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57
Citations
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14028
National Ranking
258

Overview

Thierry Hennet is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant number of publications intersecting with medicine and nursing.

The scientist's work spans several subfields, including molecular biology, nutrition and dietetics, endocrinology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and infectious diseases. Their research topics frequently cover glycosylation and glycoproteins, infant nutrition and health, Escherichia coli studies, monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies, microbial metabolites in food biotechnology, gut microbiota and health, and probiotics and fermented foods.

Recent publications by Thierry Hennet include:

  • Emergence and significance of carbohydrate-specific antibodies (2020, Genes and Immunity)
  • Significance of fucose in intestinal health and disease (2021, Molecular Microbiology)
  • Antiviral potential of 3'-sialyllactose- and 6'-sialyllactose-conjugated dendritic polymers against human and avian influenza viruses (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Increased Antibody Response to Fucosylated Oligosaccharides and Fucose-Carrying Bacteroides Species in Crohn's Disease (2020, Frontiers in Microbiology)
  • The effects of 2'-fucosyllactose and lacto-N-neotetraose, galacto-oligosaccharides, and maternal human milk oligosaccharide profile on iron absorption in Kenyan infants (2022, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)

Thierry Hennet has frequently published in venues such as Frontiers in Immunology, Carbohydrate Research, Genes and Immunity, Molecular Microbiology, and Scientific Reports.

The scientist collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including Lisa Crone, Daniela Paganini, Michael Zimmermann, Katharina Kappler, and Nikita M. Podvalnyy. These collaborations have contributed to the diversity and range of their research output.

Best Publications

  • Mechanisms and consequences of intestinal dysbiosis

    G. Adrienne Weiss;Thierry Hennet

  • Immune regulation by the ST6Gal sialyltransferase

    Thierry Hennet;Daniel Chui;James C. Paulson;Jamey D. Marth

  • The galactosyltransferase family.

    T. Hennet

  • Sialic acid catabolism drives intestinal inflammation and microbial dysbiosis in mice

    Yen-Lin Huang;Christophe Chassard;Martin Hausmann;Mark von Itzstein

  • Alterations in antioxidant defences in lung and liver of mice infected with influenza A virus.

    Thierry Hennet;Ernst Peterhans;Roland Stocker

  • Congenital disorders of glycosylation: an update on defects affecting the biosynthesis of dolichol‐linked oligosaccharides

    Micha A. Haeuptle;Thierry Hennet

  • Congenital disorders of glycosylation: genetic model systems lead the way

    Markus Aebi;Thierry Hennet

  • Deficiency of dolichol-phosphate-mannose synthase-1 causes congenital disorder of glycosylation type Ie

    Timo Imbach;Barbara Schenk;Els Schollen;Patricie Burda

  • Biosynthesis of the Linkage Region of Glycosaminoglycans CLONING AND ACTIVITY OF GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE II, THE SIXTH MEMBER OF THE β1,3-GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE FAMILY (β3GalT6)

    Xiaomei Bai;Dapeng Zhou;Jillian R. Brown;Brett E. Crawford

  • Oral supplementation of healthy adults with 2'-O-fucosyllactose and lacto-N-neotetraose is well tolerated and shifts the intestinal microbiota.

    Emma Elison;Louise K. Vigsnæs;Laura Rindom Krogsgaard;Julie Rasmussen

  • MPDU1 mutations underlie a novel human congenital disorder of glycosylation, designated type If

    Barbara Schenk;Timo Imbach;Christian G. Frank;Claudia E. Grubenmann

  • Cloning and Characterization of a New Human UDP-N-Acetyl-α-d-galactosamine:PolypeptideN-Acetylgalactosaminyltransferase, Designated pp-GalNAc-T13, That Is Specifically Expressed in Neurons and Synthesizes GalNAc α-Serine/Threonine Antigen *

    Yan Zhang;Hiroko Iwasaki;Hiroko Iwasaki;Han Wang;Takashi Kudo

  • CDG nomenclature: Time for a change!

    Jacques Jaeken;Thierry Hennet;Gert Matthijs;Hudson H Freeze

  • Milk sialyllactose influences colitis in mice through selective intestinal bacterial colonization

    Andrea Fuhrer;Norbert Sprenger;Ekaterina Kurakevich;Lubor Borsig

  • Core Glycosylation of Collagen Is Initiated by Two β(1-O)Galactosyltransferases

    Belinda Schegg;Andreas J. Hülsmeier;Christoph Rutschmann;Charlotte Maag

  • Resistance to a Bacterial Toxin Is Mediated by Removal of a Conserved Glycosylation Pathway Required for Toxin-Host Interactions

    Joel S. Griffitts;Danielle L. Huffman;Johanna L. Whitacre;Brad D. Barrows

  • Diseases of glycosylation beyond classical congenital disorders of glycosylation.

    Thierry Hennet

  • Carbohydrate-deficient glycoprotein syndromes become congenital disorders of glycosylation: an updated nomenclature for CDG. First International Workshop on CDGS.

    M Aebi;A Helenius;B Schenk;R Barone

  • A mutation in the human ortholog of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae ALG6 gene causes carbohydrate-deficient glycoprotein syndrome type-Ic

    Timo Imbach;Patricie Burda;Peter Kuhnert;Ron A. Wevers

  • Congenital disorders of glycosylation: a concise chart of glycocalyx dysfunction

    Thierry Hennet;Jürg Cabalzar

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric G. Berger
Eric G. Berger University of Zurich
Markus Aebi
Markus Aebi ETH Zurich
Gert Matthijs
Gert Matthijs KU Leuven
Lubor Borsig
Lubor Borsig University of Zurich
Hudson H. Freeze
Hudson H. Freeze Discovery Institute
Ron A. Wevers
Ron A. Wevers Radboud University
Jaak Jaeken
Jaak Jaeken KU Leuven
David F. Smith
David F. Smith Emory University
Jeffrey D. Esko
Jeffrey D. Esko University of California, San Diego
Giulio Superti-Furga
Giulio Superti-Furga Medical University of Vienna

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