Publications

Berard, AR., Knodel, S., Farr Zuend C, Noël-Romas L., Birse, KD., McQueen, P., De Leon, M., Kratzer, K., Taylor, OA., Bailey, S., Pymar, H., Burgener, AD., Poliquin, V.A description of the THRIVE ("The study of host-bacterial relationships in different vaginal environments") bacterial vaginosis observational study  JOGC. 2024 Oct 1; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jogc.2024.102667

Farr Zuend C, Lamont A, Noël-Romas L, Knodel S, Birse K, Kratzer K, McQueen P, Perner M, Mutch S, Berard AR, Schellenberg JJ, Senturk F, McCorrister S, Westmacott G, Mulhall F, Sandberg B, Yu A, Burnett M, Poliquin V, Burgener AD. Increased genital mucosal cytokines in Canadian women associate with higher antigen-presenting cells, inflammatory metabolites, epithelial barrier disruption, and the depletion of L. crispatus Microbiome. 2023 July 25; https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-023-01594-y

Nandwana, D., Hawes, K., Farr Zuend, C, Pope, R. Neovaginal Human Papillomavirus Prevalence in Transfeminine Individuals: A Systematic Review  Obstetrics & Gynecology. 2023 August DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000005264

Costa Fujishima M, Yazdanpanah A, Horne S, Lamont A, Lopez P, Farr Zuend C, Birse K, Taverner M, Greenslade R, Abou M, Noel-Romas L, Abrenica B, Ajibola O, Ikeogu N, Su RC, McKinnon LR, Pymar H, Poliquin V, Berard AR, Burgener A, Murooka TT. Non-optimal bacteria species induce neutrophil-driven inflammation and barrier disruption in the female genital tract. Mucosal Immunol. 2023 Apr 28;. doi: 10.1016/j.mucimm.2023.04.001. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37121385.

Wang Y, Noël-Romas L, Perner M, Knodel S, Molatlhegi R, Hoger S, Birse K, Zuend CF, McKinnon LR, Burgener AD. Non-Lactobacillus dominant and polymicrobial vaginal microbiomes are more common in younger South African women and predictive of increased risk of HIV acquisition. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Dec 12;. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciac938. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36504254.

Ayele H, Perner M, McKinnon LR, Birse K, Farr Zuend C, Burgener A. An updated review on the effects of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate on the mucosal biology of the female genital tract. Am J Reprod Immunol. 2021 Sep;86(3):e13455. doi: 10.1111/aji.13455. Epub 2021 Jun 12. Review. PubMed PMID: 33991137; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8459266.

 Farr Zuend C, Noël-Romas L, Hoger S, McCorriser S, Westmacott G, Marrazzo J, Hillier SL, Dezzutti C, Squires K, Bunge KE, Burgener A. Influence of dapivirine vaginal ring use on cervicovaginal immunity and functional microbiome in adolescent girls. AIDS. 2021 Mar 1;35(3):369-380. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002751. PubMed PMID: 33181534; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7924934.

Noël-Romas L, Perner M, Molatlhegi R, Farr Zuend C, Mabhula A, Hoger S, Lamont A, Birse K, Berard A, McCorrister S, Westmacott G, Leslie A, Poliquin V, Heffron R, McKinnon LR, Burgener AD. Vaginal microbiome-hormonal contraceptive interactions associate with the mucosal proteome and HIV acquisition. PLoS Pathog. 2020 Dec;16(12):e1009097. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009097. eCollection 2020 Dec. PubMed PMID: 33362285; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7790405.

Farr Zuend C, Tobin NH, Vera T, Kotyrba L, Noël-Romas L, Birse K, Mutch S, Li F, Lee D, McCorrister S, Westmacott G, Aldrovandi GM, Burgener AD. Pregnancy associates with alterations to the host and microbial proteome in vaginal mucosa. Am J Reprod Immunol. 2020 Jun;83(6):e13235. doi: 10.1111/aji.13235. Epub 2020 Apr 9. PubMed PMID: 32196803; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7317380.

Birse KD, Kratzer K, Zuend CF, Mutch S, Noël-Romas L, Lamont A, Abou M, Jalil E, Veloso V, Grinsztejn B, Friedman RK, Broliden K, Bradley F, Poliquin V, Li F, Yanavich C, Burgener A, Aldrovandi G. The neovaginal microbiome of transgender women post-gender reassignment surgery. Microbiome. 2020 May 5;8(1):61. doi: 10.1186/s40168-020-00804-1. PubMed PMID: 32370783; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7201977.

Farr Zuend C, Nomellini JF, Smit J, Horwitz MS. A Caulobacter crescentus Microbicide Protects from Vaginal Infection with HIV-1JR-CSF in Humanized Bone Marrow-Liver-Thymus Mice. J Virol. 2019 Sep 15;93(18). doi: 10.1128/JVI.00614-19. Print 2019 Sep 15. PubMed PMID: 31243127; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6714793.

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