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Veerle Darras

Veerle Darras

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
66
Citations
12532
World Ranking
8852
National Ranking
158

Overview

Veerle Darras is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has contributed extensively to research at the intersection of biochemistry, molecular biology, and medicine, focusing particularly on thyroid-related physiology and developmental biology. Their work spans multiple disciplines including agricultural and biological sciences, reflecting a broad engagement with animal science and endocrinology.

The main fields of study in their research include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Subfields of particular focus in Darras' publications are:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Molecular Biology
  • Developmental Biology
  • Animal Science and Zoology

Their research covers a variety of topics including:

  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Thyroid Disorders and Treatments
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Marine animal studies overview

Veerle Darras has published in several scientific journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • PLoS ONE
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cerebral Cortex
  • Endocrinology
  • European Thyroid Journal

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Darras are:

  • "Embryonic thermal manipulation has short and long-term effects on the development and the physiology of the Japanese quail" (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • "Thyroid Hormone Transporter Deficiency in Mice Impacts Multiple Stages of GABAergic Interneuron Development" (2021, Cerebral Cortex)
  • "Deiodinases: How Nonmammalian Research Helped Shape Our Present View" (2021, Endocrinology)
  • "Thyroid hormone deficiency during zebrafish development impairs central nervous system myelination" (2021, PLoS ONE)
  • "Uncovering a 'sensitive window' of multisensory and motor neuroplasticity in the cerebrum and cerebellum of male and female starlings" (2021, eLife)

Darras has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Jasmien Orije
  • Elisabeth Jonckers
  • Marleen Verhoye
  • Annemie Van der Linden
  • Iván Lazcano

Best Publications

  • Abnormal thyroid hormone metabolism in mice lacking the monocarboxylate transporter 8

    Marija Trajkovic;Theo J. Visser;Jens Mittag;Sigrun Horn

  • Chicken ghrelin: purification, cDNA cloning, and biological activity.

    Hiroyuki Kaiya;Serge van der Geyten;Masayasu Kojima;Hiroshi Hosoda

  • Transporters MCT8 and OATP1C1 maintain murine brain thyroid hormone homeostasis

    Steffen Mayerl;Julia Müller;Reinhard Bauer;Sarah Richert

  • Role of corticotropin-releasing hormone as a thyrotropin-releasing factor in non-mammalian vertebrates.

    Bert De Groef;Serge Van der Geyten;Veerle M. Darras;Eduard R. Kühn

  • Ontogeny of type I and type III deiodinase activities in embryonic and posthatch chicks: relationship with changes in plasma triiodothyronine and growth hormone levels.

    Veerle Darras;Tj Visser;Luc Berghman;Eduard Kühn

  • Perchlorate versus other environmental sodium/iodide symporter inhibitors: potential thyroid-related health effects

    Bert De Groef;Brigitte R Decallonne;Serge Van der Geyten;Veerle M Darras

  • Iodothyronine deiodinase structure and function: from ascidians to humans

    Veerle M Darras;Stijn L J Van Herck

  • Tissue thyroid hormone levels in critical illness

    Robin P. Peeters;Serge van der Geyten;Pieter J. Wouters;Veerle M. Darras

  • Regulation of thyroid hormone metabolism during fetal development.

    Veerle M. Darras;Robert Hume;Theo J. Visser

  • The effect of 3,5,3'-triiodothyronine supplementation on zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryonic development and expression of iodothyronine deiodinases and thyroid hormone receptors.

    Chaminda N. Walpita;Serge Van der Geyten;Eugene Rurangwa;Veerle M. Darras

  • Impact of Oatp1c1 deficiency on thyroid hormone metabolism and action in the mouse brain

    Steffen Mayerl;Theo J. Visser;Veerle M. Darras;Sigrun Horn

  • Thyroid hormone availability and activity in avian species: a review.

    E. Decuypere;P. Van As;S. Van der Geyten;V.M. Darras

  • Effects of dietary macronutrient content on energy metabolism and uncoupling protein mRNA expression in broiler chickens.

    Anne Collin;Ramon D. Malheiros;Vera M. B. Moraes;Pieter Van As

  • Type 2 Iodothyronine Deiodinase Is Essential for Thyroid Hormone-Dependent Embryonic Development and Pigmentation in Zebrafish

    Chaminda N. Walpita;Alexander D. Crawford;Els D. R. Janssens;Serge Van der Geyten

  • Transport of thyroid hormones via the choroid plexus into the brain: the roles of transthyretin and thyroid hormone transmembrane transporters

    Samantha J. Richardson;Roshen C. Wijayagunaratne;Damian G. D'Souza;Veerle M. Darras

  • Characterization of a propylthiouracil-insensitive type I iodothyronine deiodinase.

    Jo P. Sanders;Serge Van der Geyten;Serge Van der Geyten;Ellen Kaptein;Veerle M. Darras

  • Plasma thyroid hormone levels and iodothyronine deiodinase activity following an acute glucocorticoid challenge in embryonic compared with posthatch chickens.

    Veerle Darras;Stephen Kotanen;Kris Geris;Luc Berghman

  • Deiodinase Activity Is Present in Xenopus laevis during Early Embryogenesis

    Ghislaine Morvan Dubois;Anthony Sebillot;George G. J. M. Kuiper;Carla H. J. Verhoelst

  • Effects of rapeseed meal-glucosinolates on thyroid metabolism and feed utilization in rainbow trout.

    C. Burel;T. Boujard;S.J. Kaushik;G. Boeuf

  • Thyroid Hormone Signalling Genes Are Regulated by Photoperiod in the Hypothalamus of F344 Rats

    Alexander W. Ross;Gisela Helfer;Laura Russell;Veerle M. Darras

Frequent Co-Authors

Theo J. Visser
Theo J. Visser Erasmus University Rotterdam
Johan Buyse
Johan Buyse KU Leuven
Marcel Eens
Marcel Eens University of Antwerp
Rianne Pinxten
Rianne Pinxten University of Antwerp
Lieve Moons
Lieve Moons KU Leuven
Ton G. G. Groothuis
Ton G. G. Groothuis University of Groningen
Marleen Verhoye
Marleen Verhoye University of Antwerp

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