2023
DIFFERENTIAL PAIN SENSATION AND GUT MICROBIOME BETWEEN YOUNG AND OLDER ADULTS
Chen J, Wang Z, Starkweather A, Chen M, Miao H, Ahn H, Cong X. DIFFERENTIAL PAIN SENSATION AND GUT MICROBIOME BETWEEN YOUNG AND OLDER ADULTS. Innovation In Aging 2023, 7: 800-800. PMCID: PMC10737760, DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igad104.2582.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCold pain thresholdHeat pain thresholdCold detection thresholdGut microbiota profilePressure pain thresholdPain thresholdShannon indexMicrobiota profilesChao indexBeta diversity indicesLower cold pain thresholdStool samplesHigher pressure pain thresholdsQuantitative sensory testing dataYoung adultsAbundant taxaPeripheral sensationAge of young adultsGut microbiotaDiversity indexA-diversityPain sensationSpearman correlation analysisPain processingHigher species
2022
Sex-specific gut microbiome profiles among preterm infants during the neonatal intensive care hospitalization
Chen J, Li H, Maas K, Starkweather A, Chen M, Cong X. Sex-specific gut microbiome profiles among preterm infants during the neonatal intensive care hospitalization. Interdisciplinary Nursing Research 2022, 1: 6-13. PMID: 36590867, PMCID: PMC9766955, DOI: 10.1097/nr9.0000000000000004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGut microbiome profilesNeonatal intensive care unitNeonatal intensive care unit hospitalizationMicrobiome profilesGut microbiotaPreterm infantsStool samplesComposition of gut microbiotaPredicted metabolic functionsPredictive functional profilingNeonatal gut microbiotaBacterial taxonomic compositionGut microbiota compositionAbundance of membranePreterm neonatesGlycan biosynthesisLipopolysaccharide biosynthesisNeonatal intensive care hospitalizationTaxonomic compositionGene regionB-diversityGut microbiomeMicrobiota compositionMale preterm neonatesDiversity index
2021
Altered Gut Microbiota in Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Its Association with Food Components
Barandouzi Z, Lee J, Maas K, Starkweather A, Cong X. Altered Gut Microbiota in Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Its Association with Food Components. Journal Of Personalized Medicine 2021, 11: 35. PMID: 33429936, PMCID: PMC7827153, DOI: 10.3390/jpm11010035.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAlpha diversity indicesGut microbiotaIrritable bowel syndromeDiversity indexHealthy controlsHighest alpha-diversity indicesAlterations of gut microbiota compositionGut microbiota patternHigher alpha diversityGut microbiota compositionGut microbiota alterationsAltered gut microbiotaGut microbiome patternsCaffeine consumptionBowel syndromePathophysiology of irritable bowel syndromeIllumina sequencingFood frequency questionnaireAlpha diversityIrritable bowel syndrome groupIrritable bowel syndrome patientsMicrobial diversityMicrobiota compositionMicrobiota alterationsMicrobiota patterns