Researcher
Karen HENSEN
- Keywords:Biomedical sciences (incl. biochemistry)
- Disciplines:Biomaterials engineering, Biomechanical engineering, Bioinformatics and computational biology, Biomechanics, Biophysics, Cardiac and vascular medicine, Diagnostics, Endocrinology and metabolic diseases, Immunology, Medical biochemistry and metabolism, Medical imaging and therapy, Microbiology, Molecular and cell biology, Morphological sciences, Neurosciences, Physiology, Regenerative medicine
Affiliations
- Physiology - Biochemistry - Immunology (Department)
Member
From1 Apr 2012 → 30 Sep 2018 - Immunology - Biochemistry (Research group)
Member
From1 Apr 2012 → 30 Sep 2018 - Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences (Faculty)
Member
From1 Apr 2012 → 30 Sep 2018
Projects
1 - 2 of 2
- Study of the activation of endogenous repair mechanisms of the heart and the suppression of fibrosis for myocardial recovery after an infarction.From1 Jan 2013 → 31 Dec 2016Funding: IWT personal funding - strategic basic research grants
- The Study of the Myocardial Regenerative Capacities of Cardiac Atrial Appendage Stem Cells.From1 Oct 2012 → 30 Sep 2016Funding: BOF - Doctoral projects
Publications
1 - 10 of 10
- Stimulation of Stem Cell Survival, Proliferation and Differentiation for Endogenous Cardiac Repair(2017)
Authors: Leen WILLEMS, Karen HENSEN
Number of pages: 178 - Myocardial Regenerative Capacities of the Cardiac Atrial Appendage Stem Cell(2016)
Authors: Yanick FANTON, Karen HENSEN
Number of pages: 183 - Cardiac atrial appendage stem cells promote angiogenesis in vitro and in vivo(2016)
Authors: Yanick FANTON, Cynthia Houbrechts, Leen WILLEMS, Annick Daniëls, Loes LINSEN, Jessica RATAJCZAK, Annelies BRONCKAERS, Ivo LAMBRICHTS, Jeroen DECLERCQ, Jean-Luc RUMMENS, et al.
Pages: 235 - 244 - Possibilities and limitations for co-transplantation of cardiac atrial appendage stem cells and mesenchymal stem cells for myocardial repair(2016)
Authors: Yanick FANTON, Boris ROBIC, Jean-Luc RUMMENS, Annick Daniëls, Severina WINDMOLDERS, Leen WILLEMS, Luc Jamaer, Jasperina Dubois, Eric Bijnens, Nic Heuts, et al.
Pages: 1155 - 1156 - Cardiac atrial appendage stem cells engraft and differentiate into cardiomyocytes in vivo: A new tool for cardiac repair after MI(2015)
Authors: Yanick FANTON, Boris ROBIC, Jean-Luc RUMMENS, Annick Daniëls, Severina WINDMOLDERS, Leen WILLEMS, Luc Jamaer, Jasperina Dubois, Eric Bijnens, Nic Heuts, et al.
Pages: 10 - 19 - Clinical-scale in vitro expansion preserves biological characteristics of cardiac atrial appendage stem cells(2015)
Authors: Severina WINDMOLDERS, Leen WILLEMS, Anita DANIELS, Loes LINSEN, Yanick FANTON, Marc HENDRIKX, Remco KONINCKX, Jean-Luc RUMMENS, Karen HENSEN
Pages: 175 - 186 - Mesenchymal stem cell secreted platelet derived growth factor exerts a pro-migratory effect on resident Cardiac Atrial appendage Stem Cells(2014)
Authors: Severina WINDMOLDERS, Astrid De Boeck, Remco KONINCKX, Annick Daniëls, Olivier De Weyer, Marc Bracke, Marc HENDRIKX, Karen HENSEN, Jean-Luc RUMMENS
Pages: 177 - 188 - The cardiac atrial appendage stem cell: a new and promising candidate for myocardial repair.(2013)
Authors: Remco KONINCKX, Annick Daniels, Severina WINDMOLDERS, Urbain Mees, Regina Macianskiene, Kanigula Mubagwa, Paul STEELS, Luc Jamaer, Jasperina Dubois, Boris ROBIC, et al.
Pages: 413 - 423 - Cardiac Atrial Appendage Stem Cells Preserve Cardiac Function in a Minipig Acute Myocardial Infarction Model(2013)
Authors: Yanick FANTON, Boris ROBIC, Annick Daniels, Severina WINDMOLDERS, Leen WILLEMS, Luc Jamaer, Jasperina Dubois, Eric Bijnens, Nic Heuts, Kristof NOTELAERS, et al.
- Suppressed increase in blood endothelial progenitor cell content as result of single exhaustive exercise bout in male revascularised coronary artery disease patients.(2012)
Authors: Jean-Luc RUMMENS, A. Daniels, Paul DENDALE, Karen HENSEN, Marc HENDRIKX, Remco KONINCKX, Dominique HANSEN
Pages: 262 - 269