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Researcher
Pamela Somers
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Results
2017
Complete static repopulation of decellularized porcine tissues for heart valve engineering : an in vitro study
Annelies Roosens
Mahtab Asadian
Nathalie De Geyter
Pamela Somers
Maria Cornelissen
A1
Journal Article
in
CELLS TISSUES ORGANS
2017
Towards a bio-active tissue engineered heart valve
Annelies Roosens
Maria Cornelissen
Pamela Somers
Dissertation
2017
2016
Impact of detergent-based decellularization methods on porcine tissues for heart valve engineering
Annelies Roosens
Pamela Somers
Filip De Somer
Víctor Sebastián Carriel Araya
Guido Van Nooten
Maria Cornelissen
A1
Journal Article
in
ANNALS OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
2016
2015
Construction of a contractile patch for cardiac tissue engineering
Arne Peirsman
Arthur Itturiagagoittia
Lotte Loret
Pamela Somers
Guido Van Nooten
C3
Conference
2015
Histological, biochemical and mechanical evaluation of porcine decellularized heart valves
Annelies Roosens
Pamela Somers
Filip De Somer
Víctor Sebastián Carriel Araya
Guido Van Nooten
Maria Cornelissen
C3
Conference
2015
Non-cytotoxic crosslinkers for heart valve tissue engineering
Pamela Somers
Annelies Roosens
Filip De Somer
Maria Cornelissen
Guido Van Nooten
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF HEART VALVE DISEASE
2015
Tissue engineering of heart valves : valvular or pericardial matrix?
Annelies Roosens
Pamela Somers
Filip De Somer
Víctor Sebastián Carriel Araya
Guido Van Nooten
Maria Cornelissen
C3
Conference
2015
2014
Histochemical and biochemical evaluation of porcine decellularized heart valves and pericardium
Annelies Roosens
Víctor Sebastián Carriel Araya
Pamela Somers
Maria Cornelissen
C3
Conference
2014
Rapid manufacturing of collagen scaffolds for cardiac tissue engineering
Kim Ragaert
Stieven Van de Velde
Ludwig Cardon
Filip De Somer
Guido Van Nooten
Pamela Somers
P1
Conference
2014
Role of myocardial hypertrophy on acute and chronic right ventricular performance in relation to chronic volume overload in a porcine model: relevance for the surgical management of tetralogy of Fallot
Thierry Bové
Kristof Vandekerckhove
Stefaan Bouchez
Patrick Wouters
Pamela Somers
Guido Van Nooten
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY
2014
Shear stress and VEGF enhance endothelial differentiation of human adipose-derived stem cells
Francesca Colazzo
Fahad Alrashed
Padmini Saratchandra
Ivan Carubelli
Adrian H Chester
Magdi H Yacoub
Patricia M Taylor
Pamela Somers
A1
Journal Article
in
GROWTH FACTORS
2014
2013
Evaluation of the behavior of murine and human embryonic stem cells in in vitro migration and invasion assays
Veronique T'Joen
Pamela Somers
Heidi Declercq
Maria Cornelissen
A1
Journal Article
in
TISSUE & CELL
2013
2012
Acute and chronic effects of dysfunction of right ventricular outflow tract components on right ventricular performance in a porcine model: implications for primary repair of tetralogy of fallot
Thierry Bové
Stefaan Bouchez
Stefan De Hert
Patrick Wouters
Filip De Somer
Daniel Devos
Pamela Somers
Guido Van Nooten
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY
2012
Adipose derived-stem cells as source of endothelial cells for cardiac tissue engineering
Pamela Somers
Francesca Colazzo
Ivan Carubelli
A Chester
Maria Cornelissen
Hubert Thierens
Guido Van Nooten
C3
Conference
2012
An optimized growth factor cocktail for ovine mesenchymal stem cells
Pamela Somers
Maria Cornelissen
Hubert Thierens
Guido Van Nooten
A1
Journal Article
in
GROWTH FACTORS
2012
Bioactive porcine matrices in heart valve tissue engineering
Pamela Somers
Filip De Somer
Maria Cornelissen
Hubert Thierens
Guido Van Nooten
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF HEART VALVE DISEASE
2012
Decellularization of heart valve matrices : search for the ideal balance
Pamela Somers
Filip De Somer
Maria Cornelissen
Hubert Thierens
Guido Van Nooten
A1
Journal Article
in
ARTIFICIAL CELLS BLOOD SUBSTITUTES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
2012
Flexural mechanical properties of porcine aortic heart valve leaflets
Kim Ragaert
Filip De Somer
Pamela Somers
Ives De Baere
Ludwig Cardon
Joris Degrieck
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS
2012
Non-cytotoxic cross-linking of bioactive porcine matrices
Pamela Somers
Filip De Somer
Maria Cornelissen
Hubert Thierens
Guido Van Nooten
C3
Conference
2012
Platelet gel supernatant as a potential tool to repopulate acellular heart valves
Pamela Somers
Lieselot Robyns
Evelien Nollet
Filip De Somer
Maria Cornelissen
Hubert Thierens
Guido Van Nooten
A1
Journal Article
in
CELL PROLIFERATION
2012
2010
Lumen enhancement influences absolute noncalcific plaque density on multislice computed tomography coronary angiography: ex-vivo validation and in-vivo demonstration
Filippo Cademartiri
Giuseppe Runza
Alessandro Palumbo
Erica Maffei
Claudia Martini
Eugene P McFadden
Pamela Somers
Michiel Knaapen
Stefan Verheye
Annick Weustink
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
Journal of cardiovascular medicine (Hagerstown, Md.)
