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Publications  


 2010


 



   

Serine-409phosphorylationand oxidative damage define aggregation of human protein tau inyeast.
Thomas Vanhelmont, Tom Vandebroek, Ann De Vos, Dick Terwel, Katleen Lemaire, Jayamani Anandhakumar, Vanessa Franssens, Erwin Swinnen, Fred Van Leuven & Joris Winderickx
FEMS Yeast Res 10 (2010); 992-1005.


   

Alzheimer's disease: Old problem, new views from transgenic and viral models.
Tomasz Jaworski, Ilse Dewachter, Claire Marie Seymour, Peter Borghgraef, Herman Devijver, Sebastian Kügler, Fred Van Leuven.
T. Jaworski et al. / Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1802 (2010) 808–818.



 

beta-Secretase cleavage is not required for generation of the intracellular C-terminal domainof the amyloid precursor family of proteins.
Carlo Sala Frigerio, Julia V. Fadeeva, Aedín M. Minogue, Martin Citron,*, Fred Van Leuven, Matthias Staufenbiel, Paolo Paganetti, Dennis J. Selkoe and Dominic M. Walsh
Biochim Biophys Acta. 2010 Oct., 1802(10):808-18. Epub 2010 Mar 21.



 

Pathological Hallmarks, Clinical Parallels, and Value for Drug Testing in Alzheimer's Disease of the APP[V717I] London Transgenic Mouse Model.
Jaworski T, Dewachter I, Lechat B, Gees M, Kremer A, Demedts D, Borghgraef P, Devijver H, Kügler S, Patel S, Woodgett JR, Van Leuven F. .
International Journal of Alzheimer's DiseaseVolume 2010 (2010); Article ID 417314, 9 pagesdoi:10.4061/2010/417314.



 

Upper airway dysfunction of tau-P301L mice correlates with tauopathy in midbrain and ponto-medullary brainstem nuclei.
Dutschmann M, Menuet C, Stettner GM, Gestreau C, Borghgraef P, Devijver H, Gielis L, Hilaire G, Van Leuven F.
J Neurosci, 2010, 30(5):1810-1821.



   

2009  

   

AAV-tau mediates pyramidal neurodegeneration by cell-cycle re-entry without neurofibrillary tangle formation in wild-type mice.
Jaworski T, Dewachter I, Lechat B, Croes S, Termont A, Demedts D, Borghgraef P, Devijver H, Filipkowski RK, Kaczmarek L, Kügler S, Van Leuven F.
PLoS One, 2009, 4(10):e7280.




   

Absence of ApoE upregulates murine brain ApoD and ABCA1, but does not effect brain sterol levels, while human ApoE3 and human ApoE4 upregulate brain cholesterol precursor levels.
Jansen PJ, Lütjohann D, Thelen KM, von Bergmann K, van Leuven F, Ramaekers FC, Mulder M.
J Alzheimers Dis., 2009 Jul 7, Epub ahead of print.
ABSTRACT

   

Decreased expression of multidrug efflux transporters in the brains of GSK-3beta transgenic mice.
Lim JC, Mickute Z, Zaman M, Hopkins S, Wijesuriya H, Steckler T, Moechars D, Van Leuven F, Sarnyai Z, Hladky SB, Barrand MA.
Brain Res, 2009 Jun 18, 1276:1-10.


   

GSK3ß, a centre-staged kinase in neuropsychiatric disorders, modulates long term memory by inhibitory phosphorylation at ser-9.
Dewachter I, Ris L, Jaworski T, Seymour CM, Kremer A, Borghgraef P, Devijver H, Godaux E, Van Leuven F.
Neurobiol Dis, 2009 Aug, 35(2):193-200.


   

11C-labelled PIB analogues as potential tracer agents for in vivo imaging of amyloid beta in Alzheimer’s disease.
Serdons K, Verduyckt T, Vanderghinste D, Borghgraef P, Cleynhens J, Van Leuven F, Kung H, Bormans G, Verbruggen A.
Eur J Med Chem, 2009 Apr, 44(4):1415-1426.


   

Synthesis of 18F-labelled 2-(4’fluorophenyl)/1,3-benzothiazole and evaluation as amyloid imaging agent in comparison with [11C]PIB.
Serdons K, Verduyckt T, Vanderghinste D, Cleynhens J, Borghgraef P, Vermaelen P, Terwinghe C, Van Leuven F, Van Laere K, Kung H, Bormans G, Verbruggen A.
Bioorg Med Chem Lett, 2009 Feb 1, 19(3):602-605.


   

Deregulation of NMDA-receptor function and down-stream signaling in APP[V717I] transgenic mice.
Dewachter I, Filipkowski RK, Priller C, Ris L, Neyton J, Croes S, Terwel D, Gysemans M, Devijver H, Borghgraef P, Godaux E, Kaczmarek L, Herms J, Van Leuven F.
Neurobiol Aging, 2009 Feb, 30(2):241-256.


   

2008  

   

Potential amyloid plaque-specific peptides for the diagnosis or Alzheimer’s disease.
Larbanoix L, Burtea C, Laurent S, Van Leuven F, Toubeau G, Vander Elst L, Muller RN.
Neurobiol Aging, 2008 Nov 21. Epub ahaed of print


   

Loss of gamma-secretase function impairs endocytosis of lipoprotein particles and membrande cholesterol homeostasis.
Tamboli IY, Prager K, Thal DR, Thelen KM, Dewachter I, Pietrzik CU, St George-Hyslop P, Sisodia SS, De Strooper B, Heneka MT, Filippov MA, Müller U, Van Leuven F, Lütjohann D, Walter J.
J Neurosci, 2008 Nov 12, 28(46):12097-12106.


   

Phosphorylation, lipid raft interaction and traffic of a-synuclein in a yeast model for Parkinson.
Zabrocki P, Bastiaens I, Delay C, Bammens T, Ghillebert R, Pellens K, De Virgilio C, Van Leuven F, Winderickx J.
Biochim Biophys Acta, 2008 Oct, 1783(10):1767-1780.


