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54
Citations
10294
World Ranking
3967
National Ranking
278

Overview

Eva Medina is affiliated with the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these broad areas, Medina focuses on subfields such as Immunology, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Cell Biology, and Physiology.

Their research output includes investigations into topics like immune cells in cancer, immune response and inflammation, antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus, gut microbiota and health, immune cell function and interaction, epigenetics and DNA methylation, and cancer, hypoxia, and metabolism.

Medina's recent publications include:

  • Mesaconate is synthesized from itaconate and exerts immunomodulatory effects in macrophages, 2022, Nature Metabolism
  • Mechanisms underlying immunosuppression by regulatory cells, 2024, Frontiers in Immunology
  • The emerging potential of microbiome transplantation on human health interventions, 2022, Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal
  • Itaconate controls its own synthesis via feedback-inhibition of reverse TCA cycle activity at IDH2, 2022, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease
  • Staphylococcus aureus Alpha-Toxin Limits Type 1 While Fostering Type 3 Immune Responses, 2020, Frontiers in Immunology

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Medina include:

  • Oliver Goldmann
  • Karsten Hiller
  • Wei He
  • Alexander Heinz
  • Julia C. Lang

Medina frequently publishes in several venues, notably:

  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
  • mBio
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Metabolism

Best Publications

  • Immune-responsive gene 1 protein links metabolism to immunity by catalyzing itaconic acid production

    Alessandro Michelucci;Thekla Cordes;Jenny Ghelfi;Arnaud Pailot

  • Phagocytosis-independent antimicrobial activity of mast cells by means of extracellular trap formation.

    Maren von Köckritz-Blickwede;Oliver Goldmann;Pontus Thulin;Katja Heinemann

  • Staphylococcus aureus phenotype switching: an effective bacterial strategy to escape host immune response and establish a chronic infection

    Lorena Tuchscherr;Eva Medina;Muzaffar Hussain;Wolfgang Völker

  • Tackling Threats and Future Problems of Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria.

    Eva Medina;Dietmar Helmut Pieper

  • Resistance ranking of some common inbred mouse strains to Mycobacterium tuberculosis and relationship to major histocompatibility complex haplotype and Nramp1 genotype

    E Medina;R J North

  • Use of live bacterial vaccine vectors for antigen delivery: potential and limitations.

    Eva Medina;Carlos Alberto Guzmán

  • The expanding world of extracellular traps: not only neutrophils but much more.

    Oliver Goldmann;Eva Medina

  • Gene transfer in dendritic cells, induced by oral DNA vaccination with Salmonella typhimurium, results in protective immunity against a murine fibrosarcoma

    Paola Paglia;Eva Medina;Ivano Arioli;Carlos A. Guzman

  • Protective Immune Response against Streptococcus pyogenes in Mice after Intranasal Vaccination with the Fibronectin-Binding Protein SfbI

    Carlos A. Guzmán;Susanne R. Talay;Gabriella Molinari;Eva Medina

  • Comparative evaluation of establishing a human gut microbial community within rodent models

    Melissa L. Wos-Oxley;André Bleich;Andrew P.A. Oxley;Silke Kahl

  • Immunological mechanisms underlying the genetic predisposition to severe Staphylococcus aureus infection in the mouse model.

    Maren von Köckritz-Blickwede;Manfred Rohde;Sonja Oehmcke;Lloyd S. Miller

  • Role of Macrophages in Host Resistance to Group A Streptococci

    Oliver Goldmann;Manfred Rohde;Gursharan Singh Chhatwal;Eva Medina

  • Staphylococcus aureus develops increased resistance to antibiotics by forming dynamic small colony variants during chronic osteomyelitis

    L. Tuchscherr;C. A. Kreis;V. Hoerr;L. Flint

  • A Novel Mouse Model of Staphylococcus aureus Chronic Osteomyelitis That Closely Mimics the Human Infection: An Integrated View of Disease Pathogenesis

    Sarah A. Horst;Verena Hoerr;Andreas Beineke;Carolin Kreis

  • Mast cells as protectors of health

    Anne Dudeck;Martin Köberle;Oliver Goldmann;Nicole Meyer

  • Evidence inconsistent with a role for the Bcg gene (Nramp1) in resistance of mice to infection with virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

    Eva Medina;Robert J. North

  • Survival of Streptococcus pyogenes within host phagocytic cells: a pathogenic mechanism for persistence and systemic invasion

    Eva Medina;Oliver Goldmann;Antonia W Toppel;Gursharan S Chhatwal

  • A Major Role for Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells and a Minor Role for Regulatory T Cells in Immunosuppression during Staphylococcus aureus Infection

    Christina Tebartz;Sarah Anita Horst;Tim Sparwasser;Jochen Huehn

  • Repurposing human kinase inhibitors to create an antibiotic active against drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, persisters and biofilms.

    Philipp Le;Elena Kunold;Elena Kunold;Robert Macsics;Katharina Rox

  • Neutrophil Extracellular Traps: A Strategic Tactic to Defeat Pathogens with Potential Consequences for the Host

    Eva Medina

  • Transcriptome Analysis of Murine Macrophages in Response to Infection with Streptococcus pyogenes Reveals an Unusual Activation Program

    Oliver Goldmann;Maren von Köckritz-Blickwede;Claudia Höltje;Gursharan S. Chhatwal

Frequent Co-Authors

Gursharan S. Chhatwal
Gursharan S. Chhatwal Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Carlos A. Guzmán
Carlos A. Guzmán Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Carlos Guzmán
Carlos Guzmán University of Córdoba
Manfred Rohde
Manfred Rohde Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Dietmar H. Pieper
Dietmar H. Pieper Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Robert J. North
Robert J. North Trudeau Institute
Anna Norrby-Teglund
Anna Norrby-Teglund Karolinska University Hospital
Mark J. Walker
Mark J. Walker University of Queensland
Stephan A. Sieber
Stephan A. Sieber Technical University of Munich
Georg Peters
Georg Peters University of Münster

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