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Zhan Gao

Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyORCID 0000-0002-6549-8271Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Microbiology· 2 Bioinformatics· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Organism:human· 2 Assay:metagenomics· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Assay:metabolomics· 1

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Martin J. BlaseriD· 3 shared Emilia Liana FalconeiD· 2 shared Haipeng SuniD· 2 shared Steven M. HollandiD· 2 shared Yue Sandra YiniD· 2 shared Abigail J. S. ArmstrongiD· 1 shared Adrija Kundu· 1 shared Axel A. AlmetiD· 1 shared

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Urea is a dynamic and functional component of mammalian breast milk

Liisa Veerus, Haipeng Sun, Axel A. Almet, Erica R. Levin, Rachana Rao Battaje, Vibeke Secher Dam, Dareen Shah, Rachel Clerk, Brandon Chang, Melissa A. Woortman, Joyce E. Stuckey, Margot J. Shumaker, Yue Sandra Yin, Adrija Kundu, Meliza T. Talaue, , New Jersey Kids Study team

This study shows milk urea increases during lactation, is conserved across mammals, and supports infant gut microbiome establishment through urea-metabolizing bacteria.

bioRxiv · Oct 12, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology

Gut microbiota phospholipids regulate intestinal gene expression and can counteract the effects of antibiotic treatment

Xue‐Song Zhang, Yujue Wang, Haipeng Sun, Christa S. Zerbe, Emilia Liana Falcone, Sneha Bhattacharya, Meifan Zhang, Zhan Gao, Maria Elena Diaz-Rubio, Disha Bharj, Disha S. Patel, Samuel M Pan, Gabrielle Ro, Jessica Grenard, Abigail J. S. Armstrong, , Martin J. Blaser

The paper identifies microbially-produced phospholipids that reduce inflammation and counteract antibiotic-induced type 1 diabetes in mice, with similar effects observed in humans.

bioRxiv · Jan 28, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology

ARZIMM: A Novel Analytic Platform for the Inference of Microbial Interactions and Community Stability from Longitudinal Microbiome Study

Linchen He, Chan Wang, Jiyuan Hu, Zhan Gao, Emilia Liana Falcone, Steven M. Holland, Martin J. Blaser, Huilin Li

ARZIMM infers microbial interactions and community stability from longitudinal microbiome data using a zero-inflated mixed-effects model.

Frontiers in Genetics · Feb 25, 2022Peer-reviewedBioinformatics