Sascha Brunke

7.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Sascha Brunke is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sascha Brunke has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Infectious Diseases, 36 papers in Epidemiology and 26 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Sascha Brunke's work include Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (53 papers), Fungal Infections and Studies (34 papers) and Probiotics and Fermented Foods (14 papers). Sascha Brunke is often cited by papers focused on Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (53 papers), Fungal Infections and Studies (34 papers) and Probiotics and Fermented Foods (14 papers). Sascha Brunke collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Austria. Sascha Brunke's co-authors include Bernhard Hube, Ilse D. Jacobsen, Duncan Wilson, Lydia Kasper, Franziska Gerwien, Karl Kuchler, Jörg Linde, Katja Seider, Julian R. Naglik and Betty Wächtler and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Sascha Brunke

71 papers receiving 3.5k citations

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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.

Candida albicans and Candida glabrata : global priority pathogens

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Attila Gácser Hungary

Concha Gil Spain

Abdul Rahman Omar Malaysia

Anne Beauvais France

Vincent M. Bruno United States

Richard J. Bennett United States

Radamés J. B. Cordero United States

James E. Galagan United States

Ian R. Tizard United States

Beth DiDomenico United States

Attila Gácser Hungary

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sascha Brunke

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Naglik, Julian R., et al.. (2025). Commensalism and pathogenesis of Candida albicans at the mucosal interface. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 23(8). 525–540. 6 indexed citations

Vij, Raghav, Nadja Jablonowski, Thomas Krüger, et al.. (2025). “Pour some sugar on me”—Environmental Candida albicans isolates and the evolution of increased pathogenicity and antifungal resistance through sugar adaptation. PLoS Pathogens. 21(10). e1013542–e1013542.

Vij, Raghav, Hue Dinh, Peter R. Judzewitsch, et al.. (2024). A synthetic peptide mimic kills Candida albicans and synergistically prevents infection. Nature Communications. 15(1). 16 indexed citations

Häder, Antje, Sándor Nietzsche, Sascha Brunke, et al.. (2024). Age-related STING suppression in macrophages contributes to increased viral load during influenza a virus infection. Immunity & Ageing. 21(1). 80–80. 1 indexed citations

Seelbinder, Bastian, Zoltán Lohinai, Ruben Vazquez-Uribe, et al.. (2023). Candida expansion in the gut of lung cancer patients associates with an ecological signature that supports growth under dysbiotic conditions. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2673–2673. 26 indexed citations

Götze, Sebastian, Raghav Vij, Rita Müller, et al.. (2023). Ecological Niche-Inspired Genome Mining Leads to the Discovery of Crop-Protecting Nonribosomal Lipopeptides Featuring a Transient Amino Acid Building Block. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(4). 2342–2353. 18 indexed citations

Gabaldón, Toni, et al.. (2021). Transient Mitochondria Dysfunction Confers Fungal Cross-Resistance against Phagocytic Killing and Fluconazole. mBio. 12(3). e0112821–e0112821. 23 indexed citations

Schäuble, Sascha, Tilman E. Klassert, Sascha Brunke, et al.. (2020). Metabolic modeling predicts specific gut bacteria as key determinants for Candida albicans colonization levels. The ISME Journal. 15(5). 1257–1270. 32 indexed citations

Seelbinder, Bastian, Jiarui Chen, Sascha Brunke, et al.. (2020). Antibiotics create a shift from mutualism to competition in human gut communities with a longer-lasting impact on fungi than bacteria. Microbiome. 8(1). 133–133. 100 indexed citations

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Fischer, Daniel, Saleh Yazdani, Liesbeth Demuyser, et al.. (2020). The involvement of the Candida glabrata trehalase enzymes in stress resistance and gut colonization. Virulence. 12(1). 329–345. 12 indexed citations

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Sieber, Patricia, et al.. (2018). Comparative Study on Alternative Splicing in Human Fungal Pathogens Suggests Its Involvement During Host Invasion. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 2313–2313. 36 indexed citations

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Hellwig, Daniela, Maria Bouzani, Jürgen Löffler, et al.. (2016). Candida albicans Induces Metabolic Reprogramming in Human NK Cells and Responds to Perforin with a Zinc Depletion Response. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7. 750–750. 20 indexed citations

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Allert, Stefanie, Sascha Brunke, & Bernhard Hube. (2016). In Vivo Transcriptional Profiling of Human Pathogenic Fungi during Infection: Reflecting the Real Life?. PLoS Pathogens. 12(4). e1005471–e1005471. 9 indexed citations

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Brunke, Sascha, Jessica Quintin, Lydia Kasper, et al.. (2015). Of mice, flies – and men? Comparing fungal infection models for large-scale screening efforts. Disease Models & Mechanisms. 8(5). 473–486. 38 indexed citations

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Linde, Jörg, Ronny Martin, Fabian Horn, et al.. (2014). Microevolution of Candida albicans in Macrophages Restores Filamentation in a Nonfilamentous Mutant. PLoS Genetics. 10(12). e1004824–e1004824. 64 indexed citations

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Brunke, Sascha & Bernhard Hube. (2014). Adaptive Prediction As a Strategy in Microbial Infections. PLoS Pathogens. 10(10). e1004356–e1004356. 44 indexed citations

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Seider, Katja, Franziska Gerwien, Lydia Kasper, et al.. (2013). Immune Evasion, Stress Resistance, and Efficient Nutrient Acquisition Are Crucial for Intracellular Survival of Candida glabrata within Macrophages. Eukaryotic Cell. 13(1). 170–183. 72 indexed citations

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Linde, Jörg, Sebastian Müller, Sascha Brunke, et al.. (2012). An Interspecies Regulatory Network Inferred from Simultaneous RNA-seq of Candida albicans Invading Innate Immune Cells. Frontiers in Microbiology. 3. 85–85. 99 indexed citations

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Jacobsen, Ilse D., Duncan Wilson, Betty Wächtler, et al.. (2011). Candida albicansdimorphism as a therapeutic target. Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy. 10(1). 85–93. 274 indexed citations

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Menzel, Randolf, Uwe Greggers, A. D. Smith, et al.. (2005). Honey bees navigate according to a map-like spatial memory. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(8). 3040–3045. 273 indexed citations

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