Publications

Verma S, Holthaus TA, Martell S, Holscher HD, Zhu R, Khan NA. Predicting cognitive outcomes through nutrition and health markers using supervised machine learning. The Journal of Nutrition. 2025 (accepted)

Sarker K, Zhu R, Holscher HD, Zhai CX. Integrating prior knowledge from genome-scale metabolic model with metabolomics for diet assessment. IEEE Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics. 2025 (accepted)

Diacova T, Cifelli CJ, Davis CD, Holscher HD, Kable ME, Lampe JW, Latulippe ME, Swanson KS, Karl JP. Best practices and considerations for conducting research on diet-gut microbiome interactions and their impact on health in adult populations: an umbrella review. Advances in Nutrition. 2025 (accepted)

Baldeon AD, Holthaus TA, Khan NA, Holscher HD. Fecal microbiota and metabolites predict metabolic health features across various dietary patterns in adults. The Journal of Nutrition. 2025; 155(6): 1795-1803

Willis NB, Cannavale CN, Walk AM, Burd NA, Holscher HD, Khan NA. Inhibitory control is related to fecal short-chain fatty acid concentrations in adults with overweight and obesity. Nutrition Research. 2025. 138; 12-21

Hong G, Hindle VK, Veasley NM, Holscher HD, Kilicoglu H. Mining the scientific literature for diet-microbiome associations. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 2025; 32(6): 998-1006

Diener C, Holscher HD, Filek K, Corbin KD, Moissl-Eichinger C, Gibbons SM. Metagenomic estimation of dietary intake from human stool. Nature Metabolism. 2025

Wang T, Holscher HD, Maslov S, Hu FB, Weiss ST, Liu YY. Predicting metabolic response to dietary intervention using deep learning. Nature Communications. 2025. 16(1): 815

Keye SA, Holthaus TA, Cannavale CN, Rosok LM, Lamblin E, Renzi-Hammon L, Holscher HD, Khan NA. MIND Diet Pattern is associated with attentional control in school aged children. Journal of Cognitive Enhancement. 2025 

Hindle VK, Veasley NM, Holscher HD. Microbiota-focused dietary approaches to support health: A systematic review. The Journal of Nutrition. 2025. 155(2): 381-401

Coates PM, Bailey RL, Blumberg JB, El-Sohemy A, Floyd ZE, Goldenberg JZ, Shunney AG, Holscher HD, Nkrumah-Elie Y, Rai D, Ritz BW, Webber WJ. The Evolution of Science and Regulation of Dietary Supplements: Past, Present, and Future. The Journal of Nutrition. 2024; 154(8): 2335-2345

Rosok LM, Cannavale CN, Keye SA, Holscher HD, Renzi-Hammond L, Khan NA. Skin and macular carotenoids and relations to academic achievement among school-aged children. Nutritional Neuroscience. 2025. 28(3): 308-320

Mysonhimer AR, Brown MD, Alvarado DA, Cornman E, Esmail M, Abdiel T, Gutierrez K, Vasquez J, Cannavale CN, Miller MJ, Khan NA, Holscher HD. Honey added to yogurt with Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis DN-173 010/CNCM I-2494 supports probiotic enrichment but does not reduce intestinal transit time in healthy adults: A randomized, controlled, crossover trial. The Journal of Nutrition. 2024. 154(8):2396-2410

Holscher HD. Diving into dietary pattern and dietary diversity analyses. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2024; 119: 1095-1096

Holthaus TA, Keye SA, Verma S, Cannavale CN, Burd NA, Holscher HD, Khan NA. Dietary patterns and carotenoid intake: comparisons of MIND, Mediterranean, DASH, and Healthy Eating Index. Nutrition Research. 2024; 126: 58-66

Alvarado DA, Ibarra-Sánchez LA, Mysonhimer AR, Cao R, Miller MJ, Holscher HD. Honey varietals differentially impact Bifidobacterium animalis ssp lactis survivability in yogurt through simulated in vitro digestion. The Journal of Nutrition. 2024; 154 (3): 866-874

