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Gwenda Vasse

Post-doctoral Researcher

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  • Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, 2021-
  • PhD, University of Groningen, the Netherlands, 2021
  • Thesis title: Macrophage-matrix interactions: orchestrating the fibrotic response?
  • MSc, cum laude, Medical and Pharmaceutical Drug Innovation (MPDI), University of Groningen, the Netherlands, 2016
  • BSc, cum laude, Biology, University of Groningen, the Netherlands, 2014

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Research

 

Rae, B, Vasse, GF, Mosayebi, J, Berge, MVD, Pouwels, SD, Heijink, IH et al.. Development of a Widely Accessible, Advanced Large-Scale Microfluidic Airway-on-Chip. Bioengineering (Basel). 2025;12 (2):. doi: 10.3390/bioengineering12020182. PubMed PMID:40001701 PubMed Central PMC11851814.

Willems, SH, Qian, S, Lång, P, Overtoom, BE, Alimostafazadeh, S, Fuentes-Mateos, R et al.. TRAPping the effects of tobacco smoking: the regulation and function of Acp5 expression in lung macrophages. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2025;328 (4):L497-L511. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00157.2024. PubMed PMID:39993028 .

Pouwels, SD, Ter Haar, EAMD, Heijink, IH, Hylkema, MN, Koster, TD, Kuks, PJM et al.. Highlights from the 11th Bronchitis International Symposium: “Heterogeneity of Lung Disease in a Changing Environment,” Groningen, The Netherlands, 2024. Respiration. 2024;103 (12):765-776. doi: 10.1159/000541655. PubMed PMID:39348815 .

Vasse, GF, Melgert, BN. Microplastic and plastic pollution: impact on respiratory disease and health. Eur Respir Rev. 2024;33 (172):. doi: 10.1183/16000617.0226-2023. PubMed PMID:39009408 PubMed Central PMC11262622.

Song, S, van Dijk, F, Vasse, GF, Liu, Q, Gosselink, IF, Weltjens, E et al.. Inhalable Textile Microplastic Fibers Impair Airway Epithelial Differentiation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2024;209 (4):427-443. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202211-2099OC. PubMed PMID:37971785 .

Chen, Q, Vasse, GF, Nwozor, KO, Bekker, NJ, van den Berge, M, Brandsma, CA et al.. FAM13A regulates cellular senescence marker p21 and mitochondrial reactive oxygen species production in airway epithelial cells. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2023;325 (4):L460-L466. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00141.2023. PubMed PMID:37605846 .

Pouwels, SD, van den Berge, M, Vasse, GF, Timens, W, Brandsma, CA, Aliee, H et al.. Smoking increases expression of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein-binding long ACE2 isoform in bronchial epithelium. Respir Res. 2023;24 (1):130. doi: 10.1186/s12931-023-02430-5. PubMed PMID:37170105 PubMed Central PMC10174605.

Vasse, GF, Russo, S, Barcaru, A, Oun, AAA, Dolga, AM, van Rijn, P et al.. Collagen type I alters the proteomic signature of macrophages in a collagen morphology-dependent manner. Sci Rep. 2023;13 (1):5670. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-32715-0. PubMed PMID:37024614 PubMed Central PMC10079972.

Vasse, GF, Buzón, P, Melgert, BN, Roos, WH, van Rijn, P. Single Cell Reactomics: Real-Time Single-Cell Activation Kinetics of Optically Trapped Macrophages. Small Methods. 2021;5 (4):e2000849. doi: 10.1002/smtd.202000849. PubMed PMID:34927846 .

Vasse, GF, Van Os, L, De Jager, M, Jonker, MR, Borghuis, T, Van Den Toorn, LT et al.. Adipose Stromal Cell-Secretome Counteracts Profibrotic Signals From IPF Lung Matrices. Front Pharmacol. 2021;12 :669037. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2021.669037. PubMed PMID:34393771 PubMed Central PMC8355988.

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2018      NRS Young Investigator Travel Grant, Keystone Symposium on The Resolution of Inflammation in Health and Disease, Dublin, Ireland. €1250

 

2019      NRS Young Investigator Travel Grant, Gordon Research Conference on Cell Contact and Adhesion, Les Diablerets, Switzerland. €1250