   

Protein folding diseases and neurodegenreation: Lessons learned from yeast.
Winderickx J, Delay C, De Vos A, Klinger H, Pellens K, Vanhelmont T, Van Leuven F, Zabrocki P.
Biochim Biophys Acta, 2008 Jul, 1783(7):1381-1395.


   

Modulation of synaptic plasticity and Tau phosphorylation by wild-type and mutant presenilin1.
Dewachter I, Ris L, Croes S, Borghgraef P, Devijver H, Voets T, Nilius B, Godaux E, Van Leuven F.
Neurobiol Aging, 2008 May, 29(5):639-652.


   

Beta-site amyloid precursor protein-cleaving enzyme-1 (BACE1)-mediated changes of endogenous amyloid beta in wild-type and transgenic mice in vivo.
Hirata-Fukae C, Sadahmed E H, Gooskens T P, Aisen P S, Dewachter I, Devijver H, Van Leuven F, Matsuoka Y.
Neurosci Lett, 2008 Apr 25, 435(3):186-189.


   

Amyloid activates GSK-3ß to aggravate neuronal tauopathy in bigenic mice.
Terwel D, Muyllaert D, Dewachter I, Borghgraef P, Croes S, Devijver H, Van Leuven F.
Am J Pathol, 2008 Mar, 172(3):786-798.


   

Neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation in cdk5/p25-inducible mice: a model for hippocampal sclerosis and neocortical degeneration.
Muyllaert D, Terwel D, Kremer A, Sennvik K, Borghgraef P, Devijver H, Dewachter I, Van Leuven F.
Am J Pathol, 2008 Feb, 172(2):470-485.


   

Glycogen synthase kinase-3ß, the or a lonk between amyloid and tau pathology?
Muyllaert D, Kremer A, Jaworski T, Borghgraef P, Devijver H, Croes S, Dewachter I, Van Leuven F.
Genes Brains Behav, 2008 Feb, 7 Suppl 1:57-66.


   

2007  

   

Deletion of the transient receptor potential cation channel TRPV4 impairs murine bladder voiding.
Gevaert T, Vriens J, Segal A, Everaerts W, Roskams T, Talavera K, Owsianik G, Liedtke W, Daelemans D, Dewachter I, Van Leuven F, Voets T, De Ridder D, Nilius B.
J Clin Invest, 2007 Nov, 117(11):3453-3462.


   

Occurrence and co-localization of amyloid beta-protein and apolipoprotein E in perivascular drainage channels of wild-type and APP-transgenic mice.
Thal DR, Larionov S, Abramowski D, Wiederhold KH, Van Dooren T, Yamaguchi H, Haass C, Van Leuven F, Staufenbiel M, Capetillo-Zarate E.
Neurobiol Aging, 2007 Aug, 28(8):1221-1230.


   

Tau-4R suppresses proliferation and promotes neuronal differentiation in the hippocampus of tau knockin/knockout mice.
Sennvik K, Boekhoorn K, Lasrado R, Terwel D, Verhaeghe S, Korr H, Schmitz C, Tomiyama T, Mori H, Krugers H, Joels M, Ramakers GJ, Lucassen PJ, Van Leuven F.
FASEB J, 2007 Jul, 21(9):2149-2161.


   

Liposomal vaccines with conformation-specific amyloid peptide antigens define immune response and efficacy in APP transgenic mice.
Muhs A, Hickman DT, Pihlgren M, Chuard N, Giriens V, Meerschman C, van der Auwera I, Van Leuven F, Sugawara M, Weingertner MC, Bechinger B, Greferath R, Kolonko N, Nagel-Steger L, Riesner D, Brady RO, Pfeifer A, Nicolau C.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2007 Jun 5, 104(23):9810-9815.


   

5-HT4 receptor agonists increase sAPPalpha levels in the cortex and hippocampus of male C57BL/6j mice.
Cachard-Chastel M, Lezoualc'h F, Dewachter I, Delomenie C, Croes S, Devijver H, Langlois M, Van Leuven F, Sicsic S, Gardier AM.
Br J Pharmacol, 2007 Apr, 150(7):883-892.


   

Mutant presenilin 1 alters synaptic transmission in cultured hippocampal neurons.
Priller C, Dewachter I, Vassallo N, Paluch S, Pace C, Kretzschmar HA, Van Leuven F, Herms J.
J Biol Chem, 2007 Jan 12, 282(2):1119-1127.


   

2006  

   

Transgenic Mouse models for Alzheimer’s disease: the role of GSK-3B in combined amyloid and tau-pathology.
Muyllaert D, Terwel D, Borghgraef P, Devijver H, Dewachter I, Van Leuven F.
Rev Neurol, 2006 Oct, 162(10):903-907.


   

Transgenic mice models for Alzheimer's disease.
Van Leuven F.
Behav Pharmacol, 2006 Sep, 17(5-6):538-539. No abstract available


   

Microtubule binding and clustering of human Tau-4R and Tau-P301L proteins isolated from yeast deficient in orthologues of glycogen synthase kinase-3beta or cdk5.
Vandebroek T, Terwel D, Vanhelmont T, Gysemans M, Van Haesendonck C, Engelborghs Y, Winderickx J, Van Leuven F.
J Biol Chem, 2006 Sep 1, 281(35):25388-25397.


   

Improved long-term potentiation and memory in young tau-P301L transgenic mice before onset of hyperphosphorylation and tauopathy.
Boekhoorn K, Terwel D, Biemans B, Borghgraef P, Wiegert O, Ramakers GJ, de Vos K, Krugers H, Tomiyama T, Mori H, Joels M, Van Leuven F, Lucassen PJ.
J Neurosci, 2006 Mar 29, 26(13):3514-3523.


   

A yeast-based model of alpha-synucleinopathy identifies compounds with therapeutic potential.
Griffioen G, Duhamel H, Van Damme N, Pellens K, Zabrocki P, Pannecouque C, Van Leuven F, Winderickx J, Wera S.
Biochim Biophys Acta, 2006 Mar, 1762(3):312-318.


