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Overview

Markus M. Heimesaat is affiliated with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine, agricultural and biological sciences, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research spans various subfields including food science, infectious diseases, molecular biology, immunology, and nutrition and dietetics.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, notably:

  • Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Essential oils and antimicrobial activity
  • Animal nutrition and physiology
  • Vitamin C and antioxidants research

Frequent publication venues for Markus M. Heimesaat include:

  • European Journal of Microbiology and Immunology
  • Microorganisms
  • Gut Pathogens
  • Pathogens
  • Biomolecules

Several recent papers highlight ongoing contributions to multiple areas of medical and microbiological research, including:

  • "Propionate attenuates atherosclerosis by immune-dependent regulation of intestinal cholesterol metabolism," 2021, European Heart Journal
  • "Fetal meconium does not have a detectable microbiota before birth," 2021, Nature Microbiology
  • "Selection of cross-reactive T cells by commensal and food-derived yeasts drives cytotoxic TH1 cell responses in Crohn's disease," 2023, Nature Medicine
  • "Novel ADNP Syndrome Mice Reveal Dramatic Sex-Specific Peripheral Gene Expression With Brain Synaptic and Tau Pathologies," 2021, Biological Psychiatry
  • "Antibiotic use during pregnancy increases offspring asthma severity in a dose-dependent manner," 2020, Allergy

The researcher collaborates frequently with colleagues such as Stefan Bereswill, Soraya Mousavi, Dennis Weschka, Nizar W. Shayya, and Sigri Kløve.

Best Publications

  • A guide to histomorphological evaluation of intestinal inflammation in mouse models

    Ulrike Erben;Christoph Loddenkemper;Katja Doerfel;Simone Spieckermann

  • Ly6Chi Monocytes Provide a Link between Antibiotic-Induced Changes in Gut Microbiota and Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis

    Luisa Möhle;Daniele Mattei;Markus M. Heimesaat;Stefan Bereswill

  • Gram-Negative Bacteria Aggravate Murine Small Intestinal Th1-Type Immunopathology following Oral Infection with Toxoplasma gondii

    Markus M. Heimesaat;Stefan Bereswill;André Fischer;David Fuchs

  • Anti-inflammatory effects of resveratrol, curcumin and simvastatin in acute small intestinal inflammation

    Stefan Bereswill;Melba Muñoz;André Fischer;Rita Plickert

  • Interleukin (IL)-23 mediates Toxoplasma gondii-induced immunopathology in the gut via matrixmetalloproteinase-2 and IL-22 but independent of IL-17.

    Melba Muñoz;Markus M. Heimesaat;Kerstin Danker;Daniela Struck

  • Regulatory T Cell Specificity Directs Tolerance versus Allergy against Aeroantigens in Humans.

    Petra Bacher;Frederik Heinrich;Ulrik Stervbo;Mikalai Nienen

  • Propionate attenuates atherosclerosis by immune-dependent regulation of intestinal cholesterol metabolism.

    Arash Haghikia;Friederike Zimmermann;Paul Schumann;Andrzej Jasina

  • The NLRP3 inflammasome is differentially activated by pneumolysin variants and contributes to host defense in pneumococcal pneumonia.

    Martin Witzenrath;Florence Pache;Daniel Lorenz;Uwe Koppe

  • Gut Microbiota–Dependent Trimethylamine N-Oxide Predicts Risk of Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Stroke and Is Related to Proinflammatory Monocytes

    Arash Haghikia;Xinmin S. Li;Thomas G. Liman;Nils Bledau

  • Immunology of Toxoplasma gondii.

    Melba Munoz;Oliver Liesenfeld;Markus M. Heimesaat

  • Novel Murine Infection Models Provide Deep Insights into the “Ménage à Trois” of Campylobacter jejuni, Microbiota and Host Innate Immunity

    Stefan Bereswill;André Fischer;Rita Plickert;Lea-Maxie Haag

  • Immunomodulatory and Antimicrobial Effects of Vitamin C.

    Soraya Mousavi;Stefan Bereswill;Markus M. Heimesaat

  • Toll-like receptor and IL-12 signaling control susceptibility to contact hypersensitivity

    Stefan F. Martin;Jan C. Dudda;Eva Bachtanian;Annalisa Lembo

  • Shift towards pro-inflammatory intestinal bacteria aggravates acute murine colitis via Toll-like receptors 2 and 4.

    Markus M. Heimesaat;André Fischer;Britta Siegmund;Andreas Kupz

  • MyD88/TLR9 mediated immunopathology and gut microbiota dynamics in a novel murine model of intestinal graft-versus-host disease

    Markus M Heimesaat;Axel Nogai;Stefan Bereswill;Rita Plickert

  • Aggravation of Different Types of Experimental Colitis by Depletion or Adhesion Blockade of Neutrophils

    Anja A. Kühl;Hacer Kakirman;Markus Janotta;Stefan Dreher

  • Depletion of Cultivatable Gut Microbiota by Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic Pretreatment Worsens Outcome After Murine Stroke

    Katarzyna Winek;Odilo Engel;Priscilla Koduah;Markus M. Heimesaat

  • Toll-like receptor-4 deficiency attenuates doxorubicin-induced cardiomyopathy in mice.

    Alexander Riad;Sandra Bien;Matthias Gratz;Felicitas Escher

  • Interleukin-22 induces interleukin-18 expression from epithelial cells during intestinal infection

    Melba Muñoz;Celine Eidenschenk;Naruhisa Ota;Kit Wong

  • Role of Blimp-1 in programing Th effector cells into IL-10 producers

    Christian Neumann;Frederik Heinrich;Katrin Neumann;Victoria Junghans

  • Exacerbation of murine ileitis by Toll-like receptor 4 mediated sensing of lipopolysaccharide from commensal Escherichia coli

    Markus M Heimesaat;André Fischer;Hannah-Katharina Jahn;Julia Niebergall

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Bereswill
Stefan Bereswill Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Anja A. Kühl
Anja A. Kühl Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Ulf B. Göbel
Ulf B. Göbel Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Christoph Loddenkemper
Christoph Loddenkemper Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Andre Fischer
Andre Fischer University of Göttingen
Britta Siegmund
Britta Siegmund Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Martin Zeitz
Martin Zeitz Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Steffen Backert
Steffen Backert University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Norbert Suttorp
Norbert Suttorp Charité - University Medicine Berlin

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