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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- Linking extracellular matrix defects and chronic pain: the Ehlers-Danlos syndrome as a disease modelFrom1 Oct 2019 → 30 Sep 2023Funding: FWO senior postdoctoral fellowship
- Chronic pain in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: clinical and molecular characterization in human patients and a murine modelFrom1 Jan 2019 → 31 Dec 2022Funding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Transmission Electron Microscopy Expertise CentreFrom1 Feb 2017 → 30 Nov 2022Funding: BOF - Doctoral projects
- Study of mediators and pathways contributing to chronic pain in Ehlers-Danlos syndromeFrom1 Oct 2016 → 30 Sep 2019Funding: FWO fellowships
- Study of mediators and pathways contributing to chronic pain in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome From1 Oct 2016 → 30 Sep 2019Funding: BOF - Other initiatives
- From variome to phenome: study of genetic defects underlying the heritable connective tissue disorder Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, and their pathogenic consequences on extracellular matrix organisation and functionFrom1 Oct 2016 → 30 Sep 2020Funding: BOF - Doctoral projects
- Identification of novel genes and pathogenic pathways for osteogenesis imperfecta and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, paradigm collagen disordersFrom1 Jan 2014 → 31 Oct 2018Funding: BOF - Doctoral projects
- Study of the molecular pathogenesis of the Ehlers-Danlos syndromeFrom1 Jan 2012 → 31 Dec 2014Funding: FWO research grant KAN
- Study of biological mechanisms involved in heritable connective tissue disorders, using the Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome as a paradigmFrom1 Jan 2011 → 31 Dec 2014Funding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Study of molecular pathogenesis of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome/From1 Oct 2009 → 30 Sep 2012Funding: BOF - Other initiatives, FWO fellowships
Publications
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- Flemish network on rare connective tissue diseases (CTD) : patient pathways in systemic sclerosis : first steps taken(2024)
Authors: Yves Piette, J. Aerts, N. Aerts, S. Ajeganova, V. Badot, N. Berghen, D. Blockmans, Guy Brusselle, N. Caeyers, Melissa De Decker, et al.
Pages: 26 - 33 - Somatic symptoms, pain, catastrophizing and the association with disability among children with heritable connective tissue disorders(2023)
Authors: Lisanne de Koning, Jessica A. Warnink-Kavelaars, Marion van Rossum, Diederik A. Bosman, Leonie Menke, Fransiska Malfait, Rosa de Boer, Jaap Oosterlaan, Raoul H. H. Engelbert, Lies Rombaut
Pages: 1792 - 1803 - Home-based exercise therapy for treating shoulder instability in patients with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome/hypermobility spectrum disorders : a randomized trial(2023)
Authors: Valentien Spanhove, Inge De Wandele, Fransiska Malfait, Patrick Calders, Ann Cools
Pages: 1811 - 1821 - Bone parameters in hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and hypermobility spectrum disorder : a comparative cross-sectional study(2023)
Authors: Marie Coussens, Thiberiu Banica, Bruno Lapauw, Inge De Wandele, Lies Rombaut, Fransiska Malfait, Patrick Calders
- Clinical and molecular features of 66 patients with musculocontractural EhlersU+2212Danlos syndrome caused by pathogenic variants in CHST14 (mcEDS-CHST14)(2022)
Authors: Mari Minatogawa, Ai Unzaki, Hiroko Morisaki, Tohru Sonoda, Andreas R Janecke, Anne Slavotinek, Nicol C Voermans, Yves Lacassie, Roberto Mendoza-Londono, Klaas J Wierenga, et al.
Pages: 865 - 877 - Surveillance and monitoring in vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome in European Reference Network For Rare Vascular Diseases (VASCERN)(2022)
Authors: Ingrid M.B.H. van de Laar, Annette F. Baas, Julie De Backer, Jan D. Blankenstein, Eelco Dulfer, Apollonia T.J.M. Helderman-van den Enden, Arjan C. Houweling, Marlies JE. Kempers, Bart Loeys, Fransiska Malfait, et al.
- Further insights in the FKBP14-related khyphoscoliotic Ehlers-Danlos syndrome : report of 3 unrelated individuals and 2 new pathogenic variants(2022)Volume: 30
Authors: Marlies Colman, Robin Vroman, Tibbe Dhooge, Zoë Malfait, Birute Burnyte, Sheela Nampoothiri, Fransiska Malfait
Pages: 167 - 167 - Altered multiU+2010segment ankle and foot kinematics during gait in patients with Hypermobile EhlersU+2010Danlos Syndrome/Hypermobility spectrum disorder : a caseU+2010control study(2022)
Authors: Stefan Vermeulen, Sophie De Mits, Roel De Ridder, Joris De Schepper, Fransiska Malfait, Lies Rombaut
Pages: 841 - 848 - Kyphoscoliotic EhlersU+2010Danlos syndrome caused by pathogenic variants in FKBP14 : further insights into the phenotypic spectrum and pathogenic mechanisms(2022)
Authors: Marlies Colman, Robin Vroman, Tibbe Dhooge, Zoë Malfait, Biruté Burnyté, Sheela Nampoothiri, Ariana Kariminejad, Fransiska Malfait
Pages: 1994 - 2009 - The impact of hypermobile 'Ehlers-Danlos syndrome' and hypermobile spectrum disorder on interpersonal interactions and relationships(2022)
Authors: Stijn De Baets, Marieke De Temmerman, Fransiska Malfait, Inge De Wandele, Dominique Van de Velde