Selected Publications

Infant Colic Represents Gut Inflammation and Dysbiosis

Rhoads JM, Collins J, Fatheree NY, Hashmi S, Taylor CM, Luo M, Hoang TK, Gleason WA, Van Arsdall MR, Navarro F, and Liu Y. Infant colic represents gut inflammation and dysbiosis. J Pediatr. 203: 55-61, 2018. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.07.042. PMID: 30177353.


Plasma Urea Cycle Metabolites May Be Useful Biomarkers in Children With Eosinophilic Esophagitis

Moye LM, Liu Y, Coarfa C, Putluri N, Rhoads JM. Plasma Urea Cycle Metabolites May Be Useful Biomarkers in Children With Eosinophilic Esophagitis. Front Pediatr 2019 Jan 10;6:423. doi: 10.3389/fped.2018.00423


Protective effect of Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 against experimental necrotizing enterocolitis is mediated by Toll-like receptor 2

Hoang TK, He B, Wang T, Tran DQ, Rhoads JM, Liu Y. Protective effect of Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 against experimental necrotizing enterocolitis is mediated by Toll-like receptor 2. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2018 Aug 1;315(2):G231-G240. PMID: 29648878; PMCID: PMC6139641


Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 feeding of healthy newborn mice regulates immune responses while modulating gut microbiota and boosting beneficial metabolites

Liu Y, Tian X, He B, Hoang TK, Taylor CM, Blanchard E, Freeborn J, Park S, Luo M, Couturier J, Tran DQ, Roos S, Wu G, and Rhoads JM. Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 feeding of healthy newborn mice regulates immune responses while modulating gut microbiota and boosting beneficial metabolites. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2019 Sep 4. doi: 10.1152/ajpgi.00107.2019. PMID 31482733.


Human Breast Milk Promotes the Secretion of Potentially Beneficial Metabolites by Probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938

Mai TT, Tran DQ, Roos S, Rhoads JM, and Liu Y. Human Breast Milk Promotes the Secretion of Potentially Beneficial Metabolites by Probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938. Nutrients 2019 Jul; 11(7): 1548. Published online 2019 July 9. Doi: 10.3390/nu11071548. PMC6683045. PMID 31323989.


Lactobacillus reuteri Reduces the Severity of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis in Mice by Modulating Gut Microbiota

He B, Hoang TK, Tian X, Taylor CM, Blanchard E, Luo M, Bhattacharjee MB, Freeborn J, Sinyoung P, Couturier J, Lindsey JW, Tran DQ, Rhoads JM, and Liu Y. Lactobacillus reuteri reduces the severity of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in mice by modulating gut microbiota. Frontiers in Immunology. 10:385, 2019. PMID: 30899262; PMCID: PMC6416370.


Human Breast Milk Promotes the Immunomodulatory Function of Probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 in the Neonatal Rat Intestine

Hoang TK, Freeborn J, Wang T, Mai T, He B, Park S, Tran DQ, Roos S, Rhoads JM, Liu Y. Human Breast Milk Promotes the Immunomodulatory Function of Probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 in the Neonatal Rat Intestine. J. Probiotics Health. 2019;7(1). pii: 210. doi: 10.35248/2329-8901.19.7.210. Epub 2019 26. PMID:31565666. PMCID:PMC6764460


Antibiotic-modulated microbiome suppresses lethal inflammation and prolongs lifespan in Treg-deficient mice

He B, Liu Y, Hoang TK, Tian X, Taylor CM, Luo M, Tran DQ, Tatevian N, and Rhoads JM. Antibiotic-modulated microbiome suppresses lethal inflammation and prolongs lifespan in Treg-deficient mice. Microbiome. Nov 7; 7 (1): 145, 2019. PMID: 31699146. PMCID: PMC6839243.


Lactobacillus reuteri effects on maternal separation stress in newborn mice

Park ES, Liu Y, Venna V, Freeborn J, Roos S, Rhoads JM. Can ultrasonic vocalization represent stress-related “crying” in newborn mice under maternal separation? Pediatr Res. In press. DOI: 10.1038/s41390-021-01374-0