   

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs repress beta-secretase gene promoter activity by the activation of PPARgamma.
Sastre M, Dewachter I, Rossner S, Bogdanovic N, Rosen E, Borghgraef P, Evert BO, Dumitrescu-Ozimek L, Thal DR, Landreth G, Walter J, Klockgether T, Van Leuven F, Heneka MT.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2006 Jan 10, 103(2):443-448.


   

Neuronal or glial expression of human apolipoprotein e4 affects parenchymal and vascular amyloid pathology differentially in different brain regions of double- and triple-transgenic mice.
Van Dooren T, Muyllaert D, Borghgraef P, Cresens A, Devijver H, Van der Auwera I, Wera S, Dewachter I, Van Leuven F.
Am J Pathol, 2006 Jan, 168(1):245-260.


   

2005  

   

Preparation of cyclo-phen-type ligands: chelators of metal ions as potential therapeutic agents in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.
Boldron C, Van der Auwera I, Deraeve C, Gornitzka H, Wera S, Pitie M, Van Leuven F, Meunier B.
ChemBioChem, 2005 Nov, 6(11):1976-1980.


   

A ketogenic diet reduces amyloid beta 40 and 42 in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.
Van der Auwera I, Wera S, Van Leuven F, Henderson ST.
Nutr Metab (Lond), 2005 Oct 17, 2:28.


   

Focal glial activation coincides with increased BACE1 activation and precedes amyloid plaque deposition in APP[V717I] transgenic mice.
Heneka MT, Sastre M, Dumitrescu-Ozimek L, Dewachter I, Walter J, Klockgether T, Van Leuven F.
J Neuroinflammation, 2005 Oct 7, 2:22.


   

Identification and isolation of a hyperphosphorylated, conformationally changed intermediate of human protein tau expressed in yeast.
Vandebroek T, Vanhelmont T, Terwel D, Borghgraef P, Lemaire K, Snauwaert J, Wera S, Van Leuven F, Winderickx J.
Biochemistry, 2005 Aug 30, 44(34):11466-11475.


   

Mice lacking Dfna5 show a diverging number of cochlear fourth row outer hair cells.
Van Laer L, Pfister M, Thys S, Vrijens K, Mueller M, Umans L, Serneels L, Van Nassauw L, Kooy F, Smith RJ, Timmermans JP, Van Leuven F, Van Camp G.
Neurobiol Dis, 2005 Aug, 19(3):386-399.


   

Acute treatment with the PPARgamma agonist pioglitazone and ibuprofen reduces glial inflammation and Abeta1-42 levels in APPV717I transgenic mice.
Heneka MT, Sastre M, Dumitrescu-Ozimek L, Hanke A, Dewachter I, Kuiperi C, O'Banion K, Klockgether T, Van Leuven F, Landreth GE.
Brain, 2005 Jun, 128(Pt 6):1442-1453.


   

Characterization of alpha-synuclein aggregation and synergistic toxicity with protein tau in yeast.
Zabrocki P, Pellens K, Vanhelmont T, Vandebroek T, Griffioen G, Wera S, Van Leuven F, Winderickx J.
FEBS J, 2005 Mar, 272(6):1386-1400.


   

Noninvasive in vivo MRI detection of neuritic plaques associated with iron in APP[V717I] transgenic mice, a model for Alzheimer's disease.
Vanhoutte G, Dewachter I, Borghgraef P, Van Leuven F, Van der Linden A.
Magn Reson Med, 2005 Mar, 53(3):607-613.


   

Changed conformation of mutant Tau-P301L underlies the moribund tauopathy, absent in progressive, nonlethal axonopathy of Tau-4R/2N transgenic mice.
Terwel D, Lasrado R, Snauwaert J, Vandeweert E, Van Haesendonck C, Borghgraef P, Van Leuven F.
J Biol Chem, 2005 Feb 4, 280(5):3963-3973.


   

Characterization of a murine alpha 2 macroglobulin gene expressed in reproductive and cardiovascular tissue.
He H, McCartney DJ, Wei Q, Esadeg S, Zhang J, Foster RA, Hayes MA, Tayade C, Van Leuven F, Croy BA.
Biol Reprod, 2005 Feb, 72(2):266-275.


   

Virosome-based active immunization targets soluble amyloid species rather than plaques in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.
Zurbriggen R, Amacker M, Kammer AR, Westerfeld N, Borghgraef P, Van Leuven F, Van der Auwera I, Wera S.
J Mol Neurosci, 2005, 27(2):157-166.


   

Transgenic mouse models for APP processing and Alzheimer's disease: early and late defects.
van Dooren T, Dewachter I, Borghgraef P, Van Leuven F.
Subcell Biochem, 2005, 38:45-63. Review.


   

Phosphorylation and aggregation of protein tau in humanized yeast cells and in transgenic mouse brain.
Vandebroek T, Terwel D, Vanhelmont T, Winderickx J, Van Leuven F.
New trends in Alzheimer and Parkinson related disorders: ADPD 2005.


   

Components enhancing alpha-synuclein aggregation and toxicity in a humanized yeast.
Pellens K, Zabrocki P, Vanhelmont T, Vandebroek T, Griffioen G, Wera S, Van Leuven F, Winderickx J.
New trends in Alzheimer and Parkinson related disorders: ADPD 2005.


   

2004  

   

Astrocytic calcium/zinc binding protein S100A6 over expression in Alzheimer's disease and in PS1/APP transgenic mice models.
Boom A, Pochet R, Authelet M, Pradier L, Borghgraef P, Van Leuven F, Heizmann CW, Brion JP.
Biochim Biophys Acta, 2004 Dec 6, 1742(1-3):161-168.


   

beta-site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme 1 increases amyloid deposition in brain parenchyma but reduces cerebrovascular amyloid angiopathy in aging BACE x APP[V717I] double-transgenic mice.
Willem M, Dewachter I, Smyth N, Van Dooren T, Borghgraef P, Haass C, Van Leuven F.
Am J Pathol, 2004 Nov, 165(5):1621-1631.


