The method uses planarians as an alternative in vivo model to assess carcinogenicity. Planarians are characterized by a high regenerative capacity and a large number of pluripotent stem cells. The assay is based on the discriminative power of stem cells in an in vivo setting. Based on specific stem
Last updated on: 28-03-2024 - 08:56
Contact: Karen Smeets
Organisation: University of Hasselt (UHasselt)
Status: Internally validated, Published in peer reviewed journal
The chick chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) model is particularly attractive to study short-term xenografting of human ovarian tissue. Its angiogenic potential and natural immunodeficiency allow scrutiny of early follicle activation and loss and graft revascularization mechanisms. Chick embryo
Last updated on: 14-02-2024 - 17:24
Contact: Luciana Cacciottola
Organisation: Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL)
Status: Internally validated, Published in peer reviewed journal
More than 3 million deaths worldwide are linked to excessive alcohol consumption. Alcohol abuse associated gut barrier dysfunction is thought to play an important role in the development of alcohol-associated liver disease. Although some aspects that contribute to this process have been elucidated,
Last updated on: 30-10-2023 - 10:05
Contact: Ami Gloria Toulehohoun
Organisation: Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL)
Partners: UCLouvain, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, UCLouvain
Status: Still in development
Severely burned skin can exhibit serious contractions that may negatively impact the mobility of joints of patients. The method deals with post-burn evolution of skin, in which one considers the balance of momentum, cells, collagen and chemokines. The balances are represented in terms of partial
Last updated on: 05-09-2023 - 11:43
Contact: Fred Vermolen
Organisation: University of Hasselt (UHasselt)
Status: Still in development, Internally validated, Published in peer reviewed journal
NMTox is an R-software package and a Shiny app that can be used to explore and subset large datasets and can identify and test for monotonic dose responses. The package was developed within the NanoInformaTIX project where a platform is developed that aims to predict nanomaterial toxicity.
Last updated on: 22-08-2023 - 10:43
Contact: Geert Verheyen
Organisation: Thomas More University of Applied Sciences, University of Hasselt (UHasselt)
Status: Internally validated
Using an in vitro flow system adhesion assay, immune cell adhesion to (blood-brain barrier) endothelial cells can be quantified under physiological blood flow conditions. Endothelial cells can be treated with inflammatory cytokines or therapeutic antibodies to mimic inflammatory diseases. Immune
Last updated on: 06-06-2023 - 10:35
Contact: Doryssa Hermans
Organisation: University of Hasselt (UHasselt)
Status: Published in peer reviewed journal
This method describes the generation of porcine testicular organoids using piglet testicular cells seeded in a testicular extracellular matrix (tECM) hydrogel. To generate the solublized tECM hydrogel, porcine immature testicular tissues (ITTs) were dissected in small fragments and decellularized in
Last updated on: 04-11-2022 - 08:20
Contact: Marc Kanbar
Organisation: Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL)
Status: Published in peer reviewed journal
We aimed to optimize fibrin matrix composition in order to mimic human ovarian tissue architecture for human ovarian follicle encapsulation and grafting. Ultrastructure of fresh human ovarian cortex in age-related women (n = 3) and different fibrin formulations (F12.5/T1, F30/T50, F50/T50, F75/T75),
Last updated on: 10-09-2021 - 14:18
Contact: Christiani Amorim
Organisation: Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL)
Status: Published in peer reviewed journal
We developed a cellular automata model of oncolytic virotherapy with an application to pancreatic cancer. The fundamental biomedical processes (like cell proliferation, mutation, apoptosis) are modelled by the use of probabilistic principles. The migration of injected viruses (as therapy) is
Last updated on: 07-01-2021 - 21:34
Contact: Fred Vermolen
Organisation: University of Hasselt (UHasselt), Delft University of Technology
Partners: Delft University of Technology, Technion
Status: Published in peer reviewed journal
We developed an innovative model to study the effect of the supernumerary X chromosome on KS features. The model was generated using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from patients with Klinefelter syndrome (KS) i.e. with a 47, XXY karyotype. In order to compare the potentials of both 47XXY
Last updated on: 07-01-2021 - 21:23
Contact: Christine Wyns
Organisation: Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL)
Partners: Geneva University Hospitals
Status: Published in peer reviewed journal
