Researcher
Julie De Backer
- Keywords:Aortic dissection, Marfan syndrome, Aortic Aneurysm, Cardiogenetics, congenital heart disease
- Disciplines:Vascular diseases, Cardiology, Cardiac and vascular medicine not elsewhere classified, Genetics
Affiliations
- Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics (Department)
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From1 Oct 2018 → Today - Department of Biomolecular Medicine (Department)
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From1 Oct 2018 → 30 Sep 2023 - Department of Internal medicine (Department)
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From1 Oct 2011 → 30 Sep 2018 - Department of Pediatrics and medical genetics (Department)
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From1 Oct 2001 → 30 Sep 2018
Projects
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- Unraveling the mechanisms that drive cardiovascular manifestations in Marfan syndrome using mouse modelsFrom1 Nov 2023 → TodayFunding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- Paving the way to precision medicine in childhood-onset diseases: A lifespan perspective on accelerated aging using the epigenetic clockFrom1 Jan 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- A zebrafish platform for genetic and chemical screening to improve diagnosis, risk estimation and treatment of cardiovascular manifestations in Marfan syndrome.From1 Jan 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- An integrated translational platform to improve the management and outcome of rare heritable connective tissue diseaseFrom1 Jan 2021 → TodayFunding: BOF - projects
- Human stem cell-derived models to unveil mechanisms of impaired myocardial function in Marfan SyndromeFrom1 Oct 2019 → TodayFunding: BOF - projects
- Using advanced fluid dynamics modelling for cardiovascular phenotyping of zebrafish modelsFrom1 Oct 2018 → TodayFunding: BOF - Doctoral projects
- Using Zebrafish as a novel tool to Improve the Diagnosis and Outcome of Marfan SyndromeFrom1 Sep 2018 → 31 Aug 2020Funding: H2020-EU.1.3.- EXCELLEN SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
- From gene to aortic dissection - detailed study of the etiology and pathogenesis and of cardiovascular characteristics of inheritable thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissectionsFrom1 Mar 2013 → 31 Oct 2018Funding: BOF - Doctoral projects
Publications
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- Genetic testing for aortopathies : primer for the nongeneticist(2019)
Authors: Julie De Backer, Guillaume Jondeau, Cathérine Boileau
Pages: 585 - 593 - SMAD4 rare variants in individuals and families with thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections(2019)
Authors: Xue-Yan Duan, Dong-chuan Guo, Ellen S Regalado, Hong Shen, Joseph S Coselli, Anthony L Estrera, Hazim J Safi, Michael J Bamshad, Deborah A Nickerson, Scott A LeMaire, et al.
Pages: 1054 - 1060 - Pregnancy in women with congenital heart disease - outcome in a single tertiary care center(2019)Volume: 74
Authors: Julie De Backer, Michele De Hosson, Laurien Dooms, Kristien Roelens
Pages: 63 - 63 - Clinical history and management recommendations of the smooth muscle dysfunction syndrome due to ACTA2 arginine 179 alterations(2018)
Authors: Ellen S Regalado, Lauren Mellor-Crummey, Julie De Backer, Alan C Braverman, Lesley Ades, Susan Benedict, Timothy J Bradley, M Elizabeth Brickner, Kathryn C Chatfield, Anne Child, et al.
Pages: 1206 - 1215 - 2018 ESC guidelines for the management of cardiovascular diseases during pregnancy(2018)
Authors: Vera Regitz-Zagrosek, Jolien W Roos-Hesselink, Johann Bauersachs, Carina Blomstrom Lundqvist, Renata Cifkova, Michele De Bonis, Bernard Iung, Mark Richard Johnson, Ulrich Kintscher, Peter Kranke, et al.
Pages: 3165 - 3241 - Cardiovascular manifestations in inherited connective tissue disorders(2018)
Authors: Julie De Backer, Anne De Paepe, Dhavendra Kumar, Perry Elliott
Pages: 617 - 646 - Cardiovascular health in Turner syndrome : a scientific statement from the American Heart Association(2018)
Authors: Michael Silberbach, Jolien W Roos-Hesselink, Niels H Andersen, Alan C Braverman, Nicole Brown, R Thomas Collins, Julie De Backer, Kim A Eagle, Loren F Hiratzka, Walter H, Jr Johnson, et al.
- Heart failure and sudden cardiac death in heritable thoracic aortic disease caused by pathogenic variants in the SMAD3 gene(2018)
Authors: Julie De Backer, Alan C Braverman
Pages: 648 - 652 - Predictors of rapid aortic root dilation and referral for aortic surgery in Marfan syndrome(2018)
Authors: Arvind Hoskoppal, Shaji Menon, Felicia Trachtenberg, Kristin M Burns, Julie De Backer, Bruce D Gelb, Marie Gleason, Jeanne James, Wyman W Lai, Aimee Liou, et al.
Pages: 1453 - 1461 - Vascular Ehlers Danlos syndrome(2018)
Authors: Bart Loeys, Julie De Backer, FM Pope, JWG Jacobs, LJM Cornelissen, MC Veenhuizen, BCJ Hamel
Pages: 79 - 95