Sarker K, Zhu R, Holscher HD, Zhai CX. Augmenting nutritional metabolomics with a genome-scale metabolic model for assessment of diet intake. Proceedings of the 14th ACM International Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, and Health Informatics. 2023

Shinn LM, Mansharamani A, Baer DJ, Novotny JA, Charron CS, Khan NA, Zhu R, Holscher HD. Fecal metagenomics to identify biomarkers of food intake in health adults: findings from randomized, controlled, nutrition trials. The Journal of Nutrition. 2024; 154(1): 271-283

Cannavale CN, Keye SA, Rosok LM, Martell SG, Holthaus TA, Raine LR, Mullen SP, Holscher HD, Hillman CH, Kramer AF, Cohen NJ, Hammond BR, Renzi-Hamond L, Khan NA. Macular Pigment Optical Density and Skin Carotenoids in a Childhood Sample. The Journal of Nutrition. 2023

Holthaus TA, Cannavale CN, Sethi S, Aguinga S, Burd NA, Holscher HD, Khan NA. MIND diet pattern adherence is inversely associated with visceral adiposity and features of metabolic syndrome. Nutrition Research. 2023

Unger AL, Astrup A, Feeney EL, Holscher HD, Gerstein GE, Torres-Gonzalez M, Brown K. Harnessing the magic of the dairy matrix for next level health solutions: A summary of a symposium presented at Nutrition 2022. Current Developments in Nutrition. 2023; 7(7), 10105

Vinderola G, Cotter PD, Freita M, Gueimonde M, Holscher HD, Ruas-Madiedo P, Salminen S, Swanson KS, Sanders ME, Cifelli C. Fermented foods: a perspective on their role in delivering biotics. Frontiers Microbiology. 2023; 14, 1196239

Cannavale CN, Edward CG, Liu R, Keye SA, Iwinski SJ, Holscher HD, Renzi-Hammond L, Khan NA. Macular Pigment is inversely related to circulating C-reactive protein concentrations in school-aged children. Nutrition Research. 2023; 114: 13-19

Mysonhimer AR, Holscher HD. Non-digestible carbohydrate consumption: balancing therapeutics with gastrointestinal effects and tolerance. Nutrition Today. 2023; 58(3): 100-104

Bailey MA, Thompson SV, Mysonhimer AR, Bennett JN, Vanhie JJ, De Lisio M, Burd NA, Khan NA, Holscher HD. Dietary fiber intake and fecal short-chain fatty acid concentrations are associated with lower plasma lipopolysaccharide-binding protein and inflammation. American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology. 2023; 324(5): G369-G377

Baldeon AD, McDonald D, Gonzalez A, Knight R, Holscher HD. Diet quality and the fecal microbiota in adults in the American Gut Project. The Journal of Nutrition. 2023; 153(7): 2004-2015

Mysonhimer AR, Cannavale CN, Bailey MA, Khan NA, Holscher HD. Prebiotic consumption alters microbiota but not biological markers of stress and inflammation or mental health symptoms in healthy adults: a randomized, controlled, crossover trial. The Journal of Nutrition. 2023; 153(4): 1283-1296

Holscher HD. Let’s do the math: embracing mathematical modeling to advance nutrition research. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2023; 117(2): 220-221

Cannavale CN, Mysonhimer AR, Bailey MA, Cohen NJ, Holscher HD, Khan NA. Consumption of a fermented dairy beverage improves hippocampal-dependent relational memory in a randomized, controlled cross-over trial. Nutritional Neuroscience. 2023; 26(3): 265-274

Hughes RL, Pindus DM, Khan NA, Burd NA, Holscher HD. Associations between accelerometer-measured physical activity and fecal microbiota in adults with overweight and obesity. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise (MSSE). 2023; 55(4): 680-689

