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Rodney W Johnson

Professor, Animal Sciences

Additional Campus Affiliations

Professor, Animal Sciences
Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Head, Animal Sciences

Recent Publications

Caetano-Silva, M. E., Rund, L., Vailati-Riboni, M., Matt, S., Soto-Diaz, K., Beever, J., Allen, J. M., Woods, J. A., Steelman, A. J., & Johnson, R. W. (2024). The emergence of inflammatory microglia during gut inflammation is not affected by FFAR2 expression in intestinal epithelial cells or peripheral myeloid cells. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 118, 423-436. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2024.03.016

Rodriguez-Zas, S. L., Nowak, R. A., Antonson, A. M., Rund, L., Bhamidi, S., Gomez, A. N., Southey, B. R., & Johnson, R. W. (2024). Immune and metabolic challenges induce changes in pain sensation and related pathways in the hypothalamus. Physiological genomics, 56(4), 343-359. https://doi.org/10.1152/physiolgenomics.00134.2023

Alsegehy, S., Southey, B. R., Rund, L., Johnson, R. W., & Rodriguez-Zas, S. L. (2023). Genes Participating in the Ensheathment of Neurons Are Affected by Postnatal Stress and Maternal Immune Activation in the Pituitary Gland. Genes, 14(5), Article 1007. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes14051007

Caetano-Silva, M. E., Rund, L., Hutchinson, N. T., Woods, J. A., Steelman, A. J., & Johnson, R. W. (2023). Inhibition of inflammatory microglia by dietary fiber and short-chain fatty acids. Scientific reports, 13(1), Article 2819. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-27086-x

Hutchinson, N. T., Wang, S. S., Rund, L. A., Caetano-Silva, M. E., Allen, J. M., Johnson, R. W., & Woods, J. A. (2023). Effects of an inulin fiber diet on the gut microbiome, colon, and inflammatory biomarkers in aged mice. Experimental Gerontology, 176, Article 112164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2023.112164

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