Children’s Nutrition Research Center Staff Publications
The Children’s Nutrition Research Center (CNRC) is a unique cooperative venture between Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital and the U.S. Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service (USDA/ARS). The center has 50 faculty members conducting nutrition-related research and a total staff of more than 200.
Texas Children's is creating a healthier future for children and women across our global community through our leadership in patient care, education and research. We’re proud of the daily efforts that build into cumulative medical results and discoveries accomplished by each of our institutions.
The Children’s Nutrition Research Center is the first federal nutrition research center to investigate the nutritional needs of children from conception through adolescence, and that of pregnant women and nursing mothers. It is 1 of 6 U.S. Department of Agriculture human nutrition research centers conducting scientific investigations designed to provide Americans with a clear understanding of the role of nutrition in maintaining a healthy, active life.
Submissions from 2025
Red Meat Consumption and Hypertension: An Updated Review, Tara S Allen, Michael Najem, Alexis C Wood, et al.
Sex Differences in Response to Diet Enriched With Glutathione Precursors in the Aging Heart, Aude Angelini, Grecia Garcia Marquez, Anna Malovannaya, et al.
Predictive Equation Derived from 6,497 Doubly Labelled Water Measurements Enables the Detection of Erroneous Self-Reported Energy Intake, Rania Bajunaid, Chaoqun Niu, Catherine Hambly, et al.
Serotonin Neurons Integrate GABA and Dopamine Inputs To Regulate Meal Initiation, Kristine M Conde, HueyZhong Wong, Shuzheng Fang, et al.
The Small GTPase Rap1 in POMC Neurons Regulates Leptin Actions and Glucose Metabolism, Kentaro Kaneko, Weisheng Lu, Yong Xu, et al.
DNA Methylation Profiling at Base-Pair Resolution Reveals Unique Epigenetic Features of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer in Underrepresented Populations, Jason Sheng Li, Karen Riggins, Li Yang, et al.
Advancing Monogenic Diabetes Research and Clinical Care by Creating a Data Commons: The Precision Diabetes Consortium (PREDICT), Michael E McCullough, Lisa R Letourneau-Freiberg, Rochelle N Naylor, et al.
Dual Inhibitor of MDM2 and NFAT1 for Experimental Therapy of Breast Cancer: In Vitro and In Vivo Anticancer Activities and Newly Discovered Effects on Cancer Metabolic Pathways, Wei Wang, Marlene Aguilar, Sayantap Datta, et al.
Altered Thermal Preference by Preoptic Estrogen Receptor Alpha Neurons in Postpartum Females, Nan Zhang, Meng Yu, Qianru Zhao, et al.
The Adiponectin-PPARγ Axis in Hepatic Stellate Cells Regulates Liver Fibrosis, Shangang Zhao, Qingzhang Zhu, Wang-Hsin Lee, et al.
Submissions from 2024
Increased Plasma Branched Short-Chain Fatty Acids and Improved Glucose Homeostasis: The Microbiome and Insulin Longitudinal Evaluation Study (MILES), Arianne Aslamy, Alexis C Wood, Elizabeth T Jensen, et al.
Identification of Atypical Pediatric Diabetes Mellitus Cases Using Electronic Medical Records, Marcela F Astudillo, William E Winter, Liana K Billings, et al.
An Excitatory Projection from the Basal Forebrain to the Ventral Tegmental Area That Underlies Anorexia-Like Phenotypes, Jing Cai, Yanyan Jiang, Yuanzhong Xu, et al.
Systemic Interindividual DNA Methylation Variants in Cattle Share Major Hallmarks With Those in Humans, Wen-Jou Chang, Maria S Baker, Eleonora Laritsky, et al.
The DNA Methylome of Pediatric Brain Tumors Appears Shaped by Structural Variation and Predicts Survival, Fengju Chen, Yiqun Zhang, Lanlan Shen, et al.
Disruption of the Arabidopsis Acyl-Activating Enzyme 3 Impairs Seed Coat Mucilage Accumulation and Seed Germination, Ninghui Cheng and Paul A Nakata
Hyaluronan Mediates Cold-Induced Adipose Tissue Beiging, Xi Chen, Yifan Wang, Huiqiao Li, et al.
Association of Circulating Ketone Bodies with Cognitive Performance and Dementia in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), Parag Anilkumar Chevli, Christopher L Schaich, Alexis C Wood, et al.
Urban-Rural Disparities in Food Insecurity and Weight Status among Children in the United States, Jayna M Dave, Tzuan A Chen, Alexandra N Castro, et al.
Regional Variability in the Prevalence of Food Insecurity and Diet Quality among United States Children, Jayna M Dave, Tzuan A Chen, Alexandra N Castro, et al.
Community-Based Participatory Obesity Prevention Interventions in Rural Communities: A Scoping Review, Saagar Dhanjani, Haley Allen, Beatriz Varman, et al.
Urinary Metal Levels, Cognitive Test Performance, and Dementia in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, Arce Domingo-Relloso, Katlyn E McGraw, Susan R Heckbert, et al.
Adverse Metabolic Phenotypes in Parenterally Fed Neonatal Pigs Do Not Persist into Adolescence, Sarah K Elefson, Barbara Stoll, Teresa A Davis, et al.
Frequency of Treatment Failure of UTIs in Children With Congenital Urinary Tract Anomalies, Catherine S Forster, Alexis C Wood, Stephanie Davis-Rodriguez, et al.
ISPAD Clinical Practice Consensus Guidelines 2024: Screening, Staging, and Strategies to Preserve Beta-Cell Function in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes, Michael J Haller, Kirstine J Bell, Rachel E J Besser, et al.