Connie Rogers
Associate Director, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences; Associate Professor; Broadhurst Career Development Professor for the Study of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
- 205 Chandlee Lab
University Park, - cjr102@psu.edu
- 814-867-3716
Research Summary
Role of changes in energy balance and related nutritional factors on inflammation, immune regulation and cancer risk using both animal models and human subjects.
Graduate Students
Huck Institutes Affiliations
Most Recent Papers
Effects of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12<sup>®</sup> on the lipid/lipoprotein profile and short chain fatty acids in healthy young adults
Yujin Lee, Zhaoyong Ba, Robert F. Roberts, Connie J. Rogers, Jennifer A. Fleming, Huicui Meng, Emily J. Furumoto, Penny M. Kris-Etherton, 2017, Nutrition Journal
Bioactive growth hormone in older men and women
William J. Kraemer, Mary J. Kennett, Andrea M. Mastro, Roger J. McCarter, Connie J. Rogers, William H. DuPont, Shawn D. Flanagan, William J. Turbitt, Maren S. Fragala, Emily M. Post, Wesley C. Hymer, 2017, Growth Hormone and IGF Research on p. 45-54
Consumption of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12 in yogurt reduced expression of TLR-2 on peripheral blood-derived monocytes and pro-inflammatory cytokine secretion in young adults
Huicui Meng, Zhaoyong Ba, Yujin Lee, Jiayu Peng, Junli Lin, Jennifer A. Fleming, Emily J. Furumoto, Robert F. Roberts, Penny M. Kris-Etherton, Connie J. Rogers, 2017, European Journal of Nutrition on p. 649-661
Lipid emulsion added to a liquid high-carbohydrate diet and voluntary running exercise reduce lipogenesis and ameliorate early-stage hepatic steatosis in mice
Kuan Hsun Huang, Lei Hao, Philip B. Smith, Connie J. Rogers, Andrew D. Patterson, A. Catharine Ross, 2017, Journal of Nutrition on p. 746-753
Consumption of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12 impacts upper respiratory tract infection and the function of NK and T cells in healthy adults
Huicui Meng, Yujin Lee, Zhaoyong Ba, Jiayu Peng, Junli Lin, Alexander S. Boyer, Jennifer A. Fleming, Emily J. Furumoto, Robert F. Roberts, Penny M. Kris-Etherton, Connie J. Rogers, 2016, Molecular Nutrition and Food Research on p. 1161-1171
Fish Oil Enhances T Cell Function and Tumor Infiltration and Is Correlated with a Cancer Prevention Effect in HER-2/neu but Not PyMT Transgenic Mice
William J. Turbitt, Adam J. Black, Shawntawnee D. Collins, Huicui Meng, Haifang Xu, Sharlene Washington, Cesar Aliaga, Karam El-Bayoumy, Andrea Manni, Connie J. Rogers, 2015, Nutrition and cancer on p. 965-975
Decaffeinated green tea and voluntary exercise induce gene changes related to beige adipocyte formation in high fat-fed obese mice
Sudathip Sae-tan, Connie J. Rogers, Joshua D. Lambert, 2015, Journal of Functional Foods on p. 210-214
In vitro production of IL-6 and IFN-γ is influenced by dietary variables and predicts upper respiratory tract infection incidence and severity respectively in young adults
Huicui Meng, Yujin Lee, Zhaoyong Ba, Jennifer A. Fleming, Emily J. Furumoto, Robert F. Roberts, Penny M. Kris-Etherton, Connie J. Rogers, 2015, Frontiers in Immunology
Voluntary exercise and green tea enhance the expression of genes related to energy utilization and attenuate metabolic syndrome in high fat fed mice
Sudathip Sae-tan, Connie J. Rogers, Joshua D. Lambert, 2014, Molecular Nutrition and Food Research on p. 1156-1159
Dietary methionine restriction inhibits prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia in TRAMP mice
Raghu Sinha, Timothy K. Cooper, Connie J. Rogers, Indu Sinha, William J. Turbitt, Ana Calcagnotto, Carmen E. Perrone, John P. Richie, 2014, Prostate on p. 1663-1673
High-Impact Papers
Vitamin D regulates the gut microbiome and protects mice from dextran sodium sulfate-induced coliti
Jot Hui Ooi, Yunfei Li, Connie J. Rogers, Margherita T. Cantorna, 2013, Journal of Nutrition on p. 1679-1686
Intravesical immunotherapy of superficial bladder cancer with chitosan/interleukin-12
David A. Zaharoff, Benjamin S. Hoffman, H. Brooks Hooper, Compton J. Benjamin, Kiranpreet K. Khurana, Kenneth W. Hance, Connie J. Rogers, Peter A. Pinto, Jeffrey Schlom, John W. Greiner, 2009, Cancer Research on p. 6192-6199
Analysis of circulating regulatory T cells in patients with metastatic prostate cancer pre- versus post-vaccination
Matteo Vergati, Vittore Cereda, Ravi A. Madan, James L. Gulley, Ngar Yee Huen, Connie J. Rogers, Kenneth W. Hance, Philip M. Arlen, Jeffrey Schlom, Kwong Y. Tsang, 2011, Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy on p. 197-206
Combination therapy with a second-generation androgen receptor antagonist and a metastasis vaccine improves survival in a spontaneous prostate cancer model
Andressa Ardiani, Benedetto Farsaci, Connie J. Rogers, Andy Protter, Zhimin Guo, Thomas H. King, David Apelian, James W. Hodge, 2013, Clinical Cancer Research on p. 6205-6218
Serum macrophage inhibitory cytokine-1 (MIC-1/GDF15)
David A. Brown, Kenneth W. Hance, Connie J. Rogers, Leah B. Sansbury, Paul S. Albert, Gwen Murphy, Adeyinka O. Laiyemo, Zhuoqiao Wang, Amanda J. Cross, Arthur Schatzkin, Mark Danta, Preeyaporn Srasuebkul, Janaki Amin, Matthew Law, Samuel N. Breit, Elaine Lanza, 2012, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention on p. 337-346
Intratumoral immunotherapy of established solid tumors with chitosan/il-12
David A. Zaharoff, Kenneth W. Hance, Connie J. Rogers, Jeffrey Schlom, John W. Greiner, 2010, Journal of Immunotherapy on p. 697-705
Dietary methionine restriction inhibits prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia in TRAMP mice
Raghu Sinha, Timothy K. Cooper, Connie J. Rogers, Indu Sinha, William J. Turbitt, Ana Calcagnotto, Carmen E. Perrone, John P. Richie, 2014, Prostate on p. 1663-1673
Partial Sleep Deprivation and Energy Balance in Adults
Julie D. Shlisky, Terryl J. Hartman, Penny M. Kris-Etherton, Connie J. Rogers, Neil A. Sharkey, Sharon M. Nickols-Richardson, 2012, Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics on p. 1785-1797
The antitumor and immunoadjuvant effects of IFN-α in combination with recombinant poxvirus vaccines
Kenneth W. Hance, Connie J. Rogers, David A. Zaharoff, Daniel Canter, Jeffrey Schlom, John W. Greiner, 2009, Clinical Cancer Research on p. 2387-2396
Serum adiponectin, leptin, C-peptide, homocysteine, and colorectal adenoma recurrence in the polyp prevention trial
Gerd Bobe, Gwen Murphy, Connie J. Rogers, Kenneth W. Hance, Paul S. Albert, Adeyinka O. Laiyemo, Leah B. Sansbury, Elaine Lanza, Arthur Schatzkin, Amanda J. Cross, 2010, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention on p. 1441-1452