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Overview

Jeremy P. Burton is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada. Their research activities primarily span the field of Medicine, with a significant focus on subfields including Molecular Biology, Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Epidemiology, and Infectious Diseases.

Their work addresses key topics such as gut microbiota and health, kidney stones and urolithiasis treatments, urinary tract infections management, Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research, probiotics and fermented foods, pediatric urology and nephrology studies, and sexual function and dysfunction studies.

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Burton include:

  • Fecal microbiota transplantation plus anti-PD-1 immunotherapy in advanced melanoma: a phase I trial (2023, Nature Medicine)
  • Allogenic Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Improves Abnormal Small Intestinal Permeability: A Randomized Control Trial (2020, The American Journal of Gastroenterology)
  • Abiraterone acetate preferentially enriches for the gut commensal Akkermansia muciniphila in castrate-resistant prostate cancer patients (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Lactobacillus spp. attenuate antibiotic-induced immune and microbiota dysregulation in honey bees (2020, Communications Biology)
  • Emerging connections between gut microbiome bioenergetics and chronic metabolic diseases (2021, Cell Reports)

Jeremy P. Burton has collaborated extensively with several researchers. Frequent coauthors include Kait F. Al, Gregor Reid, John A. Chmiel, Hassan Razvi, and Jennifer Bjazevic.

Their scholarly work has been published consistently in a range of venues, with a notable number of publications in:

  • The Journal of Urology
  • The Journal of Sexual Medicine
  • Journal of Endourology
  • FEMS Microbes
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • The microbiome of the urinary tract—a role beyond infection

    Samantha A. Whiteside;Hassan Razvi;Sumit Dave;Gregor Reid

  • Use of Lactobacillus to prevent infection by pathogenic bacteria.

    Gregor Reid;Jeremy Burton

  • Microbiota of Human Breast Tissue

    Camilla Urbaniak;Camilla Urbaniak;Joanne Cummins;Muriel Brackstone;Jean M. Macklaim;Jean M. Macklaim

  • Fecal microbiota transplantation plus anti-PD-1 immunotherapy in advanced melanoma: a phase I trial

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  • A preliminary study of the effect of probiotic Streptococcus salivarius K12 on oral malodour parameters

    J.P. Burton;C.N. Chilcott;C.J. Moore;G. Speiser

  • Bioremediation and Tolerance of Humans to Heavy Metals through Microbial Processes: a Potential Role for Probiotics?

    Marc Monachese;Marc Monachese;Jeremy P. Burton;Gregor Reid;Gregor Reid

  • High throughput sequencing methods and analysis for microbiome research

    Julia M. Di Bella;Yige Bao;Gregory B. Gloor;Gregory B. Gloor;Jeremy P. Burton;Jeremy P. Burton

  • Probiotic Administration Attenuates Myocardial Hypertrophy and Heart Failure After Myocardial Infarction in the Rat

    Xiaohong Tracey Gan;Grace Ettinger;Cathy X. Huang;Jeremy P. Burton

  • Improved Understanding of the Bacterial Vaginal Microbiota of Women Before and After Probiotic Instillation

    Jeremy P. Burton;Jeremy P. Burton;Peter A. Cadieux;Gregor Reid;Gregor Reid

  • Allogenic Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Improves Abnormal Small Intestinal Permeability: A Randomized Control Trial

    Laura Craven;Adam Rahman;Seema Nair Parvathy;Melanie Beaton

  • The Diversity of Bacteriocins in Gram-Positive Bacteria

    Nicholas C. K. Heng;Philip A. Wescombe;Jeremy P. Burton;Ralph W. Jack

  • Oxalate-degrading enzymes from Oxalobacter formigenes: a novel device coating to reduce urinary tract biomaterial-related encrustation.

    James D. Watterson;Peter A. Cadieux;Darren T. Beiko;Anthony J. Cook

  • Quantitative determination by real-time PCR of four vaginal Lactobacillus species, Gardnerella vaginalis and Atopobium vaginae indicates an inverse relationship between L. gasseri and L. iners

    Ellen De Backer;Rita Verhelst;Hans Verstraelen;Mohammed A Alqumber

  • Identification, detection, and enumeration of human bifidobacterium species by PCR targeting the transaldolase gene.

    Teresa Requena;Jeremy Burton;Takahiro Matsuki;Karen Munro

  • Inclusion of Fermented Foods in Food Guides around the World

    Stephanie N. Chilton;Jeremy P. Burton;Gregor Reid

  • International Cancer Microbiome Consortium consensus statement on the role of the human microbiome in carcinogenesis.

    Alasdair J Scott;James L Alexander;Claire A Merrifield;David Cunningham

  • Evaluation of the Bacterial Vaginal Flora of 20 Postmenopausal Women by Direct (Nugent Score) and Molecular (Polymerase Chain Reaction and Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis) Techniques

    Jeremy P. Burton;Gregor Reid

  • Safety Assessment of the Oral Cavity Probiotic Streptococcus salivarius K12

    Jeremy P. Burton;Philip A. Wescombe;Chris J. Moore;Chris N. Chilcott

  • Influence of the probiotic Streptococcus salivarius strain M18 on indices of dental health in children: a randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

    Jeremy P. Burton;Jeremy P. Burton;Bernadette K. Drummond;Chris N. Chilcott;John R. Tagg

  • Lactobacillus strains and vaginal ecology.

    Peter Cadieux;Jeremy Burton;Gillian Gardiner;Ivo Braunstein

  • Evaluation of QIAamp DNA Stool Mini Kit for ecological studies of gut microbiota

    Mei Li;Jianhua Gong;Michael Cottrill;Hai Yu

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregor Reid
Gregor Reid University of Western Ontario
John R. Tagg
John R. Tagg University of Otago
Gregory B. Gloor
Gregory B. Gloor University of Western Ontario
John K. McCormick
John K. McCormick University of Western Ontario
Hans Verstraelen
Hans Verstraelen Ghent University
Gerald W. Tannock
Gerald W. Tannock University of Otago
Julian R. Marchesi
Julian R. Marchesi Imperial College London
Patrizia Brigidi
Patrizia Brigidi University of Bologna
Colin Hill
Colin Hill University College Cork
Jun Yang
Jun Yang University of Western Ontario

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