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Johan Grooten

Johan Grooten

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
64
Citations
13465
World Ranking
9756
National Ranking
171

Overview

Johan Grooten is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and focuses their research within the intersecting fields of Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work addresses various aspects of infectious diseases, immunology, physiology, molecular biology, and virology.

The primary topics covered in Grooten's research include antifungal resistance and susceptibility, asthma and respiratory diseases, immune response and inflammation, sphingolipid metabolism and signaling, tuberculosis research and epidemiology, and HIV research and treatment.

Among their recent publications, the following paper is noted:

  • Aspergillus fumigatus Recognition by Dendritic Cells Negatively Regulates Allergic Lung Inflammation through a TLR2/MyD88 Pathway, 2020, American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Johan Grooten include:

  • Mark S. Baird
  • Juma Al-Dulayymi
  • Rita Derua
  • Etienne Waelkens
  • Johannes V. Swinnen

Grooten's work has been published in several venues, with contributions to the American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology being notable.

Best Publications

  • Inhibition of Caspases Increases the Sensitivity of L929 Cells to Necrosis Mediated by Tumor Necrosis Factor

    Dominique Vercammen;Rudi Beyaert;Geertrui Denecker;Vera Goossens

  • Polymeric Multilayer Capsules in Drug Delivery

    Liesbeth J. De Cock;Stefaan De Koker;Bruno G. De Geest;Johan Grooten

  • Vaccination with Necroptotic Cancer Cells Induces Efficient Anti-tumor Immunity.

    Tania Løve Aaes;Agnieszka Kaczmarek;Tinneke Delvaeye;Bram De Craene

  • Atractyloside-induced release of cathepsin B, a protease with caspase-processing activity.

    Katia Vancompernolle;Franky Van Herreweghe;Gwenda Pynaert;Marc Van de Craen

  • Type I IFN Counteracts the Induction of Antigen-Specific Immune Responses by Lipid-Based Delivery of mRNA Vaccines

    Charlotte Pollard;Charlotte Pollard;Joanna Rejman;Winni De Haes;Bernard Verrier

  • Role of endoplasmic reticulum depletion and multidomain proapoptotic BAX and BAK proteins in shaping cell death after hypericin-mediated photodynamic therapy

    Esther Buytaert;Geert Callewaert;Nico Hendrickx;Luca Scorrano

  • Macrophage galactose-type C-type lectins as novel markers for alternatively activated macrophages elicited by parasitic infections and allergic airway inflammation.

    Geert Raes;Lea Brys;Bhola K. Dahal;Jef Brandt

  • Death receptor-induced apoptotic and necrotic cell death: differential role of caspases and mitochondria

    G Denecker;D Vercammen;M Steemans;T Vanden Berghe

  • Heterodimeric fusion proteins

    Nico Mertens;Johan Grooten

  • Polyelectrolyte Microcapsules as Antigen Delivery Vehicles To Dendritic Cells: Uptake, Processing, and Cross‐Presentation of Encapsulated Antigens

    Stefaan De Koker;Bruno G. De Geest;Satwinder K. Singh;Riet De Rycke

  • Both TNF receptors are required for TNF-mediated induction of apoptosis in PC60 cells.

    Peter Vandenabeele;Wim Declercq;Bart Vanhaesebroeck;Johan Grooten

  • Fab chains as an efficient heterodimerization scaffold for the production of recombinant bispecific and trispecific antibody derivatives.

    Reinhilde Schoonjans;An Willems;Steve Schoonooghe;Walter Fiers

  • pH-degradable imidazoquinoline-ligated nanogels for lymph node-focused immune activation

    Lutz Nuhn;Nane Vanparijs;Ans De Beuckelaer;Lien Lybaert

  • The 55-kDa tumor necrosis factor receptor induces clustering of mitochondria through its membrane-proximal region.

    Kurt De Vos;Vera Goossens;Elke Boone;Dominique Vercammen

  • Polymeric multilayer capsules delivering biotherapeutics

    Stefaan De Koker;Liesbeth J. De Cock;Pilar Rivera-Gil;Wolfgang J. Parak

  • MACROPHAGES INDUCE CELLULAR IMMUNITY BY ACTIVATING TH1 CELL RESPONSES AND SUPPRESSING TH2 CELL RESPONSES

    Marjory Desmedt;Pieter Rottiers;Hans Dooms;Walter Fiers

  • Generation and biological characterization of membrane-bound, uncleavable murine tumor necrosis factor.

    Els Decoster;Bart Vanhaesebroeck;Peter Vandenabeele;Johan Grooten

  • The Mycobacterium tuberculosis cell wall component mycolic acid elicits pathogen-associated host innate immune responses

    Johanna Korf;Anton Stoltz;Jan Verschoor;Patrick De Baetselier

  • Liver X receptors contribute to the protective immune response against Mycobacterium tuberculosis in mice

    Hannelie Korf;Seppe Vander Beken;Marta Romano;Knut R. Steffensen

  • Transcriptome analysis of monocyte-HIV interactions

    Rafael Van den Bergh;Eric Florence;Erika Vlieghe;Tom Boonefaes

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruno G. De Geest
Bruno G. De Geest Ghent University
Walter Fiers
Walter Fiers Ghent University
Bart N. Lambrecht
Bart N. Lambrecht Ghent University
Peter Vandenabeele
Peter Vandenabeele Ghent University
Xavier Saelens
Xavier Saelens Ghent University
Stefaan C. De Smedt
Stefaan C. De Smedt Ghent University
Joël Vandekerckhove
Joël Vandekerckhove Ghent University
Patrick De Baetselier
Patrick De Baetselier Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Riet De Rycke
Riet De Rycke Ghent University

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