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Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas. Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina.
Ph.D. Microbiology. 2006
University of Iowa Postdoctoral Research: Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, Washington University
Research Papers
- An R, Ni Z, Xie E, Rey FE, Kendziorski C, Thibeault SL (2024) Single-cell view into the role of microbiota shaping host immunity in the larynx. iScience 27((6)):110156 PMC8616929 · Pubmed · DOI
- Lungova V, Gowda M, Fernandez JM, Bartley S, Venkatraman A, Rey FE, Thibeault SL (2024) Contribution of Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae and Streptococcus salivarius to vocal fold mucosal integrity and function. Disease models & mechanisms 17((7)): PMC4239109 · Pubmed · DOI
- An R, Venkatraman A, Binns J, Saric C, Rey FE, Thibeault SL (2024) Age and sex-related variations in murine laryngeal microbiota. PloS one 19((5)):e0300672 PMC6234624 · Pubmed · DOI
- Hutchison ER, Yen MI, Peng HW, Davis CR, Vivas EI, Tallon MM, Bui TPN, de Vos WM, Yen CE, Nieuwdorp M, Rey FE (2024) The gut microbiome modulates the impact of Anaerobutyricum soehngenii supplementation on glucose homeostasis in mice. Research square : PMC8714082 · Pubmed · DOI
- Mirzaei S, DeVon HA, Cantor RM, Cupido AJ, Pan C, Ha SM, Fernandes Silva L, Hilser JR, Hartiala J, Allayee H, Rey FE, Laakso M, Lusis AJ (2024) Relationships and Mendelian Randomization of Gut Microbe-Derived Metabolites with Metabolic Syndrome Traits in the METSIM Cohort. Metabolites 14((3)): PMC8266738 · Pubmed · DOI
- Martinelli F, Heinken A, Henning AK, Ulmer MA, Hensen T, González A, Arnold M, Asthana S, Budde K, Engelman CD, Estaki M, Grabe HJ, Heston MB, Johnson S, Kastenmüller G, Martino C, McDonald D, Rey FE, Kilimann I, Peters O, Wang X, Spruth EJ, Schneider A, Fliessbach K, Wiltfang J, Hansen N, Glanz W, Buerger K, Janowitz D, Laske C, Munk MH, Spottke A, Roy N, Nauck M, Teipel S, Knight R, Kaddurah-Daouk RF, Bendlin BB, Hertel J, Thiele I (2024) Whole-body metabolic modelling reveals microbiome and genomic interactions on reduced urine formate levels in Alzheimer’s disease. Scientific reports 14((1)):6095 PMC7428328 · Pubmed · DOI
- Zhang Q, Hutchison ER, Pan C, Warren MF, Keller MP, Attie AD, Lusis AJ, Rey FE (2024) Systems genetics approach uncovers associations between host amylase locus, gut microbiome and metabolic traits in hyperlipidemic mice. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology : PMC5976434 · Pubmed · DOI
- Han S, Li Z, Shi Y, Cui Y, Huang J, Frost DC, Rey FE, Liu R, Li L (2024) 11-Plex DiLeu Isobaric Labeling Enables Quantitative Assessment of Brain Region Protein Association Networks Impacted by the Gut Microbiome. Analytical chemistry 96((9)):3870-3878 · Pubmed · DOI
- Wang YC, Koay YC, Pan C, Zhou Z, Tang W, Wilcox J, Li XS, Zagouras A, Marques F, Allayee H, Rey FE, Kaye DM, O’Sullivan JF, Hazen SL, Cao Y, Lusis AJ (2024) Indole-3-Propionic Acid Protects Against Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction. Circulation research 134((4)):371-389 PMC9639660 · Pubmed · DOI
- Cross TL, Simpson AMR, Lin CY, Hottmann NM, Bhatt AP, Pellock SJ, Nelson ER, Loman BR, Wallig MA, Vivas EI, Suchodolski J, Redinbo MR, Rey FE, Swanson KS (2023) Gut microbiome responds to alteration in female sex hormone status and exacerbates metabolic dysfunction. Gut microbes 16((1)):2295429 PMC7360769 · Pubmed · DOI
- Liu Y, Cheng YY, Thompson J, Zhou Z, Vivas EI, Warren MF, Rey FE, Anantharaman K, Venturelli OS (2023) Shaping human gut community assembly and butyrate production by controlling the arginine dihydrolase pathway. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology : PMC4489315 · Pubmed · DOI
