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Annick Mercenier

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Foata F, Duboux S, Herzig S, Sizzano F, Thevenet J, Guy P, et al.
Mol Nutr Food Res . 2025 Feb; :e202400770. PMID: 39911038
Postbiotics are defined as a "preparation of inanimate microorganisms and/or their components that confers a health benefit on the host". They represent an attractive alternative to probiotics as they could...
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Mercenier A, Vu L, Poppe J, Albers R, McKay S, Van den Abbeele P
Metabolites . 2024 Dec; 14(12). PMID: 39728503
Background: Using dietary interventions to steer the metabolic output of the gut microbiota towards specific health-promoting metabolites is often challenging due to interpersonal variation in treatment responses. Methods: In this...
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Desai K, Dobruchowska J, Elbers K, Cybulska J, Zdunek A, Porbahaie M, et al.
Carbohydr Polym . 2024 Nov; 347:122730. PMID: 39486960
Carrot rhamnogalacturonan-I (cRG-I) is a polydisperse polysaccharide with molecular weights of 7-250 kDa. Using size exclusion chromatography cRG-I was fractionated and pooled in fractions (PF1-6). All fractions contained the same...
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Jian C, Sorensen N, Lutter R, Albers R, de Vos W, Salonen A, et al.
Biomed Pharmacother . 2024 Apr; 174:116561. PMID: 38593705
Pectin and its derivatives have been shown to modulate immune signaling as well as gut microbiota in preclinical studies, which may constitute the mechanisms by which supplementation of specific pectic...
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Van den Abbeele P, Deyaert S, Albers R, Baudot A, Mercenier A
Nutrients . 2023 Jul; 15(9). PMID: 37432238
The human gut microbiota is characterized by large interpersonal differences, which are not only linked to health and disease but also determine the outcome of nutritional interventions. In line with...
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Duboux S, Pruvost S, Joyce C, Bogicevic B, Muller J, Mercenier A, et al.
Microorganisms . 2023 Mar; 11(3). PMID: 36985162
Bifidobacteria are saccharolytic bacteria that are able to metabolize a relatively large range of carbohydrates through their unique central carbon metabolism known as the "bifid-shunt". Carbohydrates have been shown to...
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Van den Abbeele P, Duysburgh C, Cleenwerck I, Albers R, Marzorati M, Mercenier A
Microorganisms . 2021 Oct; 9(10). PMID: 34683463
The human gut microbiome is currently recognized to play a vital role in human biology and development, with diet as a major modulator. Therefore, novel indigestible polysaccharides that confer a...
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McKay S, Oranje P, Helin J, Koek J, Kreijveld E, Van den Abbeele P, et al.
Nutrients . 2021 Apr; 13(3). PMID: 33809720
The prevalence of acute respiratory infections and their impact on quality of life underlies the need for efficacious solutions that are safe, sustainable and economically viable. Polysaccharides in several (traditional)...
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van Hoffen E, Mercenier A, Vidal K, Benyacoub J, Schloesser J, Kardinaal A, et al.
Sci Rep . 2021 Mar; 11(1):6060. PMID: 33723346
An experimental human challenge model with an attenuated diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (E. coli) strain has been used in food intervention studies aimed to increase resistance to E. coli infection. This...
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Van den Abbeele P, Verstrepen L, Ghyselinck J, Albers R, Marzorati M, Mercenier A
Nutrients . 2020 Jul; 12(7). PMID: 32610452
Modulation of the gut microbiome as a means to improve human health has recently gained increasing interest. In this study, it was investigated whether cRG-I, a carrot-derived pectic polysaccharide, enriched...