   

Therapeutic effects of PKC activators in Alzheimer's disease transgenic mice.
Etcheberrigaray R, Tan M, Dewachter I, Kuiperi C, Van der Auwera I, Wera S, Qiao L, Bank B, Nelson TJ, Kozikowski AP, Van Leuven F, Alkon DL.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2004 Jul 27, 101(30):11141-11146.


   

A disintegrin-metalloproteinase prevents amyloid plaque formation and hippocampal defects in an Alzheimer disease mouse model.
Postina R, Schroeder A, Dewachter I, Bohl J, Schmitt U, Kojro E, Prinzen C, Endres K, Hiemke C, Blessing M, Flamez P, Dequenne A, Godaux E, Van Leuven F, Fahrenholz F.
J Clin Invest, 2004 May, 113(10):1456-1464.


   

2003  

   

Capacitative calcium entry induces hippocampal long term potentiation in the absence of presenilin-1.
Ris L, Dewachter I, Reverse D, Godaux E, Van Leuven F.
J Biol Chem, 2003 Nov 7, 278(45):44393-44399.


   

Alpha-2 macroglobulin controls trophoblast positioning in mouse implantation sites.
Esadeg S, He H, Pijnenborg R, Van Leuven F, Croy BA.
Placenta, 2003 Nov, 24(10):912-921.


   

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma agonists modulate immunostimulated processing of amyloid precursor protein through regulation of beta-secretase.
Sastre M, Dewachter I, Landreth GE, Willson TM, Klockgether T, Van Leuven F, Heneka MT.
J Neurosci, 2003 Oct 29, 23(30):9796-9804.


   

Influence of exonic polymorphisms in the gene for LDL receptor-related protein (LRP) on risk of coronary artery disease.
Pocathikorn A, Granath B, Thiry E, Van Leuven F, Taylor R, Mamotte C.
Atherosclerosis, 2003 May, 168(1):115-121.


   

Reduction of beta-amyloid plaques in brain of transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease by EFRH-phage immunization.
Frenkel D, Dewachter I, Van Leuven F, Solomon B.
Vaccine, 2003 Mar 7, 21(11-12):1060-1065.


   

Evaluation of 18F-FA-4 and 11C-pipzA-4 as radioligands for the in vivo evaluation of the high-affinity choline uptake system.
Gilissen C, de Groot TJ, Bronfman F, Van Leuven F, Verbruggen AM, Bormans GM.
J Nucl Med, 2003 Feb, 44(2):269-275.


   

Capacitive calcium entry is directly attenuated by mutant presenilin-1, independent of the expression of the amyloid precursor protein.
Herms J, Schneider I, Dewachter I, Caluwaerts N, Kretzschmar H, Van Leuven F.
J Biol Chem, 2003 Jan 24, 278(4):2484-2489.


   

Neuropathobiology in transgenic mice. The case of Alzheimer's disease. .
Van Dorpe J, Spittaels K, Van den Haute CV, Dewachter I, Moechars D, Geerts H, Van Leuven F.
Methods Mol Biol, 2003, 209:333-361. Review.


   

2002

   

Unusual association of Hodgkin's disease and sarcoidosis.
Simsek S, Van Leuven F, Bronsveld W, Ooms GH, Groeneveld AB, de Graaff CS.
Neth J Med, 2002 Dec, 60(11):438-440.


   

Secretases as targets for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease: the prospects.
Dewachter I, Van Leuven F.
Lancet Neurol, 2002 Nov, 1(7):409-416. Review.


   

Increased Trypanosoma cruzi invasion and heart fibrosis associated with high transforming growth factor beta levels in mice deficient in alpha(2)-macroglobulin.
Waghabi MC, Coutinho CM, Soeiro MN, Pereira MC, Feige JJ, Keramidas M, Cosson A, Minoprio P, Van Leuven F, Araujo-Jorge TC.
Infect Immun, 2002 Sep, 70(9):5115-5123.


   

Unhampered prion neuroinvasion despite impaired fast axonal transport in transgenic mice overexpressing four-repeat tau.
Kunzi V, Glatzel M, Nakano MY, Greber UF, Van Leuven F, Aguzzi A.
J Neurosci, 2002 Sep 1, 22(17):7471-7477.


   

Functional expression of murine LRP1 requires correction of Lrp1 cDNA sequences.
Smeijers L, Willems S, Lauwers A, Thiry E, Van Leuven F, Roebroek AJ.
Biochim Biophys Acta, 2002 Aug 19, 1577(1):155-158.


   

Role of alpha(2)-macroglobulin in fever and cytokine responses induced by lipopolysaccharide in mice.
Gourine AV, Gourine VN, Tesfaigzi Y, Caluwaerts N, Van Leuven F, Kluger MJ.
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol, 2002 Jul, 283(1):R218-226.


   

Reduction of amyloid load and cerebral damage in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease by treatment with a beta-sheet breaker peptide.
Permanne B, Adessi C, Saborio GP, Fraga S, Frossard MJ, Van Dorpe J, Dewachter I, Banks WA, Van Leuven F, Soto C.
FASEB J, 2002 Jun, 16(8):860-862.


   

Proteomics analysis of the neurodegeneration in the brain of tau transgenic
Tilleman K, Van den Haute C, Geerts H, Van Leuven F, Esmans EL, Moens L.
Proteomics, 2002 Jun, 2(6):656-665.


   

Neuronal deficiency of presenilin 1 inhibits amyloid plaque formation and corrects hippocampal long-term potentiation but not a cognitive defect of amyloid precursor protein [V717I] transgenic mice.
Dewachter I, Reverse D, Caluwaerts N, Ris L, Kuiperi C, Van den Haute C, Spittaels K, Umans L, Serneels L, Thiry E, Moechars D, Mercken M, Godaux E, Van Leuven F.
J Neurosci, 2002 May 1, 22(9):3445-3453.


