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Johanna Fink-Gremmels

Johanna Fink-Gremmels

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Biology and Biochemistry

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61
Citations
12676
World Ranking
11392
National Ranking
295

Overview

Johanna Fink-Gremmels is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research focuses primarily on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. The scientist's work explores a variety of specialized subfields such as Plant Science, Cancer Research, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Physiology.

Their research interests extend to multiple main topics, including:

  • Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food
  • Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
  • Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Plant and fungal interactions
  • Thermoregulation and physiological responses
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts

Johanna Fink-Gremmels has published in a range of scientific venues, reflecting the diversity of their research. These include:

  • Nutrients
  • Animal Nutrition
  • Tissue Barriers
  • Foods
  • Mycotoxin Research

Several recent papers exemplify the scope of their work:

  • Beyond Heat Stress: Intestinal Integrity Disruption and Mechanism-Based Intervention Strategies (2020), published in Nutrients
  • An overview of aflatoxin B1 biotransformation and aflatoxin M1 secretion in lactating dairy cows (2021), published in Animal Nutrition
  • Epithelial integrity, junctional complexes, and biomarkers associated with intestinal functions (2021), published in Tissue Barriers
  • Storage Fungi and Mycotoxins Associated with Rice Samples Commercialized in Thailand (2023), published in Foods
  • Zearalenone and its metabolite exposure directs oestrogen metabolism towards potentially carcinogenic metabolites in human breast cancer MCF-7 cells (2022), published in Mycotoxin Research

The scientist collaborates with multiple colleagues, including:

  • Saranya Poapolathep
  • Amnart Poapolathep
  • Hassan Malekinejad
  • Saskia Braber
  • Johan Garssen

Their academic contributions predominantly revolve around the biotransformation of mycotoxins, cellular integrity under stress conditions, and molecular mechanisms related to carcinogenesis. The emphasis on both plant-related and health impact studies indicates a cross-disciplinary approach aimed at understanding complex interactions within agricultural and biomedical contexts.

Best Publications

  • Biofilms: a role in recurrent mastitis infections?

    M.B. Melchior;H. Vaarkamp;J. Fink-Gremmels

  • Mycotoxins in cattle feeds and carry-over to dairy milk: a review

    Johanna Fink-Gremmels

  • Mycotoxins: their implications for human and animal health.

    Fink-Gremmels J

  • Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain

    Jan Alexander;Diane Benford;Andrew Cockburn;Jean-Pierre Cravedi

  • Clinical effects and biochemical mechanisms associated with exposure to the mycoestrogen zearalenone

    J. Fink-Gremmels;H. Malekinejad

  • The role of mycotoxins in the health and performance of dairy cows

    J. Fink-Gremmels

  • Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Contaminants in the food chain on a request from the European Commission on marine biotoxines in shellfish okadaic acid and analogues

    J Alexander;G. A. Audunsson;D. Benford;A. Cockburn

  • Species differences in the hepatic biotransformation of zearalenone.

    H. Malekinejad;R. Maas-Bakker;J. Fink-Gremmels

  • Scientific Opinion on the risks for public and animal health related to the presence of citrinin in food and feed

    Josef Böhm;Sarah De Saeger;Lutz Edler;Johanna Fink-Gremmels

  • Benzimidazole drugs and modulation of biotransformation enzymes.

    J Velı́k;V Baliharová;J Fink-Gremmels;S Bull

  • Differences in Susceptibility to Heat Stress along the Chicken Intestine and the Protective Effects of Galacto-Oligosaccharides.

    Soheil Varasteh;Saskia Braber;Peyman Akbari;Johan Garssen

  • The role of oxidative stress in the ochratoxin A-mediated toxicity in proximal tubular cells.

    G.J Schaaf;S.M Nijmeijer;R.F.M Maas;P Roestenberg

  • Risk assessment of substances that are both genotoxic and carcinogenic: Report of an International Conference organized by EFSA and WHO with support of ILSI Europe

    S. Barlow;A.G. Renwick;J. Kleiner;J.W. Bridges

  • Mutagenicity of commercial Monascus fermentation products and the role of citrinin contamination.

    Mónica Sabater-Vilar;Roel F.M Maas;Johanna Fink-Gremmels

  • In vitro assessment of adsorbents aiming to prevent deoxynivalenol and zearalenone mycotoxicoses

    Monica Sabater-Vilar;Hassan Malekinejad;M. H. J. Selman;M. A. M. van der Doelen

  • The intestinal barrier as an emerging target in the toxicological assessment of mycotoxins

    Peyman Akbari;Saskia Braber;Soheil Varasteh;Arash Alizadeh

  • Risk assessment of coccidostatics during feed cross-contamination: animal and human health aspects.

    J. L. C. M. Dorne;M. L. Fernández-Cruz;U. Bertelsen;D. W. Renshaw

  • Nitrate in vegetables Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Contaminants in the Food chain 1

    Jan Alexander;Diane Benford;Andrew Cockburn;Jean-Pierre Cravedi

  • Exposure of Oocytes to the Fusarium Toxins Zearalenone and Deoxynivalenol Causes Aneuploidy and Abnormal Embryo Development in Pigs

    Hassan Malekinejad;Eric J. Schoevers;Ineke J.J.M. Daemen;Carla Zijlstra

  • SCIENTIFIC OPINION Marine biotoxins in shellfish - Pectenotoxin group 1 Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Contaminants in the Food chain

    Jan Alexander;Diane Benford;Andrew Cockburn;Jean-Pierre Cravedi

Frequent Co-Authors

Johan Garssen
Johan Garssen Utrecht University
Jan Alexander
Jan Alexander Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Eugenia Dogliotti
Eugenia Dogliotti Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Antonio Mutti
Antonio Mutti University of Parma
Philippe Grandjean
Philippe Grandjean University of Southern Denmark
Carlos Van Peteghem
Carlos Van Peteghem Ghent University
Corrado L. Galli
Corrado L. Galli University of Milan
Aletta D. Kraneveld
Aletta D. Kraneveld Utrecht University
Bernard A.J. Roelen
Bernard A.J. Roelen Utrecht University
Wim Gaastra
Wim Gaastra Utrecht University

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