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Ilse D. Jacobsen

Ilse D. Jacobsen

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Microbiology

D-Index
54
Citations
8706
World Ranking
4010
National Ranking
280

Overview

Ilse D. Jacobsen is affiliated with the Leibniz Association in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable subfields including Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Immunology, and Food Science.

The body of work produced includes topics such as:

  • Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
  • Fungal infections and studies
  • Probiotics and fermented foods
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Peptidase inhibition and analysis
  • Parasitic diseases research and treatment
  • Fungal and yeast genetics research

Frequent publication venues where the scientist's work appears include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • mBio
  • Virulence

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by this researcher include:

  • The impact of the Fungus-Host-Microbiota interplay upon Candida albicans infections: current knowledge and new perspectives, 2020, FEMS Microbiology Reviews
  • Aspergillus fumigatus and aspergillosis: From basics to clinics, 2021, Studies in Mycology
  • Salt generates antiinflammatory Th17 cells but amplifies pathogenicity in proinflammatory cytokine microenvironments, 2020, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Rapid proliferation due to better metabolic adaptation results in full virulence of a filament-deficient Candida albicans strain, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Immune modulation by complement receptor 3-dependent human monocyte TGF-β1-transporting vesicles, 2020, Nature Communications

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Maria J. Niemiec
  • Axel A. Brakhage
  • Slavena Vylkova
  • Bernhard Hube
  • Hortense Slevogt

Best Publications

  • Candida albicans dimorphism as a therapeutic target

    Ilse D Jacobsen;Duncan Wilson;Betty Wächtler;Sascha Brunke

  • The impact of the Fungus-Host-Microbiota interplay upon Candida albicans infections: current knowledge and new perspectives

    Christophe d'Enfert;Ann-Kristin Kaune;Leovigildo-Rey Alaban;Sayoni Chakraborty;Sayoni Chakraborty

  • HapX-mediated adaption to iron starvation is crucial for virulence of Aspergillus fumigatus.

    Markus Schrettl;Nicola Beckmann;John Varga;Thorsten Heinekamp

  • SreA‐mediated iron regulation in Aspergillus fumigatus

    Markus Schrettl;H. Stanley Kim;Martin Eisendle;Claudia Kragl

  • Candida albicans Scavenges Host Zinc via Pra1 during Endothelial Invasion

    Francesco Citiulo;Ilse D. Jacobsen;Pedro Miramón;Lydia Schild

  • Fungal infections in animals: A patchwork of different situations

    Seyedmojtaba Seyedmousavi;Sandra de M. G. Bosco;Sybren de Hoog;Frank Ebel

  • Fungal-Bacterial Interactions in Health and Disease.

    Wibke Krüger;Sarah Vielreicher;Mario Kapitan;Ilse D. Jacobsen;Ilse D. Jacobsen

  • Systematic phenotyping of a large-scale Candida glabrata deletion collection reveals novel antifungal tolerance genes.

    Tobias Schwarzmüller;Biao Ma;Ekkehard Hiller;Fabian Istel

  • Aspergillus fumigatus and aspergillosis: From basics to clinics.

    A. Arastehfar;A. Carvalho;J. Houbraken;L. Lombardi

  • Candida survival strategies.

    Melanie Polke;Bernhard Hube;Ilse D Jacobsen

  • Candida albicans-Induced Epithelial Damage Mediates Translocation through Intestinal Barriers.

    Stefanie Allert;Toni M. Förster;Carl-Magnus Svensson;Jonathan P. Richardson

  • A three-dimensional immunocompetent intestine-on-chip model as in vitro platform for functional and microbial interaction studies.

    Michelle Maurer;Mark S. Gresnigt;Tony Wollny

  • Correction: Corrigendum: Dual-species transcriptional profiling during systemic candidiasis reveals organ-specific host-pathogen interactions

    Betty Hebecker;Sebastian Vlaic;Theresia Conrad;Michael Bauer

  • Identifying infection‐associated genes of Candida albicans in the postgenomic era

    Duncan Wilson;Sascha Thewes;Katherina Zakikhany;Chantal Fradin

  • Secreted Aspergillus fumigatus Protease Alp1 Degrades Human Complement Proteins C3, C4, and C5

    Judith Behnsen;Franziska Lessing;Susann Schindler;Dirk Wartenberg

  • Kallikrein Cleaves C3 and Activates Complement.

    Irmscher S;Döring N;Halder Ld;Jo Eah

  • Candida glabrata Persistence in Mice Does Not Depend on Host Immunosuppression and Is Unaffected by Fungal Amino Acid Auxotrophy

    I. D. Jacobsen;S. Brunke;K. Seider;T. Schwarzmüller

  • A Non-canonical Melanin Biosynthesis Pathway Protects Aspergillus terreus Conidia from Environmental Stress

    Elena Geib;Elena Geib;Markus Gressler;Iuliia Viediernikova;Falk Hillmann

  • Persistence versus escape: Aspergillus terreus and Aspergillus fumigatus employ different strategies during interactions with macrophages.

    Silvia Slesiona;Markus Gressler;Michael Mihlan;Christoph Zaehle

  • Human Natural Killer Cells Acting as Phagocytes Against Candida albicans and Mounting an Inflammatory Response That Modulates Neutrophil Antifungal Activity

    Jessica Voigt;Kerstin Hünniger;Maria Bouzani;Ilse D. Jacobsen

  • Secretome analysis of Aspergillus fumigatus reveals Asp-hemolysin as a major secreted protein

    Dirk Wartenberg;Katrin Lapp;Katrin Lapp;Ilse D. Jacobsen;Hans-Martin Dahse

  • Pathogenicity mechanisms and host response during oral Candida albicans infections

    Betty Hebecker;Julian R Naglik;Bernhard Hube;Ilse D Jacobsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernhard Hube
Bernhard Hube Leibniz Association
Axel A. Brakhage
Axel A. Brakhage Leibniz Association
Oliver Kurzai
Oliver Kurzai University of Würzburg
Matthias Brock
Matthias Brock University of Nottingham
Peter F. Zipfel
Peter F. Zipfel Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Thorsten Heinekamp
Thorsten Heinekamp Hans Knöll Institute
Christophe d'Enfert
Christophe d'Enfert Institut Pasteur
Olaf Kniemeyer
Olaf Kniemeyer Leibniz Association
Kerstin Voigt
Kerstin Voigt Leibniz Association
Christine Skerka
Christine Skerka Leibniz Association

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