Publications and communications of Gilles Rademaker

Gullo, C.* , Laverdeur, E.* , Dancre, M., Peiffer, R., Boumahd, Y., Agirman, F., Maloujahmoum, N., Désiront, L., Thiry, M., Rademaker, G., Bellahcene, A., & Peulen, O. (28 November 2025). Focal adhesion assembly and cell migration require myoferlin in PDAC cell lines. Scientific Reports, 15 (1). doi:10.1038/s41598-025-27134-2
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Peiffer, R., Laverdeur, E., Gaigneaux, A., Boumahd, Y., Gullo, C., Rademaker, G., Crake, R., Lavergne, A., Maloujahmoum, N., Agirman, F., Herfs, M., Masamune, A., Letellier, E., Bellahcene, A., & Peulen, O. (2025). Targeting myoferlin in ER/Golgi vesicle trafficking reprograms pancreatic cancer-associated fibroblasts. EMBO Journal. doi:10.1038/s44318-025-00570-6

Rademaker, G., Hernandez, G. A., Seo, Y., Dahal, S., Miller-Phillips, L., Li, A. L., Peng, X. L., Luan, C., Qiu, L., Liégeois, M., Wang, B., Wen, K. W., Kim, G. E., Collisson, E. A., Kruger, S. F., Boeck, S., Ormanns, S., Guenther, M., Heinemann, V., ... Perera, R. M. (2025). PCSK9 drives sterol-dependent metastatic organ choice in pancreatic cancer. Nature. doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09017-8

Jain, A., Heremans, I., Rademaker, G., Detomasi, T. C., Rohweder, P., Anderson, D., Zhang, J., Hernandez, G. A., Gupta, S., von Linde, T., Lange, M., Spacci, M., Luo, J., Citron, Y. R., Olzmann, J. A., Dawson, D. W., Craik, C. S., Bommer, G., Perera, R. M., & Zoncu, R. (28 March 2025). Leucine aminopeptidase LyLAP enables lysosomal degradation of membrane proteins. Science, 387 (6741), 8331. doi:10.1126/science.adq8331

Rademaker, G., Costanza, B., Bellier, J., Herfs, M., Peiffer, R., Agirman, F., Maloujahmoum, N., Habraken, Y., Delvenne, P., Bellahcene, A., Castronovo, V., & Peulen, O. (02 March 2023). Correction: Human colon cancer cells highly express myoferlin to maintain a fit mitochondrial network and escape p53-driven apoptosis. Oncogenesis, 12 (1), 11. doi:10.1038/s41389-023-00455-5

Lemaitre, F.* , Chakrama, F.* , O'Grady, T., Peulen, O., Rademaker, G., Deward, A., Chabot, B., Piette, J., Colige, A., Lambert, C., Dequiedt, F.* , & Habraken, Y.*. (09 December 2022). The transcription factor c-Jun inhibits RBM39 to reprogram pre-mRNA splicing during genotoxic stress. Nucleic Acids Research, 50 (22), 12768 - 12789. doi:10.1093/nar/gkac1130
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Rademaker, G.* , Boumahd, Y.* , Peiffer, R., Anania, S., Wissocq, T., Liégeois, M., Luis, G., Sounni, N. E., Agirman, F., Maloujahmoum, N., De Tullio, P., Thiry, M., Bellahcene, A., Castronovo, V., & Peulen, O. (July 2022). Myoferlin targeting triggers mitophagy and primes ferroptosis in pancreatic cancer cells. Redox Biology, 53, 102324. doi:10.1016/j.redox.2022.102324
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Boumahd, Y., Rademaker, G., Peiffer, R., Anania, S., Agirman, F., Maloujahmoum, N., Bellahcene, A., & Peulen, O. (22 June 2022). Myoferlin targeting triggers mitophagy and primes ferroptosis in pancreatic cancer cells [Poster presentation]. EACR 2022.

Rademaker, G., Costanza, B., Pyr Dit Ruys, S., Peiffer, R., Agirman, F., Maloujahmoum, N., Vertommen, D., Turtoi, A., Bellahcene, A., Castronovo, V.* , & Peulen, O.*. (2022). Paladin, overexpressed in colon cancer, is required for actin polymerisation and liver metastasis dissemination. Oncogenesis, 11, 42. doi:10.1038/s41389-022-00416-4
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Dumont, E., De Bleye, C., Rademaker, G., Coic, L., Horne, J., Sacre, P.-Y., Peulen, O., Hubert, P., & Ziemons, E. (01 March 2021). Development of a prototype device for near real-time surface-enhanced Raman scattering monitoring of biological samples. Talanta, 224, 121866. doi:10.1016/j.talanta.2020.121866

Anania, S., Peiffer, R., Rademaker, G., Hego, A., Thiry, M., Deldicque, L., Francaux, M., Maloujahmoum, N., Agirman, F., Bellahcene, A., Castronovo, V., & Peulen, O. (21 June 2020). Myoferlin is a yet unknown interactor of the mitochondrial dynamics’ machinery in pancreas cancer cells. Cancers, 12 (6), 1643. doi:10.3390/cancers12061643

Bellier, J., Nokin, M.-J., Caprasse, M., Tiamiou, A., Blomme, A., Scheijen, J. L., KOOPMANSCH, B., MacKay, G. M., Chiavarina, B., Costanza, B., Rademaker, G., Durieux, F., Agirman, F., Maloujahmoum, N., Cusumano, P. G., LOVINFOSSE, P., Leung, H. Y., LAMBERT, F., Bours, V., ... Bellahcene, A. (04 February 2020). Methylglyoxal Scavengers Resensitize KRAS-Mutated Colorectal Tumors to Cetuximab. Cell Reports, 30 (5), 1400-1416.e6. doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2020.01.012

Anania, S., Rademaker, G., Peiffer, R., Hego, A., Deldicque, L., Maloujahmoum, N., Agirman, F., Bellahcene, A., Castronovo, V., & Peulen, O. (February 2020). Role of myoferlin in mitochondrial dynamics and metabolic fitness of pancreas cancer [Poster presentation]. BACR Annual Meeting 2020 - Cancer metastases: from bedside to bench, Brussels, Belgium.

