Wenhan Zhu

This study shows Salmonella LPS enhances fatty acid uptake in the mouse intestine via CD36 and myeloid TLR4, linking microbial sensing to lipid absorption and host defense.

This study identifies a nitrite-responsive regulatory RNA locus in Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron that enhances resilience to nitrosative stress during intestinal inflammation.

This study engineers obligate anaerobic bacteria to tolerate oxygen, improving their survival in the gut.

This study shows how ETBF reprograms host metabolism to create an oxidative niche that supports its growth in the inflamed gut.

This paper develops a non-genetically modified C57BL/6 mouse model that develops severe Citrobacter rodentium infection, driven by microbiota changes and impaired early immunity.

This study identifies an RNA that helps Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron adapt to the mucus-rich, iron-limited gut niche by regulating capsule gene expression.

The paper identifies a pathobiont-epithelial IDO1 pathway that drives region-specific susceptibility to inflammatory bowel disease in the ascending colon.

This study identifies RbpB as a key RNA-binding protein regulating polysaccharide utilization in gut Bacteroides through post-transcriptional control of PULs.