Catharine Ross

Professor in Nutritional Science; Dorothy Foehr Huck Chair

Catharine Ross

Research Summary

Vitamin A metabolism; hepatic retinoid function and gene expression; vitamin A in infection and immunity.

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Child Vitamin A Cohort Studies Infection Growth Infections Inflammation Vitamin D Diarrhea Parturition Vitamins Viruses Small Intestine Colon Animal Models Citrobacter Rodentium Molecular Pathology Carotenoids Sickle Cell Anemia Campylobacter Serum Breast Feeding Shigella Protein Vitamin A Deficiency

Most Recent Publications

Vitamin A metabolism in the fetus and neonate

ACR6 , Libo Tan, Sarah Owusu, on p. 317-325

Vitamin A deficiencies and excess

A. Ross, Libo Tan,

Retinol Binding Protein, Sunlight Hours, and the Influenza Virus-Specific Immune Response

Nehali Patel, Rhiannon R. Penkert, Robert E. Sealy, Sherri L. Surman, Bart G. Jones, Karen Ringwald-Smith, A. Catharine Ross, Julia L. Hurwitz, 2022, Biomedicines

Hypothesis: Low Vitamin A and D Levels Worsen Clinical Outcomes When Children with Sickle Cell Disease Encounter Parvovirus B19

Rhiannon R. Penkert, Melissa Azul, Robert E. Sealy, Bart G. Jones, Jola Dowdy, Randall T. Hayden, Li Tang, A. Catharine Ross, Jane S. Hankins, Julia L. Hurwitz, 2022, Nutrients

Vitamin A

A. Ross, Yaqi Li, 2022, on p. 10

The Effect of Nutritional Ketosis on Aquaporin Expression in Apolipoprotein E-Deficient Mice: Potential Implications for Energy Homeostasis

Inês V. da Silva, Sean Gullette, Cristina Florindo, Neil K. Huang, Thomas Neuberger, A. Catharine Ross, Graça Soveral, Rita Castro, 2022, Biomedicines on p. 1159

Full breastfeeding protection against common enteric bacteria and viruses: Results from the MAL-ED cohort study

Benjamin J.J. Mccormick, Stephanie A. Richard, Laura E. Murray-Kolb, Gagandeep Kang, Aldo A.M. Lima, Estomih Mduma, Margaret N. Kosek, Elizabeth T. Rogawski Mcquade, Eric R. Houpt, Pascal Bessong, Sanjaya Shrestha, Zulfiqar Bhutta, Tahmeed Ahmed, Laura E. Caulfield, Angel Mendez Acosta, Rosa Rios De Burga, Cesar Banda Chavez, Julian Torres Flores, Maribel Paredes Olotegui, Silvia Rengifo Pinedo, Mery Siguas Salas, Dixner Rengifo Trigoso, Angel Orbe Vasquez, Imran Ahmed, Didar Alam, Asad Ali, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Shahida Qureshi, Muneera Rasheed, Sajid Soofi, Ali Turab, Aisha Yousafzai, Anita K.M. Zaidi, Ladaporn Bodhidatta, Geetha Ammu, Sudhir Babji, Anuradha Bose, Ajila T. George, Dinesh Hariraju, M. Steffi Jennifer, Sushil John, Shiny Kaki, Priyadarshani Karunakaran, Beena Koshy, Robin P. Lazarus, Jayaprakash Muliyil, Preethi Ragasudha, Mohan Venkata Raghava, A. Catharine Ross, Barbara Schaefer, 2022, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition on p. 759-769

Vitamin A nutritional status-relationship to the infection and the antibody response

A. Catharine Ross, 2022, on p. 21-27

Transcriptional Profiling of the Small Intestine and the Colon Reveals Modulation of Gut Infection with Citrobacter rodentium According to the Vitamin A Status

Zhi Chai, Yafei Lyu, Q Chen, Cheng-Hsin Wei, Lindsay Snyder, I.M. Snyder, Veronika Weaver, Aswathy Sebastian, Albert, Istv\'an, István Albert, Qunhua Li, Margherita Cantorna, A Ross, Catharine Ross, others, 2022, Nutrients on p. 1563

Influences on catch-up growth using relative versus absolute metrics: evidence from the MAL-ED cohort study