2010
2009
Gamma radiation alters the ultrastructure in tissue-engineered heart valve scaffolds
Pamela Somers
Claude Cuvelier
Filip De Somer
Maria Cornelissen
Eric Cox
Marc Verloo
Koen Chiers
Guido Van Nooten
A1
Journal Article
in
TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A
2009
Repopulation of biological tissue engineered matrices
Pamela Somers
Guido Van Nooten
Claude Cuvelier
Dissertation
2009
2008
An automated approach to quantify volumetric coronary plaque composition by multi-slice computed tomography: an ex-vivo feasibility study
Nico Bruining
Stefan Verheye
Michiel Knaapen
Pamela Somers
E Regar
J Ligthart
Filippo Cademartiri
S de winter
Glen van Langenhove
Patrick Serruys
et al.
A2
Journal Article
in
Computers in Cardiology
2008
Genipin Blues: an alternative non-toxic crosslinker for heart valves?
Pamela Somers
Filip De Somer
Maria Cornelissen
Stefaan Bouchez
Frank Gasthuys
RAJKISHAN NARINE
Eric Cox
Guido Van Nooten
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF HEART VALVE DISEASE
2008
Mechanical and chemical characteristics of an autologous glue
Filip De Somer
Joris Delanghe
Pamela Somers
Maarten Debrouwere
Guido Van Nooten
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A
2008
Sustained release and activation of the growth factor basic fibroblast growth factor from loaded scaffolds in heart valve tissue engineering
Pamela Somers
RAJKISHAN NARINE
Filip De Somer
Filip De Vos
Guido Van Nooten
A1
Journal Article
in
GROWTH FACTORS
2008
2007
Autologous glue: Part of the sticky mystery unraveled
Guido Van Nooten
Pamela Somers
Ramses Forsyth
RAJKISHAN NARINE
Yves Van Belleghem
STEFAN JACOBS
Filip De Somer
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY
2007
Influence of convolution filtering on coronary plaque attenuation values: observations in an ex vivo model of multislice computed tomography coronary angiography
Filippo Cademartiri
Ludovico La Grutta
Giuseppe Runza
Alessandro Palumbo
Erica Maffei
Nico RA Mollet
Tommaso Vincenzo Bartolotta
Pamela Somers
Michiel Knaapen
Stefan Verheye
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
European radiology
2007
Three-dimensional and quantitative analysis of atherosclerotic plaque composition by automated differential echogenicity
Nico Bruining
Stefan Verheye
Michiel Knaapen
Pamela Somers
A1
Journal Article
in
CATHETERIZATION AND CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS
2007
2006
Acellular porcine and kangaroo aortic valve scaffolds show more intense immune-mediated calcification than cross-linked Toronto SPV® valves in a sheep model
Guido Van Nooten
Pamela Somers
Maria Cornelissen
Stefaan Bouchez
Frank Gasthuys
Eric Cox
Lisa SPARKS
RAJKISHAN NARINE
A2
Journal Article
in
Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery
2006
Autophagy as mechanism for cell death in degenerative aortic valve disease: an underestimated phenomenon in cardiovascular diseases
Wilhelm Mistiaen
Pamela Somers
Michiel Knaapen
Mark Kockx
A1
Journal Article
in
AUTOPHAGY
2006
Histological evaluation of autophagic cell death in calcified aortic valve stenosis
Pamela Somers
Michiel Knaapen
Mark Kockx
Philip Van Cauwelaert
Hilde Bortier
Wilhelm Mistiaen
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF HEART VALVE DISEASE
2006
Histopathology of calcific aortic valve stenosis
Pamela Somers
Michiel Knaapen
Wilhelm Mistiaen
A1
Journal Article
in
ACTA CARDIOLOGICA
2006
The histopathology of varicose vein disease
Pamela Somers
Michiel Knaapen
A1
Journal Article
in
Angiology
2006
2005
Hypertrophy of varicose veins is associated with increased expression of estrogen-beta
Michiel Knaapen
Pamela Somers
Hilde Bortier
Guido De Meyer
Mark Kockx
A2
Journal Article
in
Phlebology Digest
2005
Influence of increasing convolution kernel filtering on plaque imaging with multislice CT using an ex-vivo model of coronary angiography
Filippo Cademartiri
Giuseppe Runza
Nico R Mollet
G Luccichenti
M Belgrano
Pamela Somers
Michiel Knaapen
Stefan Verheye
Nico Bruining
Ronald Hamers
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
RADIOLOGIA MEDICA
2005
Influence of intracoronary attenuation on coronary plaque measurements using multislice computed tomography: observations in an ex vivo model of coronary computed tomography angiography
Filippo Cademartiri
Nico R Mollet
Giuseppe Runza
Nico Bruining
Ronald Hamers
Pamela Somers
Michiel Knaapen
Stefan Verheye
Massimo Midiri
Gabriel P Krestin
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
European radiology
2005
Smooth muscle cell hypertrophy in varicose veins is associated with expression of estrogen receptor
Michiel Knaapen
Pamela Somers
Hilde Bortier
Guido De Meyer
Mark Kockx
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF VASCULAR RESEARCH
2005