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Jemila C. Kester

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyORCID 0000-0001-8639-284XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Biochemistry· 1 Molecular Biology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Organism:human· 1 Research Focus:metabolism & bioenergetics· 1 Assay:metabolomics· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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Anna K. CoussensiD· 1 shared Charles W. WrightiD· 1 shared Christopher K. BarlowiD· 1 shared Douglas A. LauffenburgeriD· 1 shared Douglas K. BrubakeriD· 1 shared Evelyn Yu‐Wen HuangiD· 1 shared Ivanhoe K. H. LeungiD· 1 shared Jason G. VelazqueziD· 1 shared

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BiochemistrybioRxivPreprintMay 3, 2026

A mixer tap mechanism in Mycobacterium tuberculosis regulates a critical metabolic node in response to nutrient availability

Evelyn Yu‐Wen Huang, Katherine J. Jeppe, Jingsong Zhou…·Ivanhoe K. H. Leung

The paper identifies a regulatory mechanism in Mycobacterium tuberculosis that controls metabolic flux through coordinated enzyme abundance and metabolite effects, likened to a mixer tap.

DOI 10.64898/2026.04.29.721766

metabolomicsexperimental assay

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Molecular BiologybioRxivPreprintAug 7, 2019

C. difficile-associated antibiotics prime the host for infection by a microbiome-independent mechanism.

Jemila C. Kester, Douglas K. Brubaker, Jason G. Velazquez…·Linda Gay Griffith

This study shows that certain antibiotics increase CDAD risk through host-driven changes, not just microbiome disruption, by impairing mucosal barriers and immune function in human gut models.

DOI 10.1101/728170

humanproteomics

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