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Tom Van de Wiele

Tom Van de Wiele

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Microbiology

D-Index
83
Citations
26286
World Ranking
980
National Ranking
25

Overview

Tom Van de Wiele is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium. Their research spans multiple fields with a significant focus on medicine as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The scientist's work predominantly explores key topics related to gut microbiota and health, probiotics and fermented foods, and Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research. Additional topics include gastrointestinal motility and disorders, diet and metabolism studies, oral microbiology and periodontitis research, and nutritional studies and diet.

Van de Wiele has contributed to numerous publications across various venues. The most frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Food Chemistry
  • npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

The following papers represent some of the recent contributions carrying relevance within their research scope:

  • Gut microbiota generation of protein-bound uremic toxins and related metabolites is not altered at different stages of chronic kidney disease, 2020, Kidney International
  • Aberrant gut-microbiota-immune-brain axis development in premature neonates with brain damage, 2021, Cell Host & Microbe
  • Postbiotics and Their Health Modulatory Biomolecules, 2022, Biomolecules
  • Oral biofilms exposure to chlorhexidine results in altered microbial composition and metabolic profile, 2020, npj Biofilms and Microbiomes
  • Lactobacilli Have a Niche in the Human Nose, 2020, Cell Reports

Frequent collaborators in Van de Wiele's publications include:

  • Kim De Paepe
  • Stéphanie Blanquet-Diot
  • Marta Calatayud
  • John Van Camp
  • Yorick Minnebo

Their subfields of study encompass molecular biology, food science, infectious diseases, physiology, and nutrition and dietetics, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of their research approaches.

Best Publications

  • Changes in gut microbiota control inflammation in obese mice through a mechanism involving GLP-2-driven improvement of gut permeability

    Patrice D. Cani;S. Possemiers;T. Van de Wiele;Yves Guiot

  • Comparison of Five In Vitro Digestion Models To Study the Bioaccessibility of Soil Contaminants

    Agnes G. Oomen;Alfons Hack;Mans Minekus;Evelijn Zeijdner

  • Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis in Postweaning Piglets: Understanding the Keys to Health

    Raphaële Gresse;Frédérique Chaucheyras-Durand;Mickaël Alain Fleury;Tom Van de Wiele

  • Butyrate-producing Clostridium cluster XIVa species specifically colonize mucins in an in vitro gut model.

    Pieter Van Den Abbeele;Clara Belzer;Margot Goossens;Michiel Kleerebezem

  • Prebiotic and other health-related effects of cereal-derived arabinoxylans, arabinoxylan-oligosaccharides, and xylooligosaccharides.

    Willem F Broekaert;Christophe M Courtin;Kristin Verbeke;Tom Van de Wiele

  • Propionate as a health-promoting microbial metabolite in the human gut.

    Elham Hosseini;Charlotte Grootaert;Willy Verstraete;Tom Van de Wiele

  • Metabolic fate of polyphenols in the human superorganism

    John van Duynhoven;Elaine E. Vaughan;Doris M. Jacobs;Robèr A. Kemperman

  • Dietary emulsifiers directly alter human microbiota composition and gene expression ex vivo potentiating intestinal inflammation

    Benoit Chassaing;Tom Van de Wiele;Jana De Bodt;Massimo Marzorati

  • Prebiotic Effects of Wheat Arabinoxylan Related to the Increase in Bifidobacteria, Roseburia and Bacteroides/Prevotella in Diet-Induced Obese Mice

    Audrey M. Neyrinck;Sam Possemiers;Céline Druart;Tom Van de Wiele

  • Butyrate-producing bacteria supplemented in vitro to Crohn’s disease patient microbiota increased butyrate production and enhanced intestinal epithelial barrier integrity

    Annelies Geirnaert;Annelies Geirnaert;Marta Calatayud;Charlotte Grootaert;Debby Laukens

  • An inter-laboratory trial of the unified BARGE bioaccessibility method for arsenic, cadmium and lead in soil.

    Joanna Wragg;Mark R. Cave;Nick Basta;Esther Brandon

  • Microbial Community Development in a Dynamic Gut Model Is Reproducible, Colon Region Specific, and Selective for Bacteroidetes and Clostridium Cluster IX

    Pieter Van den Abbeele;Charlotte Grootaert;Massimo Marzorati;Sam Possemiers

  • Inulin‐type fructans of longer degree of polymerization exert more pronounced in vitro prebiotic effects

    T. Van De Wiele;N. Boon;S. Possemiers;H. Jacobs

  • Characterisation of the human uterine microbiome in non-pregnant women through deep sequencing of the V1-2 region of the 16S rRNA gene.

    Hans Verstraelen;Ramiro Vilchez-Vargas;Fabian Desimpel;Ruy Jauregui

  • Synthetic microbial ecosystems: an exciting tool to understand and apply microbial communities.

    Karen De Roy;Massimo Marzorati;Pieter Van den Abbeele;Tom Van de Wiele

  • The host selects mucosal and luminal associations of coevolved gut microorganisms: a novel concept

    Pieter Van den Abbeele;Tom Van de Wiele;Willy Verstraete;Sam Possemiers

  • The Prenylflavonoid Isoxanthohumol from Hops (Humulus lupulus L.) Is Activated into the Potent Phytoestrogen 8-Prenylnaringenin In Vitro and in the Human Intestine

    Sam Possemiers;Selin Bolca;Charlotte Grootaert;Arne Heyerick

  • Learning by Playing - Solving Sparse Reward Tasks from Scratch

    Martin A. Riedmiller;Roland Hafner;Thomas Lampe;Michael Neunert

  • Incorporating a mucosal environment in a dynamic gut model results in a more representative colonization by lactobacilli

    Pieter Van den Abbeele;Stefaan Roos;Venessa Eeckhaut;Donald A MacKenzie

  • Microbial metabolism and prebiotic potency of arabinoxylan oligosaccharides in the human intestine

    Charlotte Grootaert;Jan A. Delcour;Christophe M. Courtin;Willem F. Broekaert

  • Arabinoxylans and inulin differentially modulate the mucosal and luminal gut microbiota and mucin-degradation in humanized rats

    Pieter Van den Abbeele;Philippe Gérard;Sylvie Rabot;Aurélia Bruneau

Frequent Co-Authors

Nico Boon
Nico Boon Ghent University
Willy Verstraete
Willy Verstraete Ghent University
John Van Camp
John Van Camp Ghent University
Marc Heyndrickx
Marc Heyndrickx Ghent University
Gijs Du Laing
Gijs Du Laing Ghent University
Marc Bracke
Marc Bracke Ghent University
Mieke Uyttendaele
Mieke Uyttendaele Ghent University
Dietmar H. Pieper
Dietmar H. Pieper Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Filip Tack
Filip Tack Ghent University

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