Stephanie A. Richard, Benjamin J.J. McCormick, Laura E. Murray-Kolb, Pascal Bessong, Sanjaya K. Shrestha, Estomih Mduma, Tahmeed Ahmed, Gagandeep Kang, Gwenyth O. Lee, Jessica C. Seidman, Erling Svensen, Margaret N. Kosek, Laura E. Caulfield, Angel Mendez Acosta, Rosa Rios de Burga, Cesar Banda Chavez, Julian Torres Flores, Maribel Paredes Olotegui, Silvia Rengifo Pinedo, Mery Siguas Salas, Dixner Rengifo Trigoso, Angel Orbe Vasquez, Imran Ahmed, Didar Alam, Asad Ali, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Shahida Qureshi, Muneera Rasheed, Sajid Soofi, Ali Turab, Aisha Yousafzai, Anita K.M. Zaidi, Ladaporn Bodhidatta, Geetha Ammu, Sudhir Babji, Anuradha Bose, Ajila T. George, Dinesh Hariraju, M. Steffi Jennifer, Sushil John, Shiny Kaki, Gagandeep Kang, Priyadarshani Karunakaran, Beena Koshy, Robin P. Lazarus, Jayaprakash Muliyi, Preethi Ragasudha, Mohan Venkata Raghava, A. Catharine Ross, Barbara Schaefer, 2021, BMC Public Health

Most-Cited Papers

Use of quantitative molecular diagnostic methods to assess the aetiology, burden, and clinical characteristics of diarrhoea in children in low-resource settings: a reanalysis of the MAL-ED cohort study

James A. Platts-Mills, Jie Liu, Elizabeth T. Rogawski, Furqan Kabir, Paphavee Lertsethtakarn, Mery Siguas, Shaila S. Khan, Ira Praharaj, Arinao Murei, Rosemary Nshama, Buliga Mujaga, Alexandre Havt, Irene A. Maciel, Timothy L. McMurry, Darwin J. Operario, Mami Taniuchi, Jean Gratz, Suzanne E. Stroup, James H. Roberts, Adil Kalam, Fatima Aziz, Shahida Qureshi, M. Ohedul Islam, Pimmada Sakpaisal, Sasikorn Silapong, Pablo P. Yori, Revathi Rajendiran, Blossom Benny, Monica McGrath, Benjamin J.J. McCormick, Jessica C. Seidman, Dennis Lang, Michael Gottlieb, Richard L. Guerrant, Aldo A.M. Lima, Jose Paulo Leite, Amidou Samie, Pascal O. Bessong, Nicola Page, Ladaporn Bodhidatta, Carl Mason, Sanjaya Shrestha, Ireen Kiwelu, Estomih R. Mduma, Najeeha T. Iqbal, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Tahmeed Ahmed, Laura E. Murray-Kolb, A. Catharine Ross, Barbara Schaefer, 2018, The Lancet Global Health on p. e1309-e1318

Use of quantitative molecular diagnostic methods to investigate the effect of enteropathogen infections on linear growth in children in low-resource settings: longitudinal analysis of results from the MAL-ED cohort study

Elizabeth T. Rogawski, Jie Liu, James A. Platts-Mills, Furqan Kabir, Paphavee Lertsethtakarn, Mery Siguas, Shaila S. Khan, Ira Praharaj, Arinao Murei, Rosemary Nshama, Buliga Mujaga, Alexandre Havt, Irene A. Maciel, Darwin J. Operario, Mami Taniuchi, Jean Gratz, Suzanne E. Stroup, James H. Roberts, Adil Kalam, Fatima Aziz, Shahida Qureshi, M. Ohedul Islam, Pimmada Sakpaisal, Sasikorn Silapong, Pablo P. Yori, Revathi Rajendiran, Blossom Benny, Monica McGrath, Jessica C. Seidman, Dennis Lang, Michael Gottlieb, Richard L. Guerrant, Aldo A.M. Lima, Jose Paulo Leite, Amidou Samie, Pascal O. Bessong, Nicola Page, Ladaporn Bodhidatta, Carl Mason, Sanjaya Shrestha, Ireen Kiwelu, Estomih R. Mduma, Najeeha T. Iqbal, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Tahmeed Ahmed, Rashidul Haque, Gagandeep Kang, Laura E. Murray-Kolb, A. Catharine Ross, Barbara Schaefer, 2018, The Lancet Global Health on p. e1319-e1328

Inflammation and nutritional science for programs/policies and interpretation of research evidence (INSPIRE)

