Publications

We provide a short list of papers that appeared recently in some of the top journals and to which hub researchers contributed. With the guarantee of being by far not comprehensive, this overview shows some elegant ground-breaking research.

• Environmental factors shaping the gut microbiome in a dutch population
  R. Gacesa, A. Kurilshikov, A. Vich Vila, T. Sinha, M.A.Y. Klaassen L.A. Bolte, S. Andreu-Sánchez, L. Chen, V. Collij, S. Hu, J.A.M. Dekens, V.C. Lenters, J.R. Björk, J.C. Swarte, M.A. Swertz, B.H. Jansen, J. Gelderloos-Arends, S. Jankipersadsing, M. Hofker, R.C.H. Vermeulen, S. Sanna, H.J.M. Harmsen, C. Wijmenga, J. Fu, A. Zhernakova, R.K. Weersma - Nature (2022)

• Mixed-Effects Modeling Framework for Amsterdam and Copenhagen for Outdoor NO 2 Concentrations Using Measurements Sampled with Google Street View Cars
  Jules Kerckhoffs, Jibran Khan, Gerard Hoek, Zhendong Yuan, Thomas Ellermann, Ole Hertel, Matthias Ketzel, Steen Solvang Jensen, Kees Meliefste, Roel Vermeulen - Environment Science and Technology, March 2022

• Residential proximity to livestock animals and mortality from respiratory diseases in The Netherlands: A prospective census-based cohort study
  Marina Simões, Nicole Janssen, Dick J.J. Heederick, Lidwien A.M. Smit, Roel Vermeulen, Anke Huss 2022 March;Environment International 161,107140 (2022).
   
• Machine learning approaches to characterize the obesogenic urban exposome
  Haykanush Ohanyan, Lützen Portengen, Anke Huss, Eugenio Traini, Joline W.J. Beulens, Gerard Hoek, Jeroen Lakerveld, Roel Vermeulen 2022 January;Environment International 158,107015 (2022).
   
• Environmental risk factors of type 2 diabetes - an exposome approach 
  Joline W.J. Beulens, Maria G.M. Pinho, Taymara C. Abreu, Nicole R. den Braver, Thao M. Lam, Anke Huss, Jelle Vlaanderen, Tabea Sonnenschein, Noreen Z. Siddiqui, Zhendong Yuan, Jules Kerckhoffs, Alexandra Zhernakova, Milla F. Brandao Gois, Roel C.H. Vermeulen 2021 Nov 18;Diabetologia 65, 263–274 (2022).
   
• Immunoglobulin A Targets a Unique Subset of the Microbiota in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  Shapiro JM, de Zoete MR, Palm NW, Laenen Y, Bright R, Mallette M, Bu K, Bielecka AA, Xu F, Hurtado-Lorenzo A, Shah SA, Cho JH, LeLeiko NS, Sands BE, Flavell RA, Clemente JC. 2021 Jan 13;29(1):83-93.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2020.12.003.
   
• Healthy Cotwins Share Gut Microbiome Signatures With Their Inflammatory Bowel Disease Twins and Unrelated Patients
  Brand EC, Klaassen MAY, Gacesa R, Vich Vila A, Ghosh H, de Zoete MR, Boomsma DI, Hoentjen F, Horjus Talabur Horje CS, van de Meeberg PC, Willemsen G, Fu J, Wijmenga C, van Wijk F, Zhernakova A, Oldenburg B, Weersma RK; Dutch TWIN-IBD consortium and the Dutch Initiative on Crohn and Colitis. Gastroenterology. 2021 May;160(6):1970-1985. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2021.01.030.
   
• The ALPK1 pathway drives the inflammatory response to Campylobacter jejuni in human intestinal epithelial cells
  Cui J, Duizer C, Bouwman LI, van Rooijen KS, Voogdt CGP, van Putten JPM, de Zoete MR. PLoS Pathog. 2021 Aug 2;17(8):e1009787. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009787. 
   
• Low-calcium diet in mice leads to reduced gut colonization by Enterococcus faecium.
  Top J, Hendrickx APA, van Ampting MTJ, van Limpt K, Knol J, van de Kamer D, Braat JC, Viveen M, Rogers MR, Kemperman H, Willems RJL, Paganelli FL.
  Microbiologyopen. 2019 Sep 30:e936. doi:10.1002/mbo3.936.
   
