Aleš Berlec

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Aleš Berlec is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Food Science and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Aleš Berlec has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Food Science and 19 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Aleš Berlec's work include Probiotics and Fermented Foods (20 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (11 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (9 papers). Aleš Berlec is often cited by papers focused on Probiotics and Fermented Foods (20 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (11 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (9 papers). Aleš Berlec collaborates with scholars based in Slovenia, Czechia and France. Aleš Berlec's co-authors include Borut Štrukelj, Spase Stojanov, Špela Zupančič, Julijana Kristl, Petra Kocbek, Sonja Prpar Mihevc, Zala Jevnikar, Mojca Lunder, Irena Rogelj and Andreja Čanžek Majhenič and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Immunology, PLoS ONE and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Aleš Berlec

55 papers receiving 3.0k citations

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The Influence of Probiotics on the Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes Ratio in the Treatment of Obesity and Inflammatory Bowel disease

2020 1.3k citations Spase Stojanov, Aleš Berlec et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Aleš Berlec

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Postbiotics derived from recombinant lactic acid bacteria exhibit high IL6-binding capacity and suppress IL6-induced STAT3 signaling 2025 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·(unknown), Špela Zupančič, (unknown), (unknown), Slavko Kralj, Luka Snoj, Aleš Berlec	0
2	Lactic acid bacteria as microbial cell factories for the in vivo delivery of therapeutic proteins as secretable TAT fusion products 2025 ·Journal of Biological Engineering ·Giorgio Medici, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Manuela Loi, (unknown), Spase Stojanov, (unknown), (unknown), Federica D’Amico, Silvia Turroni, Jessica Fiori, Aleš Berlec, Stefania Trazzi, Elisabetta Ciani	1
3	Viability of potential probiotics incorporated into nanofibers: Influence of genera, storage conditions, stabilizers and their solid-state 2025 ·International Journal of Pharmaceutics ·(unknown), Spase Stojanov, Tomaž Rijavec, Aleš Lapanje, Aleš Berlec, Špela Zupančič	5
4	Lactococcus lactis as a delivery system for surface displayed mimotopes of major peanut allergen Ara h 2 2025 ·Journal of Immunological Methods ·Mojca Lunder, (unknown), (unknown), Aleš Berlec, Borut Štrukelj, (unknown), Ana Koren, Peter Korošec	0
5	Holistic monitoring of Campylobacter jejuni biofilms with NanoLuc bioluminescence 2024 ·Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ·(unknown), (unknown), Orhan Şahin, Qijing Zhang, Aleš Berlec, Anja Klančnik	0
6	Modified vaginal lactobacilli expressing fluorescent and luminescent proteins for more effective monitoring of their release from nanofibers, safety and cell adhesion 2024 ·Microbial Cell Factories ·Spase Stojanov, (unknown), Špela Zupančič, Aleš Berlec	8
7	Secretion and surface display of binders of IL-23/IL-17 cytokines and their receptors in Lactococcus lactis as a therapeutic approach against inflammation 2023 ·European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences ·(unknown), (unknown), Milan Kuchař, Petr Malý, Aleš Berlec	3
8	Expression of NanoLuc Luciferase in Listeria innocua for Development of Biofilm Assay 2021 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·Aleš Berlec, (unknown), Meta Sterniša, Anja Klančnik, Jerica Sabotič	12
9	Electrospun Nanofibers as Carriers of Microorganisms, Stem Cells, Proteins, and Nucleic Acids in Therapeutic and Other Applications 2020 ·Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology ·Spase Stojanov, Aleš Berlec	130
10	Development of electrospun nanofibers that enable high loading and long-term viability of probiotics 2019 ·European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics ·(unknown), Špela Zupančič, Sonja Prpar Mihevc, Petra Kocbek, Julijana Kristl, Aleš Berlec	108
11	Engineering of lactic acid bacteria for delivery of therapeutic proteins and peptides 2019 ·Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ·(unknown), Aleš Berlec	61
12	Single plasmid systems for inducible dual protein expression and for CRISPR-Cas9/CRISPRi gene regulation in lactic acid bacterium Lactococcus lactis 2018 ·Scientific Reports ·Aleš Berlec, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Borut Štrukelj	78
13	Lactic Acid Bacteria with Concomitant IL-17, IL-23 and TNFα- Binding Ability for the Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease 2017 ·Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology ·(unknown), Borut Štrukelj, Aleš Berlec	29
14	Non-immunoglobulin scaffolds: a focus on their targets 2015 ·Trends in biotechnology ·(unknown), Borut Štrukelj, Aleš Berlec	152
15	Expression of a hepatitis A virus antigen in Lactococcus lactis and Escherichia coli and evaluation of its immunogenicity 2013 ·Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ·Aleš Berlec, (unknown), (unknown), Andrej Steyer, (unknown), Jerica Sabotič, Mateja Poljšak‐Prijatelj, Borut Štrukelj	16
16	Wide-Inhibitory Spectra Bacteriocins Produced by Lactobacillus gasseri K7 2010 ·Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins ·(unknown), Andreja Čanžek Majhenič, Helge Holo, Ingolf F. Nes, Zhian Salehian, Aleš Berlec, Irena Rogelj	17
17	Novel Applications of Recombinant Lactic Acid Bacteria in Therapy and in Metabolic Engineering 2009 ·Recent Patents on Biotechnology ·Aleš Berlec, Borut Štrukelj	14
18	Large increase in brazzein expression achieved by changing the plasmid /strain combination of the NICE system inLactococcus lactis 2009 ·Letters in Applied Microbiology ·Aleš Berlec, Borut Štrukelj	21
19	Optimization of fermentation conditions for the expression of sweet-tasting protein brazzein in Lactococcus lactis 2008 ·Letters in Applied Microbiology ·Aleš Berlec, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Irena Rogelj, Borut Štrukelj	24
20	Expression of the sweet-tasting plant protein brazzein in Escherichia coli and Lactococcus lactis: a path toward sweet lactic acid bacteria 2006 ·Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ·Aleš Berlec, Zala Jevnikar, Andreja Čanžek Majhenič, Irena Rogelj, Borut Štrukelj	36

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