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59
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10664
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12728
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5427

Overview

Charles B. Stephensen is affiliated with the United States Department of Agriculture in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these broader categories, their work delves into subfields such as public health, environmental and occupational health, physiology, molecular biology, genetics, and nutrition and dietetics.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of issues concerning nutrition and health. Key areas include:

  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
  • Digestive system and related health
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging

Stephensen's publication record includes papers in journals with diverse scopes. Prominent frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Current Developments in Nutrition
  • Journal of Nutrition
  • Nutrients
  • BMC Nutrition
  • Advances in Nutrition

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Danielle G. Lemay
  • Mary E. Kable
  • Zeynep Alkan
  • John W. Newman
  • Nancy L. Keim

Among recent publications authored or coauthored by the scientist are:

  • "Nutrition in adolescent growth and development," 2021, The Lancet
  • "Indole-3-lactic acid associated with Bifidobacterium-dominated microbiota significantly decreases inflammation in intestinal epithelial cells," 2020, BMC Microbiology
  • "Association of Diet and Antimicrobial Resistance in Healthy U.S. Adults," 2022, mBio
  • "Nutrition, Immunosenescence, and Infectious Disease: An Overview of the Scientific Evidence on Micronutrients and on Modulation of the Gut Microbiota," 2022, Advances in Nutrition
  • "Vitamin A in resistance to and recovery from infection: relevance to SARS-CoV2," 2021, British Journal Of Nutrition

Best Publications

  • Vitamin A, infection, and immune function.

    Charles B Stephensen

  • Biomarkers of Nutrition for Development (BOND)—Vitamin A Review

    Sherry A Tanumihardjo;Robert M Russell;Charles B Stephensen;Bryan M Gannon

  • Stool Microbiota and Vaccine Responses of Infants

    M. Nazmul Huda;M. Nazmul Huda;Zachery Lewis;Karen M. Kalanetra;Mamunur Rashid

  • Burden of Infection on Growth Failure

    Charles B. Stephensen

  • Vitamin A is excreted in the urine during acute infection.

    C B Stephensen;J O Alvarez;J Kohatsu;R Hardmeier

  • Serum retinol, the acute phase response, and the apparent misclassification of vitamin A status in the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

    Charles B Stephensen;Ginny Gildengorin

  • Inflammation and Nutritional Science for Programs/Policies and Interpretation of Research Evidence (INSPIRE)

    Daniel J Raiten;Fayrouz A Sakr Ashour;A Catharine Ross;Simin N Meydani

  • Phylogenetic analysis of a highly conserved region of the polymerase gene from 11 coronaviruses and development of a consensus polymerase chain reaction assay.

    Charles B. Stephensen;Donald B. Casebolt;Nupur N. Gangopadhyay

  • Vitamin A Enhances in Vitro Th2 Development Via Retinoid X Receptor Pathway

    Charles B. Stephensen;Reuven Rasooly;Xiaowen Jiang;Michael A. Ceddia

  • Metabolic profiling of major vitamin D metabolites using Diels–Alder derivatization and ultra-performance liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry

    Pavel A. Aronov;Laura M. Hall;Katja Dettmer;Charles B. Stephensen

  • Vitamin A and retinoids in antiviral responses.

    A C Ross;C B Stephensen

  • Indole-3-lactic acid associated with Bifidobacterium-dominated microbiota significantly decreases inflammation in intestinal epithelial cells

    Amy M. Ehrlich;Alline R. Pacheco;Alline R. Pacheco;Bethany M. Henrick;Bethany M. Henrick;Diana Taft;Diana Taft

  • Vitamin D Intake Needed to Maintain Target Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentrations in Participants with Low Sun Exposure and Dark Skin Pigmentation Is Substantially Higher Than Current Recommendations

    Laura M. Hall;Laura M. Hall;Michael G. Kimlin;Pavel A. Aronov;Bruce D. Hammock

  • High-Level Dietary Vitamin A Enhances T-Helper Type 2 Cytokine Production and Secretory Immunoglobulin A Response to Influenza A Virus Infection in BALB/c Mice

    Dongming Cui;Zina Moldoveanu;Charles B. Stephensen

  • Canine distemper virus (CDV) infection of ferrets as a model for testing Morbillivirus vaccine strategies: NYVAC- and ALVAC-based CDV recombinants protect against symptomatic infection

    Charles B. Stephensen;Janet Welter;Subhashchandra R. Thaker;Jill Taylor

  • Vitamin A deficiency decreases and high dietary vitamin A increases disease severity in the mouse model of asthma.

    Gertrud U. Schuster;Nicholas J. Kenyon;Charles B. Stephensen

  • Membrane cofactor protein (MCP; CD46) expression in transgenic mice

    C. Kemper;M. Leung;C. B. Stephensen;C. A. Pinkert

  • Urinary excretion of retinol in children with acute diarrhea

    J O Alvarez;E Salazar-Lindo;J Kohatsu;P Miranda

  • Metabolic Effects of Inflammation on Vitamin A and Carotenoids in Humans and Animal Models.

    Lewis P Rubin;A Catharine Ross;Charles B Stephensen;Torsten Bohn

  • Diets Rich in Polyphenols and Vitamin A Inhibit the Development of Type I Autoimmune Diabetes in Nonobese Diabetic Mice

    Susan J. Zunino;David H. Storms;Charles B. Stephensen

Frequent Co-Authors

Craig M. Wilson
Craig M. Wilson University of Alabama at Birmingham
Rubhana Raqib
Rubhana Raqib International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research
Hooman Allayee
Hooman Allayee University of Southern California
Darshan S. Kelley
Darshan S. Kelley US Department of Agriculture
Kathryn V. Holmes
Kathryn V. Holmes University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Patricia M. Flynn
Patricia M. Flynn St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
David A. Mills
David A. Mills University of California, Davis
Bruce D. Hammock
Bruce D. Hammock University of California, Davis
David A. Sack
David A. Sack Johns Hopkins University
R. Bradley Sack
R. Bradley Sack Johns Hopkins University

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