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Annick Mercenier is affiliated with NutriLeads in the Netherlands and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, agricultural and biological sciences, and nursing. Their scientific work largely centers on nutrition and dietetics, molecular biology, and food science, with significant involvement in plant science and emergency medical services as subfields of study.

The main topics covered in their research include microbial metabolites in food biotechnology, probiotics and fermented foods, gut microbiota and health, polysaccharides and plant cell walls, infant nutrition and health, pediatric health and respiratory diseases, and Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies.

Annick Mercenier has published research in a variety of scientific journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • Nutrients
  • Microorganisms
  • Scientific Reports
  • mBio
  • Food Hydrocolloids

Among their recent published papers are:

  • "Linking Human Milk Oligosaccharides, Infant Fecal Community Types, and Later Risk To Require Antibiotics," 2020, mBio
  • "A Novel Non-Digestible, Carrot-Derived Polysaccharide (cRG-I) Selectively Modulates the Human Gut Microbiota while Promoting Gut Barrier Integrity: An Integrated In Vitro Approach," 2020, Nutrients
  • "Development of an Affordable, Sustainable and Efficacious Plant-Based Immunomodulatory Food Ingredient Based on Bell Pepper or Carrot RG-I Pectic Polysaccharides," 2021, Nutrients
  • "Carrot RG-I Reduces Interindividual Differences between 24 Adults through Consistent Effects on Gut Microbiota Composition and Function Ex Vivo," 2023, Nutrients
  • "Consistent Prebiotic Effects of Carrot RG-I on the Gut Microbiota of Four Human Adult Donors in the SHIME® Model despite Baseline Individual Variability," 2021, Microorganisms

Collaborations form an important part of their research activity, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Ruud Albers (10 collaborations)
  • Pieter Van den Abbeele (6 collaborations)
  • Stéphane Duboux (5 collaborations)
  • Michiel Kleerebezem (5 collaborations)
  • Jeroen Muller (4 collaborations)

Best Publications

  • Human Intestinal Barrier Function in Health and Disease.

    Julia König;Jerry Wells;Patrice D. Cani;Clara L. García-Ródenas

  • Mucosal delivery of therapeutic and prophylactic molecules using lactic acid bacteria

    Jerry M. Wells;Annick Mercenier

  • New scientific paradigms for probiotics and prebiotics.

    Gregor Reid;M E Sanders;H Rex Gaskins;Glenn R Gibson

  • The genome sequence of the probiotic intestinal bacterium Lactobacillus johnsonii NCC 533

    R. David Pridmore;Bernard Berger;Frank Desiere;David Vilanova

  • Homeostasis of the Gut Barrier and Potential Biomarkers.

    Jerry M. Wells;Robert J. Brummer;Muriel Derrien;Thomas T. MacDonald

  • Enhanced antiinflammatory capacity of a Lactobacillus plantarum mutant synthesizing modified teichoic acids.

    Corinne Grangette;Sophie Nutten;Sophie Nutten;Emmanuelle Palumbo;Siegfried Morath

  • Correlation between in vitro and in vivo immunomodulatory properties of lactic acid bacteria

    Benoit Foligne;Sophie Nutten;Corinne Grangette;Véronique Dennin

  • Can probiotics modulate human disease by impacting intestinal barrier function

    Peter A. Bron;Michiel Kleerebezem;Robert Jan Brummer;Patrice D. Cani

  • Probiotics as Biotherapeutic Agents: Present Knowledge and Future Prospects

    A. Mercenier;S. Pavan;B. Pot

  • Cross-Talk between Probiotic Bacteria and the Host Immune System

    Blaise Corthésy;H Rex Gaskins;Annick Mercenier

  • Pili-like proteins of Akkermansia muciniphila modulate host immune responses and gut barrier function

    Noora Ottman;Noora Ottman;Noora Ottman;Justus Reunanen;Marjolein Meijerink;Taija E. Pietilä

  • Guidance for Substantiating the Evidence for Beneficial Effects of Probiotics: Current Status and Recommendations for Future Research

    Ger T. Rijkers;Stig Bengmark;Paul Enck;Dirk Haller

  • Identification of Lactobacillus plantarum Genes That Are Induced in the Gastrointestinal Tract of Mice

    Peter A. Bron;Corinne Grangette;Annick Mercenier;Willem M. de Vos

  • Dietary polyphenols in the prevention and treatment of allergic diseases

    A. Singh;S. Holvoet;A. Mercenier

  • Lactic acid bacteria as live vaccines.

    Annick Mercenier;H. Müller-Alouf;Corinne Grangette

  • Lactic acid bacteria inhibit TH2 cytokine production by mononuclear cells from allergic patients

    Pierre Pochard;Philippe Gosset;Corinne Grangette;Claude Andre

  • Guidance for substantiating the evidence for beneficial effects of probiotics: prevention and management of infections by probiotics.

    Marko Kalliomäki;Jean-Michel Antoine;Udo Herz;Ger T. Rijkers

  • Species and type phages of lactococcal bacteriophages.

    Audrey W. Jarvis;Gerald F. Fitzgerald;Mireille Mata;Annick Mercenier

  • Immunity and probiotics.

    Bernnard Dugas;Annick Mercenier;Irene Lenoir-Wijnkoop;Cécile Arnaud

  • Mucosal immune responses and protection against tetanus toxin after intranasal immunization with recombinant Lactobacillus plantarum.

    Corinne Grangette;Heide Müller-Alouf;Denise Goudercourt;Marie-Claude Geoffroy

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruno Pot
Bruno Pot Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Bernard Berger
Bernard Berger Nestlé (Switzerland)
Ursula Wiedermann
Ursula Wiedermann Medical University of Vienna
Michiel Kleerebezem
Michiel Kleerebezem Wageningen University & Research
Pascal Hols
Pascal Hols Université Catholique de Louvain
Nikolaos G. Papadopoulos
Nikolaos G. Papadopoulos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Blaise Corthésy
Blaise Corthésy University Hospital of Lausanne
François Spertini
François Spertini University Hospital of Lausanne
Harald Brüssow
Harald Brüssow Nestlé (Switzerland)
Graham Roberts
Graham Roberts University of Southampton

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