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Gerard Pasterkamp, MD, is professor Experimental Cardiology and quarter maker of the Circulatory Health Research Center, UMC Utrecht. His research interests are in the field of cardiovascular biology and more specifically innovation in biomarkers. His research interests are in the field of cardiovascular biology and innovation in biomarkers and drug targets. The research group houses the largest atherosclerotic plaque biobank worldwide: Athero Express including >4000 patients. This biobank has generated new insights into determinants of plaque destabilisation. The laboratory also invests in the excavation of genetic determinants of atherosclerotic plaque characteristics. He coordinates national and EU based consortia with the aim to unravel biomarkers and mechanisms of atherosclerotic disease. His translational profile is noted in the private public consortia he is involved in. He is supervising three public private grants that have been rewarded with the aim to develop novel biomarkers and imaging technology to detect cardiac ischemia and endothelial dysfunction. In 2018 he obtained a LeDucq grant together with Prof G Owens (Virginia University) on the role of smooth muscle cell plasticity in the atherosclerotic plaque.
External positions
reviewerspanel/commissie Health Holland ronde oktober 2024 - reviewen en met commissie belsuiten over honorering aanvragen - Health Holland
1 Sept 2024 → 31 Dec 3999
auteur - uitgeven van een boek, maar aantal uren is niet (meer) van toepassing. werk is al gedaan - persoonlijk, geen werkgever
12 Jan 2024 → 31 Dec 3999
Voorzitter Wetenschappelijke Adviesraad - Voorzitten vergaderingen - Reuma Nederland
1 Jul 2023 → 31 Dec 3999
Keywords
- Q Science (General)
- Vascular Biology, Atherosclerosis
- R Medicine (General)
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Atherosclerotic Fibrous Plaques in Women Present ECM Remodeling Linked to TGF-β
Sakkers, T. R., Mili, E., Winter, H., Kapteijn, D., Perry, R. N., Barbera, N., Watts, K., Dias, I. R., Meteva, D., Wesseling, M., Mol, B. M., de Borst, G. J., de Kleijn, D. P. V., van der Laan, S. W., Civelek, M., White, S. J., Maegdefessel, L., Mayr, M., Pasterkamp, G. & Mokry, M. & 2 others, , 27 Feb 2026, In: Circulation research. 138, 5Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Carotid plaque macrophage burden and inflammatory lipid-associated macrophage markers predict secondary major adverse cardiovascular events after endarterectomy
Prange, K. H. M., Bel-Bordes, G., Depuydt, M. A. C., Barlampas, P., Reif, M. J., Grönloh, M. L. B., Kempkes, R. W. M., Griffith, G. R., van Roomen, C., Zhu, Y., Edsfeldt, A., Sun, J., de Jong, M. J. M., Mol, B. M., Slütter, B., Bot, I., Neele, A. E., de Kleijn, D. P. V., de Borst, G. J. & Kroon, J. & 10 others, , 27 Feb 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: European heart journal. ehag117.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Clonal haematopoiesis of indeterminate potential and mortality in coronary artery disease
von Scheidt, M., Adkar, S. S., Krefting, J., Hoermann, G., Meggendorfer, M., Bauer, S., Mitchell, S., Pugach, I., Friess, C., Ma, A., Hao, K., Steigerwald, S., Wahle, M., Kessler, T., Schwab, M., Voll, F., Mokry, M., Sofokleous, C., Palm, K. C. A. & Bongiovanni, D. & 32 others, , 21 Jan 2026, In: European heart journal. 47, 4, p. 453-469 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Genetically determined ancestry associates with morphological and molecular carotid plaque features
Fahim, N., Sakkers, T. R., van der Zalm, F. B. H., Hoekstra, J., de Kleijn, D. P. V., Mokry, M., Verdezoto Mosquera, J., Pasterkamp, G., den Ruijter, H. M., Miller, C. L., van Setten, J. & van der Laan, S. W., Apr 2026, In: Atherosclerosis. 415, 120680.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Major depression and atherosclerotic disease: Linking shared genetics to pathways in blood, brain, heart, and atherosclerotic plaques
Pruin, E., Bartels, M., Benavente, E. D., van den Dungen, N. A. M., Hoekstra, J. K. R., de Kleijn, D. D. P., Landsmeer, L. P. L., Mokry, M., Pasterkamp, G., Penninx, B. W. J. H., Peyrot, W. J., den Ruijter, H. M., van der Laan, S. W. & Milaneschi, Y., May 2026, In: European Neuropsychopharmacology. 106, 10 p., 112780.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Activities
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ERC EU grant evaluations (Event)
Pasterkamp, G. (Editor)
Nov 2017 → Nov 2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review › Academic
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Arteriosclerosis (Journal)
Pasterkamp, G. (Editor)
2004Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity › Academic
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Cardiovascular Research (Journal)
Pasterkamp, G. (Editor)
2004Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity › Academic
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Circulation (Journal)
Pasterkamp, G. (Editor)
2004Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity › Academic
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American Journal of Cardiology (Journal)
Pasterkamp, G. (Editor)
2004Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity › Academic
Prizes
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Het navigatiesysteem van zenuwcellen
Pasterkamp, G. (Recipient), 2006
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)