Shinn LM, Mansharamani A, Baer DJ, Novotny JA, Charron CS, Khan NA, Zhu R, Holscher HD. Fecal metabolites as biomarkers for predicting food intake by healthy adults. The Journal of Nutrition. 2022; 152(12): 2956-2965

Mysonhimer AR, Holscher HD. Gastrointestinal effects and tolerance of non-digestible carbohydrate consumption. Advances in Nutrition 2022; 13(6): 2237-2277

Holscher HD, Chumpitazi BP, Dahl WJ, Fahey GC, Liska DJ, Slavin JL, Verbeke K. Assessing tolerance to non-digestible carbohydrate consumption. Advances in Nutrition 2022; 13(6): 2084-2097

Holthaus TA, Kashi M, Cannavale CN, Edwards CG, Aguiñaga S, Walk ADM, Burd NA, Holscher HD, Khan NA. MIND dietary pattern adherence is selectively associated with cognitive processing speed in middle-aged adults. The Journal of Nutrition. 2022; 152(12): 2941-2949

Hughes RL, Alvarado DA, Swanson KS, Holscher HD. The prebiotic potential of inulin-type fructans: A systematic review. Advances in Nutrition. 2022; 13(2); 492-529

Brown MA, Shinn LM, Reeser G, Browning M, Schwingel A, Khan NA, Holscher HD. Fecal and soil microbiota composition of gardening and non-gardening families. Scientific Reports. 2022; 12(1), 1-12

Willis NB, Munoz CX, Mysonhimer AR, Edwards CG, Wolf PG, Hillman CH, Burd NA, Holscher HD, Khan NA. Hydration biomarkers are related to the differential abundance of fecal microbiota and plasma lipopolysaccharide-binding protein in adults. Annuals of Nutrition Metabolism 2021;77(suppl 4):37–45

Holscher HD. The gut microbiome in feast and famine. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 2021; 18: 749-750

Shinn LM, Holscher HD. Personalized nutrition and multi-omics analyses: a guide for nutritionists. Nutrition Today. 2021; 56(6): 270-278

Cannavale CN, Bailey M, Edwards CG, Thompson SV, Walk AM, Burd NA, Holscher HD, Khan NA. Systemic inflammation mediates the negative relationship between visceral adiposity and cognitive control. International Journal of Psychophysiology. 2021; 165: 68-75

Khan NA, Edwards CG, Thompson SV, Hannaon BA, Burke SS, Walk ADM, Mackezie RWA, Reeser GE, Fiese BH, Burd NA, Holscher HD. Avocado consumption, abdominal adiposity, and oral glucose tolerance among persons with overweight and obesity. The Journal of Nutrition. 2021; 151(9): 2513-2521

Hughes RL, Holscher HD. Fueling gut microbes: A review of the interaction between diet, exercise, and the gut microbiota in athletes.  Advances in Nutrition. 2021; 12 (6): 2190-2215

Hughes RL, Davis C, Lobach A, Holscher HD. An overview of current knowledge of the gut microbiota and low-calorie sweeteners.  Nutrition Today. 2021; 56(3): 105-113

Pindus DM, Edwards CG, Walk AM, Reeser GA, Burd NA, Holscher HD, Khan NA. Sedentary time is related to deficits in response inhibition among adults with overweight and obesity: An accelerometry and ERP study. Psychophysiology. 2021; 58(8): e13843

Guo B, Holscher HD, Bushell CB, Novotny JA, Baer DJ, Burd NA, Khan, NA, Zhu R. Estimating heterogeneous treatment effect on multivariate responses using random forests. Statistics in Biosciences. 2023; 15(3): 545-561

McKenna CF, Salvador AF, Hughes RL, Scaroni SE, Alamilla RA, Askow AT, Paluska SA, Dilger AC, Holscher HD, De Lisio M, Khan NA, Burd NA. Higher protein intake during resistance training does not potentiate strength, but modulates gut microbiota, in middle-aged adults: a randomized control trial. American Journal of Physiological Society. 2021; 320(5): E900-E913

