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Peter Carmeliet

Peter Carmeliet

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Peter, Baron Carmeliet (Dutch: [ˈpeːtər ˈkɑrməliːt]; born 1959)[1] is a Belgian physician and professor at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Leuven, Belgium). He is also Adjunct Director of the VIB Vesalius Research Center, KU Leuven. Among his research interests are vasculogenesis, angiogenesis, and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF).[2][3][4] In 2016, Carmeliet identified neuron-producing stem cells in the brain.[5]

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Carmeliet was elected a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2017.[1][6] By the number of citations, he is the most cited author of Nature Medicine.[7]

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    "KNAW kiest 26 nieuwe leden" (in Dutch). Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. 10 May 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
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    Carmeliet, Peter; Ferreira, Valérie; Breier, Georg; Pollefeyt, Saskia; Kieckens, Lena; Gertsenstein, Marina; Fahrig, Michaela; Vandenhoeck, Ann; Harpal, Kendraprasad; Eberhardt, Carmen; Declercq, Cathérine; Pawling, Judy; Moons, Lieve; Collen, Désiré; Risau, Werner; Nagy, Andras (1996). "Abnormal blood vessel development and lethality in embryos lacking a single VEGF allele". Nature. 380 (6573). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 435–439. Bibcode:1996Natur.380..435C. doi:10.1038/380435a0. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 8602241. S2CID 4363931.
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    Ferrara, Napoleone; Carver-Moore, Karen; Chen, Helen; Dowd, Mary; Lu, Lucy; O'Shea, K. Sue; Powell-Braxton, Lyn; Hillan, Kenneth J.; Moore, Mark W. (1996). "Heterozygous embryonic lethality induced by targeted inactivation of the VEGF gene". Nature. 380 (6573). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 439–442. Bibcode:1996Natur.380..439F. doi:10.1038/380439a0. hdl:2027.42/62597. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 8602242. S2CID 4317504.
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    Fischer, Christian; Jonckx, Bart; Mazzone, Massimiliano; Zacchigna, Serena; Loges, Sonja; Pattarini, Lucia; Chorianopoulos, Emmanuel; Liesenborghs, Laurens; Koch, Marta; De Mol, Maria; Autiero, Monica; Wyns, Sabine; Plaisance, Stephane; Moons, Lieve; van Rooijen, Nico; Giacca, Mauro; Stassen, Jean-Marie; Dewerchin, Mieke; Collen, Desire; Carmeliet, Peter (2007). "Anti-PlGF Inhibits Growth of VEGF(R)-Inhibitor-Resistant Tumors without Affecting Healthy Vessels". Cell. 131 (3). Elsevier BV: 463–475. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2007.08.038. ISSN 0092-8674. PMID 17981115. S2CID 1071689.
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    "Scientists discover neuron-producing stem cells in the membranes covering the brain: Possible implications for brain regeneration? – ScienceDaily". ScienceDaily. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
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    "Peter Carmeliet". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 14 May 2017.
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    "Peter Carmeliet citation rankings". Exaly. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
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    "Crick Lecture: Peter Carmeliet". Crick. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
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    Bloom S., Belgian scientists awarded top honors, J Clin Invest. 2005 May;115(5):1106-7
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    "Campus Insight – K.U.Leuven".
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    "Peter Carmeliet". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 27 May 2019.


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