The research team of Alexandra (Sasha) Zhernakova studies the role of various genetic and environmental factors in the predisposition to common diseases and traits, including gastrointestinal and autoimmune diseases, and ageing. A major research line focuses on the composition of the gut microbiome, the factors that shape the microbiome―including genetics, diet, medication and other environmental factors―and the role of the microbiome in gut health and common diseases.
Milla F Brandao Gois, Asier Fernández-Pato, Anke Huss, Ranko Gacesa, Cisca Wijmenga, Rinse K Weersma, Jingyuan Fu, Roel C H Vermeulen, Alexandra Zhernakova, Virissa C Lenters, Alexander Kurilshikov
Front. Microbiol., 10 August 2023 Sec. Microbial Symbioses Volume 14 - 2023 |
Zlatan Mujagic, Melpomeni Kasapi, Daisy Mae Jonkers, Isabel Garcia-Perez, Lisa Vork, Zsa Zsa R M Weerts, Jose Ivan Serrano-Contreras, Alexandra Zhernakova, Alexander Kurilshikov, Jamie Scotcher, Elaine Holmes, Cisca Wijmenga, Daniel Keszthelyi, Jeremy K Nicholson, Joram M Posma, Ad Am Masclee
Gut Microbes, vol. 14 issue 1 (2022)
Arnau Vich Vila, Shixian Hu, Sergio Andreu-Sánchez, Valerie Collij, Bernadien H Jansen, Hannah E Augustijn, Laura A Bolte, Renate A A A Ruigrok, Galeb Abu-Ali, Cosmas Giallourakis , Jessica Schneider, John Parkinson, Amal Al-Garawi, Alexandra Zhernakova, Ranko Gacesa, Jingyuan Fu, Rinse K Weersma
Gut (March 2023)
Marwah Doestzada, Daria V. Zhernakova, Inge C. L. van den Munckhof, Daoming Wang, Alexander Kurilshikov, Lianmin Chen,Vincent W. Bloks, Martijn van Faassen, Joost H. W. Rutten, Leo A. B. Joosten, Mihai G. Netea, Cisca Wijmenga, Niels P. Riksen, Alexandra Zhernakova, Folkert Kuipers, and Jingyuan Fu
BMC Medicine, vol. 20 issue 1 (2022)
Lianmin Chen, Daria V Zhernakova, Alexander Kurilshikov, Sergio Andreu-Sánchez, Daoming Wang, Hannah E Augustijn, Arnau Vich Vila; Lifelines Cohort Study; Rinse K Weersma, Marnix H Medema, Mihai G Netea, Folkert Kuipers, Cisca Wijmenga, Alexandra Zhernakova, Jingyuan Fu
Nature medicine, vol. 28 issue 11 (2022)
Victòria Pascal Andreu, Hannah E Augustijn, Lianmin Chen, Alexandra Zhernakova, Jingyuan Fu, Michael A Fischbach, Dylan Dodd, Marnix H Medema
Nature biotechnology (Feb 2023)
Brandao Gois MF, Sinha T, Spreckels JE et al.
Gut, vol. 71 issue 1 (2022)
Wang D, Pham VT, Steinert RE, Zhernakova A, Fu J.
Gut Microbes (2022)
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)
Sanna S, Kurilshikov A, van der Graaf A, Fu J, Zhernakova A.
Nature Genetics (2022)
Andreu-Sánchez S, Aubert G, Ripoll-Cladellas A, Henkelman S, Zhernakova DV, Sinha T, Kurilshikov A, Cenit MC, Jan Bonder M, Franke L, Wijmenga C, Fu J, van der Wijst MGP, Melé M, Lansdorp P, Zhernakova A.
Communications Biology (2022)
Lopera-Maya EA, Kurilshikov A, van der Graaf A, Hu S, Andreu-Sánchez S, Chen L, Vila AV, Gacesa R, Sinha T, Collij V, Klaassen MAY, Bolte LA, Gois MFB, Neerincx PBT, Swertz MA; LifeLines Cohort Study; Harmsen HJM, Wijmenga C, Fu J, Weersma RK, Zhernakova A, Sanna S.
Nature Genetics (2022)
Bonfiglio F, Liu X, Smillie C, Pandit A, Kurilshikov A, Bacigalupe R, Zheng T, Nim H, Garcia-Etxebarria K, Bujanda L, Andreasson A, Agreus L, Walter S, Abecasis G, Eijsbouts C, Jostins L, Parkes M, Hughes DA, Timpson N, Raes J, Franke A, Kennedy NA, Regev A, Zhernakova A, Simren M, Camilleri M, D'Amato M.
