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Fayez K. Ghishan is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields including molecular biology, surgery, epidemiology, immunology, and physiology.

The research topics Fayez K. Ghishan focuses on include:

  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Ion transport and channel regulation
  • Microscopic colitis
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • Curcumin's biomedical applications

Recent publications by Fayez K. Ghishan demonstrate involvement in various critical areas of gastrointestinal and immunological research. Some of the notable papers include:

  • "Intestinal Epithelial Expression of MHCII Determines Severity of Chemical, T-Cell-Induced, and Infectious Colitis in Mice" (2020, Gastroenterology)
  • "Emerging Roles of Disabled Homolog 2 (DAB2) in Immune Regulation" (2020, Frontiers in Immunology)
  • "Transplant of microbiota from Crohn's disease patients to germ-free mice results in colitis" (2024, Gut Microbes)
  • "Dynamics of Gut Microbiota Recovery after Antibiotic Exposure in Young and Old Mice (A Pilot Study)" (2021, Microorganisms)
  • "The Physiological Function and Potential Role of the Ubiquitous Na+/H+ Exchanger Isoform 8 (NHE8): An Overview Data" (2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)

The scientist frequently publishes in specialized journals, with the highest number of publications appearing in Gastroenterology. Other venues include UNC Libraries, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Physiology, and Gut Microbes.

Frequent collaborators of Fayez K. Ghishan include:

  • Pawel R. Kiela
  • Monica T. Midura-Kiela
  • Daniel Laubitz
  • Irshad Ali Sheikh
  • Cláudio Bernardazzi

Best Publications

  • Bacteria penetrate the normally impenetrable inner colon mucus layer in both murine colitis models and patients with ulcerative colitis

    Malin E V Johansson;Jenny K Gustafsson;Jessica Holmén-Larsson;Karolina S Jabbar

  • Physiology of Intestinal Absorption and Secretion

    Pawel R. Kiela;Fayez K. Ghishan

  • 1α,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 upregulates FGF23 gene expression in bone: the final link in a renal-gastrointestinal-skeletal axis that controls phosphate transport

    Olga I. Kolek;Eric R. Hines;Marci D. Jones;Loren K. LeSueur

  • Steatohepatitis in obese children: a cause of chronic liver dysfunction

    J R Moran;F K Ghishan;S A Halter;H L Greene

  • Molecular and functional analysis of a novel neuronal vesicular glutamate transporter.

    Liqun Bai;Hua Xu;James F. Collins;Fayez K. Ghishan

  • 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3/VDR-mediated induction of FGF23 as well as transcriptional control of other bone anabolic and catabolic genes that orchestrate the regulation of phosphate and calcium mineral metabolism

    Thomas K. Barthel;Douglas R. Mathern;G. Kerr Whitfield;Carol A. Haussler

  • Age-dependent regulation of rat intestinal type IIb sodium-phosphate cotransporter by 1,25-(OH)2 vitamin D3

    Hua Xu;Liqun Bai;James F. Collins;Fayez K. Ghishan

  • The Role of Curcumin in Modulating Colonic Microbiota During Colitis and Colon Cancer Prevention.

    Rita Marie T. Mcfadden;Rita Marie T. Mcfadden;Claire B. Larmonier;Kareem W. Shehab;Monica Midura-Kiela

  • The SLC20 family of proteins: dual functions as sodium-phosphate cotransporters and viral receptors.

    James F. Collins;Liqun Bai;Fayez K. Ghishan

  • Identification of differentially expressed genes in response to dietary iron deprivation in rat duodenum

    James F. Collins;Christina A. Franck;Kris V. Kowdley;Fayez K. Ghishan

  • Molecular cloning, sequencing, tissue distribution, and functional expression of a Na+/H+ exchanger (NHE-2).

    James F. Collins;Tatsuya Honda;Susan Knobel;Nada M. Bulus

  • Molecular cloning, functional characterization, tissue distribution, and chromosomal localization of a human, small intestinal sodium-phosphate (Na+-Pi) transporter (SLC34A2).

    Hua Xu;Liqun Bai;James F. Collins;Fayez K. Ghishan

  • Folate transport by human intestinal brush-border membrane vesicles

    H. M. Said;F. K. Ghishan;Reyadh Redha

  • Dendritic cell-specific disruption of TGF-β receptor II leads to altered regulatory T cell phenotype and spontaneous multiorgan autoimmunity

    Rajalakshmy Ramalingam;Claire B. Larmonier;Robert D. Thurston;Monica T. Midura-Kiela

  • Effects of Boswellia serrata in mouse models of chemically induced colitis

    Pawel R. Kiela;Anna J. Midura;Nesrin Kuscuoglu;Shivanand D. Jolad

  • Tumor Necrosis Factor and Interferon-γ Down-regulate Klotho in Mice With Colitis

    Robert D. Thurston;Claire B. Larmonier;Pawel M. Majewski;Rajalakshmy Ramalingam

  • Intestinal transport of zinc and folic acid: a mutual inhibitory effect

    F K Ghishan;H M Said;P C Wilson;J E Murrell

  • Vitamins and Minerals in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

    Fayez K. Ghishan;Pawel R. Kiela

  • Effect of mouse epidermal growth factor/urogastrone on the functional maturation of rat intestine.

    Yuji Oka;Fayez K. Ghishan;Harry L. Greene;David N. Orth

  • Molecular cloning, functional expression, tissue distribution, and in situ hybridization of the renal sodium phosphate (Na+/P(i)) transporter in the control and hypophosphatemic mouse.

    James F. Collins;Fayez K. Ghishan

Frequent Co-Authors

Hamid M. Said
Hamid M. Said University of California, Irvine
Hua Xu
Hua Xu Yale University
Michael Inouye
Michael Inouye Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
Christian Jobin
Christian Jobin University of Florida
Lynn S. Walker
Lynn S. Walker Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Ming Jer Tang
Ming Jer Tang National Cheng Kung University
Mark R. Haussler
Mark R. Haussler University of Arizona
Barbara N. Timmermann
Barbara N. Timmermann University of Kansas
David N. Orth
David N. Orth Vanderbilt University Medical Center
John A. Phillips
John A. Phillips Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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