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Micheline Kirsch-Volders

Micheline Kirsch-Volders

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
77
Citations
24745
World Ranking
1764
National Ranking
26

Molecular Biology

D-Index
77
Citations
24745
World Ranking
1102
National Ranking
15

Overview

Micheline Kirsch-Volders is affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium and conducts research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Immunology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Plant Science.

Their research topics cover areas such as Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment, interferon and immune responses, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics.

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Micheline Kirsch-Volders are the following:

  • "Micronuclei, inflammation and auto-immune disease," 2020, Mutation Research/Reviews in Mutation Research
  • "Inflammatory cytokine storms severity may be fueled by interactions of micronuclei and RNA viruses such as COVID-19 virus SARS-CoV-2. A hypothesis," 2021, Mutation Research/Reviews in Mutation Research

Micheline Kirsch-Volders has frequently collaborated with researchers including Michael Fenech, Lisbeth E. Knudsen, Siegfried Knasmueller, Stefano Bonassi, and Claudia Bolognesi.

Their work is often published in journals such as Mutation Research/Reviews in Mutation Research, Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis, Mutation Research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis, Chromosoma, and Mutagenesis.

Best Publications

  • Molecular mechanisms of micronucleus, nucleoplasmic bridge and nuclear bud formation in mammalian and human cells

    M. Fenech;M. Kirsch-Volders;A. T. Natarajan;J. Surralles

  • The micronucleus assay in human buccal cells as a tool for biomonitoring DNA damage: The HUMN project perspective on current status and knowledge gaps

    Nina Holland;Claudia Bolognesi;Micheline Kirsch-Volders;Stefano Bonassi

  • Report from the in vitro micronucleus assay working group

    Micheline Kirsch-Volders;Toshio Sofuni;Marilyn Aardema;Silvio Albertini

  • Size‐Dependent Cytotoxicity of Monodisperse Silica Nanoparticles in Human Endothelial Cells

    Dorota Napierska;Leen C J Thomassen;Virginie Rabolli;Dominique Lison

  • HUman MicroNucleus Project: International database comparison for results with the cytokinesis-block micronucleus assay in human lymphocytes: I. Effect of laboratory protocol, scoring criteria, and host factors on the frequency of micronuclei

    Stefano Bonassi;Michael Fenech;Cecilia Lando;Yi‐ping Lin

  • Chromosomal changes: induction, detection methods and applicability in human biomonitoring.

    R. Mateuca;N. Lombaert;P.V. Aka;I. Decordier

  • Cobalt and antimony: genotoxicity and carcinogenicity.

    Marlies De Boeck;Micheline Kirsch-Volders;Dominique Lison

  • The in vitro micronucleus test: a multi-endpoint assay to detect simultaneously mitotic delay, apoptosis, chromosome breakage, chromosome loss and non-disjunction.

    Micheline Kirsch-Volders;Azeddine Elhajouji;Enrico Cundari;Paul Van Hummelen

  • Clastogenic and aneugenic effects of multi-wall carbon nanotubes in epithelial cells.

    Julie Muller;Ilse Decordier;Peter Hoet;Noömi Lombaert

  • STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology: Molecular Epidemiology STROBE-ME. An extension of the STROBE statement

    Valentina Gallo;Matthias Egger;Valerie McCormack;Peter B Farmer

  • Report from the in vitro micronucleus assay working group

    M. Kirsch-Volders;T. Sofuni;M. Aardema;S. Albertini

  • Human population studies with cytogenetic biomarkers: review of the literature and future prospectives.

    Stefano Bonassi;Donatella Ugolini;Donatella Ugolini;Micheline Kirsch-Volders;Ulf Strömberg

  • The in vitro MN assay in 2011: origin and fate, biological significance, protocols, high throughput methodologies and toxicological relevance

    Micheline Kirsch-Volders;Gina Plas;Azeddine Elhajouji;Magdalena Lukamowicz

  • The HUMN and HUMNxL international collaboration projects on human micronucleus assays in lymphocytes and buccal cells--past, present and future.

    Michael Fenech;Nina Holland;Errol Zeiger;Wushou P. Chang

  • Comparative evaluation of the in vitro micronucleus test and the alkaline single cell gel electrophoresis assay for the detection of DNA damaging agents: genotoxic effects of cobalt powder, tungsten carbide and cobalt–tungsten carbide

    Freddy Van Goethem;Dominique Lison;Micheline Kirsch-Volders

  • Intra- and inter-laboratory variation in the scoring of micronuclei and nucleoplasmic bridges in binucleated human lymphocytes. Results of an international slide-scoring exercise by the HUMN project

    Michael Fenech;Stefano Bonassi;Julie Turner;Cecilia Lando

  • Inclusion of micronuclei in non-divided mononuclear lymphocytes and necrosis/apoptosis may provide a more comprehensive cytokinesis block micronucleus assay for biomonitoring purposes

    Micheline Kirsch-Volders;Michael Fenech

  • Indication for thresholds of chromosome non-disjunction versus chromosome lagging induced by spindle inhibitors in vitro in human lymphocytes

    Azeddine Elhajouji;Fabian Tibaldi;Micheline Kirsch-Volders

  • Spindle formation, chromosome segregation and the spindle checkpoint in mammalian oocytes and susceptibility to meiotic error.

    E Vogt;M Kirsch-Volders;J Parry;U Eichenlaub-Ritter

  • Causes of genome instability: the effect of low dose chemical exposures in modern society

    Sabine A S Langie;Gudrun Koppen;Daniel Desaulniers;Fahd Al-Mulla

Frequent Co-Authors

Dominique Lison
Dominique Lison Université Catholique de Louvain
Michael Fenech
Michael Fenech University of South Australia
Stefano Bonassi
Stefano Bonassi San Raffaele University of Rome
Claudia Bolognesi
Claudia Bolognesi National Cancer Research Institute, UK
Jos C. S. Kleinjans
Jos C. S. Kleinjans Maastricht University
Peter B. Farmer
Peter B. Farmer University of Leicester
David H. Phillips
David H. Phillips King's College London
John P. A. Ioannidis
John P. A. Ioannidis Stanford University
Giuseppe Matullo
Giuseppe Matullo University of Turin

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