Verena Mertes

• Mertes, Verena; Saragliadis, Athanasios; Mascherin, E; Tysvær, Ellen-Beate; Roos, Norbert & Linke, Dirk [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2024). Recombinant expression of Yersinia ruckeri outer membrane proteins in Escherichia coli extracellular vesicles. Protein Expression and Purification. ISSN 1046-5928. 215. doi: 10.1016/j.pep.2023.106409. Full text in Research Archive
• Mertes, Verena; Kashulin, Alexander; Lagos, Leidy; Ciani, Elia; Colquhoun, Duncan John & Haslene-Hox, Hanne [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2021). The Use of Extracellular Membrane Vesicles for Immunization against Francisellosis in Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.). Vaccines. ISSN 2076-393X. 9(1). doi: 10.3390/vaccines9010034. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Francisellosis in fish is caused by the facultative intracellular Gram-negative bacterial pathogens Francisella noatunensis ssp. noatunensis and Francisella orientalis. The disease is affecting both farmed and wild fish worldwide and no commercial vaccines are currently available. In this study, we tested isolated membrane vesicles (MVs) as possible vaccine candidates based on previous trials in zebrafish (Danio rerio) indicating promising vaccine efficacy. Here, the MV vaccine-candidates were tested in their natural hosts, Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.) and Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). Injection of MVs did not display any toxicity or other negative influence on the fish and gene expression analysis indicated an influence on the host immune response. However, unlike in other tested fish species, a protective immunity following vaccine application and immunization period could not be detected in the Atlantic cod or tilapia. Further in vivo studies are required to achieve a better understanding of the development of immunological memory in different fish species.

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• Mertes, Verena; Saragliadis, Athanasios; Mascherin, E; Antenucci, Fabio; Bojesen, Anders Miki & Colquhoun, Duncan John [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2023). Characterization of bacterial extracellular vesicles A versatile tool for potential vaccine application in aquaculture.
• Mertes, Verena; Saragliadis, Athanasios; Ciani, Elia; Colquhoun, Duncan John; Linke, Dirk & Winther-Larsen, Hanne Cecilie (2023). Characterization of extracellular membrane vesicles secreted from the Gram-negative bacterial fish pathogen Yersinia ruckeri .
• Mertes, Verena; Saragliadis, Athanasios; Attenucci, Fabio; Wrobel, Agnieszka; Ciani, Elia & Linke, Dirk [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2022). Characterization of bacterial extracellular vesicles from a fish pathogen, their role in virulence and possible function as vaccine in aquaculture.
• Mertes, Verena; Saragliadis, Athanasios; Ciani, Elia; Linke, Dirk; Colquhoun, Duncan J & Winther-Larsen, Hanne Cecilie (2021). Characterization of membrane vesicles from fish pathogens, their role in virulence and possible function as a vaccine in aquaculture.

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