- Heston MB, Hanslik KL, Zarbock KR, Harding SJ, Davenport-Sis NJ, Kerby RL, Chin N, Sun Y, Hoeft A, Deming Y, Vogt NM, Betthauser TJ, Johnson SC, Asthana S, Kollmorgen G, Suridjan I, Wild N, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Rey FE, Bendlin BB, Ulland TK (2023) Gut inflammation associated with age and Alzheimer’s disease pathology: a human cohort study. Scientific reports 13((1)):18924 PMC7366247 · Pubmed · DOI
- Nemet I, Funabashi M, Li XS, Dwidar M, Sangwan N, Skye SM, Romano KA, Cajka T, Needham BD, Mazmanian SK, Hajjar AM, Rey FE, Fiehn O, Tang WHW, Fischbach MA, Hazen SL (2023) Microbe-derived uremic solutes enhance thrombosis potential in the host. mBio 14((6)):e0133123 PMC5075697 · Pubmed · DOI
- Chen HC, Liu YW, Chang KC, Wu YW, Chen YM, Chao YK, You MY, Lundy DJ, Lin CJ, Hsieh ML, Cheng YC, Prajnamitra RP, Lin PJ, Ruan SC, Chen DH, Shih ESC, Chen KW, Chang SS, Chang CMC, Puntney R, Moy AW, Cheng YY, Chien HY, Lee JJ, Wu DC, Hwang MJ, Coonen J, Hacker TA, Yen CE, Rey FE, Kamp TJ, Hsieh PCH (2023) Gut butyrate-producers confer post-infarction cardiac protection. Nature communications 14((1)):7249 PMC10683868 · Pubmed · DOI
- McPherson RL, Isabella CR, Walker RL, Sergio D, Bae S, Gaca T, Raman S, Nguyen LTT, Wesener DA, Halim M, Wuo MG, Dugan A, Kerby R, Ghosh S, Rey FE, Dhennezel C, Pishchany G, Lensch V, Vlamakis H, Alm EJ, Xavier RJ, Kiessling LL (2023) Lectin-Seq: A method to profile lectin-microbe interactions in native communities. Science advances 9((30)):eadd8766 PMC167889 · Pubmed · DOI
- Kasahara K, Kerby RL, Zhang Q, Pradhan M, Mehrabian M, Lusis AJ, Bergström G, Bäckhed F, Rey FE (2023) Gut bacterial metabolism contributes to host global purine homeostasis. Cell host & microbe 31((6)):1038-1053.e10 PMC6883579 · Pubmed · DOI
- Hutchison ER, Kasahara K, Zhang Q, Vivas EI, Cross TL, Rey FE (2023) Dissecting the impact of dietary fiber type on atherosclerosis in mice colonized with different gut microbial communities. NPJ biofilms and microbiomes 9((1)):31 PMC4375400 · Pubmed · DOI
- Actis Dato V, Paz MC, Rey FE, Sánchez MC, Llorente-Cortés V, Chiabrando GA, Ceschin DG (2023) Transcriptional analysis reveals that the intracellular lipid accumulation impairs gene expression profiles involved in insulin response-associated cardiac functionality. Scientific reports 13((1)):8761 PMC6889727 · Pubmed · DOI
- Dato VA, Paz MC, Rey FE, Sánchez MC, Llorente-Cortés V, Chiabrando GA, Ceschin DG (2023) Transcriptional analysis reveals that the intracellular lipid accumulation impairs gene expression profiles involved in insulin response-associated cardiac functionality. Research square : PMC7779061 · Pubmed · DOI
- Zhang Q, Linke V, Overmyer KA, Traeger LL, Kasahara K, Miller IJ, Manson DE, Polaske TJ, Kerby RL, Kemis JH, Trujillo EA, Reddy TR, Russell JD, Schueler KL, Stapleton DS, Rabaglia ME, Seldin M, Gatti DM, Keele GR, Pham DT, Gerdt JP, Vivas EI, Lusis AJ, Keller MP, Churchill GA, Blackwell HE, Broman KW, Attie AD, Coon JJ, Rey FE (2023) Author Correction: Genetic mapping of microbial and host traits reveals production of immunomodulatory lipids by Akkermansia muciniphila in the murine gut. Nature microbiology 8((4)):745 PMC10066032 · Pubmed · DOI
- Zhang Q, Linke V, Overmyer KA, Traeger LL, Kasahara K, Miller IJ, Manson DE, Polaske TJ, Kerby RL, Kemis JH, Trujillo EA, Reddy TR, Russell JD, Schueler KL, Stapleton DS, Rabaglia ME, Seldin M, Gatti DM, Keele GR, Pham DT, Gerdt JP, Vivas EI, Lusis AJ, Keller MP, Churchill GA, Blackwell HE, Broman KW, Attie AD, Coon JJ, Rey FE (2023) Genetic mapping of microbial and host traits reveals production of immunomodulatory lipids by Akkermansia muciniphila in the murine gut. Nature microbiology 8((3)):424-440 PMC2168041 · Pubmed · DOI
