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Berent J. Prakken

Berent J. Prakken

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Immunology

D-Index
63
Citations
15553
World Ranking
3003
National Ranking
113

Overview

Berent J. Prakken is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands, focusing primarily on medicine with a concentration on public health, environmental and occupational health. Their research intersects multiple subfields, including hematology, immunology, speech and hearing, and general health professions.

The main topics addressed in their work encompass innovations in medical education, health and medical research impacts, autoimmune and inflammatory disorders research, adolescent and pediatric healthcare, diversity and career in medicine, systemic lupus erythematosus research, and immune cell function and interaction.

Berent J. Prakken has contributed to a range of publications and research papers. Notable recent works include:

  • How does age determine the development of human immune-mediated arthritis? (2022, Nature Reviews Rheumatology)
  • Developing Entrustable Professional Activities for the Training of Translational Scientists: A Modified Delphi Study (2021, Academic Medicine)
  • Establishing an international awareness day for paediatric rheumatic diseases: reflections from the inaugural World Young Rheumatic Diseases (WORD) Day 2019 (2020, Pediatric Rheumatology)
  • One size does not fit all: an exploratory interview study on how translational researchers navigate the current academic reward system (2023, Frontiers in Medicine)
  • Structured programs to train the next generation of clinician scientists (2025, Nature Medicine)

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as Nature, BMC Medical Education, Nature Reviews Rheumatology, Academic Medicine, and Pediatric Rheumatology.

Collaboration is an important component of their research. Frequent coauthors include Farah R. W. Kools, Christine Fox, Harold V.M. van Rijen, Eve Smith, and Sammy Ainsworth, indicating active engagement with peers in their disciplines.

Best Publications

  • Simultaneous detection of 15 human cytokines in a single sample of stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells.

    Wilco de Jager;Henk te Velthuis;Berent J. Prakken;Wietse Kuis

  • Arthritis 3 Juvenile idiopathic arthritis

    Berent Prakken;Salvatore Albani;Alberto Martini

  • Heat-shock proteins induce T-cell regulation of chronic inflammation.

    Willem van Eden;Ruurd van der Zee;Berent Prakken

  • CD4+CD25bright Regulatory T Cells Actively Regulate Inflammation in the Joints of Patients with the Remitting Form of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

    Ismé M. de Kleer;Lucy R. Wedderburn;Leonie S. Taams;Alka Patel

  • Prerequisites for cytokine measurements in clinical trials with multiplex immunoassays

    Wilco de Jager;Katarzyna Bourcier;Ger T Rijkers;Berent J Prakken

  • Regulation of Treg functionality by acetylation-mediated Foxp3 protein stabilization

    Jorg Van Loosdregt;Yvonne Vercoulen;Teun Guichelaar;Yoony Y J Gent

  • Adipose tissue-resident immune cells: key players in immunometabolism.

    Henk S. Schipper;Berent J. Prakken;Eric Kalkhoven;Marianne Boes

  • Blood and synovial fluid cytokine signatures in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a cross-sectional study

    Wilco de Jager;Esther P A H Hoppenreijs;Nico M Wulffraat;Lucy R Wedderburn

  • Stabilization of the Transcription Factor Foxp3 by the Deubiquitinase USP7 Increases Treg-Cell-Suppressive Capacity

    Jorg van Loosdregt;Veerle Fleskens;Juan Fu;Arjan B. Brenkman

  • Autologous stem cell transplantation for autoimmunity induces immunologic self-tolerance by reprogramming autoreactive T cells and restoring the CD4+CD25+ immune regulatory network

    Ismé de Kleer;Ismé de Kleer;Bas Vastert;Bas Vastert;Mark Klein;Mark Klein;Gijs Teklenburg;Gijs Teklenburg

  • Activation of T cells recognizing self 60-kD heat shock protein can protect against experimental arthritis.

    S. M. Anderton;R. Van Der Zee;Berent Prakken;A. Noordzij

  • Effectiveness of first-line treatment with recombinant interleukin-1 receptor antagonist in steroid-naive patients with new-onset systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis: results of a prospective cohort study

    Sebastiaan J. Vastert;Wilco de Jager;Bo Jan Noordman;Dirk Holzinger

  • Improved multiplex immunoassay performance in human plasma and synovial fluid following removal of interfering heterophilic antibodies.

    Wilco de Jager;Berent J. Prakken;Johannes W.J. Bijlsma;Wietse Kuis

  • A Conserved Mycobacterial Heat Shock Protein (hsp) 70 Sequence Prevents Adjuvant Arthritis upon Nasal Administration and Induces IL-10-Producing T Cells That Cross-React with the Mammalian Self-hsp70 Homologue

    Uwe Wendling;Liesbeth Paul;Ruurd van der Zee;Berent Prakken

  • Epitope-specific immunotherapy induces immune deviation of proinflammatory T cells in rheumatoid arthritis

    Berent J. Prakken;Rodrigo Samodal;Tho D. Le;Francesca Giannoni

  • Canonical Wnt signaling negatively modulates regulatory T cell function

    Jorg van Loosdregt;Veerle Fleskens;Machteld M. Tiemessen;Michal Mokry

  • Mutations in the perforin gene can be linked to macrophage activation syndrome in patients with systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis

    Sebastiaan J. Vastert;Richard van Wijk;Leila E. D’Urbano;Karen M. K. de Vooght

  • Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Suppress Inflammatory Activation of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient Synovial Macrophages and Tissue

    Aleksander M. Grabiec;Sarah Krausz;Wilco de Jager;Tomasz Burakowski

  • Tolerogenic immune responses to novel T-cell epitopes from heat-shock protein 60 in juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

    Sylvia Kamphuis;Wietse Kuis;Wilco de Jager;Gijs Teklenburg

  • Natural killer T cells in adipose tissue prevent insulin resistance

    Henk S Schipper;Maryam Rakhshandehroo;Stan F J van de Graaf;Koen Venken

Frequent Co-Authors

Wilco de Jager
Wilco de Jager University Medical Center Utrecht
Salvatore Albani
Salvatore Albani Duke NUS Graduate Medical School
Nico M Wulffraat
Nico M Wulffraat Utrecht University
Willem van Eden
Willem van Eden Utrecht University
Ruurd van der Zee
Ruurd van der Zee Utrecht University
Lucy R. Wedderburn
Lucy R. Wedderburn University College London
Eric Kalkhoven
Eric Kalkhoven Utrecht University
Paul J. Coffer
Paul J. Coffer Utrecht University
Ger T. Rijkers
Ger T. Rijkers University College Roosevelt
Edward E. S. Nieuwenhuis
Edward E. S. Nieuwenhuis Utrecht University

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