Fergus Shanahan

Research interests

Publications

• Questioning the fetal microbiome illustrates pitfalls of low-biomass microbial studies

  Nature · 2023 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05546-8

• A Prospective Metagenomic and Metabolomic Analysis of the Impact of Exercise and/or Whey Protein Supplementation on the Gut Microbiome of Sedentary Adults

  mSystems · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00044-18

• Inclusion of the Mesentery in Ileocolic Resection for Crohn’s Disease is Associated With Reduced Surgical Recurrence

  Journal of Crohn s and Colitis · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjx187

• The altered gut microbiota in adults with cystic fibrosis

  BMC Microbiology · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-017-0968-8

• The microbiome of professional athletes differs from that of more sedentary subjects in composition and particularly at the functional metabolic level

  Gut · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2016-313627

• Enterotypes in the landscape of gut microbial community composition

  Nature Microbiology · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-017-0072-8

• Regulation of prefrontal cortex myelination by the microbiota

  Translational Psychiatry · 2016 · 10.1038/tp.2016.42

• Exercise and the microbiota

  Gut Microbes · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1080/19490976.2015.1011875

• Spatial variation of the colonic microbiota in patients with ulcerative colitis and control volunteers

  Gut · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2014-307873

• Regulation of host weight gain and lipid metabolism by bacterial bile acid modification in the gut

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1323599111

• Exercise and associated dietary extremes impact on gut microbial diversity

  Gut · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2013-306541

• Targeting the Microbiota to Address Diet-Induced Obesity: A Time Dependent Challenge

  PLoS ONE · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065790

• Microbiota is essential for social development in the mouse

  Molecular Psychiatry · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1038/mp.2013.65

• The microbiome-gut-brain axis during early life regulates the hippocampal serotonergic system in a sex-dependent manner

  Molecular Psychiatry · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1038/mp.2012.77

• Divergent metabolic outcomes arising from targeted manipulation of the gut microbiota in diet-induced obesity

  Gut · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2011-300705

• Gut microbiota composition correlates with diet and health in the elderly

  Nature · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature11319

• Clostridium difficile Carriage in Elderly Subjects and Associated Changes in the Intestinal Microbiota

  Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.05176-11

• Composition, variability, and temporal stability of the intestinal microbiota of the elderly

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1000097107

• Composition and energy harvesting capacity of the gut microbiota: relationship to diet, obesity and time in mouse models

  Gut · 2010 · 10.1136/gut.2010.215665

• Effect of broad- and narrow-spectrum antimicrobials on Clostridium difficile and microbial diversity in a model of the distal colon

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1001224107

• Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Gut Axis Dysregulation in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Plasma Cytokines as a Potential Biomarker?

  Gastroenterology · 2006 · 10.1053/j.gastro.2005.11.033

• The gut flora as a forgotten organ

  EMBO Reports · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.embor.7400731

• In vitro selection criteria for probiotic bacteria of human origin: correlation with in vivo findings

  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition · 2001 · https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/73.2.386s

• Probiotics: from myth to reality. Demonstration of functionality in animal models of disease and in human clinical trials

  Antonie van Leeuwenhoek · 1999 · https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1002065931997

• Differentiation-associated expression of the Epstein-Barr virus BZLF1 transactivator protein in oral hairy leukoplakia

  Journal of Virology · 1991 · https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.65.6.2868-2874.1991

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