Dr. Ger Rijkers

Current affiliation:
Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein,The Netherlands
University Medical Center Utrecht,The Netherlands

Recent publications:

1. de Roock S, van Elk M, van Dijk ME, Timmerman HM, Rijkers GT, Prakken BJ, Hoekstra MO, de Kleer IM. Lactic acid bacteria differ in their ability to induce functional regulatory T cells in humans. Clin Exp Allergy. 2009 Oct 7. [Epubahead of print] PubMed PMID: 19817754.
2. Niers L, Martín R, Rijkers G, Sengers F, Timmerman H, van Uden N, Smidt H, Kimpen J, Hoekstra M. The effects of selected probiotic strains on the development of eczema (the PandA study). Allergy. 2009 Sep;64(9):1349-58. Epub 2009 Apr 9. PubMed PMID: 19392993.
3. Vlieger AM, Robroch A, van Buuren S, Kiers J, Rijkers G, Benninga MA, te Biesebeke R. Tolerance and safety of Lactobacillus paracasei ssp. paracasei in combination with Bifidobacterium animalis ssp. lactis in a prebiotic-containing infant formula: a randomised controlled trial. Br J Nutr. 2009 Sep;102(6):869-75. Epub 2009 Mar 31. PubMed PMID: 19331702.

Expertise and research areas:
Medical immunology, pediatric immunology, immunoregulation by probiotics in autoimmune diseases, allergic diseases and infections and vaccination.