Challenges in mRNA vaccine development against bacteria. Aernout I*, Verbeke R*, Thery F, Willems P, Elia U, De Smedt S, Peer D, Impens F*@, Ine Lentacker*@. Nature Microbiology, 2025. DOI: 10.1038/s41564-025-02070-z

Maximizing Immunopeptidomics-Based Bacterial Epitope Discovery by Multiple Search Engines and Rescoring. Willems P@, Thery F, Van Moortel L, De Meyer M, Staes A, Gul A, Kovalchuke L, Declercq A, Devreese R, Bouwmeester R, Gabriels R, Martens L, Impens F@. Journal of Proteome Research, 2025. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.4c00864

Immunopeptidomics Mapping of Listeria monocytogenes T Cell Epitopes in Mice. Gul A*, Pewe LL*, Willems P*, Mayer R*, Thery F, Asselman C, Aernout I, Verbeke R, Eggermont D, Van Moortel L, Upton E, Zhang Y, Boucher K, Miret-Casals L, Demol H, De Smedt SC, Lentacker I, Radoshevich L@, Harty JT@, Impens F@. Molecular and Cellular Proteomics, 2024. DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpro.2024.100829

Immunopeptidomics-based design of mRNA vaccine formulations against Listeria monocytogenes. Mayer RL, Verbeke R, Asselman C, Aernout I, Gul A, Eggermont D, Boucher K, Thery F, Maia TM, Demol H, Gabriels R, Martens L, Bécavin C, De Smedt SC, Vandekerckhove B, Lentacker I@, Impens F@. Nature Communications, 2022. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33721-y.

Moyamoya disease emerging as an immune-related angiopathy. Asselman C, Hemelsoet D, Eggermont D, Dermaut B@, Impens F@. Trends in Molecular Medicine, 2022. DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2022.08.009.

Ring finger protein 213 assembles into a sensor for ISGylated proteins with antimicrobial activity. Thery F*, Martina L*, Asselman C*, Zhang Y, Vessely M, Repo H, Sedeyn K, Moschonas G, Bredow C, Teo Q, Zhang J, Leandro K, Eggermont D, De Sutter D, Boucher K, Hochepied T, Festjens N, Callewaert N, Saelens X, Dermaut B, Knobeloch K, Beling A, Sanyal S, Radoshevich L@, Eyckerman S@, Impens F@. Nature Communications, 2021. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-26061-w.

Altered ISGylation drives aberrant macrophage-dependent immune responses during SARS-CoV-2 infection. Munnur D*, Teo Q*, Eggermont D*, Lee H*, Thery F, Ho J, Van L, Ng W, Siu L, Beling A, Ploegh H, Pinto-fernandez A, Damianou A, Kessler B, Impens F@, Mok C@, Sanyal S@. Nature Immunology, 2021. DOI: 10.1038/s41590-021-01035-8.

Immunopeptidomics for next-generation bacterial vaccine development. Mayer RL, Impens F@. Trends in Microbiology, 2021. DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2021.04.010.

Proteomics Mapping of the ISGylation Landscape in Innate Immunity. Thery F*, Eggermont D*, Impens F@. Frontiers in Immunology, 2021. DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.720765.

The in vivo ISGylome links ISG15 to metabolic pathways and autophagy upon Listeria monocytogenes infection. Zhang Y*, Thery F*, Wu N*, Luhmann E, Dussurget O, Foecke M, Bredow C, Jimenez-fernandez D, Leandro K, Beling A, Knobeloch K, Impens F@, Cossart P@, Radoshevich L@. Nature Communications, 2019. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-13393-x.