Swier Garst,[...], P Eline Slagboom, Joyce van Meurs | 18-05-2026 | Because individuals age at different rates, robust aging biomarkers are needed beyond chronological age. However, the methodological choices that shape such biomarkers have not been compared in a unified framework. This study addresses that gap by evaluating model choice, training targets, and protein [...]
Bogaards FA, Groenendijk I, [...], Slagboom PE | 17-04-2026 | Nutritional weight-loss interventions are known to reduce bone mineral density (BMD), which can be prevented by adding (resistance) exercise training. However, this combined effect is not well studied in non-obese adults. In addition, the association between biomarkers and metabolite-based composite health markers with changes [...]
A shift towards a more plant-based diet is promoted as healthy as well as sustainable. Whether this also applies to older adults is however less clear: On one hand plant-based diets may lead to energy deficits among vulnerable older adults and therefore negatively impact well-being. On the other hand, plant-based diets have been found [...]
1H-NMR metabolomics-based surrogates to impute common clinical risk factors and endpoints | 2022 Jan;75:103764 | EBioMedicine | doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2021.103764 Bizzarri D, Reinders MJT, Beekman M, Slagboom PE, BBMRI-NL, van den Akker EB. Abstract Background: Missing or incomplete phenotypic information can severely deteriorate the statistical power in epidemiological studies. High-throughput quantification of small-molecules in bio-samples, i.e. 'metabolomics', [...]
Hassouneh F, Goldeck D, Pera A, van Heemst D, Slagboom PE, Pawelec G, Solana R. | September 15th 2021 | Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Sep 15;22(18):9973. doi: 10.3390/ijms22189973. Abstract Cytomegalovirus (CMV) latent infection and aging contribute to alterations in the function and phenotype of the T-cell pool. We have demonstrated that CMV-seropositivity is [...]
Improved selection of participants in genetic longevity studies: family scores revisited | BMC Medicine | January 2021 Rodriguez-Girondo, M.; Berg, N. van den; Hof, M.H.; Beekman, M.; Slagboom, E. Background: Although human longevity tends to cluster within families, genetic studies on longevity have had limited success in identifying longevity loci. One of the main causes of this limited [...]
Long RNA Sequencing and Ribosome Profiling of Inflamed β-Cells Reveal an Extensive Translatome Landscape | Diebetes | October 2021 Sofia Thomaidou, Roderick C Slieker, Arno R van der Slik, Jasper Boom, Flip Mulder, Amadeo Munoz-Garcia, Leen M 't Hart, Bobby Koeleman, Françoise Carlotti, Rob C Hoeben, Bart O Roep, Hailiang Mei, Arnaud Zaldumbide Abstract Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease characterized by autoreactive T cell-mediated [...]
Distinct molecular signatures of clinical clusters in people with type 2 diabetes: an IMI-RHAPSODY study | Diabetes| August 2021 | Roderick C Slieker, Louise A Donnelly, Hugo Fitipaldi, Gerard A Bouland, Giuseppe N Giordano, Mikael Åkerlund, Mathias J Gerl, Emma Ahlqvist, Ashfaq Ali, Iulian Dragan, Petra Elders, Andreas Festa, Michael K Hansen, Amber A van der Heijden, Dina Mansour Aly, Min Kim, Dmitry Kuznetsov, Florence Mehl, Christian Klose, Kai Simons, Imre Pavo, Timothy J Pullen, Tommi [...]
Peripheral blood transcriptome profiling enables monitoring disease progression in dystrophic mice and patients | EMBO Mol Med | April 2021 Mirko Signorelli, Mitra Ebrahimpoor, Olga Veth, Kristina Hettne, Nisha Verwey, Raquel García-Rodríguez, Christa L Tanganyika-deWinter, Luz B Lopez Hernandez, Rosa Escobar Cedillo, Benjamín Gómez Díaz, Olafur T Magnusson, Hailiang Mei, Roula Tsonaka, Annemieke Aartsma-Rus, Pietro Spitali Abstract DMD is a rare disorder characterized by progressive muscle degeneration and [...]
Maxime M. Bos, Neil J. Goulding, Matthew A. Lee, Amy Hofman, Mariska Bot, René Pool, Lisanne S. Vijfhuizen, Xiang Zhang, Chihua Li, Rima Mustafa, Matt J. Neville, Ruifang Li-Gao, Stella Trompet, Marian Beekman, Nienke R. Biermasz, Dorret I. Boomsma, Irene de Boer, Constantinos Christodoulides, Abbas Dehghan, Ko Willems van Dijk, Ian Ford, Mohsen Ghanbari, [...]