Edwards CG, Walk AM, Thompson SV, Reeser GE, Dilger RN, Erdman JW, Burd NA, Holscher HD, Khan NA. Dietary lutein plus zeaxanthin and choline intake is interactively associated with cognitive flexibility in middle-adulthood in adults with overweight and obesity. Nutritional Neuroscience. 2022; 25(7): 1437-1452

Cunningham M, Azcarate-Peril MA, Barnard A, Benoit V, Grimaldi R, Guyonnet D, Holscher HD, Hunter K, Manurung S, Obis D, Petrova MI, Steinert RE, Swanson KS, van Sinderen D, Vulevic, Gibson GR. Shaping the future of probiotics and prebiotics. Trends in Microbiology. 2021; 29(8): 667-685

Pindus DM, Edwards CG, Walk AM, Reeser GA, Burd NA, Holscher HD, Khan NA. The relationships between prolonged sedentary time, physical activity, cognitive control and P3 in adults with overweight and obesity. International Journal of Obesity. 2021; 45 (4) 746-757

Oba PM, Holscher HD, Mathai RA, Kim J, Swanson KS. Diet influences the oral microbiota of infants during the first six months of life. Nutrients. 2020. 12(11), 3400

Shinn, LM, Li Y, Mansharamani A, Auvil LS, Welge ME, Bushell C, Khan NA, Charron CS, Novotny JA, Baer DJ, Zhu R, Holscher HD. Fecal bacteria as biomarkers for predicting food intake in healthy adults. The Journal of Nutrition. 2021; 151(2): 423-433.

Taylor AM, Thompson SV, Edwards CG, Masaad SMA, Khan NA, Holscher HD. Associations among diet, the gastrointestinal microbiota, and negative emotional states in adults. Nutritional Neuroscience. 2021; 23(12): 983-992. DOI:10.1080/1028415X.2019.1582578

Thompson SV, Bailey MA, Taylor AM, Kaczmarek JL, Mysonhimer AR, Edwards CG, Reeser GE, Burd NA, Khan NA, Holscher HD. Avocado consumption alters gastrointestinal bacteria abundance and microbial metabolite concentrations among adults with overweight or obesity: a randomized, controlled trial. The Journal of Nutrition. 2021; 151(4) 753-762

Edwards CG, Walk AM, Cannavale CN, Flemming IR, Thompson SV, Reeser GR, Holscher HD, and Khan NA. Dietary choline is related to neural efficiency during a selective attention task among middle-aged adults with overweight and obesity. Nutritional Neuroscience. 2021; 24(4): 269-278.

Swanson KS, Gibson G, Hutkins R, Reimer R, Reid G, Verbeke K, Scott K, Holscher HD, Azad M, Delzenne N, Sanders ME.  International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) consensus statement on the definition and scope of synbiotics.  Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 2020; 17(11): 687-701

Hannon BA, Edwards CG, Thompson SV, Burke SK, Burd NA, Holscher HD, Teran-Garcia M, Khan NA. Genetic variants in lipid metabolism pathways interact with diet to influence blood lipid concentrations in adults with overweight and obesity. Lifestyle Genomics. 2020; 13(6): 155-163

Hannon BA, Edwards CG, Thompson SV, Reeser GE, Burd NA, Holscher HD, Teran-Garcia M, Khan NA. Single nucleotide polymorphisms related to lipoprotein metabolism are associated with blood lipid changes following regular avocado intake in a randomized control trial among adults with overweight and obesity. Lifestyle Genomics. 2020; 13(6): 155-163

Holscher HD. Gut microbes: nuts about fatty acids.  The Journal of Nutrition. 2020;150(4):652-653

Holscher HD. Diet affects the human gastrointestinal microbiota and health.  Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 2020;120(4):495-499.

