Projects
Gastroenteritis in rotavirus vaccinated infants in Belgium and Vietnam: the effect of maternal antibodies through breastfeeding and the identification of (new) pathogens. University of Antwerp
Unraveling the role of invariant Natural Killer T-cells in the immune response to Streptococcus pneumoniae. KU Leuven
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a leading cause of life threatening infections like meningitis, pneumonia and septicaemia and the main pathogen involved in otitis and bronchitis. Pneumococcal capsular polysaccharides are the most important virulence factor of S. pneumoniae. Anti-polysaccharide antibodies have shown to be crucial for opsonisation and effective phagocytosis of S. pneumoniae, thereby providing protection ...
Innovative imaging techniques to predict treatment outcome in pediatric obstructive sleep apnea. University of Antwerp
Reducing the burden of Pertussis disease in very young infants in different epidemiological settings through pertussis vaccination in pregnancy. University of Antwerp
The role of microcirculatory dysfunction, the innate immune system and intestinal permeability in the early onset of acute-on-chronic liver failure. KU Leuven
Amongst digestive diseases, cirrhosis is the most common non-neoplastic cause of mortality in the Western world. Furthermore, its prevalence is likely to increase in the coming decades because of the increasing incidence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. In this project, we focused on the pathophysiology of acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF, chapter IA) to gain a further understanding of several of the lethal complications in cirrhosis: ...