Clara Belzer

23.7k total citations · 12 hit papers
156 papers, 15.9k citations indexed

About

Clara Belzer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Food Science and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Clara Belzer has authored 156 papers receiving a total of 15.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 120 papers in Molecular Biology, 53 papers in Food Science and 36 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Clara Belzer's work include Gut microbiota and health (112 papers), Probiotics and Fermented Foods (53 papers) and Infant Nutrition and Health (28 papers). Clara Belzer is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (112 papers), Probiotics and Fermented Foods (53 papers) and Infant Nutrition and Health (28 papers). Clara Belzer collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Finland and United States. Clara Belzer's co-authors include Willem M. de Vos, Muriel Derrien, Janneke P. Ouwerkerk, Patrice D. Cani, Jan Knol, Nathalie M. Delzenne, Céline Druart, Yves Guiot, Amandine Everard and Giulio G. Muccioli and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Gastroenterology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Clara Belzer

148 papers receiving 15.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Cross-talk between Akkermansia muciniphila and intestinal epithelium controls diet-induced obesity

2013 3.5k citations Clara Belzer, Janneke P. Ouwerkerk et al. profile →
The First Microbial Colonizers of the Human Gut: Composition, Activities, and Health Implications of the Infant Gut Microbiota

2017 1.3k citations Christian Milani, Clara Belzer et al. profile →
Akkermansia muciniphila and its role in regulating host functions

2016 759 citations Clara Belzer, Willem M. de Vos et al. profile →
The gut microbiota plays a protective role in the host defence against pneumococcal pneumonia

2015 607 citations Tim J. Schuijt, Jacqueline M. Lankelma et al. Gut profile →
Microbes inside—from diversity to function: the case of Akkermansia

2012 542 citations Clara Belzer, Willem M. de Vos profile →
Butyrate-producingClostridiumcluster XIVa species specifically colonize mucins in anin vitrogut model

2012 497 citations Pieter Van den Abbeele, Clara Belzer et al. profile →
Akkermansia muciniphila Adheres to Enterocytes and Strengthens the Integrity of the Epithelial Cell Layer

2015 429 citations Clara Belzer, Willem M. de Vos et al. profile →
Postbiotics and Their Potential Applications in Early Life Nutrition and Beyond

2019 393 citations Sharon Y. Geerlings, Jan Knol et al. profile →
Pili-like proteins of Akkermansia muciniphila modulate host immune responses and gut barrier function

2017 385 citations Steven Aalvink, Sjef Boeren et al. profile →
Akkermansia muciniphila in the Human Gastrointestinal Tract: When, Where, and How?

2018 337 citations Sharon Y. Geerlings, Willem M. de Vos et al. Microorganisms profile →
Microbial Metabolic Networks at the Mucus Layer Lead to Diet-Independent Butyrate and Vitamin B ₁₂ Production by Intestinal Symbionts

2017 310 citations Clara Belzer, Loo Wee Chia et al. mBio profile →
Akkermansia muciniphila: biology, microbial ecology, host interactions and therapeutic potential

2024 57 citations Sharon Y. Geerlings, Clara Belzer et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Clara Belzer

