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Kali M. Pruss

Washington University in St. LouisORCID 0000-0002-8619-5886Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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Haoxin LiuiD· 2 shared Jeffrey I. GordoniD· 2 shared Michael J. BarrattiD· 2 shared Reyan CoskuniD· 2 shared Tahmeed AhmediD· 2 shared Alexandra E. ByrneiD· 1 shared Andrei L. OstermaniD· 1 shared Athziri Marcial Rodriguez· 1 shared

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Small intestinal microbiota of undernourished women perturbs placentaldevelopment in mice

Reyan Coskun, ZeNan Chang, Kali M. Pruss, Haoxin Liu, Athziri Marcial Rodriguez, Evan Lee, Michael Diamond, Tahmeed Ahmed, Michael J. Barratt, Jeffrey I. Gordon

The paper shows that the gut microbiota of undernourished women negatively affects placental development in mice, with potential bacterial targets for improving prenatal outcomes.

bioRxiv · Aug 21, 2026 · PreprintSystems Biology

Effects of intergenerational transmission of small intestinal bacteria cultured from stunted Bangladeshi children with enteropathy

Kali M. Pruss, C.-Y. Kao, Alexandra E. Byrne, Robert Yuzen Chen, Blanda Di Luccia, Laura Karvelyte, Reyan Coskun, Mackenzie Lemieux, Keshav Nepal, Daniel M. Webber, Matthew Charles Hibberd, Y Wang, Haoxin Liu, Dmitry A. Rodionov, Andrei L. Osterman, , Jeffrey I. Gordon

This study shows that a perturbed small intestinal microbiota from stunted children can induce EED-like features in offspring through inflammation and immune changes.

Nature Microbiology · Jun 16, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology