Karen Angelica Gomes Vilela Antunes

PhD Student

Pierre Research Group

antunes@wisc.edu

Website

Type: Graduate Students

Whey Protein Phospholipid Concentrate and Its Fractions as a Diet Intervention Enhance Bone Health and Alter the Gut Microbiome in Weanling Mice

Mitchell T Armstrong, Karen Antunes, Nathaniel B Willis, Mark B Meyer, Joseph F Pierre, Gulustan Ozturk

FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. 2025 December 9. pmid:41363910, pmc:PMC12687760, doi:10.1096/fj.202502683R
The role of the mycobiome in host physiology and disease: insights from rodent models

Karen Antunes, Nathaniel B Willis, Joseph F Pierre

Lab animal. 2025 October 14. pmid:41087644, pmc:PMC12575366, doi:10.1038/s41684-025-01620-6
Cyclic infusion mitigates liver dysfunction associated with continuous total parenteral nutrition in a novel murine model

Nathaniel B Willis, Tahliyah S Mims, Karen Antunes, Hubert Peng, Mei-I Yen, Chi-Liang Eric Yen, Joseph F Pierre

American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology. 2025 August 11. pmid:40789651, pmc:PMC12456138, doi:10.1152/ajpgi.00033.2025
Altered hepatic and intestinal homeostasis in a neonatal murine model of short-term total parenteral nutrition and antibiotics

Tahliyah S Mims, Roshan Kumari, Cameron Leathem, Karen Antunes, Sydney Joseph, Mei-I Yen, Danielle Ferstl, Sophia M Jamieson, Austin Sabbar, Claudia Biebel, Nikolai Lazarevic, Nathaniel B Willis, Lydia Henry, Chi-Liang E Yen, Joseph P Smith, Ankush Gosain, Marlies Meisel, Kent A Willis, Ajay J Talati, Mohammad T Elabiad, Brianne Hibl, Joseph F Pierre

American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology. 2023 September 27. pmid:37753583, pmc:PMC11901332, doi:10.1152/ajpgi.00129.2023

Bovine Milk Derived Extracellular Vesicles on Gut Health and Metabolism