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Myriam Baes

Myriam Baes

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
12777
World Ranking
13749
National Ranking
246

Overview

Myriam Baes is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has made significant contributions in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their research primarily focuses on molecular biology, physiology, immunology, ophthalmology, and epidemiology.

The scientist's work spans diverse topics with emphasis on peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors, adipose tissue and metabolism, retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes, retinal development and disorders, retinal diseases and treatments, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, as well as metabolism and genetic disorders.

Myriam Baes's recent publications include:

  • The physiological functions of human peroxisomes, 2022, Physiological Reviews
  • Spatiotemporal contact between peroxisomes and lipid droplets regulates fasting-induced lipolysis via PEX5, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Oligodendroglial fatty acid metabolism as a central nervous system energy reserve, 2024, Nature Neuroscience
  • The essential role of docosahexaenoic acid and its derivatives for retinal integrity, 2023, Pharmacology & Therapeutics
  • Slc25a17 Gene Trapped Mice: PMP34 Plays a Role in the Peroxisomal Degradation of Phytanic and Pristanic Acid, 2020, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Myriam Baes include:

  • Daniëlle Swinkels
  • Sai Kocherlakota
  • Yannick Das
  • Paul P. Van Veldhoven
  • Frédéric M. Vaz

The scientist has published multiple articles in respected venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Neuroscience
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Myriam Baes's body of work reflects a specialized focus on the molecular mechanisms underpinning peroxisomal function and lipid metabolism, as well as their implications for retinal health and neurological energy reserves. This comprehensive research approach integrates biochemical pathways, physiological processes, and disease-related topics within ophthalmology and neurobiology.

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Urokinase-generated plasmin activates matrix metalloproteinases during aneurysm formation

    Peter Carmeliet;Lieve Moons;Roger Lijnen;Myriam Baes

  • A new orphan member of the nuclear hormone receptor superfamily that interacts with a subset of retinoic acid response elements.

    M. Baes;T. Gulick;Hueng-Sik Choi;M. G. Martinoli

  • Fatty acid carbon is essential for dNTP synthesis in endothelial cells

    Sandra Schoors;Ulrike Bruning;Rindert Missiaen;Karla C S Queiroz

  • 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

  • Axonal loss and neuroinflammation caused by peroxisome-deficient oligodendrocytes

    Celia Michèle Kassmann;Corinna Lappe-Siefke;Myriam Baes;Britta Brugger

  • Oxygen sensors at the crossroad of metabolism.

    Julián Aragonés;Peter Fraisl;Myriam Baes;Peter Carmeliet

  • A mouse model for Zellweger syndrome.

    M Baes;P Gressens;E Baumgart;P Carmeliet

  • Inactivation of the Peroxisomal Multifunctional Protein-2 in Mice Impedes the Degradation of Not Only 2-Methyl-branched Fatty Acids and Bile Acid Intermediates but Also of Very Long Chain Fatty Acids

    Myriam Baes;Steven Huyghe;Peter Carmeliet;Peter E. Declercq

  • Mitochondrial Alterations Caused by Defective Peroxisomal Biogenesis in a Mouse Model for Zellweger Syndrome (PEX5 Knockout Mouse)

    Eveline Baumgart;Ilse Vanhorebeek;Markus Grabenbauer;Marcel Borgers;Marcel Borgers

  • Endothelial cell metabolism in health and disease: impact of hypoxia

    Brian W Wong;Elke Marsch;Lucas Treps;Myriam Baes

  • Evidence for functional communication between folliculo-stellate cells and hormone-secreting cells in perifused anterior pituitary cell aggregates.

    Myriam Baes;Wilfried Allaerts;Carl Denef

  • Identification and Characterization of the Putative Human Peroxisomal C-terminal Targeting Signal Import Receptor

    Marc Fransen;Chantal Brees;Eveline Baumgart;Johannes C.T. Vanhooren

  • The peroxisome proliferator activated receptor regulates malic enzyme gene expression.

    Hilde Castelein;Tod Gulick;Peter Declercq;Guy Mannaerts

  • Absence of peroxisomes in mouse hepatocytes causes mitochondrial and ER abnormalities.

    Ruud Dirkx;Ilse Vanhorebeek;Katrin Martens;Arno Schad

  • Loss or Silencing of the PHD1 Prolyl Hydroxylase Protects Livers of Mice Against Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury

    Martin Schneider;Katie Van Geyte;Peter Fraisl;Judit Kiss

  • Impaired neuronal migration and endochondral ossification in Pex7 knockout mice: a model for rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata

    Pedro Brites;Alison M Motley;Pierre Gressens;Petra A W Mooyer

  • Mitochondria are targets for peroxisome-derived oxidative stress in cultured mammalian cells

    Bo Wang;Paul P Van Veldhoven;Chantal Brees;N Rubio

  • Ectopic recombination in the central and peripheral nervous system by aP2/FABP4-Cre mice: implications for metabolism research.

    Katrin Martens;Astrid Bottelbergs;Myriam Baes

  • Gene-Targeting of Phd2 Improves Tumor Response to Chemotherapy and Prevents Side-Toxicity

    Rodrigo Leite de Oliveira;Sofie Deschoemaeker;Anne-Theres Henze;Koen Debackere

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc Fransen
Marc Fransen KU Leuven
Pierre Gressens
Pierre Gressens Université Paris Cité
Klaus-Armin Nave
Klaus-Armin Nave Max Planck Society
Lieve Moons
Lieve Moons KU Leuven
Ronald J.A. Wanders
Ronald J.A. Wanders University of Amsterdam
Hans R. Waterham
Hans R. Waterham University of Amsterdam

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