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Gideon F.A. Kersten

Gideon F.A. Kersten

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Immunology

D-Index
51
Citations
9529
World Ranking
4148
National Ranking
163

Overview

Gideon F.A. Kersten is affiliated with Leiden University in the Netherlands. Their research spans multiple fields including Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Key subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Immunology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Microbiology, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics such as Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research, vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches, Animal Virus Infections Studies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Influenza Virus Research Studies, Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects, and Advancements in Transdermal Drug Delivery.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Bernard Metz, Wim Jiskoot, Alexandra Roesch, Tim Menzen, and Hugo D. Meiring.

Gideon F.A. Kersten has published multiple papers in several scientific venues. The most common publication venues are:

  • Cryobiology
  • Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • International Journal of Pharmaceutics
  • Scientific Reports
  • Vaccines

Among recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Kersten are:

  • "mRNA-lipid nanoparticle COVID-19 vaccines: Structure and stability" (2021), International Journal of Pharmaceutics
  • "Intranasal immunization with outer membrane vesicle pertussis vaccine confers broad protection through mucosal IgA and Th17 responses" (2020), Scientific Reports
  • "Hyaluronan molecular weight: Effects on dissolution time of dissolving microneedles in the skin and on immunogenicity of antigen" (2020), European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • "Particles in Biopharmaceutical Formulations, Part 2: An Update on Analytical Techniques and Applications for Therapeutic Proteins, Viruses, Vaccines and Cells" (2021), Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • "Aluminum Hydroxide And Aluminum Phosphate Adjuvants Elicit A Different Innate Immune Response" (2022), Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Best Publications

  • mRNA-lipid nanoparticle COVID-19 vaccines: Structure and stability.

    Linde Schoenmaker;Dominik Witzigmann;Jayesh A. Kulkarni;Rein Verbeke

  • Identification of Formaldehyde-induced Modifications in Proteins REACTIONS WITH MODEL PEPTIDES

    Bernard Metz;Gideon F.A. Kersten;Peter Hoogerhout;Humphrey F. Brugghe

  • Current and next generation influenza vaccines: Formulation and production strategies.

    Peter C. Soema;Ronald Kompier;Jean-Pierre Amorij;Gideon F.A. Kersten

  • Chitosan microparticles for mucosal vaccination against diphtheria: oral and nasal efficacy studies in mice.

    Inez M. van der Lubben;Gideon Kersten;Marjan M. Fretz;Coen Beuvery

  • Liposomes and ISCOMS as vaccine formulations

    Gideon F.A. Kersten;Daan J.A. Crommelin

  • Liposomes and ISCOMs

    Gideon F.A Kersten;Daan J.A Crommelin

  • Buccal and sublingual vaccine delivery

    Heleen Kraan;Hilde Vrieling;Cecil Czerkinsky;Wim Jiskoot

  • Dissolving microneedle patches for dermal vaccination

    M. Leone;J.T. Monkare;J.A. Bouwstra;G.F.A. Kersten

  • Identification of formaldehyde-induced modifications in proteins: reactions with insulin.

    Bernard Metz;Gideon F. A. Kersten;Gino J E Baart;Ad de Jong

  • Microneedle arrays for the transcutaneous immunization of diphtheria and influenza in BALB/c mice

    Z. Ding;Z. Ding;F. J. Verbaan;M. Bivas-Benita;Laura Bungener

  • Predicting the influence of liposomal lipid composition on liposome size, zeta potential and liposome-induced dendritic cell maturation using a design of experiments approach.

    Peter Christiaan Soema;Geert-Jan Willems;Wim Jiskoot;Jean-Pierre Amorij

  • On the structure of immune-stimulating saponin-lipid complexes (iscoms).

    G. F. A. Kersten;A. Spiekstra;E. C. Beuvery;D. J. A. Crommelin

  • Towards tailored vaccine delivery: Needs, challenges and perspectives

    Jean-Pierre Amorij;Gideon F.A. Kersten;Vinay Saluja;Wouter F. Tonnis

  • Inactivated polio vaccine development for technology transfer using attenuated Sabin poliovirus strains to shift from Salk-IPV to Sabin-IPV.

    Wilfried A.M. Bakker;Yvonne E. Thomassen;Aart G. van’t Oever;Janny Westdijk

  • Microneedle-based drug and vaccine delivery via nanoporous microneedle arrays

    Koen van der Maaden;R Regina Lüttge;Pjw Vos;Joke A Bouwstra

  • Efficient induction of immune responses through intradermal vaccination with N-trimethyl chitosan containing antigen formulations.

    Suzanne M. Bal;Bram Slütter;Elly van Riet;Annelieke C. Kruithof

  • Reduction of animal use in human vaccine quality control: opportunities and problems.

    Bernard Metz;Coenraad.F.M Hendriksen;Wim Jiskoot;Gideon F.A Kersten

  • Physicochemical and immunochemical techniques predict the quality of diphtheria toxoid vaccines.

    Bernard Metz;Wim Jiskoot;Wim E Hennink;Daan J.A Crommelin

  • Immunogenicity of outer membrane proteins in a lipopolysaccharide-deficient mutant of Neisseria meningitidis: influence of adjuvants on the immune response.

    Liana Steeghs;Betsy Kuipers;Hendrik Jan Hamstra;Gideon Kersten

  • Stability of mono- and trivalent meningococcal outer membrane vesicle vaccines.

    Carmen Arigita;Wim Jiskoot;Janny Westdijk;Cor van Ingen

  • Immunoproteomic Profiling of Bordetella pertussis Outer Membrane Vesicle Vaccine Reveals Broad and Balanced Humoral Immunogenicity.

    René H M Raeven;Larissa van der Maas;Wichard Tilstra;Joost P Uittenbogaard

  • Immune modulation by adjuvants combined with diphtheria toxoid administered topically in BALB/c mice after microneedle array pretreatment.

    Z Ding;Z Ding;Y. E. van Riet;S. Romeijn;G. F. A. Kersten

  • Antigen delivery systems.

    Gideon Kersten;Hoang Hirschberg

  • Needle-free vaccine delivery

    Gideon Kersten;Hoang Hirschberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Wim Jiskoot
Wim Jiskoot Leiden University
Joke A. Bouwstra
Joke A. Bouwstra Leiden University
Daan J.A. Crommelin
Daan J.A. Crommelin Utrecht University
Wim E. Hennink
Wim E. Hennink Utrecht University
Cwj Cees Oomens
Cwj Cees Oomens Eindhoven University of Technology
Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus
Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation
Anke Huckriede
Anke Huckriede University Medical Center Groningen
Hans E. Junginger
Hans E. Junginger National University of Singapore
Johannes Löwer
Johannes Löwer Paul Ehrlich Institut
Tadaki Suzuki
Tadaki Suzuki National Institutes of Health

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