   

Translocation of the HMGI-C ( HMGA2) gene in a benign mesenchymoma (chondrolipoangioma).
Van Dorpe J, Dal Cin P, Weremowicz S, Van Leuven F, de Wever I, Van den Berghe H, Fletcher CD, Sciot R.
Virchows Arch, 2002 May, 440(5):485-490.


   

Coexpression of GSK-3beta corrects phenotypic aberrations of dorsal root ganglion cells, cultured from adult transgenic mice overexpressing human protein tau.
Nuydens R, Van Den Kieboom G, Nolten C, Verhulst C, Van Osta P, Spittaels K, Van den Haute C, De Feyter E, Geerts H, Van Leuven F.
Neurobiol Dis, 2002 Feb, 9(1):38-48.


   

Mice lacking alpha(2)-macroglobulin show an increased host defense against Gram-negative bacterial sepsis, but are more susceptible to endotoxic shock.
Hochepied T, Van Leuven F, Libert C.
Eur Cytokine Netw, 2002 Jan-Mar, 13(1):86-91.


   

Axonal transport, tau protein, and neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease.
Terwel D, Dewachter I, Van Leuven F.
Neuromolecular Med, 2002, 2(2):151-165. Review.


   

Neonatal neuronal overexpression of glycogen synthase kinase-3 beta reduces brain size in transgenic mice.
Spittaels K, Van den Haute C, Van Dorpe J, Terwel D, Vandezande K, Lasrado R, Bruynseels K, Irizarry M, Verhoye M, Van Lint J, Vandenheede JR, Ashton D, Mercken M, Loos R, Hyman B, Van der Linden A, Geerts H, Van Leuven F.
Neuroscience, 2002, 113(4):797-808.


   

Differential expression of brain proteins in glycogen synthase kinase-3 transgenic mice: a proteomics point of view.
Tilleman K, Stevens I, Spittaels K, Haute CV, Clerens S, Van Den Bergh G, Geerts H, Van Leuven F, Vandesande F, Moens L.
Proteomics, 2002 Jan, 2(1):94-104.


   

2001  

   

Impact of genetic defects on atherosclerosis in patients suspected of familial hypercholesterolaemia.
Descamps OS, Gilbeau JP, Leysen X, Van Leuven F, Heller FR.
Eur J Clin Invest, 2001 Nov, 31(11):958-965.


   

The use of Achilles tendon ultrasonography for the diagnosis of familial hypercholesterolemia.
Descamps OS, Leysen X, Van Leuven F, Heller FR.
Atherosclerosis, 2001 Aug, 157(2):514-518.


   

Differential expression of mRNA coding for the alpha-2-macroglobulin family and the LRP receptor system in C57BL/6J and C3H/HeJ male mice.
Correia Soeiro MN, Paiva MM, Waghabi M, Meirelles MN, Lorent K, Araujo-Jorge TC, Van Leuven F.
Cell Struct Funct, 2001 Jun, 26(3):161-167.


   

Mutant presenilins disturb neuronal calcium homeostasis in the brain of transgenic mice, decreasing the threshold for excitotoxicity and facilitating long-term potentiation.
Schneider I, Reverse D, Dewachter I, Ris L, Caluwaerts N, Kuiperi C, Gilis M, Geerts H, Kretzschmar H, Godaux E, Moechars D, Van Leuven F, Herms J.
J Biol Chem, 2001 Apr 13, 276(15):11539-11544.


   

Sequencing of the coding exons of the LRP1 and LDLR genes on individual DNA samples reveals novel mutations in both genes.
Van Leuven F, Thiry E, Lambrechts M, Stas L, Boon T, Bruynseels K, Muls E, Descamps O.
Atherosclerosis, 2001 Feb 15, 154(3):567-577.


   

Coexpression of human cdk5 and its activator p35 with human protein tau in neurons in brain of triple transgenic mice.
Van den Haute C, Spittaels K, Van Dorpe J, Lasrado R, Vandezande K, Laenen I, Geerts H, Van Leuven F.
Biochem Soc Symp. 2001;(67):203-10.


   

Modelling Alzheimer's disease in multiple transgenic mice.
Dewachter I, Moechars D, van Dorpe J, Tesseur I, Van den Haute C, Spittaels K, Van Leuven F.
Biochem Soc Symp, 2001, 8(1):32-44.


   

Phosphorylation of protein tau and rescue of protein tau-induced axonopathy by GSK-3ß in GSK-3ßhtau40 double transgenic mice.
Spittaels K, Van Den Haute C, Van Dorpe J, Van Leuven F.
Alzheimer's disease: Advances in Etiology, Pathogenesis and Therapeutics, 2001, 609-620.


   

2000  

   

Glycogen synthase kinase-3beta phosphorylates protein tau and rescues the axonopathy in the central nervous system of human four-repeat tau transgenic mice.
Spittaels K, Van den Haute C, Van Dorpe J, Geerts H, Mercken M, Bruynseels K, Lasrado R, Vandezande K, Laenen I, Boon T, Van Lint J, Vandenheede J, Moechars D, Loos R, Van Leuven F.
J Biol Chem, 2000 Dec 29, 275(52):41340-41349.


   

Modeling Alzheimer's disease in transgenic mice: effect of age and of presenilin1 on amyloid biochemistry and pathology in APP/London mice.
Dewachter I, van Dorpe J, Spittaels K, Tesseur I, Van Den Haute C, Moechars D, Van Leuven F.
Exp Geront, 2000 Sep, 35(6-7):831-841. Review.


   

Single and multiple transgenic mice as models for Alzheimer's disease.
Van Leuven F.
Prog Neurobiol, 2000 Jun, 61(3):305-312. Review.


   

Prominent cerebral amyloid angiopathy in transgenic mice overexpressing the london mutant of human APP in neurons.
Van Dorpe J, Smeijers L, Dewachter I, Nuyens D, Spittaels K, Van Den Haute C, Mercken M, Moechars D, Laenen I, Kuiperi C, Bruynseels K, Tesseur I, Loos R, Vanderstichele H, Checler F, Sciot R, Van Leuven F.
Am J Pathol, 2000 Oct, 157(4):1283-1298.