- Zarbock KR, Han JH, Singh AP, Thomas SP, Bendlin BB, Denu JM, Yu JJ, Rey FE, Ulland TK (2022) Trimethylamine N-Oxide Reduces Neurite Density and Plaque Intensity in a Murine Model of Alzheimer’s Disease. Journal of Alzheimer’s disease : JAD 90((2)):585-597 · Pubmed · DOI
- Cao Y, Aquino-Martinez R, Hutchison E, Allayee H, Lusis AJ, Rey FE (2022) Role of gut microbe-derived metabolites in cardiometabolic diseases: Systems based approach. Molecular metabolism 64:101557 PMC7641989 · Pubmed · DOI
- Özçam M, Oh JH, Tocmo R, Acharya D, Zhang S, Astmann TJ, Heggen M, Ruiz-Ramírez S, Li F, Cheng CC, Vivas E, Rey FE, Claesen J, Bugni TS, Walter J, van Pijkeren JP (2022) A secondary metabolite drives intraspecies antagonism in a gut symbiont that is inhibited by cell-wall acetylation. Cell host & microbe 30((6)):824-835.e6 · Pubmed · DOI
- Debédat J, Le Roy T, Voland L, Belda E, Alili R, Adriouch S, Bel Lassen P, Kasahara K, Hutchison E, Genser L, Torres L, Gamblin C, Rouault C, Zucker JD, Kapel N, Poitou C, Marcelin G, Rey FE, Aron-Wisnewsky J, Clément K (2022) The human gut microbiota contributes to type-2 diabetes non-resolution 5-years after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Gut microbes 14((1)):2050635 PMC9037437 · Pubmed · DOI
- An R, Robbins D, Rey FE, Thibeault SL (2022) Vocal fold mucus layer: Comparison of histological protocols for visualization in mice. Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology 7((2)):444-453 PMC9008169 · Pubmed · DOI
- Thorstenson JC, Heston MB, Zarbock KR, Carlsson CM, Engelman CD, Deming Y, Johnson SC, Ulland TK, Asthana S, Kollmorgen G, Suridjan I, Blennow K, Zetterberg H, Chin NA, Rey FE, Bendlin BB (2022) Diet and APOE as moderators of the relationship between trimethylamine N-oxide and biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease and glial activation. Alzheimer’s & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer’s Association 17 Suppl 3:e051827 · Pubmed · DOI
- Feng J, Qian Y, Zhou Z, Ertmer S, Vivas EI, Lan F, Hamilton JJ, Rey FE, Anantharaman K, Venturelli OS (2022) Polysaccharide utilization loci in Bacteroides determine population fitness and community-level interactions. Cell host & microbe 30((2)):200-215.e12 PMC9060796 · Pubmed · DOI
- Buffa JA, Romano KA, Copeland MF, Cody DB, Zhu W, Galvez R, Fu X, Ward K, Ferrell M, Dai HJ, Skye S, Hu P, Li L, Parlov M, McMillan A, Wei X, Nemet I, Koeth RA, Li XS, Wang Z, Sangwan N, Hajjar AM, Dwidar M, Weeks TL, Bergeron N, Krauss RM, Tang WHW, Rey FE, DiDonato JA, Gogonea V, Gerberick GF, Garcia-Garcia JC, Hazen SL (2021) The microbial gbu gene cluster links cardiovascular disease risk associated with red meat consumption to microbiota L-carnitine catabolism. Nature microbiology 7((1)):73-86 PMC8732312 · Pubmed · DOI
- Lobo AK, Traeger LL, Keller MP, Attie AD, Rey FE, Broman KW (2021) Identification of sample mix-ups and mixtures in microbiome data in Diversity Outbred mice. G3 (Bethesda, Md.) 11((11)): PMC8527510 · Pubmed · DOI
- Lucas LN, Barrett K, Kerby RL, Zhang Q, Cattaneo LE, Stevenson D, Rey FE, Amador-Noguez D (2021) Dominant Bacterial Phyla from the Human Gut Show Widespread Ability To Transform and Conjugate Bile Acids. mSystems :e0080521 · Pubmed · DOI
- Zhu W, Romano KA, Li L, Buffa JA, Sangwan N, Prakash P, Tittle AN, Li XS, Fu X, Androjna C, DiDonato AJ, Brinson K, Trapp BD, Fischbach MA, Rey FE, Hajjar AM, DiDonato JA, Hazen SL (2021) Gut microbes impact stroke severity via the trimethylamine N-oxide pathway. Cell host & microbe 29((7)):1199-1208.e5 PMC8288076 · Pubmed · DOI
- Murga-Garrido SM, Hong Q, Cross TL, Hutchison ER, Han J, Thomas SP, Vivas EI, Denu J, Ceschin DG, Tang ZZ, Rey FE (2021) Gut microbiome variation modulates the effects of dietary fiber on host metabolism. Microbiome 9((1)):117 PMC8138933 · Pubmed · DOI