Daniel J. Raiten, Fayrouz A. Sakr Ashour, A. Catharine Ross, Simin N. Meydani, Harry D. Dawson, Charles B. Stephensen, Bernard J. Brabin, Parminder S. Suchdev, Ben Van Ommen, Namanjeet Ahluwalia, Tahmeed Ahmed, Lindsay Allen, Melinda Beck, Helene Blanchard, Eleanor Brindle, Kenneth Brown, Philip Calder, William Checkley, Kate Claycombe, Christian Coles, Fabian Esamai, Henrik Friis, Elizabeth Gardner, Steve Grinspoon, Richard Guerrant, Marc Hellerstein, Janet Hunt, Janet King, Kirk Klasing, Bas Kramer, Kristine Koski, Christine Northrop-Clewes, Christine Pfeiffer, Andrew Prentice, Manuel Ramirez-Zea, Patrick Van Rheenan, Lothar Rink, Suman Srinivasa, Christine Stabell Benn, Kevin Sullivan, David Thurnham, Ravi Varadhan, Andre Van Der Ven, Jeremy Walston, Jeff Xia, 2015, Journal of Nutrition on p. 1039S-1108S

Causal Pathways from Enteropathogens to Environmental Enteropathy: Findings from the MAL-ED Birth Cohort Study

Margaret N. Kosek, Tahmeed Ahmed, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Laura Caulfield, Richard L. Guerrant, Eric Houpt, Gagandeep Kang, Gwenyth Lee, Aldo A.M. Lima, Benjamin J.J. McCormick, James Platts-Mills, Jessica C. Seidman, Rebecca R. Blank, Michael Gottlieb, Stacey L. Knobler, Dennis R. Lang, Mark A. Miller, Karen H. Tountas, William Checkley, Carl J. Mason, Laura E. Murray-Kolb, William A. Petri, Pascal Bessong, Rashidul Haque, Sushil John, Estomih R. Mduma, Reinaldo B. Oriá, Prakash Sunder Shrestha, Sanjaya Kumar Shrestha, Erling Svensen, Anita K.M. Zaidi, Cláudia B. Abreu, Angel Mendez Acosta, Imran Ahmed, A. M. Shamsir Ahmed, Asad Ali, Ramya Ambikapathi, Leah Barrett, Aubrey Bauck, Eliwaza Bayyo, Ladaporn Bodhidatta, Anuradha Bose, J. Daniel Carreon, Ram Krishna Chandyo, Vivek Charu, Hilda Costa, Rebecca Dillingham, Alessandra Di Moura, Barbara Schaefer, A. Catharine Ross, 2017, EBioMedicine on p. 109-117

Epidemiology and Impact of Campylobacter Infection in Children in 8 Low-Resource Settings: Results from the MAL-ED Study

Caroline Amour, Jean Gratz, Estomih R. Mduma, Erling Svensen, Elizabeth T. Rogawski, Monica McGrath, Jessica C. Seidman, Benjamin J.J. McCormick, Sanjaya Shrestha, Amidou Samie, Mustafa Mahfuz, Shahida Qureshi, Aneeta Hotwani, Sudhir Babji, Dixner Rengifo Trigoso, Aldo A.M. Lima, Ladaporn Bodhidatta, Pascal Bessong, Tahmeed Ahmed, Sadia Shakoor, Gagandeep Kang, Margaret N. Kosek, Richard L. Guerrant, Dennis R. Lang, Michael Gottlieb, Eric R. Houpt, James A. Platts-Mills, Angel Mendez Acosta, Rosa Rios de Burga, Cesar Banda Chavez, Julian Torres Flores, Maribel Paredes Olotegui, Silvia Rengifo Pinedo, Mery Siguas Salas, Angel Orbe Vasquez, Imran Ahmed, Didar Alam, Asad Ali, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Muneera Rasheed, Sajid Soofi, Ali Turab, Anita K.M. Zaidi, Carl J. Mason, Anuradha Bose, Ajila T. George, Dinesh Hariraju, Laura E. Murray-Kolb, A. Catharine Ross, Barbara Schaefer, 2016, Clinical Infectious Diseases on p. 1171-1179

Metabolic effects of inflammation on vitamin A and carotenoids in humans and animal models

Lewis P. Rubin, A. Catharine Ross, Charles B. Stephensen, Torsten Bohn, Sherry A. Tanumihardjo, 2017, Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) on p. 197-212

Relationship between growth and illness, enteropathogens and dietary intakes in the first 2 years of life: Findings from the MAL-ED birth cohort study

