Researcher
Johan E J Smitz
- Keywords:Medicine
- Disciplines:Other basic sciences not elsewhere classified
Affiliations
- Follicle Biology (Research group)
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From1 Jan 1997 → Today - Clinical sciences (Department)
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From1 Oct 2023 → Today - Pathology/molecular and cellular medicine (Department)
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From1 Dec 2019 → 30 Sep 2022 - Pathology/molecular and cellular medicine (Department)
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From1 Dec 2019 → 30 Sep 2022 - Pathology/molecular and cellular medicine (Department)
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From15 Nov 2019 → 30 Sep 2023 - Pathology/molecular and cellular medicine (Department)
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From15 Nov 2019 → 31 Dec 2019 - Pathology/molecular and cellular medicine (Department)
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From8 Apr 2019 → 30 Sep 2019 - Pathology/molecular and cellular medicine (Department)
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From1 Jan 2014 → 20 Oct 2022 - Clinical Biology (Department)
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From1 Jan 2008 → 31 Aug 2023 - Department of Embryology and Genetics (Department)
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From1 Jun 2001 → 31 Dec 2013 - Physiology (Department)
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From1 Dec 1997 → 31 May 2001
Projects
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- Non-invasive molecular studies to optimize In Vitro Maturation (IVM) and improve access to safe assisted reproduction (Toekenning in het kader van de bilaterale samenwerking met Vietnam)From1 Mar 2018 → 28 Feb 2020Funding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Fundamental and translational research on ovarian tissue and oocytes for fertility preservation in children and young women with cancerFrom1 Jan 2018 → 31 Dec 2021Funding: FWO EOS
- Financing IOF-program: 4R-ART: Clinical validation of optimized In Vitro Maturation and of Oocyte Quality Test for registration purposesFrom1 Jan 2015 → 31 Dec 2019Funding: IOF - Industrial Research Fund
- SRP (Groeiers): Development of an in vitro testing strategy for epigenetic susceptibility of the oocyte: understanding long term effects on adult healthFrom1 Mar 2014 → 28 Feb 2019Funding: BOF - Concerted Research Project from 1994
- Implementation of cumulus cell gene expression analysis as oocyte quality testing in the ART (CUMULUS test)From1 Jul 2013 → 30 Jun 2016Funding: IWT / VLAIO - excluding impulse programmes
- In vitro induction of essential oocyte capacitating factors in small antral follicles in humansFrom1 Jan 2013 → 31 Dec 2016Funding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Validation of candidate genes for developmental competences in granulosa cells and oocyte.From1 Jan 2009 → 31 Dec 2009Funding: FWO research grant KAN
- Optimize clinical in-vitro maturation of oocytes by Translational Molecular Research.From1 Jul 2008 → 31 Aug 2011Funding: IWT - TBM (Applied Biomedical Research)
- Ca2+ related processes in cumulus cells as marker for ovum qualityFrom1 Jan 2008 → 31 Dec 2011Funding: IWT personal funding - specialisation scholarships
- [machine-translated-for-iweto] Do children born after intracytoplasmatische sperm injection (ICSI) an increased risk of cardioFrom1 Jan 2008 → 31 Dec 2011Funding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
Publications
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- Epigenetic variation in neonatal tissues in infants conceived using capacitation-in vitro maturation vs. in vitro fertilization(2024)
Authors: Laura Saucedo-Cuevas, Mai P Q Ma, Anh Hoang Le Tuan, Nazli Akin, Toan D Pham, Manh Tuong Ho, Guillermo Pita, Anna Gonzalez-Neira, Michel De Vos, Johan Smitz, et al.
Pages: 506-518 - Non-invasive cumulus cell analysis can be applied for oocyte ranking and is useful for countries with legal restrictions on embryo generation or freezing(2024)
Authors: Tom Adriaenssens, Inge Van Vaerenbergh, Lisbet Van Landuyt, Greta Verheyen, Michael De Brucker, Michel Camus, Peter Platteau, Michel De Vos, Maria Reis, Elien Van Hecke, et al.
- A fresh start for IVM(2024)
Authors: Robert B Gilchrist, Manh Tuong Ho, Michel De Vos, Flor Sanchez, Sergio Romero, William L Ledger, Ellen Anckaert, Thi Ngoc Lan Vuong, Johan Smitz
Pages: 3-25 - Effect of single versus grouped culture of human cumulus–oocyte complexes in PCOS women treated with biphasic in vitro maturation: A sibling oocyte pilot study(2024)
Authors: Huy H Pham, Anh H. Le, Tri C. Nguyen, Mai P Q Ma, Nazli Akin, Toan D Pham, Minh H. N. Nguyen, Ho L Le, Bao G. Huynh, Johan Smitz, et al.
- Glucose and redox metabolism in meiotically blocked in vitro grown mouse antral follicles(2023)
Authors: Anamaria-Cristina Herta, Lucia von Mengden, Nazli Akin, Katy Billooye, Wim Coucke, Berta Cava-Cami, Fábio Klamt, Johan Smitz, Ellen Anckaert
Pages: 2851-2863 - Mouse oocytes restore antral stage partial mechanical denudation in vitro(2023)
Authors: Anamaria Cristina Herta, Nazli Akin, Ingrid Segers, Katy Billooye, Johan Smitz, Ellen Anckaert
Pages: 369-381 - Effects of lactate, super-GDF9 and low oxygen tension during biphasic in vitro maturation on the bioenergetic profiles of mouse cumulus-oocyte-complex(2023)
Authors: Nazli Akin, G Ates, Lucia von Mengden, Anamaria Cristina Herta, Cecilia Meriggioli, Katy Billooye, William A Stocker, Brecht Ghesquiere, Craig A Harrison, Wilfried Cools, et al.
Pages: 432-449 - Oocyte in vitro maturation(2023)
Authors: Robert B Gilchrist, Johan Smitz
Pages: 524-539 - Protective Effects of Antioxidants on Cyclophosphamide-Induced Ovarian Toxicity(2023)
Authors: Ricássio S Barberino, Regina Lucia S Silva, Raimundo C Palheta Junior, Johan E J Smitz, Maria Helena T Matos
Pages: 121-141 - Bioinformatic Analysis of Human Cumulus Cells to Unravel Cellular's Processes that Could Be Used to Establish Oocyte Quality Biomarkers with Clinical Application(2023)
Authors: Lucia von Mengden, Marco Antônio De Bastiani, Lucas Kich Grun, Florencia Barbé-Tuana, Tom Adriaenssens, Johan E J Smitz, Leticia Schmidt Arruda, Carlos Alberto Link, Fábio Klamt
Pages: 642-655
Patents
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