Edwards CG, Thompson SV, Walk AM, Reeser GE, Erdman JW, Burd NA, Holscher HD, Khan NA. Effects of a 12-week avocado consumption on cognitive function among adults with overweight and obesity. International Journal of Psychophysiology. 2020;148:13-24.

Taylor AM and Holscher HD. A review of dietary and microbial connections to depression, anxiety and stress. Nutritional Neuroscience. 2020;23(3):237-250.

Cannavale CN, Hassevoort KM, Edwards CG, Thompson SV, Burd NA, Holscher HD, Erdman JW, Cohen NJ, Khan NA. Serum lutein is related to relational memory performance. Nutrients. 2019;11(4):768

Edwards EG, Walk AM, Cannavale CN, Thompson SV, Reeser GE, Holscher HD, Khan NA. Macular xanthophylls and event-related brain potentials among adults with overweight and obesity. Molecular Nutrition and Food Research. 2019

Chojnacki MR, Holscher HD, Balbinot AR, Raine LR, Biggan JR, Walk AM, Kramer AF, Cohen NJ, Hillman CH, Khan NA. Relations between mode of birth delivery and timing of developmental milestones and adiposity in preadolescence: a retrospective study. Early Human Development. 2019; 129: 52-59. DOI:10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2018.12.021

Kaczmarek JL, Liu X, Charron CS, Novotny JA, Jeffery EH, Seinfried HE, Ross SA, Miller MJ, Swanson KS, and Holscher HD. Broccoli consumption affects the human gastrointestinal microbiota. Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. 2019; 63: 27-34. DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2018.09.015

Jones AR, Robbs CM, Edwards CG, Walk AM, Thompson SV, Reeser GE, Holscher HD, Khan NA. Retinal morphometric markers of crystallized and fluid intelligence among adults with overweight and obesity. Frontiers in Psychology. 2018; 9: 2650. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02650

Edwards CG, Walk AM, Thompson SV, Mullen SP, Holscher HD, and Khan NA. Disordered eating attitudes and behavioral and neuroelectric indices of cognitive flexibility in individuals with overweight and obesity. Nutrients . 2018; 10(12):1902. DOI: 10.3390/nu10121902

Hannon BA, Thompson SV, Edwards CG, Skinner SK, Niemiro GM, Burd NA, Holscher HD, Teran M, Khan NA. Dietary fiber is independently related to blood triglycerides among adults with overweight and obesity. 2018. Current Developments in Nutrition.  DOI: 10.1093/cdn/nzy094

Klurfeld DM, Davis CD, Karp RW, Allen-Vercoe E, Change EB, Chassaing B, Fahey GC, Hamaker BR, Holscher HD, Lampe JW, Marette A, Martens E, O’Keefe SJ, Rose DJ, Saarela M, Schneeman BO, Slavin JL, Sonnenburg JL, Swanson KS, Wu GD, Lynch CJ. Considerations for Best Practices in Studies of Fiber or Other Dietary Components and the Intestinal Microbiome. American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2018; 315: E1087-E1097. DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00058.2018

Niemiro GM, Skinner, SK, Walk AM, Edwards CG, De Lisio M, Holscher HD, Burd NA, Khan NA. Oral Glucose Tolerance is associated with Neuro-electric Indices of Attention among Adults with Overweight and Obesity. Obesity. 2018; 26(10): 1550-1557. DOI: 10.1002/oby.22276

Taylor AM and Holscher HD. A review of dietary and microbial connections to depression, anxiety and stress. Nutritional Neuroscience. 2018. DOI: 10.1080/1028415X.2018.1493808.

