Publications

Zaccaria, T., He, X., Beblo-Vranesevic, K., Netea, M. G., de Jonge, M. I., & Rettberg, P. (2026). Exploring the Habitability of the Outer Solar System Icy Moons for the Extremotolerant Yeast Rhodotorula frigidalcoholis. Environmental microbiology, 28(2), e70260. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.70260

Zaccaria, T., Beblo-Vranesevic, K., de Jonge, M. I., Netea, M. G., & Rettberg, P. (2026). Survival limits of psychrotolerant microorganisms with relevance for planetary protection of the icy moons. Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences, 384(2314), 20240435. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2024.0435

Zaccaria, T., Bulut, Ö., Ferreira, A. V., Dona, M., Langereis, J. D., Mesman, R. J., Wesseling, J., van Niftrik, L., Netea, M. G., Rettberg, P., Beblo-Vranesevic, K., de Jonge, M. I., & Domínguez-Andrés, J. (2025). Effects of simulated Martian environmental stressors on specific human pathogen-immune system interactions. mBio, 16(9), e0109925. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.01099-25

Zaccaria, T., de Jonge, M. I., Domínguez-Andrés, J., Netea, M. G., Beblo-Vranesevic, K., & Rettberg, P. (2024). Survival of Environment-Derived Opportunistic Bacterial Pathogens to Martian Conditions: Is There a Concern for Human Missions to Mars?. Astrobiology, 24(1), 100–113. https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2023.0057

Domínguez-Andrés, J., Eleveld, M., Renieris, G., Boltje, T. J., Mesman, R. J., van Niftrik, L., Moons, S. J., Rettberg, P., van der Meer, J. W. M., Giamarellos-Bourboulis, E. J., Op den Camp, H. J. M., de Jonge, M. I., & Netea, M. G. (2020). Growth on Carbohydrates from Carbonaceous Meteorites Alters the Immunogenicity of Environment-Derived Bacterial Pathogens. Astrobiology, 20(11), 1353–1362. https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2019.2173

Netea, M. G., Domínguez-Andrés, J., Eleveld, M., Op den Camp, H. J. M., van der Meer, J. W. M., Gow, N. A. R., & de Jonge, M. I. (2020). Immune recognition of putative alien microbial structures: Host-pathogen interactions in the age of space travel. PLoS pathogens, 16(1), e1008153. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008153

Kiers D, van Eijk LT, van der Hoeven JG, Swinkels DW, Pickkers P, Kox M. Hypoxia attenuates inflammation-induced hepcidin synthesis during experimental human endotoxemia. Haematologica. 2019 Jun;104(6):e230-e232. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2018.202796.

Kiers D, Tunjungputri RN, Borkus R, Scheffer GJ, de Groot PG, Urbanus RT, van der Ven AJ, Pickkers P, de Mast Q, Kox M. The influence of hypoxia on platelet function and plasmatic coagulation during systemic inflammation in humans in vivo. Platelets. 2019;30(7):927-930. doi: 10.1080/09537104.2018.1557617.

Kiers D, Wielockx B, Peters E, van Eijk LT, Gerretsen J, John A, Janssen E, Groeneveld R, Peters M, Damen L, Meneses AM, Krüger A, Langereis JD, Zomer AL, Blackburn MR, Joosten LA, Netea MG, Riksen NP, van der Hoeven JG, Scheffer GJ, Eltzschig HK, Pickkers P, Kox M. Short-Term Hypoxia Dampens Inflammation in vivo via Enhanced Adenosine Release and Adenosine 2B Receptor Stimulation. EBioMedicine. 2018 Jul;33:144-156. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2018.06.021.

Kiers HD, Scheffer GJ, van der Hoeven JG, Eltzschig HK, Pickkers P, Kox M. Immunologic Consequences of Hypoxia during Critical Illness. Anesthesiology. 2016 Jul;125(1):237-49. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000001163.

Kiers D, Gerretsen J, Janssen E, John A, Groeneveld R, van der Hoeven JG, Scheffer GJ, Pickkers P, Kox M. Short-term hyperoxia does not exert immunologic effects during experimental murine and human endotoxemia. Sci Rep. 2015 Nov 30;5:17441. doi: 10.1038/srep17441.