Researcher
Fransiska Malfait
- Keywords:collagen, OSteogenesis Imperfecta, pain, connective tissue, proteoglycans, heritavle connective tissue disorders, Genetics, Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes
- Disciplines:Medical genomics, Musculo-skeletal systems
Affiliations
- Department of Biomolecular Medicine (Department)
Member
From1 Oct 2018 → Today - Department of Pediatrics and medical genetics (Department)
Member
From1 Oct 2000 → 30 Sep 2018
Projects
1 - 10 of 20
- Zebrafish as a model to study pain in Ehlers-Danlos syndromesFrom1 Jan 2023 → TodayFunding: Foundations, funds and other with scientific goal
- Ehlers-Danlos Grant Agreement Fransiska Malfait: "Elucidating the genetic basis of Ehlers-Danlos syndromes using whole genome sequencing"From1 Dec 2022 → TodayFunding: Foreign public sponsor
- Ehlers-Danlos Grant Agreement Delfien Syx: "Generation of zebrafish models of classical Ehlers-Danlos syndrome"From1 Dec 2022 → TodayFunding: Foreign public sponsor
- Understanding human linkeropathies: study of the phenotypic and molecular consequences of defective biosynthesis of the glycosaminoglycan tetrasaccharide linker region.From1 Jan 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Investigating Pain-Related Phenotypes in a Mouse Model of Ehlers-Danlos SyndromesFrom16 Aug 2021 → TodayFunding: Other international institutions, not mentioned elsewhere
- Unraveling the Pathomechanisms Underlying Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: an Integrated Omics ApproachFrom16 Aug 2021 → TodayFunding: Other international institutions, not mentioned elsewhere
- An integrated translational platform to improve the management and outcome of rare heritable connective tissue diseaseFrom1 Jan 2021 → TodayFunding: BOF - projects
- Research equipment for behavior analysis in zebrafish disease models.From1 Dec 2020 → 30 Nov 2022Funding: BOF - scientific equipment program
- Identifying a pain signature in classical Ehlers-Danlos syndromeFrom1 Nov 2020 → 30 Sep 2023Funding: FWO fellowships
- Zebrafish as a model to study pain in rare subtypes of Ehlers-Danlos syndromesFrom1 Nov 2020 → 31 Dec 2021Funding: Other international institutions, not mentioned elsewhere
Publications
11 - 20 of 204
- Exploring pain mechanisms in hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome : a case-control study(2022)
Authors: Inge De Wandele, Marlies Colman, Linda Hermans, Jessica Van Oosterwijck, Mira Meeus, Lies Rombaut, GRIET BRUSSELMANS, Fransiska Malfait
Pages: 1355 - 1367 - Four novel families expand the genotypic and phenotypic landscape of MESD-related Osteogenesis Imperfecta(2022)Volume: 30
Authors: Thao Tran Thao Tran, Rachel Keller, Brecht Guillemyn, Melanie Pepin, Jane Corteville, Samir Khatib, Mohammad-Sadegh Fallah, Sirous Zeinali, Fransiska Malfait, Peter Witters, et al.
Pages: 169 - 169 - Genotype-phenotype studies in a large cohort of Brazilian patients with Hunter syndrome (vol 187, pg 349, 2021)(2022)
Authors: Fransiska Malfait
Pages: 405 - 406 - Glycosaminoglycan linkage region of urinary bikunin as a potentially useful biomarker for β3GalT6‐deficient spondylodysplastic Ehlers–Danlos syndrome(2022)
Authors: Mahnaz Nikpour, Fredrik Noborn, Jonas Nilsson, Tim Van Damme, Olivier Kaye, Fransiska Malfait, Göran Larson
Pages: 462 - 467 - The Ehlers–Danlos syndromes against the backdrop of inborn errors of metabolism(2022)
Authors: Tim Van Damme, Marlies Colman, Delfien Syx, Fransiska Malfait
- Societal participation in ehlers-danlos syndromes and hypermobility spectrum disorder, compared to fibromyalgia and healthy controls(2022)
Authors: Stijn De Baets, Ellen Cruyt, Inge De Wandele, Fransiska Malfait, Dominique Van de Velde, Claudia Sommer
- Atypical variants in COL1A1 and COL3A1 associated with classical and vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome overlap phenotypes : expanding the clinical phenotype based on additional case reports(2022)
Authors: Marlies Colman, Marco Castori, Lucia Micale, Marco Ritelli, Marina Colombi, Neeti Ghali, Fleur Van Dijk, Luisa Marsili, Adrienne Weeks, Anthony Vandersteen, et al.
Pages: S46 - S62 - Editorial : molecular mechanisms of heritable connective tissue disorders(2022)
Authors: Fransiska Malfait, Antonella Forlino, Gerhard Sengle, Tom Van Agtmael
- Matrisome expression in the dorsal root ganglion(2022)Volume: 23
Authors: Robin Vroman, Zoë Malfait, Rahel Hunter, Anne-Marie Malfait, Fransiska Malfait, Rachel Miller
Pages: 38 - 38 - The added value of a European Reference Network on rare and complex connective tissue and musculoskeletal diseases : insights after the first 5 years of the ERN ReCONNET(2022)
Authors: Rosaria Talarico, Silvia Aguilera, Tobias Alexander, Zahir Amoura, Janette Andersen, Laurent Arnaud, Tadej Avcin, Sara Marsal Barril, Lorenzo Beretta, Stefano Bombardieri, et al.
Pages: S3 - S11