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Overview

Wim Timens is affiliated with the University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine and biomedical sciences, with a strong focus on pulmonary and respiratory medicine, molecular biology, and oncology.

The scientist's main fields of study include Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a substantial number of publications in these areas. More specifically, their subfields of study cover Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology, Oncology, Surgery, and Cancer Research.

The primary research topics addressed in Timens's work involve:

  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations
  • Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics

Among recent publications, the following are notable:

  • "Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), SARS-CoV-2 and the pathophysiology of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)", 2020, The Journal of Pathology
  • "An integrated cell atlas of the lung in health and disease", 2023, Nature Medicine
  • "Immune microenvironment composition in non-small cell lung cancer and its association with survival", 2020, Clinical & Translational Immunology
  • "Prioritization of candidate causal genes for asthma in susceptibility loci derived from UK Biobank", 2021, Communications Biology
  • "Human lung extracellular matrix hydrogels resemble the stiffness and viscoelasticity of native lung tissue", 2020, American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Frequent co-authors in Timens's collaborations include:

  • Maarten van den Berge
  • Corry-Anke Brandsma
  • Alen Faiz
  • Janette K. Burgess
  • Don D. Sin

Timens's contributions have appeared regularly in several publication venues, with numerous research articles published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Scientific Reports, Lung Cancer, American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, and ERJ Open Research.

Best Publications

  • Tissue distribution of ACE2 protein, the functional receptor for SARS coronavirus. A first step in understanding SARS pathogenesis

    I. Hamming;W. Timens;M. L.C. Bulthuis;A. T. Lely

  • Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19

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  • Integrative genome analyses identify key somatic driver mutations of small-cell lung cancer

    Martin Peifer;Lynnette Fernández-Cuesta;Martin L. Sos;Julie George

  • Angiotensin?converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), SARS?CoV?2 and the pathophysiology of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID?19)

    Arno R. Bourgonje;Amaal Eman Abdulle;Wim Timens;Jan Luuk Hillebrands

  • The ENFUMOSA cross-sectional European multicentre study of the clinical phenotype of chronic severe asthma

    B Abraham;JM Anto;E Barreiro;Ehd Bel

  • Frequent and Focal FGFR1 Amplification Associates with Therapeutically Tractable FGFR1 Dependency in Squamous Cell Lung Cancer

    Jonathan Weiss;Martin L. Sos;Danila Seidel;Martin Peifer

  • Management of lung nodules detected by volume CT scanning

    Rob J van Klaveren;Matthijs Oudkerk;Mathias Prokop;Ernst T Scholten

  • The Pathology of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

    James C. Hogg;Wim Timens

  • A cellular census of human lungs identifies novel cell states in health and in asthma.

    Felipe A. Vieira Braga;Gozde Kar;Marijn Berg;Orestes A. Carpaij

  • Acute effects of cigarette smoke on inflammation and oxidative stress: a review

    H van der Vaart;D S Postma;W Timens;N H T ten Hacken

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies new lung cancer susceptibility loci and heterogeneity in genetic susceptibility across histological subtypes

    James D McKay;Rayjean J Hung;Younghun Han;Xuchen Zong

  • An integrated cell atlas of the lung in health and disease

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  • A genomics-based classification of human lung tumors

    Danila Seidel;Thomas Zander;Lukas C. Heukamp;Martin Peifer

  • Ongoing airway inflammation in patients with COPD who do not currently smoke

    S. R. Rutgers;D. S. Postma;N. H. T. Ten Hacken;H. F. Kauffman

  • Mutations in the DDR2 Kinase Gene Identify a Novel Therapeutic Target in Squamous Cell Lung Cancer

    Peter S. Hammerman;Martin L. Sos;Alex H. Ramos;Chunxiao Xu

  • The impact of smoking cessation on respiratory symptoms, lung function, airway hyperresponsiveness and inflammation

    Brigitte Willemse;Dirkje Postma;Wim Timens;ten Nicolaas Hacken

  • The emerging role of ACE2 in physiology and disease

    Inge Hamming;M. E. Cooper;B. L. Haagmans;N. M. Hooper

  • Cigarette smoke-induced emphysema: A role for the B cell?

    Barry W. A. van der Strate;Dirkje S. Postma;Corry-Anke Brandsma;Barbro N. Melgert

  • Effect of 1-year smoking cessation on airway inflammation in COPD and asymptomatic smokers

    B W M Willemse;N H T ten Hacken;B Rutgers;I G A T Lesman-Leegte

  • Genetic loci associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap with loci for lung function and pulmonary fibrosis

    Brian D. Hobbs;Kim De Jong;Maxime Lamontagne;Yohan Bossé

  • Lung eQTLs to Help Reveal the Molecular Underpinnings of Asthma

    Ke Hao;Yohan Bossé;David C. Nickle;Peter D. Paré

  • Ongoing airway inflammation in patients with COPD who do not currently smoke.

    DS Postma;Nht ten Hacken;HF Kauffman

Frequent Co-Authors

Dirkje S. Postma
Dirkje S. Postma University Medical Center Groningen
Harry J.M. Groen
Harry J.M. Groen University Medical Center Groningen
Pieter S. Hiemstra
Pieter S. Hiemstra Leiden University Medical Center
Yohan Bossé
Yohan Bossé Université Laval
Huib A. M. Kerstjens
Huib A. M. Kerstjens University Medical Center Groningen
Gerard H. Koppelman
Gerard H. Koppelman University Medical Center Groningen
Ke Hao
Ke Hao Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Marc E. Lenburg
Marc E. Lenburg Boston University
Reinoud Gosens
Reinoud Gosens University of Groningen
Avrum Spira
Avrum Spira Boston University

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