Cell Genomics (2021)
Eijsbouts C, Zheng T, Kennedy NA, Bonfiglio F, Anderson CA, Moutsianas L, Holliday J, Shi J, Shringarpure S; 23andMe Research Team; Voda AI; Bellygenes Initiative; Farrugia G, Franke A, Hübenthal M, Abecasis G, Zawistowski M, Skogholt AH, Ness-Jensen E, Hveem K, Esko T, Teder-Laving M, Zhernakova A, Camilleri M, Boeckxstaens G, Whorwell PJ, Spiller R, McVean G, D'Amato M, Jostins L, Parkes M.
Nature Genetics (2021)
Vogl T, Klompus S, Leviatan S, Kalka IN, Weinberger A, Wijmenga C, Fu J, Zhernakova A, Weersma RK, Segal E.
Nature Medicine (2021)
Andreu-Sánchez S, Chen L, Wang D, Augustijn HE, Zhernakova A, Fu J.
Frontiers in Genetics (2021)
Bolte LA, Klaassen MAY, Collij V, Vich Vila A, Fu J, van der Meulen TA, de Haan JJ, Versteegen GJ, Dotinga A, Zhernakova A, Wijmenga C, Weersma RK, Imhann F.
PLoS One (2021)
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)
Folkersen L, Gustafsson S, Wang Q, Hansen DH, Hedman ÅK, Schork A, Page K, Zhernakova DV, Wu Y, Peters J, Eriksson N, Bergen SE, Boutin TS, Bretherick AD, Enroth S, Kalnapenkis A, Gådin JR, Suur BE, Chen Y, Matic L, Gale JD, Lee J, Zhang W, Quazi A, Ala-Korpela M, Choi SH, Claringbould A, Danesh J, Davey Smith G, de Masi F, Elmståhl S, Engström G, Fauman E, Fernandez C, Franke L, Franks PW, Giedraitis V, Haley C, Hamsten A, Ingason A, Johansson Å, Joshi PK, Lind L, Lindgren CM, Lubitz S, Palmer T, Macdonald-Dunlop E, Magnusson M, Melander O, Michaelsson K, Morris AP, Mägi R, Nagle MW, Nilsson PM, Nilsson J, Orho-Melander M, Polasek O, Prins B, Pålsson E, Qi T, Sjögren M, Sundström J, Surendran P, Võsa U, Werge T, Wernersson R, Westra HJ, Yang J, Zhernakova A, Ärnlöv J, Fu J, Smith JG, Esko T, Hayward C, Gyllensten U, Landen M, Siegbahn A, Wilson JF, Wallentin L, Butterworth AS, Holmes MV, Ingelsson E, Mälarstig A.
Nature Metabolism (2020)
Huang Y, Ollikainen M, Muniandy M, Zhang T, van Dongen J, Hao G, van der Most PJ, Pan Y, Pervjakova N, Sun YV, Hui Q, Lahti J, Fraszczyk E, Lu X, Sun D, Richard MA, Willemsen G, Heikkila K, Mateo Leach I, Mononen N, Kähönen M, Hurme MA, Raitakari OT, Drake AJ, Perola M, Nuotio ML, Huang Y, Khulan B, Räikkönen K, Wolffenbuttel BHR, Zhernakova A, Fu J, Zhu H, Dong Y, van Vliet-Ostaptchouk JV, Franke L, Eriksson JG, Fornage M, Milani L, Lehtimäki T, Vaccarino V, Boomsma DI, van der Harst P, de Geus EJC, Salomaa V, Li S, Chen W, Su S, Wilson J, Snieder H, Kaprio J, Wang X.
Hypertension (2020)
Weersma RK, Zhernakova A, Fu J.
Gut (2020)
Brushett S, Sinha T, Reijneveld SA, de Kroon MLA, Zhernakova A.
Frontiers in Pediatrics (2020)
Weersma RK, Zhernakova A, Fu J.
Gut (2020)
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The environment we live in has a dominant impact on our health. It explains an estimated seventy percent of the chronic disease burden. Where we live, what we eat, how much we exercise, the air we breathe and whom we associate with; all of these environmental factors play a role. The combination of these factors over the life course is called the exposome. There is general (scientific) consensus that understanding more about the exposome will help explain the current burden of disease and that it provides entry points for prevention and ...
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