   

Aging increased amyloid peptide and caused amyloid plaques in brain of old APP/V717I transgenic mice by a different mechanism than mutant presenilin1.
Dewachter I, Van Dorpe J, Smeijers L, Gilis M, Kuiperi C, Laenen I, Caluwaerts N, Moechars D, Checler F, Vanderstichele H, Van Leuven F.
J Neurosci, 2000 Sep 1, 20(17):6452-6458.


   

Acetylcholinesterase-positive fiber deafferentation and cell shrinkage in the septohippocampal pathway of aged amyloid precursor protein london mutant transgenic mice.
Bronfman FC, Moechars D, Van Leuven F.
Neurobiol Dis, 2000 Jun, 7(3):152-168.


   

Expression of human apolipoprotein E4 in neurons causes hyperphosphorylation of protein tau in the brains of transgenic mice.
Tesseur I, Van Dorpe J, Spittaels K, Van den Haute C, Moechars D, Van Leuven F.
Am J Pathol, 2000 Mar, 156(3):951-964.


   

Behavioral disturbances without amyloid deposits in mice overexpressing human amyloid precursor protein with Flemish (A692G) or Dutch (E693Q) mutation.
Kumar-Singh S, Dewachter I, Moechars D, Lubke U, De Jonghe C, Ceuterick C, Checler F, Naidu A, Cordell B, Cras P, Van Broeckhoven C, Van Leuven F.
Neurobiol Dis, 2000 Feb, 7(1):9-22.


   

Prominent axonopathy and disruption of axonal transport in transgenic mice expressing human apolipoprotein E4 in neurons of brain and spinal cord.
Tesseur I, Van Dorpe J, Bruynseels K, Bronfman F, Sciot R, Van Lommel A, Van Leuven F.
Am J Pathol, 2000 Nov, 157(5):1495-1510.


   

No evidence for cholinergic problems in apolipoprotein E knockout and apolipoprotein E4 transgenic mice.
Bronfman FC, Tesseur I, Hofker MH, Havekens LM, Van Leuven F.
Neuroscience, 2000, 97(3):411-418.


   

1999  

   

Prominent axonopathy in the brain and spinal cord of transgenic mice overexpressing four-repeat human tau protein.
Spittaels K, Van den Haute C, Van Dorpe J, Bruynseels K, Vandezande K, Laenen I, Geerts H, Mercken M, Sciot R, Van Lommel A, Loos R, Van Leuven F.
Am J Pathol, 1999 Dec, 155(6):2153-2165.


   

alpha2-macroglobulin- and murinoglobulin-1- deficient mice. A mouse model for acute pancreatitis.
Umans L, Serneels L, Overbergh L, Stas L, Van Leuven F.
Am J Pathol, 1999 Sep, 155(3):983-993.


   

Lipoprotein receptor-related protein in brain and in cultured neurons of mice deficient in receptor-associated protein and transgenic for apolipoprotein E4 or amyloid precursor protein.
Umans L, Serneels L, Lorent K, Dewachter I, Tesseur I, Moechars D, Van Leuven F.
Neuroscience, 1999, 94(1):315-321.


   

Premature death in transgenic mice that overexpress a mutant amyloid precursor protein is preceded by severe neurodegeneration and apoptosis.
Moechars D, Lorent K, Van Leuven F.
Neuroscience, 1999, 91(3):819-830.


   

Early phenotypic changes in transgenic mice that overexpress different mutants of amyloid precursor protein in brain.
Moechars D, Dewachter I, Lorent K, Reverse D, Baekelandt V, Naidu A, Tesseur I, Spittaels K, Haute CV, Checler F, Godaux E, Cordell B, Van Leuven F.
J Biol Chem, 1999 Mar 5, 274(10):6483-6492.


   

Celbiologische studie van de ziekte van Alzheimer.
Annaert W, Van Leuven F, De Strooper B.
Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, 1999, 55 nr.1


   

Transgene muizen als model voor de ziekte van Alzheimer.
Moechars D, Van Leuven F.
Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, 1999, 55 nr.3


   

1998  

   

Representational difference analysis using minute quantities of DNA.
Michiels L, Van Leuven F, van den Oord JJ, De Wolf-Peeters C, Delabie J.
Nucleic Acids Res, 1998 Aug 1, 26(15):3608-3610.


   

Transgenic mice, derived neurons and organotypic cultures as model systems to study Alzheimer's Disease.
Moechars D, De Strooper B, Dewachter I, Van Leuven F.
MFLRBER, 1998, 63(4a):1099-1105.


   

Strategy to sequence the 89 exons of the human LRP1 gene coding for the lipoprotein receptor related protein: identification of one expressed mutation among 48 polymorphisms.
Van Leuven F, Stas L, Thiry E, Nelissen B, Miyake Y.
Genomics, 1998 Sep 1, 52(2):138-144.


   

Analysis of the human LRPAP1 gene coding for the lipoprotein receptor-associated protein: identification of 22 polymorphisms and one mutation.
Van Leuven F, Thiry E, Stas L, Nelissen B.
Genomics, 1998 Sep 1, 52(2):145-151.


   

Transgenic mice expressing an alpha-secretion mutant of the amyloid precursor protein in the brain develop a progressive CNS disorder.
Moechars D, Lorent K, Dewachter I, Baekelandt V, De Strooper B, Van Leuven F.
Behav Brain Res, 1998 Sep, 95(1):55-64.


   

Molecular cloning of a gene on chromosome 19q12 coding for a novel intracellular protein: analysis of expression in human and mouse tissues and in human tumor cells, particularly Reed-Sternberg cells in Hodgkin disease.
Van Leuven F, Torrekens S, Moechars D, Hilliker C, Buellens M, Bollen M, Delabie J.
Genomics, 1998 Dec 15, 54(3):511-520.


