Lieven Thorrez

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Lieven Thorrez is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Lieven Thorrez has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Molecular Biology, 28 papers in Surgery and 15 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Lieven Thorrez's work include Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (20 papers), Muscle Physiology and Disorders (14 papers) and Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (13 papers). Lieven Thorrez is often cited by papers focused on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (20 papers), Muscle Physiology and Disorders (14 papers) and Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (13 papers). Lieven Thorrez collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United States and France. Lieven Thorrez's co-authors include Herman H. Vandenburgh, Frans Schuit, Marinee Chuah, Thierry VandenDriessche, Yves Moreau, Désiré Collen, Leentje Van Lommel, Janet Shansky, Ilse Fraeye and Katrijn Van Deun and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Clinical Investigation and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Lieven Thorrez

79 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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ACE-inhibition induces a cardioprotective transcriptional response in the metabolic syndrome heart

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Lieven Thorrez

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Núria Montserrat Spain

David J. Milan United States

David Castel France

Fang Chen China

Xiaolei Yin China

Michiko Watanabe Japan

Jun Zhang China

Robert L. Price United States

Jiandong Liu United States

Masato Tamura Japan

Núria Montserrat Spain

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565 ×0.7

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262 ×0.9

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lieven Thorrez

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hengel, Jolanda van, et al.. (2025). Nattokinase as a novel food-grade enzyme for long term cell subculture. Food Research International. 203. 115800–115800. 1 indexed citations

Vlieghere, Elly De, Mario Van Poucke, Masaki Kinoshita, et al.. (2025). Exploring aneuploidies in two-center isolated bovine embryonic stem cell lines: Implications for cultured meat production. Future Foods. 11. 100555–100555.

Vlieghere, Elly De, Charlotte Grootaert, Charlot Philips, et al.. (2025). Animal-free edible scaffolds from soy protein isolate for the scalable production of cultured meat. Current Research in Food Science. 11. 101129–101129. 2 indexed citations

Philips, Charlot, et al.. (2025). In vivo evaluation of decellularized skeletal muscle matrices for skeletal muscle repair: A systematic review. Bioengineering & Translational Medicine. 10(4). e70009–e70009. 1 indexed citations

Philips, Charlot, et al.. (2024). Determination of DNA content as quality control in decellularized tissues: challenges and pitfalls. Regenerative Biomaterials. 11. rbae123–rbae123. 2 indexed citations

Philips, Charlot, et al.. (2024). Decellularized tissue exhibits large differences of extracellular matrix properties dependent on decellularization method: novel insights from a standardized characterization on skeletal muscle. Biofabrication. 16(2). 25033–25033. 5 indexed citations

Hertogh, Gert De, Greet Kerckhofs, Vincent Vandecaveye, et al.. (2024). Multilevel Analysis of the Neovascularization and Integration Process of a Nonvascularized Rectus Fascia Transplantation. Transplantation Direct. 10(6). e1624–e1624. 1 indexed citations

Gérard, Melanie, Annalisa La Gatta, Lieven Thorrez, et al.. (2024). Direct versus indirect 3D printing of photo-crosslinkable hybrid hydrogels based on gelatin and poly(aspartic acid) derivatives. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(1). 14002–14002.

Lecomte‐Grosbras, Pauline, et al.. (2024). MyoFInDer: An AI-Based Tool for Myotube Fusion Index Determination. Tissue Engineering Part A. 30(19-20). 652–661. 4 indexed citations

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Lambrichts, Ivo, et al.. (2024). Generating human skeletal myoblast spheroids for vascular myogenic tissue engineering. Biofabrication. 16(2). 25035–25035. 6 indexed citations

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Philips, Charlot, et al.. (2023). The Immunoarchitecture of Human Extraocular Muscles. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 64(14). 23–23. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Xinyu, Guanghui Wu, Els J. M. Van Damme, et al.. (2023). Urtica dioica Agglutinin Prevents Rabies Virus Infection in a Muscle Explant Model. Pharmaceutics. 15(5). 1353–1353. 5 indexed citations

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Gérard, Melanie, Annalisa La Gatta, Chiara Schiraldi, et al.. (2023). Photo-crosslinkable Poly(aspartic acid) for Light-based additive Manufacturing: Chain-growth versus Step-growth crosslinking. European Polymer Journal. 190. 112017–112017. 7 indexed citations

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Dittlau, Katarina Stoklund, Pieter Baatsen, Axelle Kerstens, et al.. (2023). FUS-ALS hiPSC-derived astrocytes impair human motor units through both gain-of-toxicity and loss-of-support mechanisms. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 18(1). 5–5. 42 indexed citations

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Gérard, Melanie, et al.. (2023). Ionically Modified Gelatin Hydrogels Maintain Murine Myogenic Cell Viability and Fusion Capacity. Macromolecular Bioscience. 23(7). e2300019–e2300019. 1 indexed citations

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Laenen, Griet, Lieven Thorrez, Daniela Börnigen, & Yves Moreau. (2013). Finding the targets of a drug by integration of gene expression data with a protein interaction network. Molecular BioSystems. 9(7). 1676–1685. 42 indexed citations

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Börnigen, Daniela, Tune H. Pers, Lieven Thorrez, et al.. (2013). Concordance of gene expression in human protein complexes reveals tissue specificity and pathology. Nucleic Acids Research. 41(18). e171–e171. 19 indexed citations

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Deun, Katrijn Van, Iven Van Mechelen, Lieven Thorrez, et al.. (2012). DISCO-SCA and Properly Applied GSVD as Swinging Methods to Find Common and Distinctive Processes. PLoS ONE. 7(5). e37840–e37840. 32 indexed citations

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Thorrez, Lieven, et al.. (2010). Detection of novel 3' untranslated region extensions with 3' expression microarrays. BMC Genomics. 11(1). 205–205. 11 indexed citations

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Thorrez, Lieven, Ilaria Laudadio, Katrijn Van Deun, et al.. (2010). Tissue-specific disallowance of housekeeping genes: The other face of cell differentiation. Genome Research. 21(1). 95–105. 146 indexed citations

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