- Battista M, Saffer C, Figge MT, Vilhena C. Mechanistic Insights into the Role of Extracellular Vesicles at the Bacterial-Host Interface. ACS Infect Dis. 2025 Nov 16. doi: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.5c00664. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41241863. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsinfecdis.5c00664
- Arnold P, Boros FA, Mattner J, Seidel G, Liu C, Hensel IV, Van Deun J, Schwendner R, Müller-Deile J, Sopel N, Ramming A, Angeli MR, Rauber S, Vilhena C, Baur A, Wirtz S, Überla K, Reutter H, Mulzer LM, Hilger AC, Zunke F, Xiang W, Fuhrmann G, Günther C. Two Sides of the Same Coin-Mechanistic Insight, Diagnostic Application and Therapeutic Translation of Bacterial and Host-Derived Extracellular Vesicles. J Extracell Biol. 2025 Oct 29;4(11):e70093. doi: 10.1002/jex2.70093. PMID: 41169343; PMCID: PMC12570047. https://isevjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jex2.70093
- (preprint) Battista M, Bachelot Y, Franke T, Saffer C, Zimmermann L, Teuber L, Figge MT, Vilhena C. Environmental cues shape extracellular vesicles biogenesis. bioRxiv 2025.07.18.665510; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.07.18.665510
- Graça AP., Nikitushkin V., Ellerhorst M., Vilhena C., et al. MftG is crucial for alcohol metabolism of mycobacteria by linking mycofactocin oxidation to respiration, eLife 2024 13:RP97559. https://elifesciences.org/articles/97559
- Battista M, Hoffmann B, Bachelot Y, Zimmermann L, Teuber L, Jost A, Linde S, Westermann M, Müller MM, Slevogt H, Hammerschmidt S, Figge MT, Vilhena C.*, Zipfel PF*. The role of pneumococcal extracellular vesicles on the pathophysiology of the kidney disease hemolytic uremic syndrome. mSphere. 2023 Jun 26:e0014223. doi: 10.1128/msphere.00142-23. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37358300. https://doi.org/10.1128/msphere.00142-23
*shared last and corresponding authorships
- Vilhena, C., Du, S., Battista, M., Westermann, M., Hammerschmidt, S., Zipfel, PF., Choline-binding proteins of Streptococcus pneumoniae and their role on host cellular adhesion and damage. Infect Immun. 2023 Aug 8:e0015423. doi: 10.1128/iai.00154-23. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37551971. https://doi.org/10.1128/iai.00154-23
- Langenhorst, D., Fürst, A., Alberter, K., Vilhena C., (…), Zipfel P. & Beyersdorf, N. Soluble Enolase 1 of Candida albicans and Aspergillus fumigatus stimulates B cells and monocytes of mice and humans. J Immunol. 2023 Jul 12:ji2200318. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.2200318
- Dasari P, Nordengrün M, Vilhena C, Steil L, Abdurrahman G, Surmann K, Dhople V, Lahrberg J, Bachert C, Skerka C, Völker U, Bröker BM, Zipfel PF. The Protease SplB of Staphylococcus aureus Targets Host Complement Components and Inhibits Complement-Mediated Bacterial Opsonophagocytosis. J Bacteriol. 2022 Jan 18;204(1):e0018421. doi: 10.1128/JB.00184-21. Epub 2021 Oct 11. PMID: 34633872; PMCID: PMC8765433. https://doi.org/10.1128/JB.00184-21
- Du S, Vilhena C, King S, Sahagún-Ruiz A, Hammerschmidt S, Skerka C, Zipfel PF. Molecular analyses identifies new domains and structural differences among Streptococcus pneumoniae immune evasion proteins PspC and Hic. Sci Rep. 2021 Jan 18;11(1):1701. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-79362-3. PMID: 33462258; PMCID: PMC7814132. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79362-3
- Vilhena C, Kaganovitch E, Grünberger A, Motz M, Forné I, Kohlheyer D, Jung K. Importance of Pyruvate Sensing and Transport for the Resuscitation of Viable but Nonculturable Escherichia coli K-12. J Bacteriol. 2019 Jan 11;201(3):e00610-18. doi: 10.1128/JB.00610-18. PMID: 30420452; PMCID: PMC6349089. https://doi.org/10.1128/JB.00610-18
- Vilhena C, Kaganovitch E, Shin JY, Grünberger A, Behr S, Kristoficova I, Brameyer S, Kohlheyer D, Jung K. A Single-Cell View of the BtsSR/YpdAB Pyruvate Sensing Network in Escherichia coli and Its Biological Relevance. J Bacteriol. 2017 Dec 5;200(1):e00536-17. doi: 10.1128/JB.00536-17. PMID: 29038258; PMCID: PMC5717152. https://doi.org/10.1128/JB.00536-17
- Kristoficova I, Vilhena C, Behr S, Jung K. BtsT, a Novel and Specific Pyruvate/H+ Symporter in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol. 2017 Dec 20;200(2):e00599-17. doi: 10.1128/JB.00599-17. PMID: 29061664; PMCID: PMC5738728. https://doi.org/10.1128/JB.00599-17
- Vilhena C., Bettencourt A. Daptomycin: a review of properties, clinical use, drug delivery and resistance. Mini Rev Med Chem. 2012, 12(3), 202–209. https://doi.org/10.2174/1389557511209030202