Robert A. Britton

Research interests

Publications

• Fusobacterium nucleatum Secretes Outer Membrane Vesicles and Promotes Intestinal Inflammation

  mBio · 2021 · 10.1128/mbio.02706-20

• Human-Derived Bifidobacterium dentium Modulates the Mammalian Serotonergic System and Gut–Brain Axis

  Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology · 2020 · 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2020.08.002

• Probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri Prevents Postantibiotic Bone Loss by Reducing Intestinal Dysbiosis and Preventing Barrier Disruption

  Journal of Bone and Mineral Research · 2019 · 10.1002/jbmr.3635

• Involvement of the Gut Microbiota and Barrier Function in Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis

  Journal of Bone and Mineral Research · 2019 · 10.1002/jbmr.3947

• Dietary trehalose enhances virulence of epidemic Clostridium difficile

  Nature · 2018 · 10.1038/nature25178

• Mechanisms Underlying Microbial-Mediated Changes in Social Behavior in Mouse Models of Autism Spectrum Disorder

  Neuron · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2018.11.018

• Engineering bacterial thiosulfate and tetrathionate sensors for detecting gut inflammation

  Molecular Systems Biology · 2017 · 10.15252/msb.20167416

• Loss of Bone and Wnt10b Expression in Male Type 1 Diabetic Mice Is Blocked by the Probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri

  Endocrinology · 2015 · 10.1210/en.2015-1308

• Prebiotic and Probiotic Regulation of Bone Health: Role of the Intestine and its Microbiome

  Current Osteoporosis Reports · 2015 · 10.1007/s11914-015-0292-x

• Intestinal microbial communities associated with acute enteric infections and disease recovery

  Microbiome · 2015 · 10.1186/s40168-015-0109-2

• Cultivation of stable, reproducible microbial communities from different fecal donors using minibioreactor arrays (MBRAs)

  Microbiome · 2015 · 10.1186/s40168-015-0106-5

• Role of the Intestinal Microbiota in Resistance to Colonization by Clostridium difficile

  Gastroenterology · 2014 · 10.1053/j.gastro.2014.01.059

• Probiotic L. reuteri Treatment Prevents Bone Loss in a Menopausal Ovariectomized Mouse Model

  Journal of Cellular Physiology · 2014 · 10.1002/jcp.24636

• Probiotic use decreases intestinal inflammation and increases bone density in healthy male but not female mice

  Journal of Cellular Physiology · 2013 · 10.1002/jcp.24340

• Interaction between the intestinal microbiota and host in Clostridium difficile colonization resistance

  Trends in Microbiology · 2012 · 10.1016/j.tim.2012.04.001

• High efficiency recombineering in lactic acid bacteria

  Nucleic Acids Research · 2012 · 10.1093/nar/gks147

• Histamine Derived from Probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri Suppresses TNF via Modulation of PKA and ERK Signaling

  PLoS ONE · 2012 · 10.1371/journal.pone.0031951

• Host-microbial symbiosis in the vertebrate gastrointestinal tract and the Lactobacillus reuteri paradigm

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2010 · 10.1073/pnas.1000099107

• The antimicrobial compound reuterin (3-hydroxypropionaldehyde) induces oxidative stress via interaction with thiol groups

  Microbiology · 2010 · 10.1099/mic.0.035642-0

• Role of GTPases in Bacterial Ribosome Assembly

  Annual Review of Microbiology · 2009 · 10.1146/annurev.micro.091208.073225

• Identification of AbrB‐regulated genes involved in biofilm formation by Bacillus subtilis

  Molecular Microbiology · 2004 · 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04023.x

• Identification of Catabolite Repression as a Physiological Regulator of Biofilm Formation byBacillus subtilisby Use of DNA Microarrays

  Journal of Bacteriology · 2003 · 10.1128/jb.185.6.1951-1957.2003

• Genome-Wide Analysis of the Stationary-Phase Sigma Factor (Sigma-H) Regulon ofBacillus subtilis

  Journal of Bacteriology · 2002 · 10.1128/jb.184.17.4881-4890.2002

• Characterization of a prokaryotic SMC protein involved in chromosome partitioning

  Genes & Development · 1998 · 10.1101/gad.12.9.1254

• Level of nutrition and visceral organ size and metabolic activity in sheep

  British Journal Of Nutrition · 1990 · 10.1079/bjn19900044

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