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K. Vrijens

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h-index: 26
Works: 66
Citations: 2,363

Most-cited papers

MicroRNAs as Potential Signatures of Environmental Exposure or Effect: A Systematic Review
K. Vrijens, V. Bollati, T. Nawrot
2015Environmental Health Perspectives293 citations Open access
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Air pollution-induced placental alterations: an interplay of oxidative stress, epigenetics, and the aging phenotype?
N. Saenen, D. Martens, K. Neven, R. Alfano +6 more
2019Clinical Epigenetics205 citations Open access
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Fetal Thyroid Function, Birth Weight, and in Utero Exposure to Fine Particle Air Pollution: A Birth Cohort Study
B. Janssen, N. Saenen, H. Roels, N. Madhloum +6 more
2016Environmental Health Perspectives124 citations Open access
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In Utero Fine Particle Air Pollution and Placental Expression of Genes in the Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Signaling Pathway: An ENVIRONAGE Birth Cohort Study
N. Saenen, M. Plusquin, E. Bijnens, B. Janssen +8 more
2015Environmental Health Perspectives124 citations Open access
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The DFNA5 gene, responsible for hearing loss and involved in cancer, encodes a novel apoptosis-inducing protein
K. O. de Beeck, G. Van Camp, S. Thys, N. Cools +6 more
2011European Journal of Human Genetics124 citations Open access
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Placental Nitrosative Stress and Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution During Gestation: A Population Study.
N. Saenen, K. Vrijens, B. Janssen, N. Madhloum +6 more
2016American Journal of Epidemiology100 citations Open access
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Air pollution-induced placental epigenetic alterations in early life: a candidate miRNA approach
M. Tsamou, K. Vrijens, N. Madhloum, W. Lefebvre +2 more
2018Epigenetics96 citations Open access
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Lower Placental Leptin Promoter Methylation in Association with Fine Particulate Matter Air Pollution during Pregnancy and Placental Nitrosative Stress at Birth in the ENVIRONAGE Cohort
N. Saenen, K. Vrijens, B. Janssen, H. Roels +7 more
2016Environmental Health Perspectives91 citations Open access
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Air pollution and the fetal origin of disease: A systematic review of the molecular signatures of air pollution exposure in human placenta
L. Luyten, N. Saenen, B. Janssen, K. Vrijens +4 more
2018Environmental Research88 citations Open access
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Corrigendum Cohort Profile: The ENVIRonmental influence ON early AGEing (ENVIRONAGE): a birth cohort study.
B. Janssen, N. Madhloum, W. Gyselaers, E. Bijnens +6 more
2017International Journal of Epidemiology79 citations Open access
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Identification of Small Molecule Activators of BMP Signaling
K. Vrijens, Wen-Wei Lin, Jimmy Cui, D. Farmer +8 more
2013PLoS ONE77 citations Open access
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Recent versus chronic exposure to particulate matter air pollution in association with neurobehavioral performance in a panel study of primary schoolchildren.
N. Saenen, Eline B. Provost, M. Viaene, C. Vanpoucke +4 more
2016Environment International76 citations Open access
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Cohort Profile: The ENVIRonmental influence ON early AGEing (ENVIRONAGE): a birth cohort study.
B. Janssen, N. Madhloum, W. Gyselaers, E. Bijnens +15 more
2017International Journal of Epidemiology74 citations Open access
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Mice lacking Dfna5 show a diverging number of cochlear fourth row outer hair cells.
L. Van Laer, M. Pfister, S. Thys, K. Vrijens +9 more
2005Neurobiology of Disease61 citations Open access
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DFNA5: hearing impairment exon instead of hearing impairment gene?
L. Van Laer, K. Vrijens, S. Thys, V. V. Van Tendeloo +4 more
2004Journal of Medical Genetics61 citations Open access
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Sex-Specific Associations between Particulate Matter Exposure and Gene Expression in Independent Discovery and Validation Cohorts of Middle-Aged Men and Women
K. Vrijens, E. Winckelmans, M. Tsamou, W. Baeyens +12 more
2016Environmental Health Perspectives42 citations Open access
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miRNA expression profiles and retinal blood vessel calibers are associated with short-term particulate matter air pollution exposure.