- Rodriguez-Castaño GP, Rey FE, Caro-Quintero A, Acosta-González A (2020) Gut-derived Flavonifractor species variants are differentially enriched during in vitro incubation with quercetin. PloS one 15((12)):e0227724 PMC7710108 · Pubmed · DOI
- An R, Gowda M, Rey FE, Thibeault SL (2020) Selective Bacterial Colonization of the Murine Larynx in a Gnotobiotic Model. Frontiers in microbiology 11:594617 PMC7676279 · Pubmed · DOI
- Sublette MG, Cross TL, Korcarz CE, Hansen KM, Murga-Garrido SM, Hazen SL, Wang Z, Oguss MK, Rey FE, Stein JH (2020) Effects of Smoking and Smoking Cessation on the Intestinal Microbiota. Journal of clinical medicine 9((9)): PMC7564179 · Pubmed · DOI
- Liu R, Wei P, Keller C, Orefice NS, Shi Y, Li Z, Huang J, Cui Y, Frost DC, Han S, Cross TL, Rey FE, Li L (2020) Integrated Label-Free and 10-Plex DiLeu Isobaric Tag Quantitative Methods for Profiling Changes in the Mouse Hypothalamic Neuropeptidome and Proteome: Assessment of the Impact of the Gut Microbiome. Analytical chemistry 92((20)):14021-14030 PMC7577927 · Pubmed · DOI
- Keller C, Wei P, Wancewicz B, Cross TL, Rey FE, Li L (2020) Extraction optimization for combined metabolomics, peptidomics, and proteomics analysis of gut microbiota samples. Journal of mass spectrometry : JMS 56((4)):e4625 PMC7855350 · Pubmed · DOI
- Nemet I, Saha PP, Gupta N, Zhu W, Romano KA, Skye SM, Cajka T, Mohan ML, Li L, Wu Y, Funabashi M, Ramer-Tait AE, Naga Prasad SV, Fiehn O, Rey FE, Tang WHW, Fischbach MA, DiDonato JA, Hazen SL (2020) A Cardiovascular Disease-Linked Gut Microbial Metabolite Acts via Adrenergic Receptors. Cell 180((5)):862-877.e22 PMC7402401 · Pubmed · DOI
- Kasahara K, Rey FE (2019) The emerging role of gut microbial metabolism on cardiovascular disease. Current opinion in microbiology 50:64-70 · Pubmed · DOI
- Chen S, Henderson A, Petriello MC, Romano KA, Gearing M, Miao J, Schell M, Sandoval-Espinola WJ, Tao J, Sha B, Graham M, Crooke R, Kleinridders A, Balskus EP, Rey FE, Morris AJ, Biddinger SB (2019) Trimethylamine N-Oxide Binds and Activates PERK to Promote Metabolic Dysfunction. Cell metabolism 30((6)):1141-1151.e5 · Pubmed · DOI
- Kemis JH, Linke V, Barrett KL, Boehm FJ, Traeger LL, Keller MP, Rabaglia ME, Schueler KL, Stapleton DS, Gatti DM, Churchill GA, Amador-Noguez D, Russell JD, Yandell BS, Broman KW, Coon JJ, Attie AD, Rey FE (2019) Genetic determinants of gut microbiota composition and bile acid profiles in mice. PLoS genetics 15((8)):e1008073 PMC6715156 · Pubmed · DOI
- Rodriguez-Castaño GP, Dorris MR, Liu X, Bolling BW, Acosta-Gonzalez A, Rey FE (2019) Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron Starch Utilization Promotes Quercetin Degradation and Butyrate Production by Eubacterium ramulus . Frontiers in microbiology 10:1145 PMC6548854 · Pubmed · DOI
- Bresciani L, Angelino D, Vivas EI, Kerby RL, García-Viguera C, Del Rio D, Rey FE, Mena P (2019) Differential Catabolism of an Anthocyanin-Rich Elderberry Extract by Three Gut Microbiota Bacterial Species. Journal of agricultural and food chemistry 68((7)):1837-1843 · Pubmed · DOI
- Miller IJ, Rees ER, Ross J, Miller I, Baxa J, Lopera J, Kerby RL, Rey FE, Kwan JC (2019) Autometa: automated extraction of microbial genomes from individual shotgun metagenomes. Nucleic acids research 47((10)):e57 PMC6547426 · Pubmed · DOI
- Moriano-Gutierrez S, Koch EJ, Bussan H, Romano K, Belcaid M, Rey FE, Ruby EG, McFall-Ngai MJ (2019) Critical symbiont signals drive both local and systemic changes in diel and developmental host gene expression. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 116((16)):7990-7999 PMC6475425 · Pubmed · DOI
- Dill-McFarland KA, Tang ZZ, Kemis JH, Kerby RL, Chen G, Palloni A, Sorenson T, Rey FE, Herd P (2019) Close social relationships correlate with human gut microbiota composition. Scientific reports 9((1)):703 PMC6345772 · Pubmed · DOI
