Selected Publications

Hewlett, K.*, PeBenito, A.*, Hecht AL.*, Tiffany C., Tanes C., Glover, R.C., Fawad, JA., Friedman, ES., Reynolds, JC., Bittinger, K., Lewis, JD., Wu, GD., Ahuja, NK., Zackular, JP.: Dietary fiber modulates the window of susceptibility to Clostridioides difficile infection. Gastroenterology 169(5)): 970-982, 2025.

PeBenito, A., Scoggins, T.R., Prentice, B., Zackular, J.: Metabolic markers of Clostridioides difficile infection in the setting of inflammatory colitis. Digestive Disease Week Washington, D.C. (eds.). 2024.

PeBenito, A., Scoggins, T.R., Prentice, B., Zackular, J.: Metabolic markers of Clostridioides difficile infection in the setting of inflammatory colitis. Keystone Symposia: Mechanisms of Microbiota-Immune Interactions-Towards the Next Decade. Snowbird, UT 2023.

Vannier, AGL*., PeBenito, A.*, Fomin, V., Chung, R.T., Schaefer, E., Goodman, R.P., Luther, J.: An exploratory analysis of the competing effects of alcohol use and advanced hepatic fibrosis on serum HDL. Clin Exp Med (1), 103-110, 2022.

Vannier, AGL, Wardwell, B., Fomin, V., PeBenito, A., Wolczynski, N., Piaker, S., Kedrin, D., Chung, R.T., Schaefer, E., Goodman, R., Patel, S.J., Luther, J. : Serum HMGB1 Associates with Liver Disease and Predicts Readmission and Mortality in Patients with Alcohol Use Disorder. Alcohol 95: 37-43, 2021.

PeBenito, A., Sridharan, V., Lumish, M., Wang, T., Darnell, E., Weniger, M., Fernández-Del Castillo, C., Casey, B., Hernandez-Barco, Y.G., Krishnan, K. : Proton pump inhibitor (PPI) use and rates of cholangitis in patients with pancreatic cancer. Digestive Disease Week Chicago, IL 2020.

PeBenito, A., Vannier, A., Goodman, R., Schaefer, E., Luther, J. : The competing effects of alcohol use and liver disease on serum HDL in patients with alcohol-related liver disease. The Liver Meeting, American Association for the Study of Liver Disease 2020.

PeBenito, A., Liu, M., Nazzal, L. & Blaser, M. J.: Development of a Humanized Murine Model for the Study of Oxalobacter formigenes Intestinal Colonization. The Journal of Infectious Diseases 220(11): 1848-1858, 2019.

PeBenito, A., Nazzal, L., Wang, C., Li, H., Jay, M., Noya-Alarcon, O., Contreras, M., Lander, O., Leach, J., Dominguez-Bello, M.G., Blaser, M.J. : Comparative prevalence of Oxalobacter formigenes in three human populations. Scientific Reports 9(1): 574, 2019.

PeBenito, A., Liu, M., Nazzal, L., & Blaser, M.J.: Development of a humanized murine model for the study of Oxalobacter formigenes intestinal colonization. American Society of Nephrology: International Kidney Week; New Orleans, LA 2017.