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Publicaiton Year 2024

Daily yogurt consumption does not affect bone turnover markers in men and postmenopausal women of Caribbean Latino descent: a randomized controlled trial

McGrail L, Vargas-Robles D, Correa MR, Merrill LC, Noel SE, Velez M, Maldonado-Contreras A, Mangano KM. Daily yogurt consumption does not affect bone turnover markers in men and postmenopausal women of Caribbean Latino descent: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Nutr. 2024 Jan 11;10(1):12. doi: 10.1186/s40795-023-00800-2. PMID: 38212847; PMCID: PMC10785535.

Publicaiton Year 2023

The intestinal microbiota predicts COVID-19 severity and fatality regardless of hospital feeding method

Bucci V, Ward DV, Bhattarai S, Rojas-Correa M, Purkayastha A, Holler D, Qu MD, Mitchell WG, Yang J, Fountain S, Zeamer A, Forconi CS, Fujimori G, Odwar B, Cawley C, Moormann AM, Wessolossky M, Maldonado-Contreras A. The intestinal microbiota predicts COVID-19 severity and fatality regardless of hospital feeding method. mSystems. 2023 Aug 31;8(4):e0031023. doi: 10.1128/msystems.00310-23. Epub 2023 Aug 7. PMID: 37548476; PMCID: PMC10469851.

Breaking Barriers in Dietary Research: Strategies to Diversify Recruitment in Clinical Studies and Develop Culturally Tailored Diets for Hispanic Communities Living With Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Damas OM, Maldonado-Contreras A. Breaking Barriers in Dietary Research: Strategies to Diversify Recruitment in Clinical Studies and Develop Culturally Tailored Diets for Hispanic Communities Living With Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2023 Aug;21(9):2169-2173. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2023.05.006. PMID: 37482405.

DietaAnti-Inflamatoria or DAIN: A Crohn's disease management strategy tailored for Puerto Ricans

Rojas Correa M, Estremera L, Yap Y, Díaz-Díaz LM, Quintana MDC, Hernandez L, Madziar C, Olendzki B, Torres EA, Maldonado-Contreras A. DietaAnti-Inflamatoria or DAIN: A Crohn's disease management strategy tailored for Puerto Ricans. Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2023 Jun 12;34:101162. doi: 10.1016/j.conctc.2023.101162. PMID: 37388217; PMCID: PMC10300087.

The microbiota of pregnant women with SARS-CoV-2 and their infants.

Leftwich HK, Vargas-Robles D, Rojas-Correa M, Yap YR, Bhattarai S, Ward DV, Fujimori G, Forconi CS, Yeboah T, Carter A, Kastrinakis A, Asirwatham AM, Bucci V, Moormann AM, Maldonado-Contreras A. The microbiota of pregnant women with SARS-CoV-2 and their infants. Microbiome. 2023 Jun 26;11(1):141. doi: 10.1186/s40168-023-01577-z. PMID: 37365606; PMCID: PMC10291758.

Dietary Intake of Pregnant Women with and without Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the United States

Olendzki BC, Hsiao BS, Weinstein K, Chen R, Frisard C, Madziar C, Picker M, Pauplis C, Maldonado-Contreras A, Peter I. Dietary Intake of Pregnant Women with and without Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the United States. Nutrients. 2023 May 25;15(11):2464. doi: 10.3390/nu15112464. PMID: 37299427; PMCID: PMC10255611.

SARS-CoV-2 Serosurveys: How Antigen, Isotype and Threshold Choices Affect the Outcome

Binder RA, Fujimori GF, Forconi CS, Reed GW, Silva LS, Lakshmi PS, Higgins A, Cincotta L, Dutta P, Salive MC, Mangolds V, Anya O, Calvo Calle JM, Nixon T, Tang Q, Wessolossky M, Wang Y, Ritacco DA, Bly CS, Fischinger S, Atyeo C, Oluoch PO, Odwar B, Bailey JA, Maldonado-Contreras A, Haran JP, Schmidt AG, Cavacini L, Alter G, Moormann AM. SARS-CoV-2 Serosurveys: How Antigen, Isotype and Threshold Choices Affect the Outcome. J Infect Dis. 2023 Feb 1;227(3):371-380. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiac431. PMID: 36314635; PMCID: PMC9891417.

Publicaiton Year 2022

Food as Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.

Maldonado-Contreras A. Food as Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. Infect Immun. 2022 May 19;90(5):e0058321. doi: 10.1128/iai.00583-21. Epub 2022 May 11. PMID: 35323020; PMCID: PMC9119114.

Olendzki B, Bucci V, Cawley C, Maserati R, McManus M, Olednzki E, Madziar C, Chiang D, Ward DV, Pellish R, Foley C, Bhattarai S, McCormick BA, Maldonado-Contreras A. Dietary manipulation of the gut microbiome in inflammatory bowel disease patients: Pilot study. Gut Microbes. 2022 Jan-Dec;14(1):2046244. doi: 10.1080/19490976.2022.2046244. PMID: 35311458; PMCID: PMC8942410.

