Prestigious ZonMw Open Competition grant awarded to LUMC, Vu and RIVM Our life expectancy is increasing worldwide, but the years we spend in good health are lagging behind. People from long-lived families often reach exceptionally old ages without disease. How is that possible? A multidisciplinary research team from the LUMC, the VU [...]
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA | November 2009 Abstract Extensive epidemiologic studies have suggested that adult disease risk is associated with adverse environmental conditions early in development. Although the mechanisms behind these relationships are unclear, an involvement of epigenetic dysregulation has been hypothesized. Here we show that individuals who were prenatally exposed to [...]
Epigenetics & Chromatin | Volume 6 | article numebr 26 | 06 August 2013 Abstract DNA methylation has been recognized as a key mechanism in cell differentiation. Various studies have compared tissues to characterize epigenetically regulated genomic regions, but due to differences in study design and focus there still is no consensus as [...]
Mass-spectrometric identification of carbamylated proteins present in the joints of rheumatoid arthritis patients and controls | Clin exp Rheumothol | May/June 2021 Marije K Verheul, George M C Janssen, Arnoud de Ru, Gerrie Stoeken-Rijsbergen, E W Nivine Levarht, Joanneke C Kwekkeboom, Nils Bomer, Andreea Ioan-Facsinay, Ingrid Meulenbelt, Robert A Cordfunke, Jan W Drijfhout, Rene E M Toes, Peter A van Veelen, Leendert A Trouw Abstract Objectives: Antibodies targeting [...]
The role of TNFRSF11B in development of osteoarthritic cartilage | May 2021 | Annals of the Rheumatic diseases Cindy G Boer, Ingrid Szilagyi, N Long Nguyen, Tuhina Neogi, Ingrid Meulenbelt, M Arfan Ikram, André G Uitterlinden, Sita Bierma-Zeinstra, Bruno H Stricker, Joyce B van Meurs Correspondence to Dr Joyce B van Meurs, Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, [...]
The role of TNFRSF11B in development of osteoarthritic cartilage | May 2021 | Rheumatology (Oxford) Alejandro Rodríguez Ruiz, Margo Tuerlings, Ankita Das, Rodrigo Coutinho de Almeida, H Eka Suchiman, Rob G H H Nelissen, Yolande F M Ramos, Ingrid Meulenbelt Abstract Objectives Osteoarthritis (OA) is a complex genetic disease with different risk factors contributing to its development. One of the genes, TNFRSF11B, previously [...]
Censoring exosomal crosstalk in osteoarthritis |April 15 2021 | Nature Aging Ingrid Meulenbelt, Yolande F. M. Ramos, S. Rubina Baglio & D. Michiel Pegtel Abstract Using mouse models of osteoarthritis (OA), a new study finds that osteoclasts secrete exosomes that deliver miRNAs to chondrocytes, leading to an increase in metalloproteinase activity in cartilage. A bone-specific inhibitor [...]
Human Osteochondral Explants: Reliable Biomimetic Models to Investigate Disease Mechanisms and Develop Personalized Treatments for Osteoarthritis | 20-02-2021 | Rheumatology and Therapy Evelyn Houtman, Marcella van Hoolwerff, Nico Lakenberg, Eka H. D. Suchiman, Enrike van der Linden-van der Zwaag, Rob G. H. H. Nelissen, Yolande F. M. Ramos & Ingrid Meulenbelt Introduction Likely due to ignored heterogeneity in disease pathophysiology, osteoarthritis (OA) [...]
Shared genetic risk between eating disorder- and substance-use-related phenotypes: Evidence from genome-wide association studies | January 26 2021 | Addiction Biology Melissa A Munn-Chernoff, Emma C Johnson, Yi-Ling Chou, Jonathan R I Coleman, Laura M Thornton, ..................(including Meulenbelt I) Neale BM, Gerome Breen, Joel Gelernter, Howard J Edenberg, Cynthia M Bulik, Arpana Agrawal Abstract Eating disorders and substance use disorders frequently co-occur. [...]
Variants of FOXO3 and RPA3 genes affecting IGF-1 levels alter the risk of development of primary osteoarthritis | January 2021 | European Journal of Endocrinology I C M Pelsma , K M J A Claessen, P E Slagboom, D van Heemst, A M Pereira, H M Kroon, Y F M Ramos, M Kloppenburg, N R Biermasz, and I M Meulenbelt Abstract Introduction Pathologically high growth hormone [...]