T. Louwies, Caroline Vuegen, Luc Int Panis, B. Cox +3 more
2016Environmental Research42 citations Open access
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Recent versus chronic fine particulate air pollution exposure as determinant of the retinal microvasculature in school children
Eline B. Provost, Luc Int Panis, N. Saenen, M. Kicinski +4 more
2017Environmental Research37 citations Open access
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Recent exposure to ultrafine particles in school children alters miR-222 expression in the extracellular fraction of saliva
Annette Vriens, T. Nawrot, N. Saenen, Eline B. Provost +8 more
2016Environmental Health35 citations Open access
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Simultaneous determination of parabens, bisphenols and alkylphenols in human placenta by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.
I. Van Overmeire, K. Vrijens, T. Nawrot, A. Van Nieuwenhuyse +2 more
2019Journal of chromatography. B, Analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences31 citations
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A Co-expression Analysis of the Placental Transcriptome in Association With Maternal Pre-pregnancy BMI and Newborn Birth Weight
B. Cox, M. Tsamou, K. Vrijens, K. Neven +4 more
2019Frontiers in Genetics31 citations Open access
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Association Between Maternal Prepregnancy Body Mass Index and Anthropometric Parameters, Blood Pressure, and Retinal Microvasculature in Children Age 4 to 6 Years
B. Cox, L. Luyten, Y. Dockx, Eline B. Provost +9 more
2020JAMA Network Open30 citations Open access
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Newborn sex-specific transcriptome signatures and gestational exposure to fine particles: findings from the ENVIRONAGE birth cohort
E. Winckelmans, K. Vrijens, M. Tsamou, B. Janssen +7 more
2016Environmental Health30 citations Open access
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Ventromorphins: A New Class of Small Molecule Activators of the Canonical BMP Signaling Pathway.
Jamie R. Genthe, Jaeki Min, D. Farmer, A. Shelat +8 more
2019ACS Chemical Biology29 citations Open access
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Transcriptome-wide analyses indicate mitochondrial responses to particulate air pollution exposure
E. Winckelmans, T. Nawrot, M. Tsamou, E. den Hond +11 more
2017Environmental Health29 citations Open access
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Binding of carbon nanotube to BMP receptor 2 enhances cell differentiation and inhibits apoptosis via regulating bHLH transcription factors
Y. Zhang, Q. Mu, H. Zhou, K. Vrijens +3 more
2012Cell Death and Disease29 citations Open access
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Ozzy, a Jag1 vestibular mouse mutant, displays characteristics of Alagille syndrome.
K. Vrijens, S. Thys, M. D. de Jeu, A. Postnov +9 more
2006Neurobiology of Disease26 citations Open access
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Association of Prenatal Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution With Circulating Histone Levels in Maternal Cord Blood
K. Vrijens, A. Trippas, W. Lefebvre, C. Vanpoucke +3 more
2020JAMA Network Open25 citations Open access
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Weight and head circumference at birth in function of placental paraben load in Belgium: an ENVIRONAGE birth cohort study
K. Vrijens, I. Van Overmeire, K. De Cremer, K. Neven +4 more
2020Environmental Health24 citations Open access
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Human hereditary hearing impairment: mouse models can help to solve the puzzle
K. Vrijens, L. Van Laer, G. Van Camp
2008Human Genetics23 citations
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In utero exposure to parabens and early childhood BMI z-scores – Associations between placental ethyl paraben, longitudinal BMI trajectories and cord blood metabolic biomarkers
B. Reimann, K. Vrijens, H. Roels, Cong-Rong Wang +4 more
2021Environment International22 citations Open access
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Sex-specific associations between telomere length and candidate miRNA expression in placenta
M. Tsamou, D. Martens, B. Cox, N. Madhloum +2 more
2018Journal of Translational Medicine22 citations Open access
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Mother’s Pre-pregnancy BMI and Placental Candidate miRNAs: Findings from the ENVIRONAGE Birth Cohort
M. Tsamou, D. Martens, E. Winckelmans, N. Madhloum +4 more
2017Scientific Reports22 citations Open access
