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
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- 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
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- Muscle mass, muscle strength, functional performance, and physical impairment in women with the hypermobility type of Ehlers Danlos syndrome(2012)
Authors: Lies Rombaut, Fransiska Malfait, Inge De Wandele, Youri Taes, Youri Thijs
Pages: 1584 - 1592 - Characterization of a distinct lethal arteriopathy syndrome in twenty-two infants associated with an identical, novel mutation in FBLN4 gene, confirms fibulin-4 as a critical determinant of human vascular elastogenesis(2012)
Authors: Mahesh Kappanayil, Sheela Nampoothiri, Rajesh Kannan, Marjolijn Renard, Fransiska Malfait, Swapna Menon, Hiran K Ravindran, Renu Kurup, Muhammad Faiyaz-Ul-Haque, Krishna Kumar
- Comprehensive molecular analysis demonstrates type V collagen mutations in over 90% of patients with classic EDS and allows to refine diagnostic criteria(2012)
Authors: Fransiska Malfait, Bert Callewaert, Olivier Vanakker
Pages: 1485 - 1493 - Superior mesenteric artery aneurysm in a 9-year-old boy with classical Ehlers-Danlos syndrome(2012)
Authors: K de Leeuw, JF Goorhuis, IFJ Tielliu, Fransiska Malfait, JP van Tintelen, JBF Hulscher
Pages: 626 - 629 - Development of a novel COL3A1 transgenic mouse model for vascular Ehlers Danlos Syndrome(2012)
Authors: Yike Kang, Fransiska Malfait, Marjolijn Renard, Brecht Guillemyn, Filipe Branco Madeira, Wendy Toussaint, Leen Vanhoutte, Benedicte Descamps, Christian Vanhove
Number of pages: 1 - Autonomic function tests in patients with the hypermobility type of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome(2012)
Authors: Inge De Wandele, Lies Rombaut, Johan Ryckaert, Fransiska Malfait
Pages: 125 - 125 - Het Ehlers-Danlossyndroom, een aandoening met vele gezichten(2012)
Authors: Fransiska Malfait
Pages: 9 - 13 - EMQN best practice guidelines for the laboratory diagnosis of osteogenesis imperfecta(2012)
Authors: Fleur van Dijk, Peter Byers, Raymond Dalgleish, Fransiska Malfait, Alessandra Maugeri, Marianne Rohrbach, Erik Sistermans, Gerard Pals
Pages: 11 - 19 - Muscle mass, muscle strength, and functional impairment in women with the Ehlers-Danlos syndrome(2011)Volume: 97
Authors: Lies Rombaut, Fransiska Malfait, Inge De Wandele
Pages: eS1056 - eS1056 - Osteogenesis imperfecta: the audiologic phenotype lacks correlation with the genotype(2011)
Authors: Freya Swinnen, Fransiska Malfait, Filomena Gentile, Luca Sangiorgi, Patrizia D'Eufemia, Ton Garretsen, Cor Cremers, Els De Leenheer
Number of pages: 1