Publicaiton Year 2020

A dietary intervention to improve the microbiome composition of pregnant women with Crohn's disease and their offspring: The MELODY (Modulating Early Life Microbiome through Dietary Intervention in Pregnancy) trial design
Peter Inga, Maldonado-Contreras Ana, Eisele Caroline, Frisard Christine, Simpson Shauna, Nair Nilendra, Rendon Alexa, Hawkins Kelly, Cawley Caitlin, Debebe Anketse, Tarassishin Leonid, White Sierra, Dubinsky Marla, Stone Joanne, Clemente Jose C, Sabino Joao, Torres Joana, Hu Jianzhong, Colombel Jean-Frederic, Olendzki Barbarz. Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2020 Jun;18:100573. doi: 10.1016/j.conctc.2020.100573. eCollection 2020 Jun. PubMed PMID: 32617430; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7322804.

Associations between Diet, the Gut Microbiome, and Short-Chain Fatty Acid Production among Older Caribbean Latino Adults
Maldonado-Contreras A, Noel SE, Ward DV, Velez M, Mangano KM. Associations between Diet, the Gut Microbiome, and Short-Chain Fatty Acid Production among Older Caribbean Latino Adults. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2020 Dec;120(12):2047-2060.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2020.04.018. Epub 2020 Aug 12. PMID: 32798072.

Dysbiosis in a canine model of human fistulizing Crohn's disease
Maldonado-Contreras A, Ferrer L, Cawley C, Crain S, Bhattarai S, Toscano J, Ward DV, Hoffman A. Dysbiosis in a canine model of human fistulizing Crohn's disease. Gut Microbes. 2020 Nov 9;12(1):1785246. doi: 10.1080/19490976.2020.1785246. Epub 2020 Jul 30. PMID: 32730134; PMCID: PMC7524328.

Publicaiton Year 2018-2007

Miaomiao Zhao; David Chiriboga; Barbara Olendzki; Bin Xie; Yawen Li; Lisa McGonigal; Maldonado-Contreras A.L.; Yunsheng Ma. "Substantial increase in compliance with saturated fatty acid intake recommendations after one year in AHA diet". Nutrients. 2018 Oct 12;10(10). doi: 10.3390/nu10101486. PubMed PMID: 30322012; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6213099.

Maldonado-Contreras A.L., James R. Birtley, Erik Boll, Yun Zhao, Karen L. Mumy, Juan Toscano, Seyoum Ayehunie, Hans-Christian Reinecker, Lawrence J. Stern, Beth A. McCormick. “Shigella Depends on SepA to Destabilize the Intestinal Epithelial Integrity via Cofilin Activation”. Gut Microbes. 2017 Nov 2;8(6):544-560. doi: 10.1080/19490976.2017.1339006. Epub 2017 Jun 28. PubMed PMID: 28598765; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5730386.

Maldonado-Contreras, A.L., Shrinivasrao, Mane, Zhang, Xue-Song, Pericchi, Luis, Alarcón, Teresa, Contreras, Monica, Linz, Bodo, Blaser, Martin J., and Domínguez-Bello, María Gloria. “Phylogeographic evidence of cognate recognition site patterns and transformation efficiency differences in pylori: theory of strain dominance”. BMC Microbiol. 2013 Sep 19;13:211. doi: 10.1186/1471-2180-13-211. PubMed PMID: 24050390; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3849833.

Maldonado-Contreras, A.L.; and McCormick Beth. “Disruption of the epithelial barrier upon Shigella flexneri infection,” The FASEB Journal 26 2012 (1) Supplement 6.

Maldonado-Contreras, A.L.; and McCormick Beth. “Intestinal epithelial cells and their role in innate mucosal immunity”. Cell Tissue Res. 2011 Jan;343(1):5-12. doi: 10.1007/s00441-010-1082-5. Epub 2010 Nov 23. Review. PubMed PMID: 21104188; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4131254.

V. Srikanth, Daniel M. Wall, Maldonado-Contreras, A.L., Karen L. Mumy; and Beth A. McCormick (2010). “Non-typhoidal Salmonella pathogenesis requires processing of secreted effectors by caspase-3”. Science. 2010 Oct 15;330(6002):390-393. doi: 10.1126/science.1194598. PubMed PMID: 20947770; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4085780.

Maldonado-Contreras, A.L., Goldfarb, K. C., Godoy-Vitorino, F., Blaser, M., Brodie, E. and Dominguez-Bello, M. G. “Structure of the human gastric bacterial community in relation to Helicobacter pylori status”. The ISME Journal. 2010 October; 5(4):574-579. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2010.149.

P. Mane, M.G. Dominguez-Bello, M.J. Blaser, B.W. Sobral, R. Hontecillas, J. Skoneczka, S.K. Mohapatra, O.R. Crasta, C. Evans, T. Modise, S. Shallom, M. Shukla, C. Varon, F. Mégraud, Maldonado-Contreras, A.L., K.P. Williams, and J. Bassaganya-Riera. “Host-Interactive Genes in Amerindian Helicobacter pylori Strains Diverge From Their Old World Homologs and Mediate Host Inflammatory Responses”. Journal of Bacteriology 2010. 192, 3078-3092.

Elisabetta Marini, Maldonado-Contreras, A.L., Stefano Cabras, Glida Hidalgo, Roberto Buffa, Aura Marin, Giovanni Floris, Walter Racugno, Luis R. Pericchi, Maria E. Castellanos, Michael Gröschl, Martin J. Blaser, and María G. Domínguez-Bello. “Helicobacter pylori and intestinal parasites are not detrimental to the nutritional status of Amerindians”. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2007. 76, 534-540.

For the entire publication list, please visit:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/ana.maldonado-contreras.1/bibliography/public/