- Tang TWH, Chen HC, Chen CY, Yen CYT, Lin CJ, Prajnamitra RP, Chen LL, Ruan SC, Lin JH, Lin PJ, Lu HH, Kuo CW, Chang CM, Hall AD, Vivas EI, Shui JW, Chen P, Hacker TA, Rey FE, Kamp TJ, Hsieh PCH (2018) Loss of Gut Microbiota Alters Immune System Composition and Cripples Postinfarction Cardiac Repair. Circulation 139((5)):647-659 · Pubmed · DOI
- Vogt NM, Romano KA, Darst BF, Engelman CD, Johnson SC, Carlsson CM, Asthana S, Blennow K, Zetterberg H, Bendlin BB, Rey FE (2018) The gut microbiota-derived metabolite trimethylamine N-oxide is elevated in Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s research & therapy 10((1)):124 PMC6303862 · Pubmed · DOI
- Pei R, Martin DA, Valdez JC, Liu J, Kerby RL, Rey FE, Smyth JA, Liu Z, Bolling BW (2018) Dietary Prevention of Colitis by Aronia Berry is Mediated Through Increased Th17 and Treg. Molecular nutrition & food research 63((5)):e1800985 · Pubmed · DOI
- Bratburd JR, Keller C, Vivas E, Gemperline E, Li L, Rey FE, Currie CR (2018) Gut Microbial and Metabolic Responses to Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium and Candida albicans. mBio 9((6)): PMC6222126 · Pubmed · DOI
- Kasahara K, Krautkramer KA, Org E, Romano KA, Kerby RL, Vivas EI, Mehrabian M, Denu JM, Bäckhed F, Lusis AJ, Rey FE (2018) Interactions between Roseburia intestinalis and diet modulate atherogenesis in a murine model. Nature microbiology 3((12)):1461-1471 PMC6280189 · Pubmed · DOI
- Skye SM, Zhu W, Romano KA, Guo CJ, Wang Z, Jia X, Kirsop J, Haag B, Lang JM, DiDonato JA, Tang WHW, Lusis AJ, Rey FE, Fischbach MA, Hazen SL (2018) Microbial Transplantation With Human Gut Commensals Containing CutC Is Sufficient to Transmit Enhanced Platelet Reactivity and Thrombosis Potential. Circulation research 123((10)):1164-1176 PMC6223262 · Pubmed · DOI
- Romano KA, Rey FE (2018) Is maternal microbial metabolism an early-life determinant of health? Lab animal 47((9)):239-243 · Pubmed · DOI
- Cross TL, Kasahara K, Rey FE (2018) Sexual dimorphism of cardiometabolic dysfunction: Gut microbiome in the play? Molecular metabolism 15:70-81 PMC6066746 · Pubmed · DOI
- Yang H, Wang W, Romano KA, Gu M, Sanidad KZ, Kim D, Yang J, Schmidt B, Panigrahy D, Pei R, Martin DA, Ozay EI, Wang Y, Song M, Bolling BW, Xiao H, Minter LM, Yang GY, Liu Z, Rey FE, Zhang G (2018) A common antimicrobial additive increases colonic inflammation and colitis-associated colon tumorigenesis in mice. Science translational medicine 10((443)): PMC6343133 · Pubmed · DOI
- Romano KA, Dill-McFarland KA, Kasahara K, Kerby RL, Vivas EI, Amador-Noguez D, Herd P, Rey FE (2018) Fecal Aliquot Straw Technique (FAST) allows for easy and reproducible subsampling: assessing interpersonal variation in trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) accumulation. Microbiome 6((1)):91 PMC5960144 · Pubmed · DOI
- Li XS, Wang Z, Cajka T, Buffa JA, Nemet I, Hurd AG, Gu X, Skye SM, Roberts AB, Wu Y, Li L, Shahen CJ, Wagner MA, Hartiala JA, Kerby RL, Romano KA, Han Y, Obeid S, Lüscher TF, Allayee H, Rey FE, DiDonato JA, Fiehn O, Tang WHW, Hazen SL (2018) Untargeted metabolomics identifies trimethyllysine, a TMAO-producing nutrient precursor, as a predictor of incident cardiovascular disease risk. JCI insight 3((6)): PMC5926943 · Pubmed · DOI
- Vogt NM, Kerby RL, Dill-McFarland KA, Harding SJ, Merluzzi AP, Johnson SC, Carlsson CM, Asthana S, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Bendlin BB, Rey FE (2017) Gut microbiome alterations in Alzheimer’s disease. Scientific reports 7((1)):13537 PMC5648830 · Pubmed · DOI
- Romano KA, Martinez-Del Campo A, Kasahara K, Chittim CL, Vivas EI, Amador-Noguez D, Balskus EP, Rey FE (2017) Metabolic, Epigenetic, and Transgenerational Effects of Gut Bacterial Choline Consumption. Cell host & microbe 22((3)):279-290.e7 PMC5599363 · Pubmed · DOI
