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Pieter Vanden Berghe

KU Leuven · BE
Area of research
Gastroenterology · Physiology
Research interest
Research interests include Gastrointestinal motility and disorders, Diet and metabolism studies, Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies, and Infant Health and Development.
h-index
52
citations
10,125
works
330
NIH funding
primary concept
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Recent publications

International Forum on Visceral Myopathy 2024: Advances in the Knowledge of the Disease
Neurogastroenterology & Motility 2026cited by 0position: middledoi
Nutrients activate distinct patterns of small-intestinal enteric neurons
Nature 2025cited by 20position: lastdoi
Characterisation of MRGPRX2 <sup>+</sup> mast cells in irritable bowel syndrome
Gut 2025cited by 16position: middledoi
Mast cells link immune sensing to antigen-avoidance behaviour
Nature 2023cited by 125position: middledoi
Dedicated macrophages organize and maintain the enteric nervous system
Nature 2023cited by 97position: middledoi
β-adrenergic signaling triggers enteric glial reactivity and acute enteric gliosis during surgery
Journal of Neuroinflammation 2023cited by 28position: middledoi
Absolute measurement of cellular activities using photochromic single-fluorophore biosensors and intermittent quantification
Nature Communications 2022cited by 43position: middledoi
CRISPR/Cas9 screen in human iPSC‐derived cortical neurons identifies NEK6 as a novel disease modifier of <i>C9orf72</i> poly(PR) toxicity
Alzheimer s & Dementia 2022cited by 25position: middledoi
HDAC6 inhibition restores TDP‐43 pathology and axonal transport defects in human motor neurons with TARDBP mutations
The EMBO Journal 2021cited by 103position: middledoi
<i>C9orf72</i> -derived arginine-containing dipeptide repeats associate with axonal transport machinery and impede microtubule-based motility
Science Advances 2021cited by 90position: middledoi
Gut innervation and enteric nervous system development: a spatial, temporal and molecular tour de force
Development 2021cited by 46position: lastdoi
Loss of enteric neuronal Ndrg4 promotes colorectal cancer via increased release of Nid1 and Fbln2
EMBO Reports 2021cited by 45position: middledoi
Neuronal programming by microbiota regulates intestinal physiology
Nature 2020cited by 334position: middledoi
Functional circuits and signal processing in the enteric nervous system
Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 2020cited by 202position: lastdoi
Effect of resolvins on sensitisation of TRPV1 and visceral hypersensitivity in IBS
Gut 2020cited by 80position: middledoi
Upregulation of TRPM3 in nociceptors innervating inflamed tissue
eLife 2020cited by 47position: middledoi
Collagen fibre orientation in human bridging veins
Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology 2020cited by 14position: middledoi
<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> endocarditis: distinct mechanisms of bacterial adhesion to damaged and inflamed heart valves
European Heart Journal 2019cited by 143position: middledoi
Molecular understanding of label-free second harmonic imaging of microtubules
Nature Communications 2019cited by 122position: lastdoi
Regional complexity in enteric neuron wiring reflects diversity of motility patterns in the mouse large intestine
eLife 2019cited by 104position: lastdoi
Structurally defined signaling in neuro‐glia units in the enteric nervous system
Glia 2019cited by 70position: lastdoi
Histamine-mediated potentiation of transient receptor potential (TRP) ankyrin 1 and TRP vanilloid 4 signaling in submucosal neurons in patients with irritable bowel syndrome
American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology 2019cited by 60position: middledoi
Author response: Regional complexity in enteric neuron wiring reflects diversity of motility patterns in the mouse large intestine
2019cited by 4position: lastdoi
Self-Maintaining Gut Macrophages Are Essential for Intestinal Homeostasis
Cell 2018cited by 566position: middledoi
Preoperative administration of the 5-HT4 receptor agonist prucalopride reduces intestinal inflammation and shortens postoperative ileus via cholinergic enteric neurons
Gut 2018cited by 118position: middledoi
HDAC6 inhibition reverses axonal transport defects in motor neurons derived from FUS-ALS patients
Nature Communications 2017cited by 377position: middledoi
Lineage-dependent spatial and functional organization of the mammalian enteric nervous system
Science 2017cited by 170position: middledoi
Epithelial expression and function of trypsin-3 in irritable bowel syndrome
Gut 2017cited by 122position: middledoi
HDAC6 is a therapeutic target in mutant GARS-induced Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
Brain 2017cited by 120position: middledoi
Inhibition of histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) protects against vincristine-induced peripheral neuropathies and inhibits tumor growth
Neurobiology of Disease 2017cited by 67position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

Werend Boesmans · KU Leuven20 papers (2013–2025)Marlene M. Hao · KU Leuven9 papers (2012–2025)Jan Tack · KU Leuven8 papers (2013–2025)Guy E. Boeckxstaens · KU Leuven7 papers (2013–2025)Carla Cirillo · KU Leuven7 papers (2013–2017)Vassilis Pachnis · University of Sheffield7 papers (2013–2025)Candice Fung · KU Leuven6 papers (2019–2025)Ludo Van Den Bosch · Allen Institute for Brain Science5 papers (2014–2021)Philip Van Damme · Universitair Ziekenhuis Leuven5 papers (2014–2021)Nathalie Stakenborg · KU Leuven4 papers (2017–2025)Javier Aguilera‐Lizarraga · KU Leuven4 papers (2017–2020)Chris Van den Haute · Allen Institute for Brain Science4 papers (2013–2019)Mira M. Wouters · KU Leuven4 papers (2017–2025)Alexandre Denadai‐Souza · KU Leuven3 papers (2017–2025)Veerle Baekelandt · Allen Institute for Brain Science3 papers (2018–2019)Maria Francesca Viola · KU Leuven3 papers (2018–2025)Zhiling Li · The Central Hospital of Shaoyang3 papers (2019–2019) · 3 papers (2012–2016)Pieter Baatsen · VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology3 papers (2014–2019)Inge Depoortere · KU Leuven2 papers (2013–2018)