BS: Microbiology and Bioanalysis, University of Antioquia, Colombia, 2006.
PhD: Immunobiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2014.
Postdoc: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Division of Immunobiology, Cincinnati, OH, 2022.
Obesity; T2D; NAFLD
Gastroenterology, Gastroenterology GI
Immune regulation; inflammation; obesity; diabetes; liver disease; aging
Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition
Presurgery health influences outcomes following vertical sleeve gastrectomy in adolescents. Obesity. 2024; 32:1187-1197.
Obesity amplifies influenza virus-driven disease severity in male and female mice. Mucosal Immunology. 2023; 16:843-858.
Thermoneutral Housing Enables Studies of Vertical Transmission of Obesogenic Diet-Driven Metabolic Diseases. Nutrients. 2023; 15.
The bidirectional immune crosstalk in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease. Cell Metabolism. 2023; 35:1852-1871.
BAFF and APRIL counterregulate susceptibility to inflammation-induced preterm birth. Cell Reports. 2023; 42:112352.
Thermoneutral housing shapes hepatic inflammation and damage in mouse models of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Frontiers in Immunology. 2023; 14:1095132.
Microbial metabolite butyrate promotes induction of IL-10+IgM+ plasma cells. PloS one. 2022; 17:e0266071.
A protocol for isolation of primary human immune cells from the liver and mesenteric white adipose tissue biopsies. Star Protocols. 2021; 2:100937.
A BAFF/APRIL axis regulates obesogenic diet-driven weight gain. Nature Communications. 2021; 12:2911.
Non-hematopoietic IL-4Rα expression contributes to fructose-driven obesity and metabolic sequelae. International Journal of Obesity. 2021; 45:2377-2387.