   

Aggressive behaviour in transgenic mice expressing APP is alleviated by serotonergic drugs.
Moechars D, Gilis M, Kuiperi C, Laenen I, Van Leuven F.
Neuroreport, 1998 Nov 16, 9(16):3561-3564.


   

Transgenic mouse models for Alzheimer's Disease.
Moechars D, Lorent K, Dewachter I, Van Leuven F.
NNovel systems for the study of human disease, OECD PROCEEDINGS,, 1998, p.283-297.


   

Deficiency of presenilin-1 inhibits the normal cleavage of amyloid precursor protein.
De Strooper B, Saftig P, Craessaerts K, Vanderstichele H, Guhde G, Annaert W, Von Figura K, Van Leuven F.
Nature, 1998 Jan 22, 319(6665):387-390.


   

1997  

   

Phosphorylation, subcellular localization, and membrane orientation of the Alzheimer's disease-associated presenilins.
De Strooper B, Beullens M, Contreras B, Levesque L, Craessaerts K, Cordell B, Moechars D, Bollen M, Fraser P, George-Hyslop PS, Van Leuven F.
J Biol Chem, 1997 Feb 7, 272(6):3590-3598.


   

Alpha-2-macroglobulin binds to the surface of Trypanosoma cruzi.
Coutinho CM, Cavalcanti GH, Van Leuven F, Araujo-Jorge TC.
Parasitol, 1997 , 83(2):144-150.


   

1996  

   

Amyloidogenic processing of human amyloid precursor protein in hippocampal neurons devoid of cathepsin D.
Saftig P, Peters C, von Figura K, Craessaerts K, Van Leuven F, De Strooper B.
J Biol Chem, 1996 Nov 1, 271(44):27241-27244.


   

Murine alpha-macroglobulins demonstrate divergent activities as neutralizers of transforming growth factor-beta and as inducers of nitric oxide synthesis. A possible mechanism for the endotoxin insensitivity of the alpha2-macroglobulin gene knock-out mouse.
Webb DJ, Wen J, Lysiak JJ, Umans L, Van Leuven F, Gonias SL.
J Biol Chem, 1996 Oct 4, 271(40):24982-24988.


   

The beta-amyloid domain is essential for axonal sorting of amyloid precursor protein.
Tienari PJ, De Strooper B, Ikonen E, Simons M, Weidemann A, Czech C, Hartmann T, Ida N, Multhaup G, Masters CL, Van Leuven F, Beyreuther K, Dotti CG.
EMBO J, 1996 Oct 1, 15(19):5218-5229.


   

Expression in brain of amyloid precursor protein mutated in the alpha-secretase site causes disturbed behavior, neuronal degeneration and premature death in transgenic mice.
Moechars D, Lorent K, De Strooper B, Dewachter I, Van Leuven F.
EMBO J, 1996 Mar 15, 15(6):1265-1274.


   

A 68-kD antigen, which is probably an N-terminal fragment of the VLA-5 alpha 5-subunit, is specific for differentiating keratinocytes.
De Strooper B, Wu RR, Jaspers M, Van der Schueren B, Vekemans S, Carmeliet G, Van Leuven F, Van Den Oord J, Cassiman JJ.
Dermatology, 1996 , 193(3):212-220.


   

Molecular cloning and characterization of the human interleukin-11 receptor alpha-chain gene, IL11RA, located on chromosome 9p13.
Van Leuven F, Stas L, Hilliker C, Miyake Y, Bilinski P, Gossler A.
Genomics, 1996 Jan 1, 31(1):65-70.


   

1995  

   

Exchanging the extracellular domain of amyloid precursor protein for horseradish peroxidase does not interfere with alpha-secretase cleavage of the beta-amyloid region, but randomizes secretion in Madin-Darby canine kidney cells.
De Strooper B, Craessaerts K, Van Leuven F, Van Den Berghe H.
J Biol Chem, 1995 Dec 22, 270(51):30310-30314.


   

Production of intracellular amyloid-containing fragments in hippocampal neurons expressing human amyloid precursor protein and protection against amyloidogenesis by subtle amino acid substitutions in the rodent sequence.
De Strooper B, Simons M, Multhaup G, Van Leuven F, Beyreuther K, Dotti CG.
EMBO J, 1995 Oct 16, 14(20):4932-4938.


   

Targeted inactivation of the mouse alpha 2-macroglobulin gene.
Umans L, Serneels L, Overbergh L, Lorent K, Van Leuven F, Van den Berghe H.
J Biol Chem, 1995 Aug 25, 270(34):19778-19785.


   

Expression of mouse alpha-macroglobulins, lipoprotein receptor-related protein, LDL receptor, apolipoprotein E, and lipoprotein lipase in pregnancy.
Overbergh L, Lorent K, Torrekens S, Van Leuven F, Van den Berghe H.
J Lipid Res, 1995 Aug, 36(8):1774-1786.


   

Expression in mouse embryos and in adult mouse brain of three members of the amyloid precursor protein family, of the alpha-2-macroglobulin receptor/low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein and of its ligands apolipoprotein E, lipoprotein lipase, alpha-2-macroglobulin and the 40,000 molecular weight receptor-associated protein.
Lorent K, Overbergh L, Moechars D, De Strooper B, Van Leuven F, Van den Berghe H.
Neuroscience, 1995 Apr, 65(4):1009-1025.


   

Amyloid precursor protein accumulation in Lewy body dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
Van Gool D, De Strooper B, Van Leuven F, Dom R.
Dementia, 1995 Mar-Apr, 6(2):63-68.


   

Basolateral secretion of amyloid precursor protein in Madin-Darby canine kidney cells is disturbed by alterations of intracellular pH and by introducing a mutation associated with familial Alzheimer's disease.
De Strooper B, Craessaerts K, Dewachter I, Moechars D, Greenberg B, Van Leuven F, Van den Berghe H.
J Biol Chem, 1995 Feb 24, 270(8):4058-4065.


