Peer-reviewed publications

Guo XK, Wang J, van Hensbergen VP, et al. Cell Rep. 2023 July 25; 42(7). doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112754. Interactions between host and intestinal crypt-resided biofilms are controlled by epithelial fucosylation.

Kuijk MM, Wu Y, van Hensbergen VP, et al. J Innate Immun. 2022 Dec 6:1-18. doi: 10.1159/000527549. Interference with Lipoprotein Maturation Sensitizes Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus to Human Group IIA-Secreted Phospholipase A2 and Daptomycin.

Heesterbeek DAC, Muts RM, van Hensbergen VP, et al. PLoS Pathogens. 2021 January, vol. 17, issue 1. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009227. Outer membrane permeabilization by the membrane attack complex sensitizes Gram-negative bacteria to antimicrobial proteins in serum and phagocytes.

van Hensbergen VP, et al. Trends in Immunology. 2020 April, vol. 41, issue 4. doi: 10.1016/j.it.2020.02.003. Type IIA Secreted Phospholipase A2 in Host Defense against Bacterial Infections.

Edgar RJ, van Hensbergen VP, et al. Nature Chemical Biology. 2019 May, vol. 15, issue 5. doi: 10.1038/s41589-019-0251-4. Discovery of glycerol phosphate modification on streptococcal rhamnose polysaccharides.

van Hensbergen VP, et al. PLoS Pathogens. 2018 October, vol. 14, issue 10. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007348. Streptococcal Lancefield polysaccharides are critical cell wall determinants for human Group IIA secreted phospholipase A2 to exert its bactericidal effects. 

Smit CH, Homann A, van Hensbergen VP, et al. Glycobiology. 2015 December, vol. 25, issue 12. doi: 10.1093/glycob/cwv066. Surface expression patterns of defined glycan antigens change during Schistosoma mansoni cercarial transformation and development of schistosomula.

Elks PM, van der Vaart M, van Hensbergen V, et al. PLoS One. 2014 June, vol. 9, issue 6. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100928. Mycobacteria counteract a TLR-mediated nitrosative defense mechanism in a zebrafish infection model.