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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2020 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Maria Yazdanbakhsh is affiliated with Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with significant contributions to Immunology, Parasitology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases, and Ecology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including Parasites and Host Interactions, Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, Immune responses and vaccinations, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Global Maternal and Child Health, and Research on Leishmaniasis Studies.

Among their recent publications are:

  • COVID-19 in Africa: Dampening the storm? (2020), Science
  • A controlled human Schistosoma mansoni infection model to advance novel drugs, vaccines and diagnostics (2020), Nature Medicine
  • Prolonged activation of nasal immune cell populations and development of tissue-resident SARS-CoV-2-specific CD8+ T cell responses following COVID-19 (2021), Nature Immunology
  • Immunological factors linked to geographical variation in vaccine responses (2023), Nature Reviews Immunology
  • Helminth infections drive heterogeneity in human type 2 and regulatory cells (2020), Science Translational Medicine

Frequent collaborators include researchers such as Simon P. Jochems, Yvonne C. M. Kruize, Meta Roestenberg, Koen A. Stam, and Jacqueline J. Janse.

Maria Yazdanbakhsh has published repeatedly in venues like bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Scientific Reports, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, The Lancet Microbe, and Nature Immunology.

The scientist has been awarded membership in the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Academia Europaea, both received in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Allergy, Parasites, and the Hygiene Hypothesis

    Maria Yazdanbakhsh;Peter G. Kremsner;Peter G. Kremsner;Ronald van Ree

  • Immune regulation by helminth parasites: cellular and molecular mechanisms.

    Rick M. Maizels;Maria Yazdanbakhsh

  • Decreased atopy in children infected with Schistosoma haematobium: a role for parasite-induced interleukin-10.

    Anita H. J. Van Den Biggelaar;Ronald Van Ree;Laura C. Rodrigues;Bertrand Lell

  • Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies (second edition)

    Andrea Cossarizza;Hyun Dong Chang;Andreas Radbruch;Andreas Acs

  • A novel host-parasite lipid cross-talk. Schistosomal lyso-phosphatidylserine activates toll-like receptor 2 and affects immune polarization.

    Desiree van der Kleij;Desiree van der Kleij;Eicke Latz;Jos F.H.M. Brouwers;Yvonne C.M. Kruize

  • Selective probiotic bacteria induce IL-10-producing regulatory T cells in vitro by modulating dendritic cell function through dendritic cell-specific intercellular adhesion molecule 3-grabbing nonintegrin.

    Hermelijn H Smits;Anneke Engering;Desiree van der Kleij;Esther C de Jong

  • Microbial Compounds Selectively Induce Th1 Cell-Promoting or Th2 Cell-Promoting Dendritic Cells In Vitro with Diverse Th Cell-Polarizing Signals

    Esther C. de Jong;Pedro L. Vieira;Pawel Kalinski;Joost H. N. Schuitemaker

  • Parasites and the hygiene hypothesis: regulating the immune system?

    Maria Yazdanbakhsh;Paolo M. Matricardi

  • Chronic helminth infections induce immunomodulation: Consequences and mechanisms

    Elly van Riet;Franca C. Hartgers;Maria Yazdanbakhsh

  • Th2 responses without atopy: immunoregulation in chronic helminth infections and reduced allergic disease

    Maria Yazdanbakhsh;Anita van den Biggelaar;Rick M Maizels

  • Long-Term Treatment of Intestinal Helminths Increases Mite Skin-Test Reactivity in Gabonese Schoolchildren

    Anita H. J. van den Biggelaar;Anita H. J. van den Biggelaar;Laura C. Rodrigues;Ronald van Ree;Jaring S. van der Zee

  • Omega-1, a glycoprotein secreted by Schistosoma mansoni eggs, drives Th2 responses.

    Bart Everts;Georgia Perona-Wright;Hermelijn H. Smits;Cornelis H. Hokke

  • Assembly of a pan-genome from deep sequencing of 910 humans of African descent

    Rachel M. Sherman;Juliet Forman;Juliet Forman;Valentin Antonescu;Daniela Puiu

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  • Regulation of pathogenesis and immunity in helminth infections

    Rick M. Maizels;Edward J. Pearce;David Artis;Maria Yazdanbakhsh

  • Schistosome-derived omega-1 drives Th2 polarization by suppressing protein synthesis following internalization by the mannose receptor

    Bart Everts;Leonie Hussaarts;Nicole N. Driessen;Moniek H.J. Meevissen

  • Co-infection of helminths and malaria: modulation of the immune responses to malaria.

    F. C. Hartgers;M. Yazdanbakhsh

  • Helminth therapy or elimination: epidemiological, immunological, and clinical considerations

    Linda J Wammes;Harriet Mpairwe;Alison M Elliott;Alison M Elliott;Maria Yazdanbakhsh

  • Differential expression of IgE and IgG4 specific antibody responses in asymptomatic and chronic human filariasis.

    A Kurniawan;M Yazdanbakhsh;R van Ree;R Aalberse

  • Application of a circulating-cathodic-antigen (CCA) strip test and real-time PCR, in comparison with microscopy, for the detection of Schistosoma haematobium in urine samples from Ghana.

    B.B. Obeng;Y.A. Aryeetey;C. J. de Dood;A.S. Amoah

  • Chronic Helminth Infections Protect Against Allergic Diseases by Active Regulatory Processes

    Hermelijn H. Smits;Bart Everts;Franca C. Hartgers;Maria Yazdanbakhsh

Frequent Co-Authors

Ayola A. Adegnika
Ayola A. Adegnika University of Tübingen
Hermelijn H. Smits
Hermelijn H. Smits Leiden University Medical Center
Rick M. Maizels
Rick M. Maizels University of Glasgow
Peter G. Kremsner
Peter G. Kremsner University of Tübingen
Cornelis H. Hokke
Cornelis H. Hokke Leiden University Medical Center
Johannes W. A. Smit
Johannes W. A. Smit Leiden University Medical Center
Bertrand Lell
Bertrand Lell University of Tübingen
Saadou Issifou
Saadou Issifou University of Tübingen
Peter Aaby
Peter Aaby University of Southern Denmark
Adrian J. F. Luty
Adrian J. F. Luty Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

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