Niemiro GM, Allen JM, Mailing LJ, Khan NA, Holscher HD, Woods JA, De Lisio M. Effects of Endurance Exercise Training on Inflammatory Circulating Progenitor Cell Content in Lean and Obese Adults. Journal of Physiology. 2018. DOI:10.1113/JP276023

McDonald D, Hyde E, Debelius JW, Morton JT, Gonzalez A, Ackermann G, Aksenov A, Chen Y, Dorrestein PC, Dunn RR, Fahimpour AK, Gaffney J, Gilbert JA, Gogul G, Green JL, Hugenholtz P, Humphrey G, Huttenhower C, Jackson MA, Kelley ST, Knights D, Ladau J, Leach J, Metcalf JL, Montassier E, Navas-Molina J, Peddada S, Pollard KS, Rahnavard G, Robbins-Pianka A, Pollard KS, Sangwan N, Shorenstein J, Spector T, Thackray VG, Thompson LR, Wischmeyer P, Wolfe E, Vazquez-Baeza Y, The American Gut Consortium, and Knight R.  American Gut: An open platform for citizen-science microbiome research. mSystems. 2018. 3:e00031-18.  DOI: 10.1101/277970

Perry E, Cross TWL, Francis JM, Holscher HD, Clark SD, Swanson KS.  Effect of Road Transport on the Equine Cecal Microbiota. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science. 2018. DOI: 10.1016/j.jevs.2018.04.004

Bailey MA and Holscher HD. Microbiome-Mediated Effects of the Mediterranean Diet on Inflammation. Advances in Nutrition. 2018. 9(3): 193-206. DOI: 10.1093/advances/nmy013

Holscher HD, Guetterman H, Swanson KS, An R, Matthan NR, Lichtenstein AH, Novoty JA, Baer DJ. Walnut consumption alters the gastrointestinal microbiota, microbial-derived secondary bile acids, and health markers in healthy adults: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Nutrition. 2018 2018; 148(6): 861-867 DOI: 10.1093/jn/nxy004.

Khan NA, Walk A, Edwards CG, Jones AR, Cannavale C, Thompson SV, Reeser GE, Holscher HD. Macular xanthophylls are related to intellectual ability among adults with overweight and obesity. Nutrients. 2018; 10(4):396. DOI: 10.3390/nu10040396

Berding K, Holscher HD, Arthur AE, Donovan SM. Fecal microbiome composition and stability in 4- to 8-year old children is associated with dietary patterns and nutrient intake. Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. 2018; 56:165-174. DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2018.01.002

Holscher HD, Taylor AM, Swanson KS, Novoty JA, Baer DJ. Almond Consumption and Processing Affects the Composition of the Gastrointestinal Microbiota of Healthy Adult Men and Women. Nutrients. 2018; 10(2):126.  DOI:10.3390/nu1002012

Pallotto MR, de Godoy MRC, Holscher HD, Buff PR, and Swanson KS.  Effects of weight loss while feeding a moderate-protein, high-fiber diet on body composition, voluntary physical activity, and fecal microbiota of overweight cats. American Journal of Veterinary Research. 2018;79:181–190. DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.79.2.181

Allen JM, Mailing LJ, Niemiro GM, Moore R, Cook MD, White BA, Holscher HD, Woods JA. Exercise-induced shifts in the gut microbiome and associated metabolites are dependent on obesity status. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 2017. DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000001495

Thompson SV, Hannon BA, An R, and Holscher HD. Effects of soluble fiber supplementation on body weight, glycemia, and insulinemia in adults with overweight and obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2017; 106(6):1514-1528. DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.117.163246.

Kaczmarek JL, Musaad S, and Holscher HD. Time of day and eating behaviors are associated with the composition and function of the human gastrointestinal microbiota. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2017; 106(5):1220-31. DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.117.156380

Baumgartner NW, Walk AM, Edwards CG, Covello AR, Chojnacki MR, Reeser GE, Taylor AM, Holscher HD, and Khan NA. Relationship between Physical Activity, Adiposity, and Attentional Inhibition. Journal of Physical Activity & Health 2017. DOI: 10.1123/jpah.2017-0181

Kaczmarek JL, Thompson SV, and Holscher HD. Circadian rhythms, eating behaviors, and the gastrointestinal microbiota: complex interactions that may impact health. Nutrition Reviews. 2017; 75(9):673-682.  DOI: 10.1093/nutrit/nux036

