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Thomas R. Ziegler

Thomas R. Ziegler

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Medicine

D-Index
91
Citations
27089
World Ranking
11852
National Ranking
6079

Overview

Thomas R. Ziegler is affiliated with Emory University in the United States and has developed a research profile largely centered around medicine with a specific focus on multiple subfields including physiology, molecular biology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, public health, environmental and occupational health, and epidemiology.

Their work spans several interconnected research topics, prominently featuring diet and metabolism studies, metabolomics and mass spectrometry studies, cystic fibrosis research advances, nutrition and health in aging, gut microbiota and health, nutritional studies and diet, as well as tryptophan and brain disorders.

Frequent publication venues for Thomas R. Ziegler include:

  • Current Developments in Nutrition
  • Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Critical Care
  • Clinical Nutrition

Their collaborative network features recurrent coauthors such as Jessica A. Alvarez, Dean P. Jones, Ken Liu, Moriah P. Bellissimo, and William R. Hunt, with publication counts suggesting significant ongoing research partnerships.

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by Thomas R. Ziegler include:

  • Tryptophan catabolism reflects disease activity in human tuberculosis, 2020, JCI Insight
  • Fecal microbiota transplantation promotes reduction of antimicrobial resistance by strain replacement, 2023, Science Translational Medicine
  • Microbial metabolite delta-valerobetaine is a diet-dependent obesogen, 2021, Nature Metabolism
  • Application of high-resolution metabolomics to identify biological pathways perturbed by traffic-related air pollution, 2020, Environmental Research
  • Dose- and time-dependent increase in circulating anti-inflammatory and pro-resolving lipid mediators following eicosapentaenoic acid supplementation in patients with major depressive disorder and chronic inflammation, 2020, Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Best Publications

  • The gut: a central organ after surgical stress.

    D. W. Wilmore;R. J. Smith;S. T. O'dwyer;D. O. Jacobs

  • Critical role of nutrition in improving quality of care: an interdisciplinary call to action to address adult hospital malnutrition.

    Kelly A. Tappenden;Beth Quatrara;Melissa L. Parkhurst;Ainsley M. Malone

  • Clinical and metabolic efficacy of glutamine-supplemented parenteral nutrition after bone marrow transplantation. A randomized, double-blind, controlled study.

    Thomas R. Ziegler;Lorraine S. Young;Kathleen Benfell;Marc Scheltinga

  • Alterations in vitamin D status and anti-microbial peptide levels in patients in the intensive care unit with sepsis

    Leo Jeng;Alexandra V Yamshchikov;Suzanne Elizabeth Judd;Henry Michael Blumberg

  • A new treatment for patients with short-bowel syndrome. Growth hormone, glutamine, and a modified diet

    Theresa A. Byrne;Rebecca L. Persinger;Lorrie S. Young;Thomas R. Ziegler

  • Teduglutide (ALX-0600), a dipeptidyl peptidase IV resistant glucagon-like peptide 2 analogue, improves intestinal function in short bowel syndrome patients

    P. B. Jeppesen;E. L. Sanguinetti;A. Buchman;L. Howard

  • Increased Intestinal Permeability Associated With Infection in Burn Patients

    Thomas R. Ziegler;Robert J. Smith;Sarah T. O'Dwyer;Robert H. Demling

  • Readmission and mortality in malnourished, older, hospitalized adults treated with a specialized oral nutritional supplement: A randomized clinical trial.

    Nicolaas E. Deutz;Eric M. Matheson;Laura E. Matarese;Menghua Luo

  • Vitamin D for treatment and prevention of infectious diseases: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.

    Alexandra V. Yamshchikov;Nirali S. Desai;Henry M. Blumberg;Thomas R. Ziegler

  • A Single Dose of Endotoxin Increases Intestinal Permeability in Healthy Humans

    Sarah T. O'Dwyer;Hamish R. Michie;Thomas R. Ziegler;Arthur Revhaug

  • Cysteine/cystine couple is a newly recognized node in the circuitry for biologic redox signaling and control

    Dean P. Jones;Young-Mi Go;Corinna L. Anderson;Thomas R. Ziegler

  • Safety and Metabolic Effects of L‐Glutamine Administration in Humans

    Thomas R. Ziegler;Kathleen Benfell;Robert J. Smith;Lorraine S. Young

  • Growth Hormone, Glutamine, and a Modified Diet Enhance Nutrient Absorption in Patients With Severe Short Bowel Syndrome

    Theresa A. Byrne;Thomas B. Morrissey;Thomas V. Nattakom;Thomas R. Ziegler

  • Parenteral nutrition in the critically ill patient.

    Thomas R. Ziegler

  • Nutritional Metabolomics: Progress in Addressing Complexity in Diet and Health

    Dean P Jones;Youngja Park;Thomas R Ziegler

  • Association between adherence to the Mediterranean diet and oxidative stress

    Jun Dai;Dean P Jones;Jack Goldberg;Thomas R Ziegler

  • Parenteral glutamine increases serum heat shock protein 70 in critically ill patients

    Thomas R. Ziegler;Thomas R. Ziegler;Lorraine G. Ogden;Kristen D. Singleton;Menghua Luo;Menghua Luo

  • TROPHIC AND CYTOPROTECTIVE NUTRITION FOR INTESTINAL ADAPTATION, MUCOSAL REPAIR, AND BARRIER FUNCTION

    Thomas R. Ziegler;Mary E. Evans;Concepción Fernández-Estívariz;Dean P. Jones

  • Distribution of the H+/peptide transporter PepT1 in human intestine: up-regulated expression in the colonic mucosa of patients with short-bowel syndrome

    Thomas R Ziegler;Concepción Fernández-Estívariz;Li H Gu;Niloofar Bazargan

  • Modern nutrition in health and disease: Eleventh edition

    A. Catharine Ross;Benjamin H Caballero;Robert J. Cousins;Katherine L. Tucker

Frequent Co-Authors

Dean P. Jones
Dean P. Jones Emory University
Vin Tangpricha
Vin Tangpricha Emory University
Douglas W. Wilmore
Douglas W. Wilmore Brigham and Women's Hospital
Viola Vaccarino
Viola Vaccarino Emory University
Arshed A. Quyyumi
Arshed A. Quyyumi Emory University
Andrew T. Gewirtz
Andrew T. Gewirtz Georgia State University
Kirk A. Easley
Kirk A. Easley Emory University
Young-Mi Go
Young-Mi Go Emory University
Lou Ann S. Brown
Lou Ann S. Brown Emory University
Subra Kugathasan
Subra Kugathasan Emory University

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