Area of research
Endocrinology · Infectious Diseases
Research interest
Research interests include Escherichia coli research studies, Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, and Microbial infections and disease research.
From mother to piglet: the lasting influence of the maternal microbiome.
First detection of tick-borne encephalitis virus in Ixodes ricinus ticks in Belgium, May 2024.
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae occurrence, epidemiology and vaccine reactions in cetaceans: a thirty-year retrospective based on two global surveys.
Exploring the potential link between vegetable oil supplementation and adverse food reactions in dogs: a preliminary study.
Exploring CD4 +CD8 + double-positive T cells in canine allergy and health: A pilot study.
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin induces cell death and disrupts effector functions in porcine monocytes.
Uptake and nuclear translocation of lactoferrin by porcine monocytes: impact of iron binding, protease activity, and monocyte activation.
Diversity of the Ixodes ricinus Microbiome Across Belgian Ecoregions and Its Association with Pathogen and Symbiont Presence.
Integrated gut metabolome and microbiome fingerprinting reveals that dysbiosis precedes allergic inflammation in IgE‐mediated pediatric cow's milk allergy
Enterotoxigenic <i>Escherichia coli</i> heat labile enterotoxin affects neutrophil effector functions via cAMP/PKA/ERK signaling.
Exploring the modulatory role of bovine lactoferrin on the microbiome and the immune response in healthy and Shiga toxin-producing E. coli challenged weaned piglets.
Virotyping and genetic antimicrobial susceptibility testing of porcine ETEC/STEC strains and associated plasmid types.
QuilA® adjuvanted Coxevac® sustains Th1-CD8<sup>+</sup>-type immunity and increases protection in Coxiella burnetii-challenged goats.
Targeted delivery of oral vaccine antigens to aminopeptidase N protects pigs against pathogenic <i>E. coli</i> challenge infection.
A Virus-like Particle-Based F4 Enterotoxigenic <i>Escherichia coli</i> Vaccine Is Inhibited by Maternally Derived Antibodies in Piglets but Generates Robust Responses in Sows.
Comparative transcriptomics of porcine liver-resident CD8α<sup>dim</sup>, liver CD8α<sup>high</sup> and circulating blood CD8α<sup>high</sup> NK cells reveals an intermediate phenotype of liver CD8α<sup>high</sup> NK cells.
Spatial proteogenomics reveals distinct and evolutionarily conserved hepatic macrophage niches
Spatial proteogenomics reveals distinct and evolutionarily conserved hepatic macrophage niches.
Supplementation of oligosaccharide-based polymer enhanced growth and disease resistance of weaned pigs by modulating intestinal integrity and systemic immunity.
Lactoferrin Decreases Enterotoxigenic <i>Escherichia coli</i>-Induced Fluid Secretion and Bacterial Adhesion in the Porcine Small Intestine.
Identification of Five Serotypes of Enteropathogenic <i>Escherichia coli</i> from Diarrheic Calves and Healthy Cattle in Belgium and Comparative Genomics with Shigatoxigenic <i>E. coli</i>.
Immortalised canine buccal epithelial cells' CXCL8 secretion is affected by allergen extracts, Toll-like receptor ligands, IL-17A and calcitriol.
Intestinal Epithelial Cells Modulate the Production of Enterotoxins by Porcine Enterotoxigenic <i>E. coli</i> Strains.
Adjuvanting Coxevac® with QuilA® skews Coxiella burnetii-induced inflammatory responses towards a sustained Th1-CD8+-mediated activation and increases protection in an experimental goat model
Porcine small intestinal organoids as a model to explore ETEC-host interactions in the gut.
Lactoferrin, a versatile natural antimicrobial glycoprotein that modulates the host's innate immunity.
Arrival cortisol measurement in veal calves and its association with body weight, protein fractions, animal health and performance.
Particulate matter and airborne endotoxin concentration in calf barns and their association with lung consolidation, inflammation, and infection.
Mucosal Vaccination Against Periodontal Disease: Current Status and Opportunities.
β-Glucan-Induced IL-10 Secretion by Monocytes Triggers Porcine NK Cell Cytotoxicity.