Holscher HD. Dietary fiber, prebiotics, and the gastrointestinal microbiota. Gut Microbes. 2017;8(2):172-184 DOI: 10.1080/19490976.2017.1290756

Venable EB, Fenton K, Braner V, Reddington C, Halpin M, Heitz S, Francis J, Gulson N, Goyer C, Bland S, Liu TW, Holscher HD, and Swanson KS.  Effects of feeding management on the equine cecal microbiota.  Journal of Equine Veterinary Science. 2017;49:1-9. DOI: 10.1016/j.jevs.2016.09.010  

Holscher HD, Bode L, and Tappenden KA. Human milk oligosaccharides influence intestinal epithelial cell maturation in vitro. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 2017 64(2):296-301. DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000001274

Liu TW, Cephas KD, Holscher HD, Kerr KR, Mangian HF, Tappenden KA, and Swanson KS. Effects of non-digestible fructans on gastrointestinal barrier function, gene expression, histomorphology, and microbiota profiles of obese C57BL/6J mice. Journal of Nutrition. 2016;146(5): 949-956. doi: 10.3945/jn.115.227504

Beloshapka AN, Forster GM, Holscher HD, Swanson KS, Ryan EP. Fecal microbial communities of overweight and obese client-owned dogs fed cooked bean powders as assessed by 454-pyrosequencing. Journal of Veterinary Science & Technology. 2016;7(366). DOI: 10.4172/2157-7579.1000366

Venable EB, Bland SD, Holscher HD, and Swanson KS. Effects of air travel stress on the canine microbiome: a pilot study. International Journal of Veterinary Health Science & Research. 2016;4(6), 132-139. DOI: 10.19070/2332-2748-1600028

Holscher HD, Caporaso JG, Hooda S, Brulc JM, Fahey GC, and Swanson KS. Fiber supplementation influences phylogenetic structure and functional capacity of the human intestinal microbiome: follow-up of a randomized controlled trial. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2015;101(1):55-64. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.114.092064

Holscher HD, Bauer LL, Gourineni V, Pelkman CL, Fahey GC, and Swanson KS. Agave inulin supplementation affects the fecal microbiota of healthy adults participating in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trial. Journal of Nutrition. 2015;145(9): 2025-2032. doi:10.3945/jn.115.217331

Liu TW, Park YM, Holscher HD, Padilla J, Scroggins RJ, Welly R, Britton SL, Koch LG, Vieira-Potter VJ, and Swanson KS. Physical Activity Differentially Affects the Cecal Microbiota of Ovariectomized Female Rats Selectively Bred for High and Low Aerobic Capacity. PLoS ONE. 2015;10(8): e0136150. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136150

Holscher HD, Doligale J, Bauer LL, Gourineni V, Pelkman CL, Fahey GC, and Swanson KS. Gastrointestinal tolerance and utilization of agave inulin by healthy adults. Food & Function. 2014;5(6):1142-1149. doi:10.1039/C3FO60666J

Holscher HD, Davis SR, and Tappenden KA. Human milk oligosaccharides influence maturation of human intestinal CaCo-2Bbe and HT-29 cell lines. Journal of Nutrition. 2014;144(5):586-591. doi:10.3945/jn.113.189704 

Holscher HD, Faust KL, Czerkies LA, Litov R, Ziegler EE, Lessin H, Hatch T, Sun S, and Tappenden KA. Effects of prebiotic-containing infant formula on gastrointestinal tolerance and fecal microbiota in a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. 2012;36(1S):95-105. doi:10.1177/0148607111430087

Holscher HD, Czerkies LA, Litov R, Sun S, Alexander D, and Tappenden KA. Bifidobacterium lactis Bb12 enhances intestinal antibody response in formula-fed infants: a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial.   Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. 2012;36(1S):106-117. doi:10.1177/0148607111430817