Angel Mendez Acosta, Rosa Rios De Burga, Cesar Banda Chavez, Julian Torres Flores, Maribel Paredes Olotegui, Silvia Rengifo Pinedo, Mery Siguas Salas, Dixner Rengifo Trigoso, Angel Orbe Vasquez, Imran Ahmed, Didar Alam, Asad Ali, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Shahida Qureshi, Muneera Rasheed, Sajid Soofi, Ali Turab, Anita K.M. Zaidi, Ladaporn Bodhidatta, Carl J. Mason, Sudhir Babji, Anuradha Bose, Ajila T. George, Dinesh Hariraju, M. Steffi Jennifer, Sushil John, Shiny Kaki, Gagandeep Kang, Priyadarshani Karunakaran, Beena Koshy, Robin P. Lazarus, Jayaprakash Muliyil, Mohan Venkata Raghava, Sophy Raju, Anup Ramachandran, Rakhi Ramadas, Karthikeyan Ramanujam, Anuradha Bose, Reeba Roshan, Srujan L. Sharma, E. Shanmuga Sundaram, Rahul J. Thomas, William K. Pan, Ramya Ambikapathi, J. Daniel Carreon, Vivek Charu, Viyada Doan, Laura E. Murray-Kolb, A. Catharine Ross, Barbara Schaefer, 2017, BMJ Global Health

Disease surveillance methods used in the 8-site MAL-ED cohort study

Stephanie A. Richard, Leah J. Barrett, Richard L. Guerrant, William Checkley, Mark A. Miller, Rosa Rios de Burga, Cesar Banda Chavez, Julian Torres Flores, Maribel Paredes Olotegui, Silvia Rengifo Pinedo, Mery Siguas Salas, Dixner Rengifo Trigoso, Angel Orbe Vasquez, Imran Ahmed, Didar Alam, Asad Ali, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Shahida Qureshi, Muneera Rasheed, Sajid Soofi, Ali Turab, Anita K.M. Zaidi, Ladaporn Bodhidatta, Carl J. Mason, Sudhir Babji, Anuradha Bose, Ajila T. George, Dinesh Hariraju, M. Steffi Jennifer, Sushil John, Shiny Kaki, Gagandeep Kang, Priyadarshani Karunakaran, Beena Koshy, Robin P. Lazarus, Jayaprakash Muliyil, Mohan Venkata Raghava, Sophy Raju, Anup Ramachandran, Rakhi Ramadas, Karthikeyan Ramanujam, Anuradha Bose, Reeba Roshan, Srujan L. Sharma, E. Shanmuga Sundaram, Rahul J. Thomas, William K. Pan, Laura E. Murray-Kolb, A. Catharine Ross, Barbara Schaefer, 2014, Clinical Infectious Diseases on p. S220-S224

Norovirus infection and acquired immunity in 8 countries: Results from the MAL-ED study

Saba Rouhani, Pablo Peñataro Yori, Maribel Paredes Olortegui, Mery Siguas Salas, Dixner Rengifo Trigoso, Dinesh Mondal, Ladaporn Bodhidatta, James Platts-Mills, Amidou Samie, Furqan Kabir, Aldo A.M. Lima, Sudhir Babji, Carl J. Mason, Adil Kalam, Pascal Bessong, Tahmeed Ahmed, Estomih Mduma, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Ila Lima, Rakhi Ramdass, Dennis Lang, Ajila George, Anita K.M. Zaidi, Gagandeep Kang, Eric Houpt, Margaret N. Kosek, N. Brett, Angel Mendez Acosta, Rosa Rios de Burga, Cesar Banda Chavez, Julian Torres Flores, Maribel Paredes Olotegui, Silvia Rengifo Pinedo, Mery Siguas Salas, Dixner Rengifo Trigoso, Angel Orbe Vasquez, Imran Ahmed, Didar Alam, Asad Ali, Shahida Qureshi, Muneera Rasheed, Sajid Soofi, Ali Turab, Anuradha Bose, Dinesh Hariraju, M. Steffi Jennifer, Sushil John, Laura E. Murray-Kolb, A. Catharine Ross, Barbara Schaefer, 2016, Clinical Infectious Diseases on p. 1210-1217

Baseline serum Vitamin A and D levels determine benefit of oral Vitamin A&D supplements to humoral immune responses following pediatric influenza vaccination

Nehali Patel, Rhiannon R. Penkert, Bart G. Jones, Robert E. Sealy, Sherri L. Surman, Yilun Sun, Li Tang, Jennifer De Beauchamp, Ashley Webb, Julie Richardson, Ryan Heine, Ronald H. Dallas, A. Catharine Ross, Richard Webby, Julia L. Hurwitz, 2019, Viruses