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Tania Roskams

Tania Roskams

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Overview

Tania Roskams is a researcher primarily affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium. Their work encompasses extensive research in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, involving a significant number of publications focused on liver diseases and related biomedical topics.

Their research covers multiple subfields, including Epidemiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology, Surgery, and Hepatology. Roskams' scientific inquiries focus on various topics such as Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Viral Infections and Immunology Research, Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies, Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise, and Liver physiology and pathology.

Roskams has published numerous papers, including the following recent works:

  • Macrophage scavenger receptor 1 mediates lipid-induced inflammation in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, 2021, Journal of Hepatology
  • Targeting the bicarbonate transporter SLC4A4 overcomes immunosuppression and immunotherapy resistance in pancreatic cancer, 2022, Nature Cancer
  • Regeneration Defects in Yap and Taz Mutant Mouse Livers Are Caused by Bile Duct Disruption and Cholestasis, 2020, Gastroenterology
  • Liver Phenotypes of European Adults Heterozygous or Homozygous for Pi∗Z Variant of AAT (Pi∗MZ vs Pi∗ZZ genotype) and Noncarriers, 2020, Gastroenterology
  • DNA methylation-driven EMT is a common mechanism of resistance to various therapeutic agents in cancer, 2020, Clinical Epigenetics

Frequent publication venues where Roskams' work has appeared include:

  • Journal of Hepatology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Acta Gastro Enterologica Belgica
  • Nature Cancer
  • Gastroenterology

Collaboration forms an important part of their scientific output, with recurrent co-authors including:

  • Matthias Van Haele
  • Tessa Ostyn
  • Olivier Govaere
  • Manon Van Hecke
  • Frederik Nevens

Best Publications

  • Serum markers detect the presence of liver fibrosis: A cohort study

    William M.C. Rosenberg;Michael Voelker;Robert Thiel;Michael Becka

  • A novel prognostic subtype of human hepatocellular carcinoma derived from hepatic progenitor cells.

    Ju-Seog Lee;Jeonghoon Heo;Louis Libbrecht;In-Sun Chu

  • Pathologic Diagnosis of Early Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Report of the International Consensus Group for Hepatocellular Neoplasia

    Masamichi Kojiro;Ian R. Wanless;Venancio Alves;Sunil Badve

  • Classification and prediction of survival in hepatocellular carcinoma by gene expression profiling

    Ju-Seog Lee;In-Sun Chu;Jeonghoon Heo;Diego Francesco Calvisi

  • Nomenclature of the finer branches of the biliary tree: canals, ductules, and ductular reactions in human livers.

    Tania A. Roskams;Neil D. Theise;Charles Balabaud;Govind Bhagat

  • Macrophage-derived Wnt opposes Notch signaling to specify hepatic progenitor cell fate in chronic liver disease.

    Luke Boulter;Olivier Govaere;Tom G Bird;Sorina Radulescu

  • Clinical diagnosis and staging of cholangiocarcinoma

    Boris Blechacz;Mina Komuta;Tania Roskams;Gregory J. Gores

  • EASL Clinical Practical Guidelines: Management of Alcoholic Liver Disease

    Philippe Mathurin;Antoine Hadengue;Giovanni Addolorato;Alastair Burt

  • Deletion of NEMO/IKKγ in Liver Parenchymal Cells Causes Steatohepatitis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    Tom Luedde;Tom Luedde;Naiara Beraza;Vasileios Kotsikoris;Geert van Loo

  • Liver stem cells and their implication in hepatocellular and cholangiocarcinoma

    Tania Roskams

  • Hepatic stellate cell/myofibroblast subpopulations in fibrotic human and rat livers.

    David Cassiman;Louis Libbrecht;Valeer Desmet;Carl Denef

  • Genomic and Genetic Characterization of Cholangiocarcinoma Identifies Therapeutic Targets for Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors

    Jesper B. Andersen;Bart Spee;Boris R. Blechacz;Itzhak Avital

  • The clinicopathological and prognostic relevance of cytokeratin 7 and 19 expression in hepatocellular carcinoma. A possible progenitor cell origin

    Anne Durnez;Chris Verslype;Frederik Nevens;Johan Fevery

  • A Histologic Scoring System for Prognosis of Patients With Alcoholic Hepatitis

    José Altamirano;Rosa Miquel;Aezam Katoonizadeh;Juan G. Abraldes

  • Morphological and biochemical characterization of a human liver in a uPA-SCID mouse chimera.

    Philip Meuleman;Louis Libbrecht;Rita De Vos;Bernard de Hemptinne

  • Progenitor cells in diseased human liver.

    Tania A Roskams;Louis Libbrecht;Valeer J Desmet

  • The onecut transcription factor HNF6 is required for normal development of the biliary tract

    Frédéric Clotman;Vincent J. Lannoy;Michael Reber;Silvia Cereghini

  • Overexpression of fatty acid synthase is an early and common event in the development of prostate cancer

    Johannes V. Swinnen;Tania Roskams;Steven Joniau;Hein Van Poppel

  • Clinicopathological study on cholangiolocellular carcinoma suggesting hepatic progenitor cell origin

    Mina Komuta;Bart Spee;Sara Vander Borght;Rita De Vos

  • Oxidative stress and oval cell accumulation in mice and humans with alcoholic and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

    Tania Roskams;Shi Qi Yang;Aymen Koteish;Anne Durnez

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven Joniau
Steven Joniau KU Leuven
Dirk De Ridder
Dirk De Ridder University of Otago
Christian Trautwein
Christian Trautwein RWTH Aachen University
Ronald P.J. Oude Elferink
Ronald P.J. Oude Elferink University of Amsterdam
Hartmut Jaeschke
Hartmut Jaeschke University of Kansas
James L. Boyer
James L. Boyer Yale University

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