Nutrition and Immunity Lab - Recent Publications

Recent Publications

Meng, H., Lee, Y., Fleming, J., Roberts, R.F., Kris-Etherton, P., Ba, Z., Furumoto, E.J., Rogers, C.J. In vitro production of IL-6 and IFN-g is influenced by dietary variables and predicts upper respiratory tract infection incidence and severity respectively in young adults. Frontiers in Immunology. 2015; 6(94); 1-13.

Turbitt, W.J., Black, A.J., Collins, S.D., Meng, H., Xu, H., Washington, S., Aliaga, C., El-Bayoumy, K., Manni, A., Rogers, C.J. Fish oil enhances T cell function and tumor infiltration and is correlated with a cancer prevention effect in HER-2/neu but not PyMT transgenic mice. Nutrition and Cancer. 2015;67(6):965-75.

Meng H., Lee, Y., Ba, Z., Fleming, J. A., Furumoto, E. J., Roberts, R. F., Kris-Etherton, P. M., Rogers, C. J. Consumption of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12 impacts upper respiratory tract infection and the function of T cells and NK cells in young adults. The Journal of Molecular Nutrition and Functional Foods. 2016; 60(5):1161-71.

Meng H., Ba, Z., Lee, Y., Fleming, J. A., Furumoto, E. J., Roberts, R. F., Kris-Etherton, P. M., Rogers, C. J. Consumption of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12 in yogurt reduced expression of TLR-2 on peripheral blood-derived monocytes and pro-inflammatory cytokine secretion in young adults. European Journal of Nutrition. 2017;56(2):649-661.

Lee, Y., Ba, Z., Roberts, R. F., Rogers, C. J., Fleming, J. A., Meng H., Furumoto, E. J., Kris-Etherton, P. M. Effects of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12® on the lipid/lipoprotein profile and short chain fatty acids in healthy young adults: a randomized controlled trial. Nutrition Journal 2017; 29;16(1):39.

Turbitt, W.J., Xu, Y., Sosnoski, D., Collins, S.D., Meng, H., Mastro, A.M., Rogers, C.J. Physical activity plus energy restriction prevents 4T1.2 mammary tumor progression, MDSC accumulation and immunosuppressive gene expression in tumors. Cancer Prevention Research. 2019;12(8):493-506.

Sturgeon, K.M., Mathis, K.M., Rogers, C.J., Schmitz, K.H., Waning, D. L. Cancer and Chemotherapy-induced musculoskeletal degradation. JBMR Plus. 2019. 25;3(3):e10187.

Turbitt, W. J., Collins, S.C., Meng, H., Rogers, C.J. Increased adiposity enhances the accumulation of MDSCs in the tumor microenvironment and adipose tissue of pancreatic tumor-bearing mice and in immune organs of tumor-free hosts. Nutrients. 2019; 11(12).

Xu, Y., Rogers, C.J. Impact of physical activity and energy restriction on immune regulation of cancer. Translational Cancer Research. 2020 Sept 9(9).

Oh, E.S., Petersen, K.S. Kris-Etherton, P.M., Rogers, C.J. Spice consumption delivered in a high-fat meal reduces postprandial proinflammatory cytokine secretion in overweight/obese men: a double-blind, 3-period, crossover, randomized controlled trial. The Journal of Nutrition. 2020. 1;150(6):1600-1609.

Petersen, K.S., Rogers, C.J., West, S.G., Proctor, D.N., Kris-Etherton, P.M. The effect of culinary dose sof spices in a high-saturated fat, high-carbohydrate meal on postprandial lipemia and endothelial function: a randomized, controlled, crossover pilot trial. Food and Function. 2020.11(4):3191-3200.

Xu, Y., Rogers, C.J. Physical Activity and Breast Cancer Prevention: Possible Role of Immune Mediators. Frontiers in Nutrition. 2020. 7:557997.

Oh, E.S., Na, M., Rogers C.J. The association between monocyte subsets and cardiometabolic disorders/cardiovascular disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2021 Feb 17;8:640124.

Bruinsma, T.J., Dyer, A.M., Rogers, C.J., Kathryn H. Schmitz, K.H., Sturgeon, K.M. Diet and Exercise induced Weight Loss on Biomarkers of Inflammation in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. 2021. Mar 18: cebp.1029.2020.

Ba, Z., Yujin Lee, Y., Meng, H., Kris-Etherton, P.M., Rogers, C.J., Lewis, Z., Mills, D. Furumoto, E., Rolon, M., Fleming, J., Roberts R. Matrix Effects on the Delivery Efficacy of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12® on the Fecal Microbiota, Gut Transit Time, and Short Chain Fatty Acids in Healthy Young Adults. 2021. mSphere, 00084-21.