Shinji Fukuda

The paper uses an energy landscape analysis framework to identify key microbial taxa linked to liver disease progression and host environments.

The paper shows that infant acquisition of Stickland-metabolizing bacteria prevents Clostridium botulinum infection by competing for amino acids.

This study identifies xCT upregulation in IBD as a disease-exacerbating factor and shows that inhibiting xCT or glutamine synthetase can protect against colitis.

This study shows that targeting the AMPK-MAPK axis in cancer-associated fibroblasts suppresses PDAC growth in fly and mouse models by restoring AMPK activity and inhibiting fibroblast activation.

This study develops genetic tools for Ruminococcus gnavus to identify capsular polysaccharides as a factor enhancing colonization and linked to inflammatory bowel disease.