Publikacje
2026
- Pawełczyk A, Perlejewski K, Cortés-Fendorf K, Emmel P, Radkowski M, Laskus T & Welc-Falęciak R. Preliminary studies of prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and Toxoplasma gondii infections markers in patients with encephalitis of unknown aetiology. Ann Agric Environ Med. 2025. doi: 10.26444/aaem/213880.
- Klenina E, Biernacki AB, Welc-Falęciak R, Pawełczyk A & Bednarska M. Analysis of Roman chamber pots to understand the health of the lower Danube inhabitants. npj Herit Sci. 2026 14, 206. doi: 10.1038/s40494-026-02475-x .
2025
- Krishnamurthy HK, Jayaraman V, Krishna K, Wang T, Bei K, Changalath C, Matilda S, Rai AJ, Welc-Falęciak R, Pawełczyk A, Blanton LS, Chrdle A, Fořtová A, Růžek D, Nasrallah GK, Abu-Raddadi LJ, Al-Sadeq DW, Abdallah MAA, Lilleri D, Fornara C, D’Angelo P, Furione M, Söderlund-Venermo M, Hedman K, Chochlakis D, Makridaki E, Ntoula A, Psaroulaki A, Escárcega-Ávila A, Rajasekaran JJ. A customizable multiplex protein microarray for antibody testing and its application for tick-borne and other infectious diseases. Sci Rep. 2025 Jan 20;15(1):2527. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-84467-0. PMID: 39833196; PMCID: PMC11747503.
- Koczwarska J, Polaczyk J, Wieczorek W, Zdzienicka O, Żórańska J, Pawełczyk A, Welc-Falęciak R. Coexistence of Borrelia spp. With different tick-borne pathogens in Ixodes ricinus ticks removed from humans in Poland. Sci Rep. 2025 Jul 1;15(1):21684. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-05885-2. PMID: 40596119; PMCID: PMC12216539.
- Pękacz M, Slivinska K, Vyniarska A, Basałaj K, Kalinowska A, Wesołowska A, Laskowska A, Kysterna O, Klietsov A, Miterpáková M, Mihalca AD, Gawor J, Kharchenko V, Zawistowska-Deniziak A. Molecular investigation of Dirofilaria repens, Dirofilaria immitis and Acanthocheilonema reconditum in stray dogs and cats in Ukraine. BMC Vet Res. 2025 Jul 5;21(1):438. doi: 10.1186/s12917-025-04867-w. PMID: 40615848; PMCID: PMC12228257.
- Koczwarska J, Pawełczyk A, Welc-Falęciak R. Incidence of Lyme borreliosis following Ixodes ricinus tick bites in Poland: a citizen science approach. Parasit Vectors. 2025 Nov 28;18(1):494. doi: 10.1186/s13071-025-07133-y. PMID: 41316418; PMCID: PMC12664187.
2024
- Gryczyńska A, Polaczyk J, Welc-Falęciak R. Toxoplasma gondii infection in ticks infesting migratory birds: the blackbird (Turdus merula) and the song thrush (Turdus philomelos). Exp Appl Acarol. 2024 Feb;92(2):233-240. doi: 10.1007/s10493-023-00878-0. Epub 2024 Feb 6. PMID: 38321308.
- Pękacz M, Basałaj K, Miterpáková M, Rusiecki Z, Stopka D, Graczyk D, Zawistowska-Deniziak A. An unexpected case of a dog from Poland co-infected with Dirofilaria repens and Dirofilaria immitis. BMC Vet Res. 2024 Feb 23;20(1):66. doi: 10.1186/s12917-024-03921-3. PMID: 38395823; PMCID: PMC10885393.
- Pawełczyk A, Donskow-Łysoniewska K, Szewczak L, Kierasińska M, Machcińska M, Rola R, Welc-Falęciak R. Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and Borrelia burgdorferi infections in patients with multiple sclerosis in Poland. Sci Rep. 2024 May 14;14(1):11015. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-61714-y. PMID: 38744898; PMCID: PMC11094124.
