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Luc Van Gaal is affiliated with the University of Antwerp in Belgium. Their research spans multiple fields with a primary focus on Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work extensively covers subfields such as Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Hepatology.

The main topics addressed in Van Gaal's research include:

  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
  • Diet, Metabolism, and Disease
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Liver Disease and Transplantation
  • Hepatitis C virus research

Van Gaal has contributed to numerous papers, with notable publications including:

  • Finerenone in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease and Type 2 Diabetes by Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitor Treatment: The FIDELITY Analysis, 2022, Diabetes Care
  • Muscle fat content is strongly associated with NASH: A longitudinal study in patients with morbid obesity, 2021, Journal of Hepatology
  • NASH-related increases in plasma bile acid levels depend on insulin resistance, 2020, JHEP Reports
  • Plasma BCAA Changes in Patients With NAFLD Are Sex Dependent, 2020, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Accurate non-invasive diagnosis and staging of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease using the urinary steroid metabolome, 2020, Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Their frequent collaborators include An Verrijken, Sven Francque, Eveline Dirinck, Luisa Vonghia, and Ann Driessen.

Van Gaal's research is regularly published in journals such as:

  • Journal of Hepatology
  • Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews
  • Diabetes Care
  • JHEP Reports
  • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Their scientific contributions span epidemiological studies, molecular biology investigations, and clinical research related to liver disease, diabetes, cardiovascular conditions, and metabolic disorders.

Best Publications

  • Mechanisms linking obesity with cardiovascular disease

    Luc F. Van Gaal;Ilse L. Mertens;Christophe E. De Block

  • Once-Weekly Semaglutide in Adults with Overweight or Obesity.

    John P.H. Wilding;Rachel L. Batterham;Rachel L. Batterham;Salvatore Calanna;Melanie Davies

  • Effects of the cannabinoid-1 receptor blocker rimonabant on weight reduction and cardiovascular risk factors in overweight patients: 1-year experience from the RIO-Europe study

    Luc F Van Gaal;Aila M Rissanen;André J Scheen;Olivier Ziegler

  • Albiglutide and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease (Harmony Outcomes): a double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial

    Adrian F Hernandez;Jennifer B Green;Salim Janmohamed;Ralph B D'Agostino

  • Effects of liraglutide in the treatment of obesity: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

    Arne Astrup;Stephan Rössner;Luc Van Gaal;Aila Rissanen

  • Effect of sibutramine on weight maintenance after weight loss: a randomised trial

    W Philip T James;Arne Astrup;Nick Finer;Jannik Hilsted

  • Effect of Sibutramine on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Overweight and Obese Subjects

    W. Philip T. James;Ian D. Caterson;Walmir Coutinho;Nick Finer

  • Efficacy and tolerability of rimonabant in overweight or obese patients with type 2 diabetes: a randomised controlled study

    André J Scheen;Nick Finer;Priscilla Hollander;Michael D Jensen

  • International Day for the Evaluation of Abdominal Obesity (IDEA): a study of waist circumference, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes mellitus in 168,000 primary care patients in 63 countries.

    Beverley Balkau;John E. Deanfield;Jean Pierre Després;Jean Pierre Bassand

  • Dysfunction of lipid sensor GPR120 leads to obesity in both mouse and human

    Atsuhiko Ichimura;Akira Hirasawa;Odile Poulain-Godefroy;Odile Poulain-Godefroy;Amélie Bonnefond;Amélie Bonnefond

  • 3 years of liraglutide versus placebo for type 2 diabetes risk reduction and weight management in individuals with prediabetes: a randomised, double-blind trial

    Carel W le Roux;Carel W le Roux;Arne Astrup;Ken Fujioka;Frank Greenway

  • Age as a Confounding Factor for the Accurate Non-Invasive Diagnosis of Advanced NAFLD Fibrosis

    Stuart McPherson;Stuart McPherson;Tim Hardy;Tim Hardy;Jean-Francois Dufour;Salvatore Petta

  • TM6SF2 rs58542926 influences hepatic fibrosis progression in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

    Yang-Lin Liu;Helen L Reeves;Alastair D Burt;Dina Tiniakos

  • Body surface area in normal-weight, overweight, and obese adults. A comparison study

    Johan Verbraecken;Johan Verbraecken;Paul Van de Heyning;Wilfried De Backer;Luc Van Gaal

  • Once weekly exenatide compared with insulin glargine titrated to target in patients with type 2 diabetes (DURATION-3): an open-label randomised trial

    Michaela Diamant;Luc Van Gaal;Stephen Stranks;Justin Northrup

  • The effect of exercise on visceral adipose tissue in overweight adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Dirk Vissers;Wendy Hens;Jan Taeymans;Jean-Pierre Baeyens

  • PPARα gene expression correlates with severity and histological treatment response in patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

    Sven Francque;An Verrijken;Sandrine Caron;Janne Prawitt

  • Obesity and persistent organic pollutants: possible obesogenic effect of organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls.

    Eveline Dirinck;Philippe G Jorens;Adrian Covaci;Tinne Geens

  • Sleep-disordered breathing in overweight and obese children and adolescents: prevalence, characteristics and the role of fat distribution

    Stijn L Verhulst;Nancy Schrauwen;Dominique Haentjens;Bert Suys

  • Efficacy and safety of dapagliflozin in patients with inadequately controlled type 1 diabetes (DEPICT-1): 24 week results from a multicentre, double-blind, phase 3, randomised controlled trial

    Paresh Dandona;Chantal Mathieu;Moshe Phillip;Lars Hansen

Frequent Co-Authors

Sven Francque
Sven Francque University of Antwerp
Wim Van Hul
Wim Van Hul University of Antwerp
André Scheen
André Scheen University of Liège
Adrian Covaci
Adrian Covaci University of Antwerp
Bart Staels
Bart Staels University of Lille
Aldo P. Maggioni
Aldo P. Maggioni Heart Care Foundation, ANMCO Research Center, Florence
Christian Torp-Pedersen
Christian Torp-Pedersen Aalborg University
Jean-Pierre Després
Jean-Pierre Després Université Laval
Arya M. Sharma
Arya M. Sharma University of Alberta

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