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Pauline Mbuvi

Carle Foundation Hospital

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Organism:human· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Assay:metagenomics· 2 Approach:deep learning· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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The Urinary Tract Commensal Peptoniphilus spp. Encodes a Novel 17β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase

Briawna Binion, Saeed Ahmad, Taojun Wang, Elizabeth Tang, Betsy Barnick, Damie Olukoya, Pauline Mbuvi, Debapriya Dutta, John W. Erdman, H. Rex Gaskins, Glen Yang, Joseph Irudayaraj, Jason M. Ridlon

This study identifies novel 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases in Peptoniphilus and Anaerococcus that convert androstenedione to testosterone, expanding understanding of microbial androgen metabolism in the genitourinary tract.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology · Aug 27, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

The urinary pathobiont Actinobaculum massiliense generates androgens via the dirAB pathway

Taojun Wang, Saeed Nazari Soltan Ahmad, Raissa Santos de Lima Rosa, Briawna Binion, Francelys V. Fernández-Materán, Jimoh Olamilekan Igbalaye, David Chung, Anika Bushra, Vince Perez, Michael A. Biedak, Elizabeth Tang, Betsy Barnick, Damie Olukoya, Pauline Mbuvi, Debapriya Dutta, , Jason M. Ridlon

The study identifies Actinobaculum massiliense as a urinary pathobiont capable of generating androgens via the dirAB pathway, using a novel HSDH assay.

bioRxiv · Dec 18, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology

An expanded metabolic pathway for androgen production by host-associated bacteria

Taojun Wang, Saeed Ahmad, Angélica Cruz-Lebrón, Sarah E. Ernst, Kelly Yovani Olivos Caicedo, Yoon Jeong, Briawna Binion, Pauline Mbuvi, Debapriya Dutta, Francelys V. Fernández-Materán, Adam M. Breister, Elizabeth Tang, Jae‐Won Lee, Jason D. Kang, Spencer C. Harris, , Jason M. Ridlon

This study identifies a bacterial pathway for androgen production, showing that gut and urinary bacteria can convert androstenedione to epitestosterone and testosterone, which promote prostate cancer growth.

Nature Microbiology · Apr 21, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology