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Jacques Robert Nicoli is affiliated with the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Brazil. Their research principally spans the intersections of agricultural and biological sciences, medicine, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these broad fields, Nicoli's work focuses extensively on subfields including food science, molecular biology, infectious diseases, nutrition and dietetics, and immunology and allergy.

Their publication record highlights a sustained engagement with key themes such as probiotics and fermented foods, gut microbiota and health, Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research, oral health related to cancer treatment, food allergy and anaphylaxis research, microbial metabolites in food biotechnology, and viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology.

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Nicoli include:

  • Probiotics alter biofilm formation and the transcription of Porphyromonas gingivalis virulence-associated genes, 2020, published in Journal of Oral Microbiology
  • Weissella paramesenteroides WpK4 plays an immunobiotic role in gut-brain axis, reducing gut permeability, anxiety-like and depressive-like behaviors in murine models of colitis and chronic stress, 2020, Food Research International
  • Colonization by Enterobacteriaceae is crucial for acute inflammatory responses in murine small intestine via regulation of corticosterone production, 2020, Gut Microbes
  • Lactobacillus rhamnosus CGMCC 1.3724 (LPR) Improves Skin Wound Healing and Reduces Scar Formation in Mice, 2021, Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins
  • Changes in bovine milk bacterial microbiome from healthy and subclinical mastitis affected animals of the Girolando, Gyr, Guzera, and Holstein breeds, 2022, International Microbiology

Nicoli frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Flaviano S. Martins (18 collaborations)
  • Valbert Nascimento Cardoso (10 collaborations)
  • Leonardo Borges Acúrcio (6 collaborations)
  • Álvaro Cantini Nunes (6 collaborations)
  • Bruno Gallotti (6 collaborations)

The scientist's publications are often found in journals such as Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins, International Microbiology, Beneficial Microbes, Journal of Oral Microbiology, and Food Research International. Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins is the most frequent venue, with 11 publications.

Best Publications

  • Commensal microbiota is fundamental for the development of inflammatory pain

    F. A. Amaral;D. Sachs;V. V. Costa;C. T. Fagundes

  • A randomized formula controlled trial of Bifidobacterium lactis and Streptococcus thermophilus for prevention of antibiotic-associated diarrhea in infants.

    Naflesia B O Corrêa;Luciano A Péret Filho;Francisco J Penna;Fátima M L S Lima

  • The essential role of the intestinal microbiota in facilitating acute inflammatory responses.

    Danielle G. Souza;Angélica T. Vieira;Adriana C. Soares;Vanessa Pinho

  • A role for gut microbiota and the metabolite-sensing receptor GPR43 in a murine model of gout

    Angélica T Vieira;Laurence Macia;Izabela Galvão;Flaviano S Martins

  • Transient TLR Activation Restores Inflammatory Response and Ability To Control Pulmonary Bacterial Infection in Germfree Mice

    Caio T. Fagundes;Flávio A. Amaral;Angélica T. Vieira;Adriana C. Soares

  • Molecular and physiological comparisons between Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomyces boulardii

    Juliana L.R Fietto;Raquel S Araújo;Frederico N Valadão;Luciano G Fietto

  • Microorganisms isolated from root canals presenting necrotic pulp and their drug susceptibility in vitro.

    M. A. Lana;A. P. Ribeiro-Sobrinho;R. Stehling;G. D. Garcia

  • Saccharomyces boulardii stimulates sIgA production and the phagocytic system of gnotobiotic mice

    A.C.P. Rodrigues;D.C. Cara;S.H.G.G. Fretez;F.Q. Cunha

  • Skin Wound Healing Is Accelerated and Scarless in the Absence of Commensal Microbiota

    Maria C. C. Canesso;Angélica T. Vieira;Tiago B. R. Castro;Brígida G. A. Schirmer

  • A study of the enterotoxigenicity of coagulase-negative and coagulase-positive staphylococcal isolates from food poisoning outbreaks in Minas Gerais, Brazil.

    Jamaira Fereira Veras;Luiz Simeão do Carmo;Lawrence C. Tong;Jeffrey W. Shupp

  • Intracellular Signal Triggered by Cholera Toxin in Saccharomyces boulardii and Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Rogélio Lopes Brandão;Ieso de Miranda Castro;Eduardo Alves Bambirra;Sheila Coutinho Amaral

  • Lactic Acid Bacteria Isolated from Bovine Mammary Microbiota: Potential Allies against Bovine Mastitis

    Damien S. Bouchard;Damien S. Bouchard;Bianca Seridan;Bianca Seridan;Bianca Seridan;Taous Saraoui;Taous Saraoui;Lucie Rault;Lucie Rault

  • Selection of lactic acid bacteria from Brazilian kefir grains for potential use as starter or probiotic cultures

    Débora Ferreira Zanirati;Mário Abatemarco;Sávio Henrique de Cicco Sandes;Jacques Robert Nicoli

  • Screening of yeasts as probiotic based on capacities to colonize the gastrointestinal tract and to protect against enteropathogen challenge in mice.

    Flariano S. Martins;Flariano S. Martins;Regina M. D. Nardi;Rosa M. E. Arantes;Carlos A. Rosa

  • Comparative study of Bifidobacterium animalis, Escherichia coli, Lactobacillus casei and Saccharomyces boulardii probiotic properties.

    Flaviano S. Martins;Aparecida A. Silva;Angélica T. Vieira;Flávio H. F. Barbosa

  • Effect of Saccharomyces boulardii against experimental oral infection with Salmonella typhimurium and Shigella flexneri in conventional and gnotobiotic mice.

    A.C.P. Rodrigues;R.M. Nardi;E.A. Bambirra;E.C. Vieira

  • The Required Role of Endogenously Produced Lipoxin A4 and Annexin-1 for the Production of IL-10 and Inflammatory Hyporesponsiveness in Mice

    Danielle G. Souza;Caio T. Fagundes;Flavio A. Amaral;Daniel Cisalpino

  • Influence of the diet on the microbial diversity of faecal and gastrointestinal contents in gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) and intestinal contents in goldfish (Carassius auratus)

    Flávia Cristina de Paula Silva;Jacques Robert Nicoli;José Luiz Zambonino-Infante;Sadasivam Kaushik

  • Pediatric functional constipation treatment with Bifidobacterium-containing yogurt: A crossover, double-blind, controlled trial

    Paula V P Guerra;Luiza N Lima;Tassia C Souza;Vanessa Mazochi

  • Control of Klebsiella pneumoniae pulmonary infection and immunomodulation by oral treatment with the commensal probiotic Bifidobacterium longum 5(1A).

    Angélica Thomaz Vieira;Victor M Rocha;Luciana Tavares;Cristiana C Garcia

  • Effect of Bifidobacterium longum ingestion on experimental salmonellosis in mice.

    A.M. Silva;F.H.F. Barbosa;R. Duarte;L.Q. Vieira

Frequent Co-Authors

Flaviano S. Martins
Flaviano S. Martins Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Mauro M. Teixeira
Mauro M. Teixeira Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Carlos A. Rosa
Carlos A. Rosa Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Danielle G. Souza
Danielle G. Souza Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Vanessa Pinho
Vanessa Pinho Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Gabriel Vinderola
Gabriel Vinderola National University of the Littoral
Lirlândia P. Sousa
Lirlândia P. Sousa Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Antônio Lúcio Teixeira
Antônio Lúcio Teixeira The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

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