Knut J. Heller

Best Publications

• Probiotic bacteria in fermented foods: product characteristics and starter organisms

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• Effect of Lactobacillus gasseri PA 16/8, Bifidobacterium longum SP 07/3, B. bifidum MF 20/5 on common cold episodes: a double blind, randomized, controlled trial.

  Michael de Vrese;Petra Winkler;Peter Rautenberg;Timm Harder

  388
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• Probiotic bacteria reduced duration and severity but not the incidence of common cold episodes in a double blind, randomized, controlled trial

  Michael de Vrese;Petra Winkler;Peter Rautenberg;Timm Harder

  265
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• Effects of probiotic bacteria and their genomic DNA on TH1/TH2-cytokine production by peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of healthy and allergic subjects.

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  254
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• Safety Considerations of DNA in Food

  D. A. Jonas;I. Elmadfa;K.-H. Engel;K. Heller

  248
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• Suppression of the btuB451 mutation by mutations in the tonB gene suggests a direct interaction between TonB and TonB-dependent receptor proteins in the outer membrane of Escherichia coli

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  243
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• Characterization of virus-like particles associated with the human faecal and caecal microbiota

  L Hoyles;AL McCartney;H Neve;GR Gibson

  223
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• Nucleotide sequence of the gene for the vitamin B12 receptor protein in the outer membrane of Escherichia coli.

  K Heller;R J Kadner

  193
  Citations

• Prebiotic Oligosaccharides Reduce Proinflammatory Cytokines in Intestinal Caco-2 Cells via Activation of PPARγ and Peptidoglycan Recognition Protein 3

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  183
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• Application of molecular identification tools for Lactobacillus, with a focus on discrimination between closely related species : A review

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  174
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• Epigenetic imprinting by commensal probiotics inhibits the IL-23/IL-17 axis in an in vitro model of the intestinal mucosal immune system

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  158
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• Effect of natural commensal‐origin DNA on toll‐like receptor 9 (TLR9) signaling cascade, chemokine IL‐8 expression, and barrier integritiy of polarized intestinal epithelial cells

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  153
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• Ethanol Production by Selected Intestinal Microorganisms and Lactic Acid Bacteria Growing under Different Nutritional Conditions

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  150
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• Cloning and expression of the gene for the vitamin B12 receptor protein in the outer membrane of Escherichia coli.

  K Heller;B J Mann;R J Kadner

  141
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• Lactic acid bacteria enhance autophagic ability of mononuclear phagocytes by increasing Th1 autophagy-promoting cytokine (IFN-gamma) and nitric oxide (NO) levels and reducing Th2 autophagy-restraining cytokines (IL-4 and IL-13) in response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen.

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  138
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• Molecular interaction between bacteriophage and the gram-negative cell envelope.

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  132
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• Polymannose O-antigens of Escherichia coli, the binding sites for the reversible adsorption of bacteriophage T5+ via the L-shaped tail fibers.

  K Heller;V Braun

  129
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• Accelerated Adsorption of Bacteriophage T5 to Escherichia coli F, Resulting from Reversible Tail Fiber-Lipopolysaccharide Binding

  Knut Heller;Volkmar Braun

  128
  Citations

• The ltp gene of temperate Streptococcus thermophilus phage TP-J34 confers superinfection exclusion to Streptococcus thermophilus and Lactococcus lactis

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  125
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• Genetic Control of Hydroxamate-Mediated Iron Uptake in Escherichia coli

  Robert J. Kadner;Knut Heller;James W. Coulton;Volkmar Braun

  123
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