Global phylogeography and ancient evolution of the widespread human gut virus crAssphage

…, C Wijmenga, MM Zambrano, H Zschach… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Microbiomes are vast communities of microorganisms and viruses that populate all natural
ecosystems. Viruses have been considered to be the most variable component of …

[HTML][HTML] HostPhinder: a phage host prediction tool

J Villarroel, KA Kleinheinz, VI Jurtz, H Zschach, O Lund… - Viruses, 2016 - mdpi.com
The current dramatic increase of antibiotic resistant bacteria has revitalised the interest in
bacteriophages as alternative antibacterial treatment. Meanwhile, the development of …

[HTML][HTML] Accurate protein stability predictions from homology models

A Valanciute, L Nygaard, H Zschach… - Computational and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Calculating changes in protein stability (ΔΔG) has been shown to be central for predicting
the consequences of single amino acid substitutions in protein engineering as well as …

[HTML][HTML] What can we learn from a metagenomic analysis of a Georgian bacteriophage cocktail?

H Zschach, KG Joensen, B Lindhard, O Lund… - Viruses, 2015 - mdpi.com
… Joensen and Henrike Zschach performed the laboratory work. Katrine G. Joensen provided
Henrike Zschach performed the rest of the data analysis. Henrik Hasman supplied bacterial …

Interpreting the molecular mechanisms of disease variants in human transmembrane proteins

JKS Tiemann, H Zschach, K Lindorff-Larsen, A Stein - Biophysical Journal, 2023 - cell.com
Next-generation sequencing of human genomes reveals millions of missense variants, some
of which may lead to loss of protein function and ultimately disease. Here, we investigate …

[HTML][HTML] Evolutionary study of the crassphage virus at gene level

A Rossi, L Treu, S Toppo, H Zschach, S Campanaro… - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
crAss-like viruses are a putative family of bacteriophages recently discovered. The eponym
of the clade, crAssphage, is an enteric bacteriophage estimated to be present in at least half …

[HTML][HTML] Use of a regression model to study host-genomic determinants of phage susceptibility in MRSA

H Zschach, MV Larsen, H Hasman, H Westh, M Nielsen… - Antibiotics, 2018 - mdpi.com
Staphylococcus aureus is a major agent of nosocomial infections. Especially in methicillin-resistant
strains, conventional treatment options are limited and expensive, which has fueled a …

Biofilms and core pathogens shape the tumour microenvironment and immune phenotype in colorectal cancer

L Kvich, BG Fritz, H Zschach, T Terkelsen, H Raskov… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Objective: Increasing evidence links bacterial dysbiosis with colorectal cancer (CRC)
carcinogenesis, with enrichment of core pathogens such as Bacteroides fragilis and Fusobacterium …

Global phylogeography and ancient evolution of the widespread human gut virus crAssphage

…, KL Whiteson, C Wijmenga, MM Zambrano, H Zschach… - 2019 - repositorio.umayor.cl
Microbiomes are vast communities of microorganisms and viruses that populate all natural
ecosystems. Viruses have been considered to be the most variable component of …

Genomics of phages with therapeutic potential

H Zschach - 2017 - orbit.dtu.dk
Bacteriophages, viruses that prey on bacteria, have been applied since the 1920’s to treat
and prevent bacterial infection. After the discovery of antibiotics, this route was however …