Jennifer Venhorst

Dr. Jennifer Venhorst

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Academic Career Length

32Years (1995-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 January 2012 in Drug Discovery Today
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SNSara Núñez
Sara Núñez
JVJennifer Venhorst
Jennifer Venhorst
CKChris G. Kruse
Chris G. Kruse

5 December 2002 in Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
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JVJennifer Venhorst
Jennifer Venhorst
ALAntonius M. ter Laak
Antonius M. ter Laak
JCJan N. M. Commandeur
Jan N. M. Commandeur
YFYoshihiko Funae
Yoshihiko Funae
THToyoko Hiroi
Toyoko Hiroi
NVNico P. E. Vermeulen
Nico P. E. Vermeulen

1 May 2008 in Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
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JVJennifer Venhorst
Jennifer Venhorst
SNSara Núñez
Sara Núñez
JTJan Willem Terpstra
Jan Willem Terpstra
CKChris G. Kruse
Chris G. Kruse

1 September 2011 in Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
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Natasja de BruinNatasja de Bruin
Natasja de Bruin
JPJ. Prickaerts
J. Prickaerts
ALA. van Loevezijn
A. van Loevezijn
JVJennifer Venhorst
Jennifer Venhorst
LGL. de Groote
L. de Groote
CKC.G. Kruse
C.G. Kruse

18 June 1999 in Chemical Research in Toxicology
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RORob C. A. Onderwater
Rob C. A. Onderwater
JVJennifer Venhorst
Jennifer Venhorst
JCJan Commandeur
Jan Commandeur
NVNico P. E. Vermeulen
Nico P. E. Vermeulen

13 June 2022 in Frontiers in Microbiology
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JVJennifer Venhorst
Jennifer Venhorst
JVJos M. B. M. van der Vossen
Jos M. B. M. van der Vossen
VAValeria Agamennone
Valeria Agamennone
The pathogenic Clostridioides difficile and Clostridium perfringens are responsible for many health care-associated infections as well as systemic and enteric diseases. Therefore, they represent a major health threat to both humans and animals. Concerns regarding increasing antibiotic resistance (related to C. difficile and C. perfringens) have caused a surge in the pursual of novel strategies that effectively combat pathogenic infections, including those caused by both pathogenic species. The ban on antibiotic growth promoters in the poultry industry has added to the urgency of finding novel antimicrobial therapeutics for C. perfringens. These efforts have resulted in various therapeutics, of which bacteriophages (in short, phages) show much promise, as evidenced by the Eliava Phage Therapy Center in Tbilisi, Georgia (https://eptc.ge/). Bacteriophages are a type of virus that infect bacteria. In this review, the (clinical) impact of clostridium infections in intestinal diseases is recapitulated, followed by an analysis of the current knowledge and applicability of bacteriophages and phage-derived endolysins in this disease indication. Limitations of phage and phage endolysin therapy were identified and require considerations. These include phage stability in the gastrointestinal tract, influence on gut microbiota structure/function, phage resistance development, limited host range for specific pathogenic strains, phage involvement in horizontal gene transfer, and—for phage endolysins—endolysin resistance, -safety, and -immunogenicity. Methods to optimize features of these therapeutic modalities, such as mutagenesis and fusion proteins, are also addressed. The future success of phage and endolysin therapies require reliable clinical trial data for phage(-derived) products. Meanwhile, additional research efforts are essential to expand the potential of exploiting phages and their endolysins for mitigating the severe diseases caused by C. difficile and C. perfringens.