Bart-Jan Kullberg

NOD2 and Toll-Like Receptors Are Nonredundant Recognition Systems of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (2005)

Gerben Ferwerda, Stephen E. Girardin, Bart-Jan Kullberg, Lionel Le Bourhis, ...

Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Recognition of M. tuberculosis by pattern recognition receptors is crucial for activation of both innate and...

NOD2 and toll-like receptors are nonredundant recognition systems of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. (2005)

Ferwerda, Gerben, Girardin, Stephen, Kullberg, Bart-Jan, Le Bourhis, Lionel, De Jong, Dirk, Langenberg, Dennis, ...

Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Recognition of M. tuberculosis by pattern recognition receptors is crucial for activation of both innate and...

NOD2 and toll-like receptors are nonredundant recognition systems of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. (2005)

Ferwerda, Gerben, Girardin, Stephen, Kullberg, Bart-Jan, Le Bourhis, Lionel, De Jong, Dirk, Langenberg, Dennis, ...

Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Recognition of M. tuberculosis by pattern recognition receptors is crucial for activation of both innate and...

NOD2 and toll-like receptors are nonredundant recognition systems of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. (2005)

Ferwerda, Gerben, Girardin, Stephen, Kullberg, Bart-Jan, Le Bourhis, Lionel, De Jong, Dirk, Langenberg, Dennis, ...

Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Recognition of M. tuberculosis by pattern recognition receptors is crucial for activation of both innate and...

NOD2 and toll-like receptors are nonredundant recognition systems of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. (2005)

Ferwerda, Gerben, Girardin, Stephen, Kullberg, Bart-Jan, Le Bourhis, Lionel, De Jong, Dirk, Langenberg, Dennis, ...

Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Recognition of M. tuberculosis by pattern recognition receptors is crucial for activation of both innate and...

Understanding variation in quality of antibiotic use for community-acquired pneumonia: effect of patient, professional and hospital factors (2005)

Schouten, Jeroen A., Hulscher, Marlies E., Kullberg, Bart-Jan, Cox, Anton, Gyssens, Inge C., Van Der Meer, Jos W., ...

Objectives: To develop effective and targeted interventions to improve care for patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), insight is needed into the factors that influence the quality of...

Understanding variation in quality of antibiotic use for community-acquired pneumonia: effect of patient, professional and hospital factors (2005)

Schouten, Jeroen A., Hulscher, Marlies E., Kullberg, Bart-Jan, Cox, Anton, Gyssens, Inge C., Van Der Meer, Jos W., ...

Objectives: To develop effective and targeted interventions to improve care for patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), insight is needed into the factors that influence the quality of...

Quality improvement of surgical prophylaxis in Dutch hospitals: evaluation of a multi-site intervention by time series analysis (2005)

Mannien, Judith, Kullberg, Bart-Jan, De Boer, Annette S., Nagelkerke, Nico J., Ridderhof, Marja, ...

Objectives: Misuse of antibiotics in surgical prophylaxis is still quite common. The objectives of this study were to reduce the quantity and improve the quality of surgical prophylaxis and to reduce...

Quality improvement of surgical prophylaxis in Dutch hospitals: evaluation of a multi-site intervention by time series analysis (2005)

Mannien, Judith, Kullberg, Bart-Jan, De Boer, Annette S., Nagelkerke, Nico J., Ridderhof, Marja, ...

Objectives: Misuse of antibiotics in surgical prophylaxis is still quite common. The objectives of this study were to reduce the quantity and improve the quality of surgical prophylaxis and to reduce...

Aspergillus Meningitis: Diagnosis by Non-Culture-Based Microbiological Methods and Management

Verweij, Paul E., Brinkman, Kees, Kremer, Herbert P. H., Kullberg, Bart-Jan

The performance of antibody detection, antigen detection, and Aspergillus genus-specific PCR for diagnosing Aspergillus meningitis was investigated with 26 cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples obtained...

Differential Roles of Interleukin-18 (IL-18) and IL-12 for Induction of Gamma Interferon by Staphylococcal Cell Wall Components and Superantigens

Stuyt, Rogier J. L., Netea, Mihai G., Kim, Soo-Hyun, Novick, Daniela, Rubinstein, Menachem, Kullberg, Bart-Jan, ...

The roles of endogenous cytokines induced by either intact staphylococcal microorganisms or staphylococcal exotoxins were examined using human whole-blood cultures. To accomplish this, interleukin-18...

Parenteral Administration of Medium- but Not Long-Chain Lipid Emulsions May Increase the Risk for Infections by Candida albicans

Wanten, Geert J., Netea, Mihai G., Naber, Ton H., Curfs, Jo H., Jacobs, Liesbeth E., Verver-Jansen, Trees J., ...