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Expression of the CDK inhibitor p27kip1 and oxidative DNA damage in non-neoplastic and neoplastic vulvar epithelial lesions
G. Zannoni, B. Faraglia, E. Tarquini, A. Camerini +4 more
2006Modern Pathology21 citations Open access
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Child's buccal cell mitochondrial DNA content modifies the association between heart rate variability and recent air pollution exposure at school
N. Saenen, Eline B. Provost, A. Cuypers, M. Kicinski +5 more
2019Environment International18 citations Open access
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Placental hypoxia-regulating network in relation to birth weight and ponderal index: the ENVIRONAGE Birth Cohort Study
K. Vrijens, M. Tsamou, N. Madhloum, W. Gyselaers +1 more
2018Journal of Translational Medicine17 citations Open access
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Determinants of placental iodine concentrations in a mild-to-moderate iodine-deficient population: an ENVIRONAGE cohort study
K. Neven, B. Cox, K. Vrijens, M. Plusquin +3 more
2020Journal of Translational Medicine16 citations Open access
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Lower iodine storage in the placenta is associated with gestational diabetes mellitus
K. Neven, B. Cox, C. Cosemans, W. Gyselaers +6 more
2021BMC Medicine15 citations Open access
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Genome-wide microRNA expression analysis in human placenta reveals sex-specific patterns: an ENVIRONAGE birth cohort study
M. Tsamou, K. Vrijens, Cong-Rong Wang, E. Winckelmans +4 more
2020Epigenetics15 citations Open access
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Prenatal particulate air pollution exposure and cord blood homocysteine in newborns: Results from the ENVIRONAGE birth cohort
J. Hogervorst, N. Madhloum, N. Saenen, B. Janssen +5 more
2019Environmental Research15 citations
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Prenatal particulate air pollution exposure and expression of the miR-17/92 cluster in cord blood: Findings from the ENVIRONAGE birth cohort.
M. Tsamou, T. Nawrot, Riccardo M. Carollo, A. Trippas +3 more
2020Environment International14 citations Open access
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Children’s screen time alters the expression of saliva extracellular miR-222 and miR-146a
Annette Vriens, Eline B. Provost, N. Saenen, P. De Boever +4 more
2018Scientific Reports9 citations Open access
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Characterization of the murine Dfna5 promoter and regulatory regions.
K. Vrijens, G. Van Camp, L. Van Laer
2009Gene8 citations
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Establishing reference values for macro- and microvascular measurements in 4-to-5 year-old children of the ENVIRONAGE prospective birth cohort
N. Madhloum, L. Luyten, Eline B. Provost, P. De Boever +6 more
2020Scientific Reports7 citations Open access
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Placental DNA methylation as a proxy for fetal neurodevelopment and sex-specific associations with in utero particulate air pollution
N. Saenen, B. Janssen, K. Vrijens, H. Roels +5 more
2015Archives of Public Health3 citations Open access
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Ventromorphins: A new class of small molecule activators of the canonical BMP signaling pathway
Jamie R. Genthe, Jaeki Min, D. Farmer, A. Shelat +8 more
2017ACS Chemical Biology2 citations Open access
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Fetal Thyroid Function and In Utero Exposure to Fine Particle Air Pollution: a Birth Cohort Study
B. Janssen, N. Saenen, H. Roels, N. Madhloum +6 more
20162 citations
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Microvascular responses in association with recent and chronic exposure to particulate air pollution in school children
Eline B. Provost, N. Saenen, M. Kicinski, T. Louwies +4 more
2015Archives of Public Health2 citations Open access
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Author Correction: Mother’s Pre-pregnancy BMI and Placental Candidate miRNAs: Findings from the ENVIRONAGE Birth Cohort
M. Tsamou, D. Martens, E. Winckelmans, N. Madhloum +4 more
2018Scientific Reports1 citations Open access
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Mother’s Pre-pregnancy BMI and Placental Candidate miRNAs: Findings from the ENVIRONAGE Birth Cohort
M. Tsamou, D. Martens, E. Winckelmans, N. Madhloum +4 more
2017Scientific Reports1 citations Open access
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