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Elizabeth L. Johnson

Howard Hughes Medical InstituteORCID 0000-0002-8290-1122Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Microbiology· 3 Systems Biology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 4 Organism:mouse· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Assay:metabolomics· 2 Assay:metagenomics· 2 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Organism:human· 1

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Sharon C. ThompsoniD· 3 shared Henry H. LeiD· 2 shared Kevin R. BesleriD· 2 shared Min-Ting Lee· 2 shared Xiaoqing TaniD· 2 shared Andrea F. HerasiD· 1 shared Annett RichteriD· 1 shared Divya KeerthyiD· 1 shared

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Dietary omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids interact with select gut microbes to produce bioactive metabolites found in infant gut metabolomes

Janine M. C. Comrie, Xiaoqing Tan, Henry H. Le, Min-Ting Lee, Annett Richter, Sharon C. Thompson, Kevin R. Besler, Eric W. Johnson

The paper identifies gut microbial interactions with omega-3 fatty acids that produce bioactive metabolites present in infant gut metabolomes.

bioRxiv · Oct 12, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology

Increased S. epidermidis in the airway-gut microbiome of infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Zenna Solomon, Megan Eno, Sharon C. Thompson, Stephanie L. Rager, Jenny C. Jin, Melody Yue Zeng, Divya Keerthy, Stefan Worgall, Eric W. Johnson, Andrea F. Heras

This study identifies increased Staphylococcus epidermidis in the airway-gut microbiome of preterm infants who develop bronchopulmonary dysplasia.

bioRxiv · Apr 4, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology

Gut bacterial sphingolipid production modulates dysregulated skin lipid homeostasis

Min-Ting Lee, Xiaoqing Tan, Henry H. Le, Kevin R. Besler, Sharon D Thompson, Tamia A. Harris-Tryon, Elizabeth L. Johnson

This study shows that gut bacteria producing sphingolipids transfer these lipids to the skin, altering skin barrier function and gene expression.

bioRxiv · Dec 29, 2024 · PreprintMicrobiology

The microbiome affects liver sphingolipids and plasma fatty acids in a murine model of the Western diet based on soybean oil

Sara C. Di Rienzi, Elizabeth L. Johnson, Jillian L. Waters, Elizabeth A. Kennedy, Juliet Jacobson, Peter Lawrence, Dong Hao Wang, Tilla S. Worgall, James Thomas Brenna, Ruth E. Ley

This study shows that microbial colonization affects liver sphingolipids but not plasma fatty acids in mice fed a high-soybean-oil diet.

The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry · Jun 26, 2021Peer-reviewedSystems Biology