Publications

Michelle S. Bach, Christiaan R. de Vries, Johanna M. Sweere, Medeea Popescu, Jonas D Van Belleghem, Gernot Kaber, Elizabeth B. Burgener, Dan Liu, Quynh-Lam Tran, Tejas Dharmaraj, Maria Birukova, Vivekananda Sunkari, Swathi Balaji, Sundeep Keswani, Niaz Banaei, Dolly K. Khona, Laurence Nedelec, Chandan K. Sen, Venita Chandra, Patrick R. Secor, Gina A. Suh, Paul L. Bollyky (2020). Filamentous Bacteriophage Delay Healing of Pseudomonas-Infected Wounds. bioRxiv.

Dan Liu*, Jonas D Van Belleghem*, Christiaan R de Vries, Elizabeth Burgener, Qingquan Chen, Robert Manasherob, Jenny R Aronson, Derek F Amanatullah, Pranita D Tamma, Gina A Suh (2021). The Safety and Toxicity of Phage Therapy: A Review of Animal and Clinical Studies. Viruses. DOI: 10.3390/v13071268

Medeea Popescu*, Jonas D Van Belleghem*, Arya Khosravi, Paul L Bollyky (2021). Bacteriophages and the Immune System. Annual review of virology. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-virology-091919-074551

Christiaan R de Vries, Quingquan Chen, Sally Demirdjian, Gernot Kaber, Arya Khosravi, Dan Liu, Jonas D Van Belleghem, Paul L Bollyky (2021). Phages in vaccine design and immunity; mechanisms and mysteries. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2020.11.002

Jonas D Van Belleghem*, Robert Manasherob*, Ryszard Międzybrodzki, Paweł Rogóż, Gina A. Suh, Paul L. Bollyky, Derek F. Amanatullah (2020). The Rationale for Using Bacteriophage to Treat and Prevent Periprosthetic Joint Infections. Frontiers in Microbiology. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.591021

Edison J. Cano Cevallos, Katherine M. Caflisch, Paul L. Bollyky, Jonas D Van Belleghem, Robin Patel, Joseph Fackler, Michael Brownstein, Bri’Anna Horne, Biswajit Biswas, Matthew Henry, Francisco Malagon, David G. Lewallen, Gina A. Suh (2020). Phage Therapy for Limb-Threatening Prosthetic Knee Klebsiella pneumoniae Infection: Case Report and in vitro Characterization of Anti-Biofilm Activity. Clinical Infectious Disease. DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa705

Antonio Rodríguez, Hans Duyvejonck, Jonas D Van Belleghem, Tessa Gryp, Leen Van Simaey, Stefan Vermeulen, Els Van Mechelen, Mario Vaneechoutte (2020). Comparison of procedures for RNA-extraction from peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Plos One. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229423

Patrick R. Secor, Elizabeth B. Burgener, M. Kinnersley, Laura K. Jennings, Valery Roman-Cruz, Medeea Popescu, Jonas D Van Belleghem, Naomi Haddock, Conner Copeland, Lia A. Michaels, Christiaan R. de Vries, Qingquan Chen, Julie Pourtois, Travis J. Wheeler, Carlos E. Milla and Paul L. Bollyky (2020). Pf bacteriophage and their impact on Pseudomonas virulence, mammalian immunity, and chronic infections. Frontiers in Immunology. DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.00244

Ievgen Koliesnik, Hedwich F. Kuipers, Carlos Obed Medina, Svenja Zihsler, Jonas D Van Belleghem & Paul L Bollyky (2020). The heparan sulfate mimetic PG545 modulates T cell responses and prevents delayed-type hypersensitivity. Frontiers in Immunology. DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.00132

Jonas D Van Belleghem, Krystyna Dabrowska, Mario Vaneechoutte & Jeremy Barr (2019). Phage Interaction with the Mammalian Immune System. Phage Therapy: A Practical Approach (Book chapter). Springer International Publishing. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-26736-0_4

Hans Duyvejonck, Maya Merabishvili, Jean-Paul Pirnay, Daniel De Vos, Gilbert Verbeken, Jonas D Van Belleghem, Tessa Gryp, Julie De Leenheer, Kelly Van der Borght, Leen Van Simaey, Stefan Vermeulen, Els Van Mechelen & Mario Vaneechoutte (2019). Development of a qPCR platform for quantification of the five bacteriophages within bacteriophage cocktail 2 (BFC2). Scientific Reports. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-50461-0

Jolien JM Sweere, Jonas D Van Belleghem, Heather Ishak, Michelle S Bach, Vivekananda Sunkari, Gernot Kaber, Robert Manasherob, Gina A Suh, Medeea Popescu, Payton L Marshall, Maria Birukova, Ethan Katznelson, Daniel V Lazzareschi, Swathi Balaji, Sundeep Keswani, Thomas R Hawn, Patrick R Secor & Paul L Bollyky (2019). Filamentous Bacteriophage Suppress Clearance of Bacterial Infection. Science . DOI: 10.1126/science.aat9691

Jonas D Van Belleghem, Krystina Dąbrowska, Mario Vaneechoutte, Jeremy J Barr & Paul L Bollyky (2018) Interactions between Bacteriophage, Bacteria, and the Mammalian Immune System. Viruses. DOI: 10.3390/v11010010

Jonas D Van Belleghem and Paul L Bollyky (2018) Macrophages and innate immune memory against Staphylococcus skin infections. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1816935115

Jonas D Van Belleghem, Maya Merabishvili, Frédéric Clement, Rob Lavigne, Mario Vaneechoutte (2017) Pro- and anti-inflammatory responses of peripheral blood mononuclear cells induced by Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa phages. Scientific Reports: 8004. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-08336-9

Maya Merabishvili, Riet Monserez, Jonas D Van Belleghem, Thomas Rose, Serge Jennes, Daniel De Vos, Gilbert Verbeken, Mario Vaneechoutte, Jean-Paul Pirnay (2017) Stability of bacteriophages in burn wound care. Plos One : e0182121. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182121

Jonas D Van Belleghem, Maya Merabishvili, Bjorn Vergauwen, Rob Lavigne, Mario Vaneechoutte (2017) A comparative study of different strategies forremoval of endotoxins from bacteriophage preparations. Journal of Microbiological Methods: 153-159. DOI: 10.1016/j/mimet.2016.11.020.

Helen Van Hoecke, Ann-Sophie De Paepe, Edward Lambert, Jonas D Van Belleghem, Piet Cools, Leen Van Simaey, Pieter Deschaght,Mario Vaneechoutte & Ingeborg Dhooge (2016) Haemophilus influenzae biofilm formation in chronic otitis media with effusion. European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology. DOI: 10.1007/s00405-016-3958-9.