Pharmacologic Treatment of Obesity

by Alfredo Halpern, Steven B. Heymsfield, Luc Van Gaal
Published 2011-01-01

Efficacy and safety of the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist lixisenatide versus the dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor sitagliptin in young (<50 years) obese patients with ty...

by Luc Van Gaal, Elisabeth Souhami, Tianyue Zhou, Ronnie Aronson
Published 2014-06-01

Unsupervised Exercise Training Was Not Found to Improve the Metabolic Health or Phenotype over a 6-Month Dietary Intervention: A Randomised Controlled Trial with an Embedded Econom...

by Wendy Hens, Dirk Vissers, Nick Verhaeghe, Jan Gielen, Luc Van Gaal, Jan Taeymans
Published 2021-07-01

The effect of exercise on visceral adipose tissue in overweight adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

by Dirk Vissers, Wendy Hens, Jan Taeymans, Jean-Pierre Baeyens, Jacques Poortmans, Luc Van Gaal
Published 2013-01-01

Peripheral and Hepatic Vein Cytokine Levels in Correlation with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)-Related Metabolic, Histological, and Haemodynamic Features.

by Luisa Vonghia, Thea Magrone, An Verrijken, Peter Michielsen, Luc Van Gaal, Emilio Jirillo, Sven Francque
Published 2015-01-01

An Intact Dopamine Sensitivity in the Brain: A Necessity to Recover Hyperprolactinemia and Galactorrhea in a Female Hemodialysis Patient?

by Eva Philipse, Ester Philipse, Theodorus Twickler, Amaryllis Van Craenenbroeck, Marie Madeleine Couttenye, Luc Van Gaal
Published 2017-01-01

Phthalate metabolites in obese individuals undergoing weight loss: Urinary levels and estimation of the phthalates daily intake

by Alin C. Dirtu, Tinne Geens, Eveline Dirinck, Govindan Malarvannan, Hugo Neels, Luc Van Gaal, Philippe G. Jorens, Adrian Covaci
Published 2013-09-01

Sleep disordered breathing and autonomic function in overweight and obese children and adolescents

by Annelies Van Eyck, Kim Van Hoorenbeeck, Benedicte Y. De Winter, Luc Van Gaal, Wilfried De Backer, Stijn L. Verhulst
Published 2016-12-01

A red yeast rice-olive extract supplement reduces biomarkers of oxidative stress, OxLDL and Lp-PLA2, in subjects with metabolic syndrome: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-contro...

by Nina Hermans, Anastasia Van der Auwera, Annelies Breynaert, Annelies Verlaet, Tess De Bruyne, Luc Van Gaal, Luc Pieters, Veronique Verhoeven
Published 2017-07-01

Expression of obesity markers and Persistent Organic Pollutants levels in adipose tissue of obese patients: reinforcing the obesogen hypothesis?

by Anna Pereira-Fernandes, Eveline Dirinck, Alin C Dirtu, Govindan Malarvannan, Adrian Covaci, Luc Van Gaal, Caroline Vanparys, Philippe G Jorens, Ronny Blust
Published 2014-01-01

Echocardiographic evidence for valvular toxicity of benfluorex: a double-blind randomised trial in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

by Geneviève Derumeaux, Laura Ernande, André Serusclat, Evelyne Servan, Eric Bruckert, Hugues Rousset, Stephen Senn, Luc Van Gaal, Brigitte Picandet, François Gavini, Philippe Moulin, REGULATE trial investigators
Published 2012-01-01

Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis Decreases Microsomal Liver Function in the Absence of Fibrosis

by Wim Verlinden, Eugénie Van Mieghem, Laura Depauw, Thomas Vanwolleghem, Luisa Vonghia, Jonas Weyler, Ann Driessen, Dirk Callens, Laurence Roosens, Eveline Dirinck, An Verrijken, Luc Van Gaal, Sven Francque
Published 2020-11-01

Uric acid as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and mortality in overweight/obese individuals.

by Helle Skak-Nielsen, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Nick Finer, Ian D Caterson, Luc Van Gaal, W Philip T James, Aldo Pietro Maggioni, Arya M Sharma, Walmir Coutinho, Charlotte Andersson
Published 2013-01-01

Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines but Not Endotoxin-Related Parameters Associate with Disease Severity in Patients with NAFLD.

by Johannie du Plessis, Hannelie Korf, Jos van Pelt, Petra Windmolders, Ingrid Vander Elst, An Verrijken, Guy Hubens, Luc Van Gaal, David Cassiman, Frederik Nevens, Sven Francque, Schalk van der Merwe
Published 2016-01-01

Prolyl carboxypeptidase activity in the circulation and its correlation with body weight and adipose tissue in lean and obese subjects.

by Kaat Kehoe, Heidi Noels, Wendy Theelen, Emilie De Hert, Shenguan Xu, An Verrijken, Thierry Arnould, Erik Fransen, Nina Hermans, Anne-Marie Lambeir, Per Venge, Luc Van Gaal, Ingrid De Meester
Published 2018-01-01

An Endocrine Picture In Disguise: A Progressive Olfactory Neuroblastoma Complicated With Ectopic Cushing Syndrome

by Katrien Clotman, MD, Marcel Twickler, MD, PhD, Eveline Dirinck, MD, PhD, Jan Van Den Brande, MD, Martin Lammens, MD, PhD, Ann Verhaegen, MD, Christophe De Block, MD, PhD, Luc Van Gaal, MD, PhD
Published 2017-01-01

NASH-related increases in plasma bile acid levels depend on insulin resistance

by Guillaume Grzych, Oscar Chávez-Talavera, Amandine Descat, Dorothée Thuillier, An Verrijken, Mostafa Kouach, Vanessa Legry, Hélène Verkindt, Violeta Raverdy, Benjamin Legendre, Robert Caiazzo, Luc Van Gaal, Jean-Francois Goossens, Réjane Paumelle, Sven Francque, François Pattou, Joel T. Haas, Anne Tailleux, Bart Staels
Published 2021-04-01

Hepatocyte-specific loss of GPS2 in mice reduces non-alcoholic steatohepatitis via activation of PPARα

by Ning Liang, Anastasius Damdimopoulos, Saioa Goñi, Zhiqiang Huang, Lise-Lotte Vedin, Tomas Jakobsson, Marco Giudici, Osman Ahmed, Matteo Pedrelli, Serena Barilla, Fawaz Alzaid, Arturo Mendoza, Tarja Schröder, Raoul Kuiper, Paolo Parini, Anthony Hollenberg, Philippe Lefebvre, Sven Francque, Luc Van Gaal, Bart Staels, Nicolas Venteclef, Eckardt Treuter, Rongrong Fan
Published 2019-04-01