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Gillian Blancke

Ghent UniversityORCID 0000-0002-1748-9653Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Assay:spatial transcriptomics· 1

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Lars VereeckeiD· 2 shared Britta De PessemieriD· 1 shared Chris CallewaertiD· 1 shared David Good· 1 shared Elisabeth E. L. Nyström· 1 shared Emma Allen‐VercoeiD· 1 shared Geert LooiD· 1 shared George M. H. Birchenough· 1 shared

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2026-2026 · peak 2/yr

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Citrobacter rodentium infection disrupts colonic mucus barrier function via ablation of intercrypt goblet cells

Mahadevan Venkita Subramani, Juan S Bailo, Karl T Hansson, Lars Vereecke, Elisabeth E. L. Nyström, Gillian Blancke, Jenny K Gustafsson, George M. H. Birchenough

This study shows that Citrobacter rodentium infection disrupts the colonic mucus barrier by ablating intercrypt goblet cells, leading to impaired barrier integrity and enhanced pathogen colonization.

bioRxiv · Nov 7, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology

Indigenous Yanomami gut microbiota protects against diet-induced metabolic dysfunction

Marie Thorp, Lucas Amoroso Lopes de Carvalho, Maarten Ciers, Gillian Blancke, Vanessa Andries, Maude Jans, Sergio Garcia Sanchez, Britta De Pessemier, Chris Callewaert, David Good, Geert Loo, Emma Allen‐Vercoe, Luciana Campos Paulino, Lars Vereecke

This study transplants gut microbiota from Indigenous Yanomami and urban donors into mice to show Yanomami microbiota protects against diet-induced metabolic dysfunction.

bioRxiv · Oct 29, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology