Dr. T.Q. Nguyen
Pathologist
Department of Pathology
University Medical Center Utrecht
Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht
The Netherlands
Dr. Nguyen MD, Ph.D. attended medical school at Utrecht University in the Netherlands where he graduated in 2002. He performed his PhD on the role of connective tissue growth factor and bone morphogenetic proteins in diabetic nephropathy at the department of Pathology at University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU) that he finished in 2008 under the supervision of Professor Goldschmeding.
After completion of his residency in Pathology at the UMCU in 2010, he obtained a position as Pathologist at the same institute with specialty in renal pathology. In 2011-2012, Dr. Nguyen worked as a visiting scholar and postdoctoral fellow at the department of Pathology (professor C.E. Alpers) and the department of Nephrology (professor J.S. Duffield) at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA. The main research interest of Dr. Nguyen is unraveling the mechanisms behind chronic kidney disease.
Keynote papers
Kok HM, Falke LL, Goldschmeding R, Nguyen TQ. Targeting CTGF, EGF and PDGF pathways to prevent progression of kidney disease. Nat Rev Nephrol. 2014; doi:10.1038/nrneph.2014.184.
Nguyen TQ, Roestenberg P, van Nieuwenhoven FA, Bovenschen N, Li Z, Xu L, Oliver N, Aten J, Joles JA, Vial C, Brandan E, Lyons KM, Goldschmeding R. CTGF inhibits BMP-7 signaling in diabetic nephropathy. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2008 Nov;19(11):2098-107.
Nguyen TQ, Tarnow L, Jorsal A, Oliver N, Roestenberg P, Ito Y, Parving HH, Rossing P, van Nieuwenhoven FA, Goldschmeding R. Plasma connective tissue growth factor is an independent predictor of end-stage renal disease and mortality in type 1 diabetic nephropathy. Diabetes Care. 2008 Jun;31(6):1177-82.