- Krautkramer KA, Rey FE, Denu JM (2017) Chemical signaling between gut microbiota and host chromatin: What is your gut really saying? The Journal of biological chemistry 292((21)):8582-8593 PMC5448088 · Pubmed · DOI
- Kreznar JH, Keller MP, Traeger LL, Rabaglia ME, Schueler KL, Stapleton DS, Zhao W, Vivas EI, Yandell BS, Broman AT, Hagenbuch B, Attie AD, Rey FE (2017) Host Genotype and Gut Microbiome Modulate Insulin Secretion and Diet-Induced Metabolic Phenotypes. Cell reports 18((7)):1739-1750 PMC5325228 · Pubmed · DOI
- Krautkramer KA, Kreznar JH, Romano KA, Vivas EI, Barrett-Wilt GA, Rabaglia ME, Keller MP, Attie AD, Rey FE, Denu JM (2016) Diet-Microbiota Interactions Mediate Global Epigenetic Programming in Multiple Host Tissues. Mol. Cell 64(5):982-992 (PMC5227652) · Pubmed
- Martínez-Del Campo A, Romano KA, Rey FE, Balskus EP (2016) The Plot Thickens: Diet Microbe Interactions May Modulate Thrombosis Risk. Cell Metab. 23(4):573-5 · Pubmed
- Romano KA, Vivas EI, Amador-Noguez D, Rey FE (2015) Intestinal microbiota composition modulates choline bioavailability from diet and accumulation of the proatherogenic metabolite trimethylamine-N-oxide. MBio 6(2):e02481 (PMC4453578) · Pubmed
- Seedorf H, Griffin NW, Ridaura VK, Reyes A, Cheng J, Rey FE, Smith MI, Simon GM, Scheffrahn RH, Woebken D, Spormann AM, Van Treuren W, Ursell LK, Pirrung M, Robbins-Pianka A, Cantarel BL, Lombard V, Henrissat B, Knight R, Gordon JI (2014) Bacteria from diverse habitats colonize and compete in the mouse gut. Cell 159(2):253-66 (PMC4194163) · Pubmed
- Ridaura VK, Faith JJ, Rey FE, Cheng J, Duncan AE, Kau AL, Griffin NW, Lombard V, Henrissat B, Bain JR, Muehlbauer MJ, Ilkayeva O, Semenkovich CF, Funai K, Hayashi DK, Lyle BJ, Martini MC, Ursell LK, Clemente JC, Van Treuren W, Walters WA, Knight R, Newgard CB, Heath AC, Gordon JI (2013) Gut microbiota from twins discordant for obesity modulate metabolism in mice. Science 341(6150):1241214 (PMC3829625) · Pubmed
- Rey FE, Gonzalez MD, Cheng J, Wu M, Ahern PP, Gordon JI (2013) Metabolic niche of a prominent sulfate-reducing human gut bacterium. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 110(33):13582-7 (PMC3746858) · Pubmed
- Yatsunenko T, Rey FE, Manary MJ, Trehan I, Dominguez-Bello MG, Contreras M, Magris M, Hidalgo G, Baldassano RN, Anokhin AP, Heath AC, Warner B, Reeder J, Kuczynski J, Caporaso JG, Lozupone CA, Lauber C, Clemente JC, Knights D, Knight R, Gordon JI (2012) Human gut microbiome viewed across age and geography. Nature 486(7402):222-7 (PMC3376388) · Pubmed
- Wei X, Yang Z, Rey FE, Ridaura VK, Davidson NO, Gordon JI, Semenkovich CF (2012) Fatty acid synthase modulates intestinal barrier function through palmitoylation of mucin 2. Cell Host Microbe 11(2):140-52 (PMC3285413) · Pubmed
- Faith JJ, McNulty NP, Rey FE, Gordon JI (2011) Predicting a human gut microbiota’s response to diet in gnotobiotic mice. Science 333(6038):101-4 (PMC3303606) · Pubmed
- Hansen EE, Lozupone CA, Rey FE, Wu M, Guruge JL, Narra A, Goodfellow J, Zaneveld JR, McDonald DT, Goodrich JA, Heath AC, Knight R, Gordon JI (2011) Pan-genome of the dominant human gut-associated archaeon, Methanobrevibacter smithii, studied in twins. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 108 Suppl :4599-606 (PMC3063581) · Pubmed
- Faith JJ, Rey FE, O’Donnell D, Karlsson M, McNulty NP, Kallstrom G, Goodman AL, Gordon JI (2010) Creating and characterizing communities of human gut microbes in gnotobiotic mice. ISME J 4(9):1094-8 (PMC2927777) · Pubmed
- Rey FE, Faith JJ, Bain J, Muehlbauer MJ, Stevens RD, Newgard CB, Gordon JI (2010) Dissecting the in vivo metabolic potential of two human gut acetogens. J. Biol. Chem. 285(29):22082-90 (PMC2903421) · Pubmed
