Gianni Panagiotou

Prof. Dr. Gianni Panagiotou

Microbiome Dynamics · Head +49 3641 532-1759 gianni.panagiotou@leibniz-hki.de

Curriculum vitae

Main Research Areas
  • Microbiome in health and disease
  • Systems biology of infectious diseases
  • Personalized nutrition

Publications

Eisele D*, Blatzer M, Dietl AM, Binder U, Müller C, Hagen F, Sae-Ong T, Schäuble S, Panagiotou G, Vadehi-Shahandashti R*, Lass-Flörl C (2025) Aspergillus terreus sectorization: a morphological phenomenon shedding light on amphotericin B resistance mechanism. mBio 16(4), e0392624.
Heilig L, Bussemer L, Strobel L, Hünniger-Ast K, Kurzai O, Grothey A, Dölken L, Laib Sampaio K, Panagiotou G, Westermann AJ, Einsele H, Wurster S, Schäuble S, Löffler J (2025) Unveiling immune interference: how the dendritic cell response to co-infection with Aspergillus fumigatus is modulated by human cytomegalovirus and its virokine CMVIL-10. mBio [Epub ahead of print]
Herzog E, Ishida K, Scherlach K, Chen X, Bartels B, Niehs SP, Cheaib B, Panagiotou G, Hertweck C (2025) Antibacterial siderophores of Pandoraea pathogens and their impact on the diseased lung microbiota. Angew Chem Int Ed 64(24), e202505714.
Jentho E, Ademolue TW, Peters-Sengers H, Butler JM, Xu L, Rastogi ST, Kitoko J, Pagnotta S, Drotleff B, Faísca P, Polishchuk V, Mesquita M, Horn P, Metzing UB, Cardoso S, Mithieux G, Bauer M, Chouchane O, Weis S, Panagiotou G, von Loeffelholz C, van der Poll T, Soares MP (2025) A bioenergetic basis for multiorgan dysfunction in sepsis. bioRxiv [Preprint]
Long X, Wang H, Lu Y, Gao X, Xiao Y, Zhang M, Guo J, Yang J, Zhang R, Li Q, Zhou G, Yang R, Chen F, Wu Q, Sun L, Chu C, Zhu X, Wu Z, Ren Q, You C, Liu Z, Li Q, Liu D, Cheng D, Kang P, Chen A, Wu Q, Fang Q, Wei L, Zhang L Li J, PANAGIOTOU G, Jia W#, Zeng R, Ni Y#, Chen L, Li H# (2025) Interindividual variability in gut microbiome mediates the efficacy of resistant starch on MASLD. Cell Metab [In press]
Nikitashina L, Chen X, Radosa L, Li K, Straßburger M, Seelbinder B, Böhnke W, Vielreicher S, Nietzsche S, Heinekamp T, Jacobsen ID, Panagiotou G, Brakhage AA (2025) The murine lung microbiome is disbalanced by the human-pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus resulting in enrichment of anaerobic bacteria. Cell Rep 44(3), 115442.
Nychas E*, Marfil-Sánchez A*, Chen X, Mirhakkak M, Li H, Jia Q, Xu A, Nielsen HB, Niewdorp M, Loomba R, Ni Y#, Panagiotou G# (2025) Discovery of robust and highly specific microbiome signatures of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Microbiome 13(1), 10.
Perie L, Herr SM, Ghebreslassie T, Wulf S, Löschmann I, Sekulic A, Suwandi A, Maier AKB, Rowlin L, Jungnickel B, Schäuble S, Panagiotou G, Strauß O, Wiech T, Zipfel PF, Zipfel SLH, Skerka C (2025) Deletion of the mouse homolog of human FHR1 (muFHR1) alleviates Atherosclerosis in ApoE-/- mice. Int J Med Sci [In press]
Wang J, Qin Y, Wu Q, Zeng D, Gao X, Wang Q, Li Z, Ni Y#, Li H, Zhang P, Guo J, Ma W, Maitusun M, Jin X, Chen M, Zhu L, Lu Q, Chen Q, Wu Y, Lin C, Han R, Cheng D, Ni J, Wang X, Yao F, Zhuang J, Xia J, Liu D, Lu Y, Kang P, Yu S, Chen A, Zhang Y, Li Q, Ge W, Long X, Jiang Z, Guan Z, Jin Z, Jin P, Li T, Shu J, Yang J, Wang J, Jiang N, Qian J, Jung Y, Zhang H, Yang Q, Ma L, Wu X, Huang X, Si D, Ren J, Qiao H, Guo Y, Huang Z, Wang W, Deng W, Bi L, Zhao D, Li Y, Lau RWH, Tham YC, Ma X, Ma J, Shen D, Zhang S, Guan H, Zou W, Guo M, Guan X, Yang X, Xu A, Wu J, Panagiotou G, Tse MA, Kim J, Wu E, Thalmann D, Magnenat Thalmann N, Fregni F, Wong TY, Jia W, Zeng R#, Lim CT#, Sheng B#, Li H# (2025) An adaptive AI-based virtual reality sports system for adolescents with excess body weight: a randomized controlled trial. Nature Medicine 31(7), 2255-2268.
Wang Y*, Wu J*, Yao J, Chen J, Cheng KKY, Yuen-man Ho M, Lee CH, Siu-Ling Lam K, Tse MA, Panagiotou G, Xu A# (2025) Gut microbiome-adipose crosstalk modulates soluble IL-6 receptor influencing exercise responsiveness in glycemic control and insulin sensitivity. Cell Metab [In press]

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