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Randal K. Buddington

Randal K. Buddington

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
44
Citations
7804
World Ranking
19273
National Ranking
7879

Overview

Randal K. Buddington is affiliated with the University of Memphis in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with specific emphasis in several subfields including Nutrition and Dietetics, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Physiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work encompasses multiple main topics within medical research, such as:

  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Infant Nutrition and Health
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology
  • Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies

Notable recent publications include:

  • "Translational Advances in Pediatric Nutrition and Gastroenterology: New Insights from Pig Models," 2020, Annual Review of Animal Biosciences
  • "Intrauterine growth restriction compromises cerebellar development by affecting radial migration of granule cells via the JamC/Pard3a molecular pathway," 2020, Experimental Neurology
  • "The Impact of a Dried Fruit and Vegetable Supplement and Fiber Rich Shake on Gut and Health Parameters in Female Healthcare Workers: A Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Randomized Clinical Trial," 2021, Microorganisms
  • "Report of an Experiment With a Fetal Ex-Utero Support System in Piglets," 2023, Cureus
  • "Effects of Phosphatidylserine Source of Docosahexaenoic Acid on Cerebellar Development in Preterm Pigs," 2020, Brain Sciences

These papers reflect diverse research interests including pediatric nutrition, neurological development, and clinical trials related to dietary supplements and neonatal care.

Frequent collaborators in their research activities include:

  • Scott C. Howard
  • Karyl K. Buddington
  • Marié van der Merwe
  • Igor Y. Iskusnykh
  • Jessica L. Hill

Randal K. Buddington has contributed multiple publications to journals such as Medical Sciences, Annual Review of Animal Biosciences, Experimental Neurology, Microorganisms, and Cureus. The Medical Sciences venue features multiple works by this scientist.

Best Publications

  • Dietary prebiotics: current status and new definition

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

  • 6 Yolk Absorption in Embryonic and Larval Fishes

    Thomas A. Heming;Randal K. Buddington

  • Dietary supplement of neosugar alters the fecal flora and decreases activities of some reductive enzymes in human subjects.

    Randal Buddington;Carol H. Williams;Sui Chi Chen;Steven A. Witherly

  • Diet- and colonization-dependent intestinal dysfunction predisposes to necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm pigs

    Per T. Sangild;Richard H. Siggers;Mette Schmidt;Jan Elnif

  • Dietary Oligofructose and Inulin Protect Mice from Enteric and Systemic Pathogens and Tumor Inducers

    Karyl K. Buddington;Jillian B. Donahoo;Randal K. Buddington

  • Ontogenetic Development of Intestinal Nutrient Transporters

    Randal K. Buddington;Jared M. Diamond

  • GLP-2 stimulates intestinal growth in premature TPN-fed pigs by suppressing proteolysis and apoptosis

    D. G. Burrin;B. Stoll;R. Jiang;Y. Petersen

  • Effects of soybean meal and salinity on intestinal transport of nutrients in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).

    S. Nordrum;A. M. Bakke-McKellep;Å Krogdahl;Randal Buddington

  • Pyloric ceca of fish: a "new" absorptive organ.

    Randal Buddington;J. M. Diamond

  • Ontogenetic development of nutrient transporters in cat intestine

    Randal Buddington;J. Diamond

  • Carbohydrate maldigestion induces necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm pigs

    Thomas Thymann;Hanne Møller;Barbara Stoll;Ann Cathrine Findal Støy

  • Absorption of glucose, amino acids, and dipeptides by the intestines of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.).

    A. M. Bakke-McKellep;S. Nordrum;Å Krogdahl;Randal Buddington

  • Aristotle revisited: the function of pyloric caeca in fish

    Randal K. Buddington;Jared M. Diamond

  • Dietary oligofructose and inulin modulate immune functions in mice

    K.A Kelly-Quagliana;P.D Nelson;R.K Buddington

  • Dietary regulation of intestinal brush-border sugar and amino acid transport in carnivores.

    Randal Buddington;J. W. Chen;J. M. Diamond

  • A successful microbound diet for the larval culture of freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii

    Ekaterina E Kovalenko;Louis R D'Abramo;Cortney L Ohs;Randal K Buddington

  • Intestinal apical amino acid absorption during development of the pig.

    Randal K. Buddington;Jan Elnif;Anna A. Puchal-Gardiner;Per T. Sangild

  • Structural and functional relations of the white sturgeon alimentary canal (Acipenser transmontanus).

    Randal K. Buddington;Serge I. Doroshov

  • Nutrition and ontogenetic development of the intestine

    Randal K. Buddington

  • Carbohydrate maldigestion induces necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm pigs

    D Burrin;T. Thymann;B. Stoll;Ann Cathrine Findal Støy

Frequent Co-Authors

Douglas G. Burrin
Douglas G. Burrin Baylor College of Medicine
Jared M. Diamond
Jared M. Diamond University of California, Los Angeles
Jens J. Holst
Jens J. Holst University of Copenhagen
Åshild Krogdahl
Åshild Krogdahl Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Bent Borg Jensen
Bent Borg Jensen Aarhus University
Peter M. H. Heegaard
Peter M. H. Heegaard Technical University of Denmark
Scott C. Howard
Scott C. Howard University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Jerrold R. Turner
Jerrold R. Turner Brigham and Women's Hospital
Gorm Greisen
Gorm Greisen Copenhagen University Hospital
Kim F. Michaelsen
Kim F. Michaelsen University of Copenhagen

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