- Pękacz M, Basałaj K, Młocicki D, Kamaszewski M, Carretón E, Morchón R, Wiśniewski M, Zawistowska-Deniziak A. Molecular insights and antibody response to Dr20/22 in dogs naturally infected with Dirofilaria repens. Sci Rep. 2024 Jun 5;14(1):12979. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-63523-9. Erratum in: Sci Rep. 2024 Jun 24;14(1):14499. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-65401-w. PMID: 38839868; PMCID: PMC11153217.
- Koczwarska J, Nowakowska J, Polaczyk J, Welc-Falęciak R. A seven-legged tick – anomalous Ixodes ricinus female (Acari: Ixodidae) from Poland. Ann Agric Environ Med. 2024 Jun 27;31(2):294-297. doi: 10.26444/aaem/172533. Epub 2023 Oct 13. PMID: 38940115.
- Karabowicz J, Długosz E, Bąska P, Pękacz M, Wysmołek ME, Klockiewicz M, Wiśniewski M. Analysis of the role of Dirofilaria repens macrophage migration inhibitory factors in host-parasite interactions. J Vet Res. 2024 Sep 23;68(3):381-388. doi: 10.2478/jvetres-2024-0038. PMID: 39318519; PMCID: PMC11418385.
- Wymazał A, Nowak S, Mysłajek RW, Bajer A, Welc-Falęciak R, Szewczyk M, Kwiatkowska I, Stępniak KM, Figura M, Kloch A. Tick-borne infections in wolves from an expanding population in Eastern Europe. Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2024 Jan;15(1):102272. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2023.102272. Epub 2023 Oct 25. PMID: 37890206.
2023
- Koczwarska J, Nowakowska J, Polaczyk J, Welc-Falęciak R. A seven-legged tick – anomalous Ixodes ricinus female (Acari: Ixodidae) from Poland. Ann Agric Environ Med. 2024 Jun 27;31(2):294-297. doi: 10.26444/aaem/172533. Epub 2023 Oct 13. PMID: 38940115.
- Perlejewski K, Radkowski M, Pawełczyk A, Rydzanicz M, Dzieciątkowski T, Makowiecki M, Paciorek M, Welc-Falęciak R, Horban A, Laskus T. Enteroviral central nervous system infections in patients with Lyme neuroborreliosis. Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2023 Nov;14(6):102253. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2023.102253. Epub 2023 Sep 18. PMID: 37729847.
- Alsarraf M, Carretón E, Ciuca L, Diakou A, Dwużnik-Szarek D, Fuehrer HP, Genchi M, Ionică AM, Kloch A, Kramer LH, Mihalca AD, Miterpáková M, Morchón R, Papadopoulos E, Pękacz M, Rinaldi L, Alsarraf M, Topolnytska M, Vismarra A, Zawistowska-Deniziak A, Bajer A. Diversity and geographic distribution of haplotypes of Dirofilaria immitis across European endemic countries. Parasit Vectors. 2023 Sep 12;16(1):325. doi: 10.1186/s13071-023-05945-4. PMID: 37700369; PMCID: PMC10498598.
- Bąska P, Schabussova I, Zawistowska-Deniziak A. Editorial: “You shall not pass” or “Let’s make a deal” – crosstalk between helminths and the host immune system. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2023 Jul 14;13:1244429. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2023.1244429. PMID: 37520436; PMCID: PMC10381937.
- Chayé MAM, Gasan TA, Ozir-Fazalalikhan A, Scheenstra MR, Zawistowska-Deniziak A, van Hengel ORJ, Gentenaar M, Manurung MD, Harvey MR, Codée JDC, Chiodo F, Heijke AM, Kalinowska A, van Diepen A, Hensbergen PJ, Yazdanbakhsh M, Guigas B, Hokke CH, Smits HH. Schistosoma mansoni egg-derived thioredoxin and Sm14 drive the development of IL-10 producing regulatory B cells. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2023 Jun 26;17(6):e0011344. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011344. PMID: 37363916; PMCID: PMC10328244.
- Koczwarska J, Pawełczyk A, Dunaj-Małyszko J, Polaczyk J, Welc-Falęciak R. Rickettsia species in Dermacentor reticulatus ticks feeding on human skin and clinical manifestations of tick-borne infections after tick bite. Sci Rep. 2023 Jun 19;13(1):9930. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-37059-3. PMID: 37336983; PMCID: PMC10279655.
