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82716
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3973
National Ranking
1957

Overview

Wendy S. Garrett is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has made contributions primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research spans multiple subfields including Molecular Biology, Physiology, Oncology, Surgery, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's work focuses on topics related to gut microbiota and health, diet and metabolism studies, nutritional studies and diet, colorectal cancer screening and detection, Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research, cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, and Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies.

Wendy S. Garrett has published frequently in venues such as Gastroenterology, Cell Host & Microbe, Science, Gut Microbes, and mBio. Gastroenterology features the highest number of their publications.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Dietary fiber and probiotics influence the gut microbiome and melanoma immunotherapy response (2021, Science)
  • Questioning the fetal microbiome illustrates pitfalls of low-biomass microbial studies (2023, Nature)
  • Bacteria in cancer initiation, promotion and progression (2023, Nature reviews. Cancer)
  • Colon Cancer-Associated Fusobacterium nucleatum May Originate From the Oral Cavity and Reach Colon Tumors via the Circulatory System (2020, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology)
  • Diet posttranslationally modifies the mouse gut microbial proteome to modulate renal function (2020, Science)

Their frequent co-authors include Curtis Huttenhower, Mingyang Song, Andrew T. Chan, Eric B. Rimm, and Long H. Nguyen, indicating a collaborative network across related biomedical research areas.

Best Publications

  • Metagenomic biomarker discovery and explanation

    Nicola Segata;Jacques Izard;Levi Waldron;Dirk Gevers

  • The Microbial Metabolites, Short-Chain Fatty Acids, Regulate Colonic Treg Cell Homeostasis

    Patrick M. Smith;Michael Howitt;Nicolai Panikov;Monia Michaud

  • Host microbiota constantly control maturation and function of microglia in the CNS

    Daniel Erny;Anna Lena Hrabě de Angelis;Diego Jaitin;Peter Wieghofer

  • Gut microbiota, metabolites and host immunity

    Michelle G. Rooks;Wendy S. Garrett

  • Fusobacterium nucleatum Potentiates Intestinal Tumorigenesis and Modulates the Tumor-Immune Microenvironment

    Aleksandar D. Kostic;Aleksandar D. Kostic;Eunyoung Chun;Lauren Robertson;Jonathan N. Glickman

  • Genomic analysis identifies association of Fusobacterium with colorectal carcinoma

    Aleksandar D. Kostic;Dirk Gevers;Chandra Sekhar Pedamallu;Chandra Sekhar Pedamallu;Monia Michaud

  • Potential role of intratumor bacteria in mediating tumor resistance to the chemotherapeutic drug gemcitabine.

    Leore T. Geller;Michal Barzily-Rokni;Tal Danino;Oliver H. Jonas;Oliver H. Jonas

  • A single-cell survey of the small intestinal epithelium

    Adam L. Haber;Moshe Biton;Moshe Biton;Noga Rogel;Rebecca H. Herbst;Rebecca H. Herbst

  • Binding of the Fap2 protein of Fusobacterium nucleatum to human inhibitory receptor TIGIT protects tumors from immune cell attack.

    Chamutal Gur;Yara Ibrahim;Batya Isaacson;Rachel Yamin

  • Cancer and the microbiota

    Wendy S. Garrett

  • Communicable Ulcerative Colitis Induced by T-bet Deficiency in the Innate Immune System

    Wendy S. Garrett;Graham M. Lord;Graham M. Lord;Graham M. Lord;Shivesh Punit;Geanncarlo Lugo-Villarino

  • Fusobacterium nucleatum in colorectal carcinoma tissue and patient prognosis

    Kosuke Mima;Reiko Nishihara;Zhi Rong Qian;Yin Cao

  • Homeostasis and Inflammation in the Intestine

    Wendy S. Garrett;Jeffrey I. Gordon;Laurie H. Glimcher

  • Fusobacterium nucleatum - symbiont, opportunist and oncobacterium.

    Caitlin A. Brennan;Wendy S. Garrett

  • Tuft cells, taste-chemosensory cells, orchestrate parasite type 2 immunity in the gut

    Michael R. Howitt;Sydney Lavoie;Monia Michaud;Arthur M. Blum

  • Microbes, Microbiota, and Colon Cancer

    Cynthia L. Sears;Wendy S. Garrett

  • Enterobacteriaceae act in concert with the gut microbiota to induce spontaneous and maternally transmitted colitis

    Wendy S. Garrett;Carey A. Gallini;Tanya Yatsunenko;Monia Michaud

  • Activation of lysosomal function during dendritic cell maturation.

    E. Sergio Trombetta;Melanie Ebersold;Wendy Garrett;Marc Pypaert

  • Nutrients, Foods, and Colorectal Cancer Prevention

    Mingyang Song;Wendy S. Garrett;Andrew T. Chan;Andrew T. Chan

  • Relating the metatranscriptome and metagenome of the human gut

    Eric A. Franzosa;Xochitl C. Morgan;Nicola Segata;Levi Waldron

Frequent Co-Authors

Curtis Huttenhower
Curtis Huttenhower Harvard University
Andrew T. Chan
Andrew T. Chan Harvard University
Shuji Ogino
Shuji Ogino Brigham and Women's Hospital
Mingyang Song
Mingyang Song Harvard University
Jonathan N. Glickman
Jonathan N. Glickman Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Reiko Nishihara
Reiko Nishihara Harvard University
Kana Wu
Kana Wu Harvard University
Laurie H. Glimcher
Laurie H. Glimcher Harvard University
Matthew Meyerson
Matthew Meyerson Harvard University

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