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  1. Opening the Black Box: Reflections from the AJP-Lung Early Career Editorial Fellows

    Article • AJP Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, July 2026, American Physiological Society

    Dr Kent Willis, PhD Elena Lopez-Rodriguez

  2. The Evolving Pathophysiology of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

    Article • Physiological Reviews, August 2025, American Physiological Society

    Dr Kent Willis

  3. Early Multiomic Signals of Severe Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Extremely Low Birthweight Premature Infants

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, May 2025, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Kent Willis

  4. MicroRNA Let-7b-5p Is a Biomarker and Potential Therapeutic Target in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, May 2025, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Kent Willis

  5. Senescence at the Crossroads of Lung Development and Injury

    Article • American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, March 2025, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Kent Willis

  6. The fungal microbiota modulate neonatal oxygen-induced lung injury

    Article • Microbiome, January 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kent Willis

  7. A lactobacilli-based inhaled live biotherapeutic product attenuates pulmonary neutrophilic inflammation

    Article • Nature Communications, August 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kent Willis

  8. Mediators of Antenatal Inflammation Propagating Chronic Neonatal Lung Disease

    Article • April 2024, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Kent Willis

  9. The IL-33/ST2-axis Contributes to the Development of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia-associated Pulmonary Hypertension

    Article • April 2024, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Kent Willis

  10. Altered hepatic and intestinal homeostasis in a neonatal murine model of short-term total parenteral nutrition and antibiotics

    Article • AJP Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, December 2023, American Physiological Society

    Dr Kent Willis

  11. Antimicrobial peptides modulate lung injury by altering the intestinal microbiota

    Article • Microbiome, October 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kent Willis

  12. Clinical trial of a probiotic and herbal supplement for lung health

    Article • Frontiers in Nutrition, June 2023, Frontiers

    Dr Kent Willis

  13. The fungal intestinal microbiota predict the development of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in very low birthweight newborns

    Article • June 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Kent Willis, Stephania Cormier

  14. Clinical Trial of a Probiotic and Herbal Supplement for Lung and Gut Health

    Article • May 2023, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Kent Willis

  15. Impact of total parenteral nutrition and antibiotics on hepatic and intestinal homeostasis in pediatric murine model

    Article • Physiology, May 2023, American Physiological Society

    Dr Kent Willis

  16. The Fungal Intestinal Microbiota Predict the Development of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Very Low Birthweight Newborns

    Article • May 2023, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Kent Willis

  17. Antimicrobial peptides modulate lung injury by altering the intestinal microbiota

    Article • March 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Kent Willis

  18. Microbial-induced Redox Imbalance in the Neonatal Lung Is Ameliorated by Live Biotherapeutics

    Article • American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, March 2023, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Kent Willis

  19. Association of mycoplasma and ureaplasma respiratory colonization and bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extremely preterm infants- a propensity score matched case-control study

    Article • The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, February 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Kent Willis

  20. Clinical Trial of a Probiotic and Herbal Supplement for Lung and Gut Health

    Article • January 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Kent Willis

  21. Efficacy of a Probiotic and Herbal Supplement in Models of Lung Inflammation

    Article • Microorganisms, October 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Kent Willis

  22. Efficacy of a Probiotic and Herbal Supplement in Models of Lung Inflammation

    Article • August 2022, Research Square

    Dr Kent Willis

  23. Reply to Pantaleón García et al.

    Article • AJP Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, August 2022, American Physiological Society

    Dr Kent Willis

  24. Hyperoxia Exposure Produces Indirect Lung Injury by Altering Antimicrobial Peptide Production and the Microbiota of the Newborn Small Intestine

    Article • May 2022, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Kent Willis

  25. Sa1655: PROBIOTIC AND HERBAL BLEND DECREASES MARKERS OF NEUTROPHILIC INFLAMMATION IN IN VITRO AND IN VIVO MODELS OF PROTEOBACTERIA-INDUCED DYSBIOSIS

    Article • Gastroenterology, May 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Kent Willis

  26. Dietary Lipid Oxidization Products Alter Growth, Adiposity and Gut Microbial Ecology in Prepubertal Porcine Model

    Article • March 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Kent Willis

  27. The gut microbiome of extremely preterm infants randomized to the early progression of enteral feeding

    Article • Pediatric Research, November 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kent Willis

  28. Necrotizing enterocolitis and the gut-lung axis

    Article • Seminars in Perinatology, October 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Kent Willis

  29. Hyperoxia Exposure in Neonatal Period Is Associated with Decrease in HB-EGF Expression in Mice Kidneys

    Article • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, October 2021, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Kent Willis

  30. Toll-like receptors: shapers of the pulmonary microbiome?

    Article • AJP Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, September 2021, American Physiological Society

    Dr Kent Willis

  31. Chorioamnionitis and neonatal outcomes

    Article • Pediatric Research, July 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kent Willis

  32. The Fungal Airway Mycobiome Predicts the Development of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

    Article • May 2021, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Kent Willis

  33. The gut mycobiome influences the host's metabolism of processed food

    Article • Communications Biology, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kent Willis, Dr Ankush Gosain

  34. Recent advances in understanding the ecology of the lung microbiota and deciphering the gut-lung axis

    Article • AJP Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, October 2020, American Physiological Society

    Dr Kent Willis

  35. The closed eye harbours a unique microbiome in dry eye disease

    Article • Scientific Reports, July 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kent Willis

  36. The gut mycobiome of healthy mice is shaped by the environment and shapes metabolic outcomes in response to diet

    Article • June 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Kent Willis

  37. A stable cutaneous mycobiome exists from birth

    Article • Pediatric Research, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kent Willis

  38. Fungal Airway Microbiome at Birth

    Article • May 2020, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Kent Willis

  39. Variability in interkingdom gut microbiomes between different commercial vendors shapes fat gain in response to diet

    Article • The FASEB Journal, April 2020, Wiley

    Dr Kent Willis

  40. TGR5 signaling mitigates parenteral nutrition-associated liver disease

    Article • AJP Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, February 2020, American Physiological Society

    Dr Kent Willis

  41. Mice without a microbiome are partially protected from lung injury by hyperoxia

    Article • AJP Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, February 2020, American Physiological Society

    Dr Kent Willis, Stephania Cormier

  42. The closed eye harbors a unique microbiome in dry eye disease

    Article • January 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Kent Willis

  43. 1174: IL-6 Knockout decreases severity of lung injury in an experimental model of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)

    Article • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, January 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Kent Willis

  44. 188: Absence of IL-6 does not decrease pulmonary inflammation in two models of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)

    Article • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, January 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Kent Willis

  45. Maternal Antibiotic Treatment May Harm Preemies’ Lungs

    Article • AJP Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, October 2019, American Physiological Society

    Dr Kent Willis, Stephania Cormier

  46. Babies are born with fungi in their guts

    Article • The FASEB Journal, August 2019, Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology (FASEB)

    Dr Kent Willis

  47. Maternal Peripartum Antibiotic Exposure Worsens Experimental Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

    Article • PEDIATRICS, August 2019, American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

    Dr Kent Willis

  48. Fungi form interkingdom microbial communities in the primordial human gut that develop with gestational age

    Article • April 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Kent Willis

  49. The human primordial microbiome hosts complex bacterial and fungal interkingdom ecologies that vary with gestational age

    Article • The FASEB Journal, April 2019, Wiley

    Dr Kent Willis

  50. Hemodynamically significant patent ductus arteriosus and the development of bronchopulmonary dysplasia

    Article • Congenital Heart Disease, October 2018, Computers, Materials and Continua (Tech Science Press)

    Dr Mark F Weems, Dr Kent Willis

  51. The death knell of inhaled nitric oxide to prevent bronchopulmonary dysplasia?

    Article • Perinatal Journal, February 2018, Nature

    Dr Mark F Weems, Dr Kent Willis

  52. Shaken or Stirred? Evaluating the combination of budesonide-surfactant for survival free of bronchopulmonary dysplasia

    Article • Acta Paediatrica, November 2017, Wiley

    Dr Mark F Weems, Dr Kent Willis

  53. Bariatric Surgery and the Pregnancy Complicated by Gestational Diabetes

    Article • Current Diabetes Reports, February 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kent Willis

  54. Pregnancy and neonatal outcome after bariatric surgery

    Article • Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology, January 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Kent Willis

  55. Bariatric surgery and pregnancy: the magical solution?

    Article • Journal of Perinatal Medicine, January 2013, De Gruyter

    Dr Kent Willis

  56. Bariatric Surgery: Impact on Pregnancy Outcomes

    Article • Current Diabetes Reports, October 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kent Willis