- van der Zande HJ, Brombacher EC, Lambooij JM, Pelgrom LR, Zawistowska-Deniziak A, Patente TA, Heieis GA, Otto F, Ozir-Fazalalikhan A, Yazdanbakhsh M, Everts B, Guigas B. Dendritic cell-intrinsic LKB1-AMPK/SIK signaling controls metabolic homeostasis by limiting the hepatic Th17 response during obesity. JCI Insight. 2023 Jun 8;8(11):e157948. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.157948. PMID: 37140993; PMCID: PMC10281441.
- Kloch A, Mierzejewska EJ, Welc-Falęciak R, Bajer A, Biedrzycka A. Cytokine gene polymorphism and parasite susceptibility in free-living rodents: Importance of non-coding variants. PLoS One. 2023 Jan 24;18(1):e0258009. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258009. PMID: 36693052; PMCID: PMC9873194.
2022
- Zawistowska-Deniziak A, Lambooij JM, Kalinowska A, Patente TA, Łapiński M, van der Zande HJP, Basałaj K, de Korne CM, Chayé MAM, Gasan TA, Norbury LJ, Giera M, Zaldumbide A, Smits HH, Guigas B. Fasciola hepatica Fatty Acid Binding Protein 1 Modulates T cell Polarization by Promoting Dendritic Cell Thrombospondin-1 Secretion Without Affecting Metabolic Homeostasis in Obese Mice. Front Immunol. 2022 May 26;13:884663. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.884663. PMID: 35720355; PMCID: PMC9204345.
- Blecharz-Klin K, Świerczyńska M, Piechal A, Wawer A, Joniec-Maciejak I, Pyrzanowska J, Wojnar E, Zawistowska-Deniziak A, Sulima-Celińska A, Młocicki D, Mirowska-Guzel D. Infection with intestinal helminth (Hymenolepis diminuta) impacts exploratory behavior and cognitive processes in rats by changing the central level of neurotransmitters. PLoS Pathog. 2022 Mar 14;18(3):e1010330. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010330. PMID: 35286352; PMCID: PMC8947016.
- Pękacz M, Basałaj K, Kalinowska A, Klockiewicz M, Stopka D, Bąska P, Długosz E, Karabowicz J, Młocicki D, Wiśniewski M, Zawistowska-Deniziak A. Selection of new diagnostic markers for Dirofilaria repens infections with the use of phage display technology. Sci Rep. 2022 Feb 10;12(1):2288. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-06116-8. PMID: 35145147; PMCID: PMC8831495.
- Pawełczyk A, Bednarska M, Caraballo Cortés K, Glamkowska-Sady M, Kowalska J, Uszyńska-Kałuża B, Radkowski M, Welc-Falęciak R. Seronegative Infection with Toxoplasma gondii in Asymptomatic Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1)-Infected Patients and in Blood Donors. J Clin Med. 2022 Jan 27;11(3):638. doi: 10.3390/jcm11030638. PMID: 35160090; PMCID: PMC8836849.
- Gluais-Dagorn P, Foretz M, Steinberg GR, Batchuluun B, Zawistowska-Deniziak A, Lambooij JM, Guigas B, Carling D, Monternier PA, Moller DE, Bolze S, Hallakou-Bozec S. Direct AMPK Activation Corrects NASH in Rodents Through Metabolic Effects and Direct Action on Inflammation and Fibrogenesis. Hepatol Commun. 2022 Jan;6(1):101-119. doi: 10.1002/hep4.1799. Epub 2021 Sep 7. PMID: 34494384; PMCID: PMC8710801.
2021
- Embgenbroich M, van der Zande HJP, Hussaarts L, Schulte-Schrepping J, Pelgrom LR, García-Tardón N, Schlautmann L, Stoetzel I, Händler K, Lambooij JM, Zawistowska-Deniziak A, Hoving L, de Ruiter K, Wijngaarden MA, Pijl H, Willems van Dijk K, Everts B, van Harmelen V, Yazdanbakhsh M, Schultze JL, Guigas B, Burgdorf S. Soluble mannose receptor induces proinflammatory macrophage activation and metaflammation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Aug 3;118(31):e2103304118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2103304118. PMID: 34326259; PMCID: PMC8346872.