- Rey FE, Harwood CS (2010) FixK, a global regulator of microaerobic growth, controls photosynthesis in Rhodopseudomonas palustris. Mol. Microbiol. 75(4):1007-20 · Pubmed
- Rey FE, Harwood CS (2010) FixK, a global regulator of microaerobic growth, controls photosynthesis in Rhodopseudomonas palustris. Mol. Microbiol. : · Pubmed
- Turnbaugh PJ, Ridaura VK, Faith JJ, Rey FE, Knight R, Gordon JI (2009) The effect of diet on the human gut microbiome: a metagenomic analysis in humanized gnotobiotic mice. Sci Transl Med 1(6):6ra14 (PMC2894525) · Pubmed
- Mahowald MA, Rey FE, Seedorf H, Turnbaugh PJ, Fulton RS, Wollam A, Shah N, Wang C, Magrini V, Wilson RK, Cantarel BL, Coutinho PM, Henrissat B, Crock LW, Russell A, Verberkmoes NC, Hettich RL, Gordon JI (2009) Characterizing a model human gut microbiota composed of members of its two dominant bacterial phyla. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 106(14):5859-64 (PMC2660063) · Pubmed
- Samuel BS, Shaito A, Motoike T, Rey FE, Backhed F, Manchester JK, Hammer RE, Williams SC, Crowley J, Yanagisawa M, Gordon JI (2008) Effects of the gut microbiota on host adiposity are modulated by the short-chain fatty-acid binding G protein-coupled receptor, Gpr41. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 105(43):16767-72 (PMC2569967) · Pubmed
- Rey FE, Heiniger EK, Harwood CS (2007) Redirection of metabolism for biological hydrogen production. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73(5):1665-71 (PMC1828789) · Pubmed
- Gosse JL, Engel BJ, Rey FE, Harwood CS, Scriven LE, Flickinger MC (2007) Hydrogen production by photoreactive nanoporous latex coatings of nongrowing Rhodopseudomonas palustris CGA009. Biotechnol. Prog. 23(1):124-30 · Pubmed
- Rey FE, Oda Y, Harwood CS (2006) Regulation of uptake hydrogenase and effects of hydrogen utilization on gene expression in Rhodopseudomonas palustris. J. Bacteriol. 188(17):6143-52 (PMC1595397) · Pubmed
- Oda Y, Samanta SK, Rey FE, Wu L, Liu X, Yan T, Zhou J, Harwood CS (2005) Functional genomic analysis of three nitrogenase isozymes in the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris. J. Bacteriol. 187(22):7784-94 (PMC1280311) · Pubmed
- Rey FE, Pagano PJ (2002) The reactive adventitia: fibroblast oxidase in vascular function. Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol. 22(12):1962-71 · Pubmed
- Rey FE, Li XC, Carretero OA, Garvin JL, Pagano PJ (2002) Perivascular superoxide anion contributes to impairment of endothelium-dependent relaxation: role of gp91(phox). Circulation 106(19):2497-502 · Pubmed
- Rey FE, Cifuentes ME, Kiarash A, Quinn MT, Pagano PJ (2001) Novel competitive inhibitor of NAD(P)H oxidase assembly attenuates vascular O(2)(-) and systolic blood pressure in mice. Circ. Res. 89(5):408-14 · Pubmed
- Cifuentes ME, Rey FE, Carretero OA, Pagano PJ (2000) Upregulation of p67(phox) and gp91(phox) in aortas from angiotensin II-infused mice. Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol. 279(5):H2234-40 · Pubmed
- Hsich E, Segal BH, Pagano PJ, Rey FE, Paigen B, Deleonardis J, Hoyt RF, Holland SM, Finkel T (2000) Vascular effects following homozygous disruption of p47(phox) : An essential component of NADPH oxidase. Circulation 101(11):1234-6 · Pubmed
Humans studies have revealed consistent alterations in the gut microbiomes of patients with cardiometabolic and aging-associated diseases. A major focus of my group is to understand how variations in the gut microbiome modulate the effects of diet and host’s susceptibility to cardiometabolic disease. To address these questions we use a combination of hypothesis-generating, sequencing-centered analyses of microbiomes from humans and mice, followed by proof-of-principle/proof-of-mechanism studies in gnotobiotic mouse models of disease and classic bacteriology experiments.
