Our Publications

The following list includes a selection of papers published since 2010.

Li, J., J. McCormick, A. Bocking, and G. Reid. 2011. Probiotics for reproductive medicine. Reproductive Sciences in press.

Whaling, M., I. Luginaah, G. Reid, S. Hekmat, A. Thind, J. Mwanga, and J. Changalucha. 2011. Perceptions of probiotic yogurt for health and nutrition in the context of HIV/AIDS in Mwanza, Tanzania. J. Health Popul. Nutr. In press.

Hummelen, R., J. Hemsworth, J. Changalucha, N. L. Butamanya, S. Hekmat, J.D.F. Habbema, and G. Reid. 2011. Effect of micronutrient and probiotic fortified yogurt on immune-function of anti-retroviral therapy naïve HIV patients. Nutrients 3(10), 897-909.

Dols, J., G. Reid, R. Kort, F. Schuren, H. Tempelman, R. Bontekoe, H. Korporaal, E. van der Veer, P. Smit, and M. Boon. 2011. PCR-based identification of eight Lactobacillus species and 18 hr-HPV genotypes in fixed cervical samples of South African women at risk of HIV and BV. Diagnostic Cytopathology Oct 24. doi: 10.1002/dc.21786. [Epub ahead of print]

Hummelen, R., J. M. Macklaim, J. E. Bisanz, J-A. Hammond, A. McMillan, B. Vongsa, D. Koenig, G. B. Gloor, and G. 2011. Vaginal microbiome diversity and epithelial cell changes in post-menopausal women with dryness and atrophy. PLoS ONE 6(11): e26602.

Reid, G. 2011. Quo vadis - EFSA. Beneficial Microbes 2(3):177-81

van Tienen, A., Y. M. Hullegie, R. Hummelen, J. Hemsworth, J. Changalucha, and G. Reid. 2011. Development of a locally sustainable functional food intervention for people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: laboratory testing and sensory evaluation. Beneficial Microbes 2(3):193-8.

Bisanz, J., and G. Reid. 2011. Unraveling how probiotic yogurt works. Sci. Trans. Med. Oct 26;3(106):106ps41.

Reid, G. 2011. Neuractive probiotics. Bioessays, Jul 6: 33(8): 562 doi: 10.1002/bies.201100074.

Reid, G. 2011. Probiotic and prebiotic applications for vaginal health. J. Assoc Official Analytical Chemists Int. in press.

Guarner, F., M. E. Sanders, G. Gibson, T. Klaenhammer, M. Cabana, K. Scott, G. Reid, N. M. Delzenne, G. C. Fahey, and C. Hill. 2011. Probiotic and prebiotic claims in Europe: seeking a clear roadmap. BJN June 21:1-3.

Hummelen, R., J. Changalucha, N. L. Butamanya, T. E. Koyama, A. Cook, J. D. F. Habbema, and G. Reid. 2011. Effect of 25 weeks probiotic supplementation on immune function of HIV patients. Gut Microbes 2(2):80-5.

Pinesa, M.deL., S. F. Thompson, K. Summers, F. de Leon, J. Pope, and G. Reid. 2011. A randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled pilot study of probiotics in active rheumatoid arthritis. Med.Sci. Monit. 17(6):CR347-354

Monachese, M., S. Cunningham-Rundles, M. A. Diaz, E. Ermond, R. Guerrant, R. Hummelen, R. Kemperman, M. Kerac, R. Kort, D. Merenstein, P. Panigrahi, B. Ramakrishna, N. Safdar, A. Shane, L. Trois, and G. Reid. 2011. Probiotics and prebiotics to combat enteric diarrheal diseases and HIV in the developing world: a consensus report. Gut Microbes 2(3):198-207.

Dols, J. A. M., M. E. Boon, R. Bontekoe, J. Changalucha, N. Butamanya, S. Varriano, O. Vihant, Y. Hullegie, A. van Tienen, and G. Reid. 2011. The challenges of assessing the impact of probiotic yogurt on the well-being of HIV positive women in rural Africa. Int Dairy J. 204(4):305.e1-7.

Dols, J.A.M., P. W. Smit, R. Kort, G. Reid, F. H. J. Schuren, H. Temlelman, T. J. Romke Bontekoe, H. Korporaal, and M. E. Boon. 2010. Microarray identification of clinically relevant vaginal bacteria in relation to bacterial vaginosis. Am J. Obstetr. Gynecol. 204:305.e1-7.

Reid, G. 2011. The microbes are coming. CMAJ 183(11):1332.

McMillan, A., M. Dell, M. P. Zellar, S. Cribby, S. Martz, E. Hong, J. Fu, A. Abbas, T. Dang, W. Miller, and G. Reid. 2011. Disruption of urogenital biofilms by lactobacilli. Coll. Surf. B: Biointerface. 86: 58-64.

Macklaim, J., G. B. Gloor, K. C. Anukam, S. Cribby, and G. Reid. 2011. At the crossroads of vaginal health and disease, the genome sequence of Lactobacillus iners. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci (USA) 108 Suppl 1:4688-95.

Hemsworth, J., S. Hekmat, and G. Reid. 2011. The development of micronutrient supplemented probiotic yogurt for people living with HIV: laboratory testing and sensory evaluation. Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies 12: 79-84.

Yeganegi, M., C. G. Leung, A. Martins, S. O. Kim, G. Reid, J. R.G. Challis and A. D. Bocking. 2011. Lactobacillus rhamnosus GR-1 stimulates colony stimulating factor 3 (granulocyte) (CSF3) output in placental trophoblast cells in a fetal sex-dependant manner. Biol. Reprod. 84(1):18-25.

Reid, G., J. Younes, H. C. van der Mei, G. B. Gloor, R. Knight, and H. J. Busscher. 2011. Microbiota Restoration: natural and supplemented recovery of human microbial communities Nat. Rev. Microbiol. 9(1):27-38.

Yeganegi, M., C. G. Leung, A. Martins, S. O. Kim, G. Reid, J. R. G. Challis, and A. D. Bocking. 2010. Lactobacillus rhamnosus GR-1-induced IL-10 production in human placental trophoblast cells involves activation of JAK/STAT and MAPK pathways. Reprod. Sci. 17(11):1043-51.

Hummelen, R., J. Macklaim, A. Fernandes, R. Dickson, J. Changalucha, G. B. Gloor, and G. Reid. 2010. Deep sequencing of the vaginal microbiome in HIV patients. PLoS One 5(8), e12078.

Hummelen, R., J. Changalucha, N. L. Butamanya, A. Cook, J. D. F. Habbema, and G. Reid. 2010. Lactobacillus rhamnosus GR-1 and L. reuteri RC-14 to prevent or cure bacterial vaginosis among women with HIV. Int. J. Gynecol. Obstet. 111(3):245-8.

Gloor, G. B., R. Hummelen, J. M. Macklaim, R. J. Dickson, A. D. Fernandes, R. MacPhee, and G. Reid. 2010. Microbiome profiling by combinatorial barcoding with Illumina sequencing. PLoS One Oct 26;5(10):e15406.

Hummelen, R. , P. Vos, B. van ’t Land, K. van Norren, and G. Reid. 2010. Altered host-microbe interaction in HIV: a target for intervention with pro and prebiotics. Int. Rev Immunol. 29: 485-513.