• In vivo acquisition of fosfomycin resistance in Escherichia coli by fosA transmission from commensal flora.
  Ten Doesschate T, Abbott IJ, Willems RJL, Top J, Rogers MRC, Bonten MM, Paganelli FL.
  J Antimicrob Chemother. 2019 Sep 11. pii: dkz380. doi:10.1093/jac/dkz380.
   
• Roux-Y Gastric Bypass and Sleeve Gastrectomy directly change gut microbiota composition independent of surgery type.
  Paganelli FL, Luyer M, Hazelbag CM, Uh HW, Rogers MRC, Adriaans D, Berbers RM, Hendrickx APA, Viveen MC, Groot JA, Bonten MJM, Fluit AC, Willems RJL, Leavis HL.
  Sci Rep. 2019 Jul 29;9(1):10979. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-47332-z.
   
• Is Microbiota Research Advancing Our Understanding of Infection?
  Paganelli FL, Ekkelenkamp MB.
  Clin Infect Dis. 2019 Apr 8;68(8):1300-1302. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy712.
   
• Top 10 research priorities in spatial lifecourse epidemiology.
  Jia P, Lakerveld J, Wu J, Stein A, Root ED, Sabel CE, Vermeulen R, Remais JV, Chen X, Brownson RC, Amer S.
  Environmental health perspectives. 2019 Jul 4;127(7):074501.
   
• Calibration of polydimethylsiloxane and polyurethane foam passive air samplers for measuring semi volatile organic compounds using a novel exposure chamber design.
  Tromp PC, Beeltje H, Okeme JO, Vermeulen R, Pronk A, Diamond ML. 
  Chemosphere. 2019 Jul 1;227:435-43.
   
• Shedding Some Light in the Dark—A Comparison of Personal Measurements with Satellite-Based Estimates of Exposure to Light at Night among Children in the Netherlands.
  Huss A, van Wel L, Bogaards L, Vrijkotte T, Wolf L, Hoek G, Vermeulen R.
  Environmental health perspectives. 2019 Jun 3;127(6):067001.
   
• Error in air pollution exposure model determinants and bias in health estimates.
  Vlaanderen J, Portengen L, Chadeau-Hyam M, Szpiro A, Gehring U, Brunekreef B, Hoek G, Vermeulen R.
  Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology. 2019 Mar;29(2):258.
   
• Performance of Prediction Algorithms for Modeling Outdoor Air Pollution Spatial Surfaces.
  Kerckhoffs J, Hoek G, Portengen L, Brunekreef B, Vermeulen RC.
  Environmental science & technology. 2019 Jan 4;53(3):1413-21.
   
• Relations between air pollution and vascular development in 5-year old children: a cross-sectional study in the Netherlands.
  Ntarladima AM, Vaartjes I, Grobbee DE, Dijst M, Schmitz O, Uiterwaal C, Dalmeijer G, van der Ent C, Hoek G, Karssenberg D.
  Environmental Health. 2019 Dec;18(1):50.
   
• High resolution annual average air pollution concentration maps for the Netherlands.
  Schmitz O, Beelen R, Strak M, Hoek G, Soenario I, Brunekreef B, Vaartjes I, Dijst MJ, Grobbee DE, Karssenberg D. 
  Scientific data. 2019 Mar 12;6:190035.
   
• Relations between the residential fast-food environment and the individual risk of cardiovascular diseases in The Netherlands: A nationwide follow-up study.
  Poelman M, Strak M, Schmitz O, Hoek G, Karssenberg D, Helbich M, Ntarladima AM, Bots M, Brunekreef B, Grobbee R, Dijst M.
  European journal of preventive cardiology. 2018 Sep;25(13):1397-405.
   
• Insights into Livestock-Related Microbial Concentrations in Air at Residential Level in a Livestock Dense Area.
  de Rooij MM, Hoek G, Schmitt H, Janse I, Swart A, Maassen CB, Schalk M, Heederik DJ, Wouters IM.
  Environ Sci Technol. 2019 May 13.