Intravenous administration to volunteers of an emulsion of medium-chain lipids, but not of an emulsion of pure long-chain lipids or a placebo, increased the growth of Candida albicans in serum and...

NOD2 and Toll-Like Receptors Are Nonredundant Recognition Systems of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Ferwerda, Gerben, Girardin, Stephen E, Kullberg, Bart-Jan, Le Bourhis, Lionel, De Jong, Dirk J., Langenberg, Dennis M. L, ...

Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Recognition of M. tuberculosis by pattern recognition receptors is crucial for activation of both innate and...

Toll-like receptor 2 controls expansion and function of regulatory T cells

Sutmuller, Roger P.M., Kramer, Matthijs, Bennink, Erik J., Toonen, Liza W.J., Kullberg, Bart-Jan, ...

Tregs play a central role in the suppression of immune reactions and prevention of autoimmune responses harmful to the host. During acute infection, however, Tregs might hinder effector T cell...

Aspergillus Meningitis: Diagnosis by Non-Culture-Based Microbiological Methods and Management

Verweij, Paul E., Brinkman, Kees, Kremer, Herbert P. H., Kullberg, Bart-Jan

The performance of antibody detection, antigen detection, and Aspergillus genus-specific PCR for diagnosing Aspergillus meningitis was investigated with 26 cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples obtained...

Differential Roles of Interleukin-18 (IL-18) and IL-12 for Induction of Gamma Interferon by Staphylococcal Cell Wall Components and Superantigens

Stuyt, Rogier J. L., Netea, Mihai G., Kim, Soo-Hyun, Novick, Daniela, Rubinstein, Menachem, Kullberg, Bart-Jan, ...

The roles of endogenous cytokines induced by either intact staphylococcal microorganisms or staphylococcal exotoxins were examined using human whole-blood cultures. To accomplish this, interleukin-18...

Parenteral Administration of Medium- but Not Long-Chain Lipid Emulsions May Increase the Risk for Infections by Candida albicans

Wanten, Geert J., Netea, Mihai G., Naber, Ton H., Curfs, Jo H., Jacobs, Liesbeth E., Verver-Jansen, Trees J., ...

Intravenous administration to volunteers of an emulsion of medium-chain lipids, but not of an emulsion of pure long-chain lipids or a placebo, increased the growth of Candida albicans in serum and...

NOD2 and Toll-Like Receptors Are Nonredundant Recognition Systems of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Ferwerda, Gerben, Girardin, Stephen E, Kullberg, Bart-Jan, Le Bourhis, Lionel, De Jong, Dirk J., Langenberg, Dennis M. L, ...

Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Recognition of M. tuberculosis by pattern recognition receptors is crucial for activation of both innate and...

Toll-like receptor 2 controls expansion and function of regulatory T cells

Sutmuller, Roger P.M., Kramer, Matthijs, Bennink, Erik J., Toonen, Liza W.J., Kullberg, Bart-Jan, ...

Tregs play a central role in the suppression of immune reactions and prevention of autoimmune responses harmful to the host. During acute infection, however, Tregs might hinder effector T cell...

TLR4 polymorphisms, infectious diseases, and evolutionary pressure during migration of modern humans

Ferwerda, Bart, McCall, Matthew B. B., Alonso, Santos, Giamarellos-Bourboulis, Evangelos J., Mouktaroudi, Maria, Izagirre, Neskuts, ...

Infectious diseases exert a constant evolutionary pressure on the genetic makeup of our innate immune system. Polymorphisms in Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) have been related to susceptibility to...

Functional Consequences of Toll-like Receptor 4 Polymorphisms

Ferwerda, Bart, McCall, Matthew BB, Verheijen, Karlijn, Kullberg, Bart-Jan, Van Der Ven, André JAM, Van Der Meer, Jos WM, ...

Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) is an important pathogen recognition receptor that recognizes mainly lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of Gram-negative bacteria, but also structures from fungal and mycobacterial...

Dendritic Cell Interaction with Candida albicans Critically Depends on N-Linked Mannan*S⃞

Cambi, Alessandra, Netea, Mihai G., Mora-Montes, Hector M., Gow, Neil A. R., Hato, Stanleyson V., Lowman, Douglas W., ...

The fungus Candida albicans is the most common cause of mycotic infections in immunocompromised hosts. Little is known about the initial interactions between Candida and immune cell receptors,...

Syk kinase is required for collaborative cytokine production induced through Dectin-1 and Toll-like receptors

Dennehy, Kevin M, Ferwerda, Gerben, Faro-Trindade, Inês, Pyż, Elwira, Willment, Janet A, Taylor, Philip R, ...

Recognition of microbial components by germ-line encoded pattern recognition receptors (PRR) initiates immune responses to infectious agents. We and others have proposed that pairs or sets of PRR...