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Impulsivity among healthy adults is associated with diet and fecal microbiota composition 2025 ·Translational Psychiatry ·Prokopis Konstanti, Kira F. Ahrens, Rebecca J. Neumann, Michael M. Plichta, Carmen Schiweck, (unknown), Christian J. Fiebach, Raffaël Kalisch, Ulrike Basten, Michèle Wessa, Oliver Tuescher, Bianca Kollmann, Klaus Lieb, Alejandro Arias Vásquez, Hauke Smidt, Andreas Reif, Silke Matura, Clara Belzer	2
2	A multi-omics machine learning classifier for outgrowth of cow's milk allergy in children 2025 ·Molecular Omics ·Diana M. Hendrickx, (unknown), Pingping Zhu, Ran An, Sjef Boeren, (unknown), Sumanth Mutte, (unknown), Harm Wopereis, Renate G. van der Molen, Amy C. Harms, Clara Belzer	0
3	Exploring the Fecal Metabolome in Infants With Cow's Milk Allergy: The Distinct Impacts of Cow's Milk Protein Tolerance Acquisition and of Synbiotic Supplementation 2024 ·Molecular Nutrition & Food Research ·(unknown), (unknown), Alida Kindt, (unknown), Harm Wopereis, Clara Belzer, Amy C. Harms, Thomas Hankemeier	3
4	Faecal microbiota composition and impulsivity in a cohort of older adults with metabolic syndrome 2024 ·Scientific Reports ·Prokopis Konstanti, Carlos Gómez Martínez, Jananee Muralidharan, Jesús Vioqué, Dolores Corella, Montserrat Fitó, Josép Vidal, Francisco J. Tinahones, Laura Torres‐Collado, Óscar Coltell, Olga Castañer, Isabel Moreno‐Indias, Alessandro Atzeni, Miguel Ruiz‐Canela, Jordi Salas‐Salvadó, Clara Belzer	3
5	Omics-based analysis of Akkermansia muciniphila cultivation in food-grade media 2024 ·PubMed ·Sharon Y. Geerlings, (unknown), Bart Nijsse, Sjef Boeren, Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht, Clara Belzer, Willem M. de Vos	1
6	Development of the gut microbiota in the first 14 years of life and its relations to internalizing and externalizing difficulties and social anxiety during puberty 2023 ·European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry ·(unknown), Clara Belzer, Hauke Smidt, Carolina de Weerth	12
7	Development of the gut microbiota in healthy children in the first ten years of life: associations with internalizing and externalizing behavior 2022 ·Gut Microbes ·(unknown), Clara Belzer, Hauke Smidt, Carolina de Weerth	33
8	Akkermansia muciniphila Reduces Peritonitis and Improves Intestinal Tissue Wound Healing after a Colonic Transmural Defect by a MyD88-Dependent Mechanism 2022 ·Cells ·R Bachmann, Matthias Van Hul, Paméla Baldin, Daniel Léonard, Nathalie M. Delzenne, Clara Belzer, Janneke P. Ouwerkerk, Dirk Repsilber, Ignacio Rangel, Alex Kartheuser, Robert J. Brummer, Willem M. de Vos, Patrice D. Cani	17
9	Gut microbiome changes due to sleep disruption in older and younger individuals: a case for sarcopenia? 2022 ·SLEEP ·(unknown), Panagiotis Giannos, Clara Belzer, Marian Beekman, P. Eline Slagboom, Konstantinos Prokopidis	17
10	Comparative Genomics and Physiology of Akkermansia muciniphila Isolates from Human Intestine Reveal Specialized Mucosal Adaptation 2022 ·Microorganisms ·Janneke P. Ouwerkerk, Hanne L. P. Tytgat, Janneke Elzinga, Jasper J. Koehorst, Pieter Van den Abbeele, Bernard Henrissat, Miguel Gueimonde, Patrice D. Cani, Tom Van de Wiele, Clara Belzer, Willem M. de Vos	13
11	Effect of antibiotics in the first week of life on faecal microbiota development 2022 ·Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal ·(unknown), (unknown), Arine M. Vlieger, Gerben D. A. Hermes, Christian Milani, Marco Ventura, Clara Belzer, Hauke Smidt, Ruurd M. van Elburg, Jan Knol	16
12	Inter- and Intraindividual Differences in the Capacity of the Human Intestinal Microbiome in Fecal Slurries to Metabolize Fructoselysine and Carboxymethyllysine 2022 ·Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry ·(unknown), Clara Belzer, Wouter Bakker, Ivonne M.C.M. Rietjens, Karsten Beekmann	5
13	Liraglutide and sitagliptin have no effect on intestinal microbiota composition: A 12-week randomized placebo-controlled trial in adults with type 2 diabetes 2021 ·Diabetes & Metabolism ·Mark M. Smits, (unknown), Hilde Herrema, Mark Davids, Mark H.H. Kramer, Albert K. Groen, Clara Belzer, Willem M. de Vos, Djuna L. Cahen, Max Nieuwdorp, Daniël H. van Raalte	48
14	Growth rate alterations of human colorectal cancer cells by 157 gut bacteria 2020 ·Gut Microbes ·Rahwa Taddese, Daniel Garza, (unknown), Marien I. de Jonge, Clara Belzer, Steven Aalvink, Irıs D. Nagtegaal, Bas E. Dutilh, Annemarie Boleij	28
15	Supplementation of dietary non-digestible oligosaccharides from birth onwards improve social and reduce anxiety-like behaviour in male BALB/c mice 2019 ·Nutritional Neuroscience ·(unknown), Harm Wopereis, (unknown), (unknown), Ran An, Kees van Limpt, Jan Knol, Johan Garssen, L.M.J. Knippels, Clara Belzer, Aletta D. Kraneveld	35
16	Microbial transmission from mother to child: improving infant intestinal microbiota development by identifying the obstacles 2019 ·Critical Reviews in Microbiology ·(unknown), Jan Knol, Clara Belzer	34
17	Model‐driven design of a minimal medium for Akkermansia muciniphila confirms mucus adaptation 2018 ·Microbial Biotechnology ·Kees C. H. van der Ark, Steven Aalvink, María Suárez‐Diez, Peter J. Schaap, Willem M. de Vos, Clara Belzer	52
18	Microbial Metabolic Networks at the Mucus Layer Lead to Diet-Independent Butyrate and Vitamin B ₁₂ Production by Intestinal Symbionts breakdown → 2017 ·mBio ·Clara Belzer, Loo Wee Chia, Steven Aalvink, Bhawani Chamlagain, Vieno Piironen, Jan Knol, Willem M. de Vos	310
19	The gut microbiota plays a protective role in the host defence against pneumococcal pneumonia breakdown → 2015 ·Gut ·Tim J. Schuijt, Jacqueline M. Lankelma, Brendon P. Scicluna, Felipe de Sousa e Melo, Joris J. T. H. Roelofs, J. Daan de Boer, Arjan J. Hoogendijk, Regina de Beer, Alex de Vos, Clara Belzer, Willem M. de Vos, Tom van der Poll, W. Joost Wiersinga	607
20	Immunogenicity of Brucella-extracted and recombinant protein vaccines in CD-I and BALB/c mice 1990 ·American Journal of Veterinary Research ·G. W. Pugh, Louisa B. Tabatabai, Betsy J. Bricker, John E. Mayfield, Marshall Phillips, (unknown), Clara Belzer	9

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