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Kieran M. Tuohy

Kieran M. Tuohy

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
79
Citations
34125
World Ranking
4213
National Ranking
89

Overview

Kieran M. Tuohy is affiliated with the Fondazione Edmund Mach in Italy, focusing on research within Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their publication record spans 79 works in Medicine and 40 in Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, demonstrating a multidisciplinary approach to their fields of study.

The scientist's research addresses several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Physiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Food Science, and Biochemistry. Their work concentrates on topics related to gut microbiota and health, diet and metabolism studies, nutritional studies and diet, phytochemicals and antioxidant activities, probiotics and fermented foods, liver disease diagnosis and treatment, and gastrointestinal motility and disorders.

The frequent publication venues for Tuohy's work include:

  • Proceedings of The Nutrition Society
  • European Journal of Nutrition
  • Gut Microbes
  • Nutrients
  • Frontiers in Microbiology

Among recent papers by Kieran M. Tuohy are:

  • Effect of green-Mediterranean diet on intrahepatic fat: the DIRECT PLUS randomised controlled trial, 2021, Gut
  • Effects of Diet-Modulated Autologous Fecal Microbiota Transplantation on Weight Regain, 2020, Gastroenterology
  • The effects of the Green-Mediterranean diet on cardiometabolic health are linked to gut microbiome modifications: a randomized controlled trial, 2022, Genome Medicine
  • Large scale genome reconstructions illuminate Wolbachia evolution, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Low-Dose Lactulose as a Prebiotic for Improved Gut Health and Enhanced Mineral Absorption, 2021, Frontiers in Nutrition

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Tuohy include:

  • Francesca Fava
  • Chris I. R. Gill
  • Matthias Scholz
  • Nigel G. Ternan
  • Iris Shai

Tuohy's research integrates aspects of gut microbiota interactions, dietary impacts on metabolism, and molecular mechanisms underlying nutritional outcomes and disease states. The diversity of their work encompasses controlled dietary intervention trials and microbiome studies, reflecting a connection between nutrition, microbial ecology, and human health.

Best Publications

  • Metabolic endotoxemia initiates obesity and insulin resistance

    Patrice D. Cani;Jacques Amar;Miguel Angel Iglesias;Marjorie Poggi

  • Gut microbiota functions: metabolism of nutrients and other food components

    Ian Rowland;Glenn Gibson;Almut Katrin Heinken;Karen Scott

  • The gut microbiota and host health: a new clinical frontier

    Julian Roberto Marchesi;David H. Adams;Francesca Fava;Gerben D. A. Hermes

  • Selective increases of bifidobacteria in gut microflora improve high-fat-diet-induced diabetes in mice through a mechanism associated with endotoxaemia.

    Patrice D. Cani;Audrey M. Neyrinck;F Fava;Claude Knauf

  • Dietary prebiotics: current status and new definition

    Glenn R. Gibson;Karen P. Scott;Robert A. Rastall;Kieran M. Tuohy

  • Low-grade inflammation, diet composition and health: current research evidence and its translation

    Anne-Marie Minihane;Sophie Vinoy;Wendy R. Russell;Athanasia Baka

  • Using probiotics and prebiotics to improve gut health.

    Kieran M Tuohy;Hollie M Probert;Chris W Smejkal;Glann R Gibson

  • Evolution of gut microbiota composition from birth to 24 weeks in the INFANTMET Cohort.

    Cian J. Hill;Denise B. Lynch;Kiera Murphy;Kiera Murphy;Marynka Ulaszewska

  • Prebiotic effects of inulin and oligofructose

    S. Kolida;K. Tuohy;Glenn R Gibson

  • Whole-grain wheat breakfast cereal has a prebiotic effect on the human gut microbiota: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study.

    Adele Costabile;Annett Klinder;Francesca Fava;Aurora Napolitano

  • The type and quantity of dietary fat and carbohydrate alter faecal microbiome and short-chain fatty acid excretion in a metabolic syndrome ‘at-risk’ population

    F Fava;R Gitau;B A Griffin;G R Gibson

  • A Diet Low in FODMAPs Reduces Symptoms in Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome and A Probiotic Restores Bifidobacterium Species: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

    Heidi Maria Staudacher;Miranda C.E. Lomer;Miranda C.E. Lomer;Freda M. Farquharson;Petra Louis

  • Modulation of the human gut microflora towards improved health using prebiotics--assessment of efficacy.

    K. M. Tuohy;G. C.M. Rouzaud;W. M. Bruck;G. R. Gibson

  • FAO Technical meeting on prebiotics.

    Maya Pineiro;Nils-Georg Asp;Gregor Reid;Sandra Macfarlane

  • The prebiotic effects of biscuits containing partially hydrolysed guar gum and fructo-oligosaccharides – a human volunteer study

    K.M. Tuohy;S. Kolida;A. M Lustenberger;Glenn R Gibson

  • Towards microbial fermentation metabolites as markers for health benefits of prebiotics

    Kristin A. Verbeke;Alan R. Boobis;Alessandro Chiodini;Christine A. Edwards

  • Up-regulating the Human Intestinal Microbiome Using Whole Plant Foods, Polyphenols, and/or Fiber

    Kieran M. Tuohy;Lorenza Conterno;Mattia Gasperotti;Roberto Viola

  • In vitro fermentation and prebiotic potential of novel low molecular weight polysaccharides derived from agar and alginate seaweeds

    Priya Ramnani;Roberto Chitarrari;Kieran Tuohy;John Grant

  • Top-Down Systems Biology Modeling of Host Metabotype−Microbiome Associations in Obese Rodents

    Alison Waldram;Elaine Holmes;Yulan Wang;Mattias Rantalainen

  • Obesity and the gut microbiota: does up-regulating colonic fermentation protect against obesity and metabolic disease?

    Lorenza Conterno;Francesca Fava;Roberto Viola;Kieran M. Tuohy

Frequent Co-Authors

Glenn R. Gibson
Glenn R. Gibson University of Reading
Ian Rowland
Ian Rowland University of Reading
Parveen Yaqoob
Parveen Yaqoob University of Reading
Fulvio Mattivi
Fulvio Mattivi University of Trento
Roberto Viola
Roberto Viola James Hutton Institute
Catherine Stanton
Catherine Stanton Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Robert A. Rastall
Robert A. Rastall University of Reading
Urska Vrhovsek
Urska Vrhovsek Fondazione Edmund Mach
Giovanni Bittante
Giovanni Bittante University of Padua
Elaine Holmes
Elaine Holmes Imperial College London

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