular endothelial growth factor and placental growth factor contributes to angiogenesis and plasma extravasation in pathological conditions

    Peter Carmeliet;Lieve Moons;Aernout Luttun;Valeria Vincenti

  • Targeted deficiency or cytosolic truncation of the VE-cadherin gene in mice impairs VEGF-mediated endothelial survival and angiogenesis.

    Peter Carmeliet;Maria Grazia Lampugnani;Lieve Moons;Ferrucio Breviario

  • Revascularization of ischemic tissues by PlGF treatment, and inhibition of tumor angiogenesis, arthritis and atherosclerosis by anti-Flt1

    Aernout Luttun;Marc Tjwa;Lieve Moons;Yan Wu

  • Deletion of the hypoxia-response element in the vascular endothelial growth factor promoter causes motor neuron degeneration

    B. Oosthuyse;L. Moons;E. Storkebaum;H. Beck

  • VEGF is a modifier of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in mice and humans and protects motoneurons against ischemic death

    Diether Lambrechts;Erik Storkebaum;Masafumi Morimoto;Jurgen Del-Favero

  • Role of PlGF in the intra- and intermolecular cross talk between the VEGF receptors Flt1 and Flk1

    Monica Autiero;Johannes Waltenberger;Didier Communi;Andrea Kranz

  • Inhibition of plasminogen activators or matrix metalloproteinases prevents cardiac rupture but impairs therapeutic angiogenesis and causes cardiac failure.

    Stephane Heymans;Aernout Luttun;Dieter Nuyens;G Theilmeier

  • Anti-PlGF Inhibits Growth of VEGF(R)-Inhibitor-Resistant Tumors without Affecting Healthy Vessels

    Christian Fischer;Bart Jonckx;Massimiliano Mazzone;Serena Zacchigna

  • Loss of HIF-2α and inhibition of VEGF impair fetal lung maturation, whereas treatment with VEGF prevents fatal respiratory distress in premature mice

    Veerle Compernolle;Koen Brusselmans;Till Acker;Peter Hoet

  • Role of tissue factor in embryonic blood vessel development

    Peter Carmeliet;N Mackman;Lieve Moons;T Luther

  • Impaired myocardial angiogenesis and ischemic cardiomyopathy in mice lacking the vascular endothelial growth factor isoforms VEGF164 and VEGF188.

    Peter Carmeliet;Yin Shan Ng;Dieter Nuyens;Gregor Theilmeier

  • Urokinase-generated plasmin activates matrix metalloproteinases during aneurysm formation

    Peter Carmeliet;Lieve Moons;Roger Lijnen;Myriam Baes

  • Arteriolar and venular patterning in retinas of mice selectively expressing VEGF isoforms

    Ingeborg Stalmans;Yin-Shan Ng;Richard Rohan;Marcus Fruttiger

  • Treatment of motoneuron degeneration by intracerebroventricular delivery of VEGF in a rat model of ALS

    Erik Storkebaum;Diether Lambrechts;Mieke Dewerchin;Maria-Paz Moreno-Murciano

  • Protective Role of Reactive Astrocytes in Brain Ischemia

    Lizhen Li;Andrea Lundkvist;Daniel Andersson;Ulrika Wilhelmsson

  • Deficiency or inhibition of oxygen sensor Phd1 induces hypoxia tolerance by reprogramming basal metabolism

    Julián Aragonés;Martin Schneider;Martin Schneider;Martin Schneider;Katie Van Geyte;Katie Van Geyte;Peter Fraisl;Peter Fraisl

  • CXCL12 and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Synergistically Induce Neoangiogenesis in Human Ovarian Cancers

    Ilona Kryczek;Andrzej Lange;Peter Mottram;Xavier Alvarez

  • Effects of Disruption of The Plasminogen Gene on Thrombosis, Growth, and Health in Mice

    V A Ploplis;Peter Carmeliet;S Vazirzadeh;I Van Vlaenderen

Frequent Co-Authors

Desire Collen
Desire Collen KU Leuven
Florea Lupu
Florea Lupu Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Jean-Marc Herbert
Jean-Marc Herbert Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Tours
Rudi D'Hooge
Rudi D'Hooge KU Leuven

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