- van der Zande HJP, Lambooij JM, Chavanelle V, Zawistowska-Deniziak A, Otero Y, Otto F, Lantier L, McGuinness OP, Le Joubioux F, Giera M, Maugard T, Peltier SL, Sirvent P, Guigas B. Effects of a novel polyphenol-rich plant extract on body composition, inflammation, insulin sensitivity, and glucose homeostasis in obese mice. Int J Obes (Lond). 2021 Sep;45(9):2016-2027. doi: 10.1038/s41366-021-00870-x. Epub 2021 Jun 2. PMID: 34079069.
- Pawełczyk A, Bednarska M, Hamera A, Religa E, Poryszewska M, Mierzejewska EJ, Welc-Falęciak R. Long-term study of <i>Borrelia</i> and <i>Babesia</i> prevalence and co-infection in Ixodes ricinus and Dermacentor recticulatus ticks removed from humans in Poland, 2016-2019. Parasit Vectors. 2021 Jul 1;14(1):348. doi: 10.1186/s13071-021-04849-5. PMID: 34210355; PMCID: PMC8252237.
- Głuchowska K, Dzieciątkowski T, Sędzikowska A, Zawistowska-Deniziak A, Młocicki D. The New Status of Parasitic Diseases in the COVID-19 Pandemic-Risk Factors or Protective Agents? J Clin Med. 2021 Jun 7;10(11):2533. doi: 10.3390/jcm10112533. PMID: 34200502; PMCID: PMC8200987.
- Verberk SGS, van der Zande HJP, Baardman J, de Goede KE, Harber KJ, Keuning ED, Lambooij JM, Otto F, Zawistowska-Deniziak A, de Vries HE, de Winther MPJ, Guigas B, Van den Bossche J. Myeloid ATP Citrate Lyase Regulates Macrophage Inflammatory Responses In Vitro Without Altering Inflammatory Disease Outcomes. Front Immunol. 2021 Apr 26;12:669920. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.669920. PMID: 33981315; PMCID: PMC8107722.
- Zawistowska-Deniziak A, Powązka K, Pękacz M, Basałaj K, Klockiewicz M, Wiśniewski M, Młocicki D. Immunoproteomic Analysis of Dirofilaria repens Microfilariae and Adult Parasite Stages. Pathogens. 2021 Feb 5;10(2):174. doi: 10.3390/pathogens10020174. PMID: 33562513; PMCID: PMC7914743.
- Zawistowska-Deniziak A, Bień-Kalinowska J, Basałaj K. Regulation of human THP-1 macrophage polarization by Trichinella spiralis. Parasitol Res. 2021 Feb;120(2):569-578. doi: 10.1007/s00436-020-07000-y. Epub 2021 Jan 8. PMID: 33415398.
- van der Zande HJP, Gonzalez MA, de Ruiter K, Wilbers RHP, García-Tardón N, van Huizen M, van Noort K, Pelgrom LR, Lambooij JM, Zawistowska-Deniziak A, Otto F, Ozir-Fazalalikhan A, van Willigen D, Welling M, Poles J, van Leeuwen F, Hokke CH, Schots A, Yazdanbakhsh M, Loke P, Guigas B. The helminth glycoprotein omega-1 improves metabolic homeostasis in obese mice through type 2 immunity-independent inhibition of food intake. FASEB J. 2021 Feb;35(2):e21331. doi: 10.1096/fj.202001973R. PMID: 33476078; PMCID: PMC7898285.
- Mierzejewska EJ, Dwużnik D, Koczwarska J, Stańczak Ł, Opalińska P, Krokowska-Paluszak M, Wierzbicka A, Górecki G, Bajer A. The red fox (Vulpes vulpes), a possible reservoir of Babesia vulpes, B. canis and Hepatozoon canis and its association with the tick Dermacentor reticulatus occurrence. Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2021 Jan;12(1):101551. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2020.101551. Epub 2020 Sep 16. PMID: 33002808.

