Comparative genomic and functional profiling of ECM-targeting enzymes in Bacteroides, a key genus of the human gut microbiome

Mancera Azamar KMG, Rajesh K, Downing BU, Javith MU, Yamhure IU, Porras AM# (2026) Under review at the Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering Journal.bioRxiv [preprint]

Trymethylamine-N-oxide, a gut-derived metabolite, induces myofibroblastic activation of valvular interstitial cells through endoplasmic reticulum stress

Sudi S, Suresh DS, Kolli, T, Mancera Azamar KM, Dickson A, Mohammadalizadeh Z, Porras AM (2026) Scientific Reports

Supplementation with a Limosilactobacillus fermentum K73 synbiotic modulates gut microbiota function and behavior in gnotobiotic mice transplanted with microbiota from children diagnosed with ASD

Bauer Estrada KG, Mancera Azamar KMG, Wang C, Sudi SG, Friday-Saunders K, Márquez V, Quintanilla-Carvajal MX, Acosta-González A, Conde-Martinez N, Porras AM#, Alviña A# (2025) biorXiv [preprint]

Innovative engineering approaches to model host-microbiome interactions in vitro

Mancera Azamar KM, Sudi SD, Mohammadalizadeh Z, Coffin C, Parker IK, Porras AM (2025) Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Inflammatory bowel disease-associated gut commensals degrade components of the extracellular matrix

Porras AM, Zhou HG, Shi Q, Xiao XG, JRI Live Cell Bank, Longman R, Brito IL (2022) mBio

Geographic differences in gut microbiota composition impact susceptibility to enteric infection

Porras AM, Shi Q, Zhou H, Callahan R, Montenegro-Bethancourt G, Solomons N, Brito IL (2021) Cell Reports

The internationalization of human microbiome research

Porras AM, Brito IL (2019) Current Opinion in Microbiology