Merlijn Meens, Ph.D. (M.J.P.M.T.)

Rouaud, F., Meens, M. J., Yvon, R., Hautefort, A., Legouis, D., Mean, I., Jond, L., Maillard, M. P., Kwak, B. R., Moll, S., de Seigneux, S., Feraille, E., & Citi, S. (2025). The knock-out of paracingulin attenuates hypertension through modulation of kidney ion transport. American Journal of Physiology: Renal Physiology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.00271.2024

Chennupati, R., Meens, M. J., Janssen, B. J., van Dijk, P., Hakvoort, T. B. M., Lamers, W. H., De Mey, J. G. R., & Koehler, S. E. (2018). Deletion of endothelial arginase 1 does not improve vasomotor function in diabetic mice. Physiological Reports, 6(11), Article 13717. https://doi.org/10.14814/phy2.13717

Lemkens, P., Spijkers, L. J. A., Meens, M. J., Nelissen, J., Janssen, B., Peters, S. L. M., Schiffers, P. M. H., & De Mey, J. G. R. (2017). Dual NEP/ECE inhibition improves endothelial function in mesenteric resistance arteries of 32-week-old SHR. Hypertension Research, 40(8), 738-745. https://doi.org/10.1038/hr.2017.38

Lemkens, P., Nelissen, J., Meens, M. J. P. M. T., Fazzi, G. E., Janssen, G. J. M., Debets, J. J. M., Janssen, B. J. A., Schiffers, P. M. H., & De Mey, J. G. R. (2012). Impaired flow-induced arterial remodeling in DOCA-salt hypertensive rats. Hypertension Research, 35(11), 1093-1101. https://doi.org/10.1038/hr.2012.94

Lemkens, P., Nelissen, J., Meens, M. J. P. M. T., Janssen, B. J. A., Schiffers, P. M. H., & De Mey, J. G. R. (2012). Dual neural peptidase/endothelin-converting enzyme inhibition improves endothelial function in mesenteric resistance arteries of young spontaneously hypertensive rats. Journal of Hypertension, 30(9), 1799-1808. https://doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0b013e3283569c7a

Compeer, M. G., Meens, M. J. P. M. T., Hackeng, T. M., Neugebauer, W. A., Hoeltke, C., & De Mey, J. G. R. (2012). Agonist-dependent modulation of arterial endothelinA receptor function. British Journal of Pharmacology, 166(6), 1833-1845. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1476-5381.2012.01896.x

Meens, M. J. P. M. T., Mattheij, N. J. A., van Loenen, P. B., Spijkers, L. J. A., Lemkens, P., Nelissen, J., Compeer, M. G., Alewijnse, A. E., & De Mey, J. G. R. (2012). G-protein beta gamma subunits in vasorelaxing and anti-endothelinergic effects of calcitonin gene-related peptide. British Journal of Pharmacology, 166(1), 297-308. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1476-5381.2011.01774.x

Spijkers, L. J. A., Janssen, B. J. A., Nelissen, J., Meens, M. J. P. M. T., Wijesinghe, D. S., Chalfant, C. E., De Mey, J. G. R., Alewijnse, A. E., & Peters, S. L. M. (2011). Antihypertensive Treatment Differentially Affects Vascular Sphingolipid Biology in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats. PLOS ONE, 6(12), Article e29222. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0029222

Meens, M. J. P. M. T., Mattheij, N. J. A., Nelissen, J., Lemkens, P., Compeer, M. G., Janssen, B. J. A., & De Mey, J. G. R. (2011). Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Terminates Long-Lasting Vasopressor Responses to Endothelin 1 In Vivo. Hypertension, 58(1), 99-U181. https://doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.110.169128

De Mey, J. G. R., Compeer, M. G., Lemkens, P., & Meens, M. J. P. M. T. (2011). ETA-receptor antagonists or allosteric modulators? Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, 32(6), 345-351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tips.2011.02.018