Karen Smeets
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Recent Articles
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Bijnens K, Thijs S, Alfano R, McAmmond B, Van Hamme J, Artois T, et al.
Sci Rep
. 2025 Feb;
15(1):4398.
PMID: 39910204
To fully comprehend host-microorganism interactions, it is crucial to understand the composition and diversity of the microbiome, as well as the factors that shape these characteristics. We investigated microbiome variation...
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Gordillo-Perez M, Beenaerts N, Sanchez D, Smeets K, Arias-Sosa Y, Reyes-Tur B
PLoS One
. 2025 Jan;
20(1):e0314008.
PMID: 39813244
Climate change is a global environmental threat, directly affecting biodiversity. Terrestrial gastropods are particularly susceptible to alterations in temperature and humidity and have develop morph-physiological and behavioural adaptations in this...
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Cruz-Laufer A, Vanhove M, Bachmann L, Barson M, Bassirou H, Bitja Nyom A, et al.
BMC Biol
. 2025 Jan;
23(1):10.
PMID: 39800686
Background: Stress responses are key the survival of parasites and, consequently, also the evolutionary success of these organisms. Despite this importance, our understanding of the evolution of molecular pathways dealing...
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Jaenen V, Bijnens K, Heleven M, Artois T, Smeets K
Methods Mol Biol
. 2023 Jul;
2680:209-229.
PMID: 37428380
Imaging of living animals allows the study of metabolic processes in relation to cellular structures or larger functional entities. To enable in vivo imaging during long-term time-lapses in planarians, we...
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Saenen N, Witters M, Hantoro I, Tejeda I, Ethirajan A, Van Belleghem F, et al.
Antioxidants (Basel)
. 2023 Mar;
12(3).
PMID: 36978987
Currently, we lack crucial knowledge on how the physicochemical properties of particles affect cellular health, resulting in an important gap in our understanding of the human toxicity of microplastics (MPs)....
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Collins A, Moller P, Gajski G, Vodenkova S, Abdulwahed A, Anderson D, et al.
Nat Protoc
. 2023 Jan;
18(3):929-989.
PMID: 36707722
The comet assay is a versatile method to detect nuclear DNA damage in individual eukaryotic cells, from yeast to human. The types of damage detected encompass DNA strand breaks and...
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Cosemans C, Wang C, Martens D, Janssen B, Vanpoucke C, Lefebvre W, et al.
Environ Sci Technol
. 2022 Dec;
57(1):350-359.
PMID: 36516295
Mitochondria are sensitive to oxidative stress, which can be caused by traffic-related air pollution. Placental mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations have been previously linked with air pollution. However, the relationship between...
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Cosemans C, Wang C, Alfano R, Martens D, Sleurs H, Dockx Y, et al.
Environ Health
. 2022 Sep;
21(1):88.
PMID: 36117180
Background: Mitochondria play an important role in the energy metabolism and are susceptible to environmental pollution. Prenatal air pollution exposure has been linked with childhood obesity. Placental mtDNA mutations have...
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Cruz-Laufer A, Artois T, Koblmuller S, Pariselle A, Smeets K, Van Steenberge M, et al.
Ecol Lett
. 2022 Jun;
25(8):1795-1812.
PMID: 35726545
Many species-rich ecological communities emerge from adaptive radiation events. Yet the effects of adaptive radiation on community assembly remain poorly understood. Here, we explore the well-documented radiations of African cichlid...
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Cruz-Laufer A, Pariselle A, Jorissen M, Bukinga F, Al Assadi A, Van Steenberge M, et al.
Cladistics
. 2022 Apr;
38(4):465-512.
PMID: 35488795
A substantial portion of biodiversity has evolved through adaptive radiation. However, the effects of explosive speciation on species interactions remain poorly understood. Metazoan parasites infecting radiating host lineages could improve...