Anania, S., Rademaker, G., Bellahcene, A., Castronovo, V., & Peulen, O. (December 2019). Role of myoferlin in mitochondrial dynamics and metabolic fitness of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma [Poster presentation]. Second CIRM Scientific Day, Liège, Belgium.

Rademaker, G., Costanza, B., Bellier, J., Herfs, M., Agirman, F., Maloujahmoum, N., Bellahcene, A., Castronovo, V., & Peulen, O. (26 November 2019). Myoferlin depletion induces DNA damage response and p53- dependent cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in colon cancer [Poster presentation]. Metabolism in Cancer and Stromal Cells (2nd edition), Leuven, Belgium.

Rademaker, G., Costanza, B., Anania, S., Agirman, F., Maloujahmoum, N., Bellahcene, A., Castronovo, V., & Peulen, O. (23 October 2019). Myoferlin Contributes to the Metastatic Phenotype of Pancreatic Cancer Cells by Enhancing Their Migratory Capacity Through the Control of Oxidative Phosphorylation [Poster presentation]. Pancreatic Cancer Symposium, Toulouse, France.

Anania, S., Rademaker, G., Wissocq, T., Bellahcene, A., Castronovo, V., & Peulen, O. (October 2019). Role of myoferlin in mitochondrial dynamics and metabolic fitness of PDAC [Poster presentation]. PANCREATIC CANCER SYMPOSIUM, Toulouse, France.

Costanza, B., Rademaker, G., Turtoi, A., Bellahcene, A., Castronovo, V., & Peulen, O. (October 2019). TGFBI, an ECM interacting protein, enhances glycolysis and promotes pancreatic cancer cell migration [Poster presentation]. Pancreatic Cancer Symposium 2019, Toulouse, France.

Anania, S., Rademaker, G., Wissocq, T., Bellahcene, A., Castronovo, V., & Peulen, O. (06 September 2019). Role of myoferlin in mitochondrial dynamics and metabolic fitness of pancreas cancer [Poster presentation]. EDT Cancerology 2019, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Peulen, O., Rademaker, G., Anania, S., Turtoi, A., Bellahcene, A., & Castronovo, V. (August 2019). Ferlin overview: from membrane to cancer biology. Cells, 8, 954. doi:10.3390/cells8090954

Rademaker, G., Costanza, B., Anania, S., Agirman, F., Maloujahmoum, N., Bellahcene, A., Castronovo, V., & Peulen, O. (13 June 2019). Myoferlin Contributes to the Metastatic Phenotype of Pancreatic Cancer Cells by Enhancing Their Migratory Capacity Through the Control of Oxidative Phosphorylation [Poster presentation]. Belgian Society for Cell and Developmental Biology - Spring Meeting, Liège, Belgium.

Rademaker, G., Costanza, B., Anania, S., Agirman, F., Maloujahmoum, N., Di Valentin, E., Goval, J.-J., Bellahcene, A., Castronovo, V., & Peulen, O. (June 2019). Myoferlin contributes to the metastatic phenotype of pancreatic cancer cells by enhancing their migratory capacity through the control of oxidative phosphorylation. Cancers, 11 (6). doi:10.3390/cancers11060853

Costanza, B., Rademaker, G., Tiamiou, A., De Tullio, P., Leenders, J., Blomme, A., Bellier, J., Bianchi, E., Turtoi, A., Delvenne, P., Bellahcene, A., Peulen, O.* , & Castronovo, V.*. (2019). TGFBI, an ECM interacting protein, enhances glycolysis and promotes pancreatic cancer cell migration. International Journal of Cancer. doi:10.1002/ijc.32247
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Nokin, M.-J., Bellier, J., Durieux, F., Peulen, O., Rademaker, G., Gabriel, M., Monseur, C., CHARLOTEAUX, B., Verbeke, L., van Laere, S., RONCARATI, P., Herfs, M., Lambert, C., Scheijen, J., Schalkwijk, C., Colige, A., Caers, J., Delvenne, P., Turtoi, A., ... Bellahcene, A. (2019). Methylglyoxal, a glycolysis metabolite, triggers metastasis through MEK/ERK/SMAD1 pathway activation in breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research, 21(1, 11. doi:10.1186/s13058-018-1095-7

Rademaker, G., Costanza, B., Bellier, J., Herfs, M., Peiffer, R., Agirman, F., Maloujahmoum, N., Habraken, Y., Delvenne, P., Bellahcene, A., Castronovo, V.* , & Peulen, O.*. (2019). Human colon cancer cells highly express myoferlin to maintain a fit mitochondrial network and escape p53-driven apoptosis. Oncogenesis. doi:10.1038/s41389-019-0130-6
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Rademaker, G., Hennequière, V., Nokin, M.-J., LOVINFOSSE, P., Durieux, F., GOFFLOT, S., Bellier, J., Costanza, B., Herfs, M., Peiffer, R., Bettendorff, L., Deroanne, C., Thiry, M., Delvenne, P., Hustinx, R., Bellahcene, A., Castronovo, V., & Peulen, O. (April 2018). Myoferlin controls mitochondrial structure and activity in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, and affects tumor aggressiveness. Oncogene, 37 ((32)), 4398-4412. doi:10.1038/s41388-018-0287-z