   

Cloning, characterization, and chromosomal localization to 4p16 of the human gene (LRPAP1) coding for the alpha 2-macroglobulin receptor-associated protein and structural comparison with the murine gene coding for the 44-kDa heparin-binding protein.
Van Leuven F, Hilliker C, Serneels L, Umans L, Overbergh L, De Strooper B, Fryns JP, Van den Berghe H.
Genomics, 1995 Jan 20, 25(2):492-500.


   

Amyloid precursor protein is not processed by furin, PACE 4, PC1/3, PC2, PC4 and PC5/6 of the furin family of proprotein processing enzymes.
De Strooper B, Creemers JW, Moechars D, Huylebroeck D, Van De Ven WJ, Van Leuven F, Van den Berghe H.
Biochim Biophys Acta, 1995 Jan 19, 1246(2):185-188.


   

1994  

   

Structure of the gene (LRP1) coding for the human alpha 2-macroglobulin receptor lipoprotein receptor-related protein.
Van Leuven F, Stas L, Hilliker C, Lorent K, Umans L, Serneels L, Overbergh L, Torrekens S, Moechars D, De Strooper B, et al.
Genomics, 1994 Nov 1, 24(1):78-89.


   

Genomic cloning of the mouse LDL receptor related protein/alpha 2-macroglobulin receptor gene.
van der Zee A, Stas L, Hilleker C, Van Leuven F, van Dijk KW, Havekes L, Frants R, Hofker M.
Genomics, 1994 Sep 1, 23(1):256-259.


   

Identification of four genes coding for isoforms of murinoglobulin, the monomeric mouse alpha 2-macroglobulin: characterization of the exons coding for the bait region.
Overbergh L, Hilliker C, Lorent K, Van Leuven F, Van den Berghe H.
Genomics, 1994 Aug 1, 22(3):530-539.


   

Molecular cloning of the mouse gene coding for alpha 2-macroglobulin and targeting of the gene in embryonic stem cells.
Umans L, Serneels L, Hilliker C, Stas L, Overbergh L, De Strooper B, Van Leuven F, Van den Berghe H.
Genomics, 1994 Aug, 22(3):519-529.


   

Distribution of mRNA coding for alpha-2-macroglobulin, the murinoglobulins, the alpha-2-macroglobulin receptor and the alpha-2-macroglobulin receptor associated protein during mouse embryogenesis and in adult tissues.
Lorent K, Overbergh L, Delabie J, Van Leuven F, Van den Berghe H.
Differentiation, 1994 Feb;55(3):213-23.


   

Localization of the gene (RSN) coding for restin, a marker for Reed-Sternberg cells in Hodgkin's disease, to human chromosome band 12q24.3 and YAC cloning of the locus.
Hilliker C, Delabie J, Speleman F, Bilbe G, Bruggen J, Van Leuven F, Van den Berghe H.
Cytogenet Cell Genet, 1994;65(3):172-6.


   

1993  

   

alpha 2-Macroglobulin expression in neuritic-type plaques in patients with Alzheimer's disease.
Van Gool D, De Strooper B, Van Leuven F, Triau E, Dom R.
Neurobiol Aging, 1993 May-Jun;14(3):233-7.


   

Molecular cloning and sequencing of the murine alpha-2-macroglobulin receptor cDNA.
Van Leuven F, Stas L, Raymakers L, Overbergh L, De Strooper B, Hilliker C, Lorent K, Fias E, Umans L, Torrekens S, et al.
Biochim Biophys Acta, 1993 Apr 29;1173(1):71-4.


   

Study of the synthesis and secretion of normal and artificial mutants of murine amyloid precursor protein (APP): cleavage of APP occurs in a late compartment of the default secretion pathway.
De Strooper B, Umans L, Van Leuven F, Van Den Berghe H.
J Cell Biol, 1993 Apr;121(2):295-304.


   

Mannose-specific lectins bind alpha-2-macroglobulin and an unknown protein from human plasma.
Van Leuven F, Torrekens S, Van Damme E, Peumans W, Van den Berghe H.
Protein Sci, 1993 Feb;2(2):255-63.


   

1992  

   

Expression of the novel intermediate filament-associated protein restin in Hodgkin's disease and anaplastic large-cell lymphoma.
Delabie J, Shipman R, Bruggen J, De Strooper B, Van Leuven F, Tarcsay L, Cerletti N, Odink K, Diehl V, Bilbe G, et al.
Blood, 1992 Dec 1;80(11):2891-6.


   

The primary sequence and the subunit structure of mouse alpha-2-macroglobulin, deduced from protein sequencing of the isolated subunits and from molecular cloning of the cDNA.
Van Leuven F, Torrekens S, Overbergh L, Lorent K, de Strooper B, van den Berghe H.
Eur J Biochem, 1992 Nov 15;210(1):319-27.


   

Alpha 2-macroglobulin and other proteinase inhibitors do not interfere with secretion of amyloid precursor protein in mouse neuroblastoma cells.
De Strooper B, Van Leuven F, Van den Berghe H.
FEBS Lett, 1992 Aug 10;308(1):50-3.


   

Ultrastructure of alpha 2-macroglobulins.
Delain E, Pochon F, Barray M, Van Leuven F.
Electron Microsc Rev, 1992;5(2):231-81.


   

1991  

   

The amyloid beta protein precursor or proteinase nexin II from mouse is closer related to its human homolog than previously reported.
De Strooper B, Van Leuven F, Van den Berghe H.
Biochim Biophys Acta, 1991 Dec 2;1129(1):141-3.


   

Molecular characterization of the murinoglobulins.
Overbergh L, Torrekens S, Van Leuven F, Van den Berghe H.
J Biol Chem, 1991 Sep 5;266(25):16903-10.


   

Alpha 2 macroglobin in acute pancreatitis. Raised values of alpha 2 macroglobulin-protease complexes in severe and mild attacks.
Banks RE, Evans SW, Alexander D, Van Leuven F, Whicher JT, McMahon MJ.
Gut, 1991 Apr;32(4):430-4.

 

 

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