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Jos P. M. van Putten

Jos P. M. van Putten

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Microbiology

D-Index
64
Citations
11466
World Ranking
2658
National Ranking
105

Overview

Jos P. M. van Putten is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research spans primarily across the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. They have a significant focus within subfields including Molecular Biology, Food Science, Epidemiology, Microbiology, and Immunology.

Their published work frequently appears in notable venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Gut Microbes, UNC Libraries, mBio, and PLoS Pathogens. This distribution reflects an engagement with both preprint and peer-reviewed formats across various aspects of microbial and molecular studies.

Van Putten's research topics cover a range of subjects related to microbial and viral infections, host-pathogen interactions, and biochemical processes. Key areas of study include Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research, Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology, Respiratory viral infections research, Probiotics and Fermented Foods, Gut microbiota and health, Vibrio bacteria research studies, and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior.

Their recent papers include:

  • "Defensive Properties of Mucin Glycoproteins during Respiratory Infections-Relevance for SARS-CoV-2" (2020) in mBio
  • "Identification of Allobaculum mucolyticum as a novel human intestinal mucin degrader" (2021) in Gut Microbes
  • "Antimicrobial Activities of Alginate and Chitosan Oligosaccharides Against Staphylococcus aureus and Group B Streptococcus" (2021) in Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Glycosylated extracellular mucin domains protect against SARS-CoV-2 infection at the respiratory surface" (2023) in PLoS Pathogens
  • "The ALPK1 pathway drives the inflammatory response to Campylobacter jejuni in human intestinal epithelial cells" (2021) in PLoS Pathogens

Van Putten has collaborated extensively with several researchers, with frequent coauthors including Karin Strijbis, Xuefeng Cao, Marc M. S. M. Wösten, Bart Westendorp, and Richard Wubbolts. These collaborations illustrate a network of scientific cooperation in areas aligned with their research interests.

Best Publications

  • Components and dynamics of fiber formation define a ubiquitous biogenesis pathway for bacterial pili

    Matthew Wolfgang;Matthew Wolfgang;Jos P.M. van Putten;Stanley F. Hayes;David Dorward

  • Chicken TLR21 Is an Innate CpG DNA Receptor Distinct from Mammalian TLR9

    A. Marijke Keestra;Marcel R. de Zoete;Lieneke I. Bouwman;Jos P. M. van Putten

  • Transmembrane Mucins: Signaling Receptors at the Intersection of Inflammation and Cancer.

    Jos P M van Putten;Karin Strijbis

  • Aflagellated mutants of Helicobacter pylori generated by genetic transformation of naturally competent strains using transposon shuttle mutagenesis.

    Rainer Haas;Thomas F. Meyer;Jos P. M. van Putten

  • Interaction of two variable proteins (PilE and PilC) required for pilus-mediated adherence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to human epithelial cells.

    Thomas Rudel;Jos P. M. van Putten;Carol P. Gibbs;Rainer Haas

  • Phase variation of H. influenzae fimbriae: Transcriptional control of two divergent genes through a variable combined promoter region

    S.Marieke van Ham;Loek van Alphen;Frits R. Mooi;Jos P.M. van Putten

  • Generation of Campylobacter jejuni genetic diversity in vivo.

    Paulo de Boer;Jaap A. Wagenaar;René P. Achterberg;Jos P. M. van Putten

  • Entry of OpaA+ gonococci into HEp‐2 cells requires concerted action of glycosaminoglycans, fibronectin and integrin receptors

    Jos P. M. Van Putten;Thomas D. Duensing;Robert L. Cole

  • Unique properties of the chicken TLR4/MD-2 complex: selective lipopolysaccharide activation of the MyD88-dependent pathway.

    A. Marijke Keestra;Jos P. M. van Putten

  • Unique features of chicken Toll-like receptors

    A. Marijke Keestra;Marcel R. de Zoete;Lieneke I. Bouwman;Mahdi M. Vaezirad

  • Immunity to Campylobacter: its role in risk assessment and epidemiology

    A.H. Havelaar;W. van Pelt;C.W. Ang;J.A. Wagenaar

  • The FlgS/FlgR Two-component Signal Transduction System Regulates the fla Regulon in Campylobacter jejuni

    Marc M.S.M. Wösten;Jaap A. Wagenaar;Jos P.M. van Putten

  • COMPLEMENT DEFICIENCIES IN PATIENTS OVER TEN YEARS OLD WITH MENINGOCOCCAL DISEASE DUE TO UNCOMMON SEROGROUPS

    CeesA.P Fijen;AndreT Hannema;EdJ Kuijper;AndersG Sjöholm

  • Toll-like receptors 1 and 2 cooperatively mediate immune responses to curli, a common amyloid from enterobacterial biofilms.

    Çagla Tükel;Jessalyn H. Nishimori;R. Paul Wilson;Maria G. Winter

  • Campylobacter fetus infections in humans : exposure and disease

    Jaap A Wagenaar;Jaap A Wagenaar;Jaap A Wagenaar;Marcel A P van Bergen;Marcel A P van Bergen;Martin J Blaser;Robert V Tauxe

  • Redirection of Epithelial Immune Responses by Short-Chain Fatty Acids through Inhibition of Histone Deacetylases

    May Young Lin;Marcel R. de Zoete;Jos P. M. van Putten;Karin Strijbis

  • Suppression of an absolute defect in Type IV pilus biogenesis by loss-of-function mutations in pilT, a twitching motility gene in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

    Matthew Wolfgang;Hae Sun Park;Stanley F. Hayes;Jos P.M. Van Putten

  • Genetic Basis for the Structural Difference between Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 15B and 15C Capsular Polysaccharides

    Saskia van Selm;Lisette M. van Cann;Marc A. B. Kolkman;Bernard A. M. van der Zeijst

  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae PilV, a type IV pilus-associated protein essential to human epithelial cell adherence

    Hanne C. Winther-Larsen;Finn Terje Hegge;Matthew C Wolfgang;Stanley F. Hayes

  • Contribution of genes from the capsule gene complex (cps) to lipooligosaccharide biosynthesis and serum resistance in Neisseria meningitidis

    Sven Hammerschmidt;Carola Birkholz;Ulrich Zähringer;Brian D. Robertson

  • Neisseria meningitidis producing the Opc adhesin binds epithelial cell proteoglycan receptors

    Frits P. De Vries;Robert Cole;Jacob Dankert;Matthias Frosch

Frequent Co-Authors

Jaap A. Wagenaar
Jaap A. Wagenaar Utrecht University
Michael Koomey
Michael Koomey University of Oslo
Peter van der Ley
Peter van der Ley Intravacc (Netherlands)
Matthew C. Wolfgang
Matthew C. Wolfgang University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Wim Gaastra
Wim Gaastra Utrecht University
Hilde E. Smith
Hilde E. Smith Wageningen University & Research
Stanley F. Hayes
Stanley F. Hayes National Institutes of Health
Matthias Frosch
Matthias Frosch University of Würzburg
Brian D. Robertson
Brian D. Robertson Imperial College London
Birgitta Duim
Birgitta Duim Utrecht University

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