Willem M R van den Akker
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Pezzi L, Moegling R, Baronti C, Stanoeva K, Presser L, Jourdan P, et al.
PLoS One
. 2025 Feb;
20(2):e0318602.
PMID: 40014625
Alphaviruses comprise over 30 identified species spread worldwide and carry a large global health burden. With vector expansion occurring in and around Europe, it is anticipated this burden will increase....
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Sluimer J, van den Akker W, Goderski G, Swart A, van der Veer B, Cremer J, et al.
Sci Rep
. 2024 Jan;
14(1):1378.
PMID: 38228693
A two-step strategy combining assisted benchmark testing (entry controls) and External Quality Assessments (EQAs) with blinded simulated clinical specimens to enhance and maintain the quality of nucleic acid amplification testing...
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Presser L, van den Akker W, Meijer A
J Infect Dis
. 2023 Aug;
229(Supplement_1):S34-S39.
PMID: 37578049
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common pathogen causing mostly cold-like symptoms, but in very young infants and elderly individuals it can lead to severe disease and even death. There...
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Veenstra T, van Schelven P, Ten Have Y, Swaan C, van den Akker W
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2023 Feb;
29(4):734-741.
PMID: 36848870
We investigated a large outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 infections among passengers and crew members (60 cases in 132 persons) on a cruise ship sailing for 7 days on rivers in the...
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Soares E, Xu Q, Li Q, Qu J, Zheng Y, Raeven H, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 2019 Aug;
116(35):17361-17370.
PMID: 31413199
Mutations in transcription factor p63 are associated with developmental disorders that manifest defects in stratified epithelia including the epidermis. The underlying cellular and molecular mechanism is however not yet understood....
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Schuurs-Hoeijmakers J, Geraghty M, Kamsteeg E, Ben-Salem S, de Bot S, Nijhof B, et al.
Am J Hum Genet
. 2012 Nov;
91(6):1073-81.
PMID: 23176823
We report on four families affected by a clinical presentation of complex hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) due to recessive mutations in DDHD2, encoding one of the three mammalian intracellular phospholipases...
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Kleefstra T, Kramer J, Neveling K, Willemsen M, Koemans T, Vissers L, et al.
Am J Hum Genet
. 2012 Jun;
91(1):73-82.
PMID: 22726846
Intellectual disability (ID) disorders are genetically and phenotypically highly heterogeneous and present a major challenge in clinical genetics and medicine. Although many genes involved in ID have been identified, the...
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Lefeber D, de Brouwer A, Morava E, Riemersma M, Schuurs-Hoeijmakers J, Absmanner B, et al.
PLoS Genet
. 2012 Jan;
7(12):e1002427.
PMID: 22242004
Genetic causes for autosomal recessive forms of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) are only rarely identified, although they are thought to contribute considerably to sudden cardiac death and heart failure, especially in...
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van den Akker W, Durston A, Spaink H
Int J Dev Biol
. 2009 Oct;
54(1):55-62.
PMID: 19876844
Hox proteins are homeobox containing transcription factors that play important roles in patterning the presumptive central nervous system and the axial mesoderm in the early vertebrate embryo. Hox genes are...
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van den Akker W, Brox A, Puelles L, Durston A, Medina L
J Comp Neurol
. 2007 Nov;
506(2):211-23.
PMID: 18022953
Knockout of the Nkx2.1 (Titf-1) homeobox gene in the mouse leads to severe malformation and size reduction of the basal telencephalon/preoptic area and basal hypothalamus, indicating an important role of...