Dissecting the impact of microbe-diet interactions on host health:
1. Bacterial choline metabolism: Choline is a water-soluble nutrient essential for human life. Gut microbial metabolism of choline results in the production of trimethylamine (TMA), which upon absorption by the host is converted in the liver to trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO). TMAO exacerbates thrombosis and atherosclerosis in mice, and its abundance correlates with the severity of these diseases in humans. We have recently discovered that subjects with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) have alterations in their microbiome and higher levels of TMAO in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and we have identified associations between this molecule and markers of AD (Vogt et al., 2017, Vogt et al., 2018). Given the importance of choline and vascular disease to AD development we are exploring the impact of choline-consuming/TMA(O)-producing bacteria on AD development using a gnotobiotic mouse model of AD (collaboration with Dr. Barbara Bendlin and Dr. Luigi Puglielli). Additionally, we are working with Dr. John Denu to explore the role of bacterial choline depletion, TMAO and bacterial metabolism on epigenetic regulation.
2. Diet-microbiota interactions that impact atherosclerosis: (a) variation in butyrate-producing bacteria: Consumption of dietary fiber decreases the risk of cardiometabolic disease. Recent studies suggest that some of the benefits associated with consumption of dietary fiber are mediated in part by gut microbes, with increased representation of butyrate-producing microbes proposed as one of the potential mediators. Moreover, gut butyrate-producing bacteria have been found at higher levels in healthy populations relative to patients suffering various inflammatory diseases such as atherosclerosis. We recently showed that the butyrate-producing bacterium Roseburia intestinalis interacts with dietary plant polysaccharides to generate large amounts of butyrate, modify epigenetic programming, impact gene expression in the intestine, and improve intestinal barrier function. These changes were associated with lower levels of pro-inflammatory molecules in systemic circulation, reduced inflammation in the aorta and smaller atherosclerotic lesions. By administering tributyrin in the diet, which delivers butyrate in the distal gut, we demonstrated that butyrate mimics the effects of R. intestinalis (Kasahara et al. 2018). We plan to identify fiber types and dietary sources that promote the growth of R. intestinalis and test whether these results can be extended to other butyrate-producing bacteria. Additionally, we are testing causal relationships of other associations that we have identified between gut microbes and atherosclerosis. (b) Interactions between gut bacteria and flavonoids: some of the health benefits associated with the consumption of fruits and vegetables are derived from flavonoids. However, our bodies do not absorb most flavonoids as they exist in food, and there is a large degree of interpersonal variation in the reported benefits. These observations in part reflect individual differences in gut microbiota, which metabolize ingested flavonoids to a variety of products that are more readily absorbed by the host, although the nature and extent of these transformations remain poorly characterized. We recently found that colonized mice fed a diet supplemented with quercetin accumulate high levels of biologically active (e.g., anti-thrombotic) metabolites and develop smaller atherosclerotic lesions relative to mice consuming a control diet, whereas age-matched germ-free Apolipoprotein E-deficient mice do not benefit from flavonoid supplementation. These preliminary results suggest that bacterial metabolism of quercetin may be necessary for some of the beneficial effects associated with flavonoid consumption. We are currently examining whether specific routes of flavonoid metabolism are required for its beneficial effects.
Deciphering the impact of host genetics on gut microbiome composition: Host genetic variation modulates the composition of the gut microbiota. We found significant variation in diabetes-related phenotypes, atherosclerosis and gut microbiota composition among different mouse strains, and identified microbes associated with these traits. Microbiota transplant experiments showed that altering the composition of the gut microbiota modifies strain-specific susceptibility to diet-induced metabolic disease (Kreznar et al., 2017) and atherosclerosis (Kasahara and Rey, unpublished). By using a genetically-diverse mouse cohort and quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping, we are identifying gut microbes, microbial functions, microbial-derived metabolites and clinical phenotypes that are modulated by host genetics (collaboration with Dr. Alan Attie).
Microbiology 450: Diversity, Ecology, and Evolution of Microorganisms
Awards
- 2022-2023, ASM Distinguished Lecturer