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Louis Vermeulen

Louis Vermeulen

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
56
Citations
24309
World Ranking
2176
National Ranking
1081

Overview

Louis Vermeulen is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands and conducts research primarily within the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work focuses largely on Oncology, Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Surgery.

The scientist's main topics of research include colorectal cancer treatments and studies, genetic factors in colorectal cancer, pancreatic and hepatic oncology research, cancer genomics and diagnostics, cancer cells and metastasis, gastric cancer management and outcomes, as well as intraperitoneal and appendiceal malignancies.

Recent papers by Louis Vermeulen include:

  • Apc-mutant cells act as supercompetitors in intestinal tumour initiation (2021, Nature)
  • Clinical Value of Consensus Molecular Subtypes in Colorectal Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2021, JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute)
  • Cell competition in development, homeostasis and cancer (2022, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology)
  • Molecular characterization of colorectal cancer related peritoneal metastatic disease (2022, Nature Communications)
  • A cancer drug atlas enables synergistic targeting of independent drug vulnerabilities (2020, Nature Communications)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Vermeulen are:

  • Kristiaan Lenos
  • Sanne M. van Neerven
  • Sanne ten Hoorn
  • Maarten F. Bijlsma
  • Lisanne E. Nijman

The scientist publishes regularly in several venues, including:

  • Cancers
  • Nature Communications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • British Journal of Cancer
  • EMBO Molecular Medicine

Best Publications

  • The consensus molecular subtypes of colorectal cancer

    Justin Guinney;Rodrigo Dienstmann;Rodrigo Dienstmann;Xingwu Wang;Xingwu Wang;Aurélien De Reyniès

  • Wnt activity defines colon cancer stem cells and is regulated by the microenvironment

    Louis Vermeulen;Felipe De Sousa E Melo;Maartje van der Heijden;Kate Cameron

  • Colon cancer stem cells dictate tumor growth and resist cell death by production of interleukin-4.

    Matilde Todaro;Mileidys Perez Alea;Anna B. Di Stefano;Patrizia Cammareri

  • Consensus molecular subtypes and the evolution of precision medicine in colorectal cancer

    Rodrigo Dienstmann;Louis Vermeulen;Justin Guinney;Scott Kopetz

  • Single-cell cloning of colon cancer stem cells reveals a multi-lineage differentiation capacity

    L. Vermeulen;M. Todaro;F. de Sousa Mello;M. R. Sprick

  • Poor-prognosis colon cancer is defined by a molecularly distinct subtype and develops from serrated precursor lesions

    Felipe De Sousa E Melo;Xin Wang;Marnix Jansen;Evelyn Fessler

  • Intestinal label-retaining cells are secretory precursors expressing Lgr5

    Simon J. A. Buczacki;Heather Ireland Zecchini;Anna M. Nicholson;Roslin Russell

  • Cancer Stem Cell Niche: The Place to Be

    Tijana Borovski;Felipe De Sousa E Melo;Louis Vermeulen;Jan Paul Medema

  • Microenvironmental regulation of stem cells in intestinal homeostasis and cancer

    Jan Paul Medema;Louis Vermeulen

  • From tumour heterogeneity to advances in precision treatment of colorectal cancer

    Cornelis J. A. Punt;Miriam Koopman;Louis Vermeulen

  • The AC133 Epitope, but not the CD133 Protein, Is Lost upon Cancer Stem Cell Differentiation

    Kristel Kemper;Martin R. Sprick;Martijn de Bree;Alessandro Scopelliti

  • Cancer stem cells – old concepts, new insights

    L Vermeulen;M R Sprick;K Kemper;G Stassi

  • Defining Stem Cell Dynamics in Models of Intestinal Tumor Initiation

    Louis Vermeulen;Louis Vermeulen;Edward Morrissey;Maartje van der Heijden;Maartje van der Heijden;Anna M. Nicholson

  • Methylation of Cancer-Stem-Cell-Associated Wnt Target Genes Predicts Poor Prognosis in Colorectal Cancer Patients

    Felipe de Sousa E Melo;Selcuk Colak;Joyce Buikhuisen;Jan Koster

  • Cancer heterogeneity—a multifaceted view

    Felipe De Sousa E Melo;Louis Vermeulen;Louis Vermeulen;Evelyn Fessler;Jan Paul Medema

  • Somatic POLE proofreading domain mutation, immune response, and prognosis in colorectal cancer: a retrospective, pooled biomarker study

    Enric Domingo;Enric Domingo;Luke Freeman-Mills;Emily Rayner;Mark Glaire

  • Targeting Wnt Signaling in Colon Cancer Stem Cells

    E. Melo Felipe de Sousa;Louis Vermeulen;Dick Richel;Jan Paul Medema

  • Stem cell dynamics in homeostasis and cancer of the intestine

    Unknown

  • Cancer stem cell tumor model reveals invasive morphology and increased phenotypical heterogeneity

    Andrea Sottoriva;Joost J.C. Verhoeff;Tijana Borovski;Shannon K. McWeeney

  • Wnt Signaling in Cancer Stem Cell Biology

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Paul Medema
Jan Paul Medema University of Amsterdam
Giorgio Stassi
Giorgio Stassi University of Palermo
Sabine Tejpar
Sabine Tejpar KU Leuven
Jan Koster
Jan Koster University of Amsterdam
Mauro Delorenzi
Mauro Delorenzi University of Lausanne
Cornelis J. A. Punt
Cornelis J. A. Punt University of Amsterdam
Simon Tavaré
Simon Tavaré Columbia University
Matilde Todaro
Matilde Todaro University of Palermo
Scott Kopetz
Scott Kopetz The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Onno Kranenburg
Onno Kranenburg Utrecht University

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