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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
65
Citations
17119
World Ranking
9070
National Ranking
242

Best Publications

  • Defining trained immunity and its role in health and disease

    Mihai G. Netea;Mihai G. Netea;Jorge Domínguez-Andrés;Luis B. Barreiro;Luis B. Barreiro;Triantafyllos Chavakis;Triantafyllos Chavakis

  • Western Diet Triggers NLRP3-Dependent Innate Immune Reprogramming

    Anette Christ;Anette Christ;Patrick Günther;Mario A.R. Lauterbach;Peter Duewell

  • Glutaminolysis and Fumarate Accumulation Integrate Immunometabolic and Epigenetic Programs in Trained Immunity.

    Rob J.W. Arts;Boris Novakovic;Rob ter Horst;Agostinho Carvalho

  • Metabolic Induction of Trained Immunity through the Mevalonate Pathway

    Siroon Bekkering;Rob J.W. Arts;Boris Novakovic;Ioannis Kourtzelis

  • Oxidized low-density lipoprotein induces long-term proinflammatory cytokine production and foam cell formation via epigenetic reprogramming of monocytes

    Siroon Bekkering;Jessica Quintin;Leo A.B. Joosten;Jos W.M. van der Meer

  • Trained immunity, tolerance, priming and differentiation: distinct immunological processes.

    Maziar Divangahi;Peter Aaby;Shabaana A. Khader;Luis B. Barreiro

  • Oxidized Phospholipids on Lipoprotein(a) Elicit Arterial Wall Inflammation and an Inflammatory Monocyte Response in Humans

    Fleur M. van der Valk;Siroon Bekkering;Jeffrey Kroon;Calvin Yeang

  • In Vitro Experimental Model of Trained Innate Immunity in Human Primary Monocytes

    Siroon Bekkering;Bastiaan A. Blok;Bastiaan A. Blok;Bastiaan A. Blok;Leo A. B. Joosten;Niels P. Riksen

  • Role of gut microbiota in chronic low-grade inflammation as potential driver for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: a systematic review of human studies

    I. C. L. van den Munckhof;A. Kurilshikov;R. ter Horst;N. P. Riksen

  • Heart failure and diabetes: metabolic alterations and therapeutic interventions: a state-of-the-art review from the Translational Research Committee of the Heart Failure Association-European Society of Cardiology.

    Christoph Maack;Michael Lehrke;Johannes Backs;Frank R. Heinzel

  • Epigenetics and Trained Immunity

    Charlotte D.C.C. van der Heijden;Marlies P. Noz;Leo A.B. Joosten;Mihai G. Netea;Mihai G. Netea

  • Acute and long-term cardiovascular effects of coffee: implications for coronary heart disease.

    Niels P. Riksen;Gerard A. Rongen;Paul Smits

  • Trained Immunity: Reprogramming Innate Immunity in Health and Disease.

    Siroon Bekkering;Jorge Domínguez-Andrés;Leo A B Joosten;Niels P Riksen

  • Trained immunity: A smart way to enhance innate immune defence.

    Jos W.M. van der Meer;Leo A.B. Joosten;Niels Riksen;Mihai G. Netea

  • Specific and Complex Reprogramming of Cellular Metabolism in Myeloid Cells during Innate Immune Responses

    Rinke Stienstra;Rinke Stienstra;Romana T. Netea-Maier;Niels P. Riksen;Leo A.B. Joosten

  • Monocyte and macrophage immunometabolism in atherosclerosis.

    Laszlo Groh;Samuel T. Keating;Leo A. B. Joosten;Mihai G. Netea;Mihai G. Netea

  • Innate immune cell activation and epigenetic remodeling in symptomatic and asymptomatic atherosclerosis in humans in vivo

    Siroon Bekkering;Inge van den Munckhof;Tim Nielen;Evert Lamfers

  • Pathophysiology and diagnosis of coronary microvascular dysfunction in ST-elevation myocardial infarction.

    Lara S F Konijnenberg;Peter Damman;Dirk J Duncker;Robert A Kloner;Robert A Kloner

  • Gut Microbial Associations to Plasma Metabolites Linked to Cardiovascular Phenotypes and Risk.

    Alexander Kurilshikov;Inge Cl van den Munckhof;Lianmin Chen;Marc Jan Bonder

  • Treatment with Statins Does Not Revert Trained Immunity in Patients with Familial Hypercholesterolemia.

    Siroon Bekkering;Siroon Bekkering;Lotte C.A. Stiekema;Sophie Bernelot Moens;Simone L. Verweij

Frequent Co-Authors

Mihai G. Netea
Mihai G. Netea Radboud University
Leo A. B. Joosten
Leo A. B. Joosten Radboud University
Peter Pickkers
Peter Pickkers Radboud University
Dick H. J. Thijssen
Dick H. J. Thijssen Radboud University
Ramnik J. Xavier
Ramnik J. Xavier Broad Institute
Marije Oosting
Marije Oosting Radboud University
Reinout van Crevel
Reinout van Crevel Radboud University
Jos W. M. van der Meer
Jos W. M. van der Meer Radboud University Medical Center
Jingyuan Fu
Jingyuan Fu University Medical Center Groningen
Cisca Wijmenga
Cisca Wijmenga University Medical Center Groningen

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