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Kendra Vehik
Researcher at University of South Florida
Publications - 80
Citations - 5015
Kendra Vehik is an academic researcher from University of South Florida. The author has contributed to research in topics: Type 1 diabetes & The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 68 publications receiving 3607 citations. Previous affiliations of Kendra Vehik include University of South Florida St. Petersburg & University of Colorado Denver.
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Temporal development of the gut microbiome in early childhood from the TEDDY study
Christopher J. Stewart,Christopher J. Stewart,Nadim J. Ajami,Jacqueline O'Brien,Diane S. Hutchinson,Daniel P. Smith,Matthew C. Wong,Matthew C. Ross,Richard E. Lloyd,Harshavardhan Doddapaneni,Ginger A. Metcalf,Donna M. Muzny,Richard A. Gibbs,Tommi Vatanen,Curtis Huttenhower,Ramnik J. Xavier,Marian Rewers,William Hagopian,Jorma Toppari,Jorma Toppari,Anette-G. Ziegler,Jin-Xiong She,Beena Akolkar,Åke Lernmark,Heikki Hyöty,Kendra Vehik,Jeffrey P. Krischer,Joseph F. Petrosino +27 more
TL;DR: Analysis of stool samples from 903 children as part of the TEDDY study shows that breastfeeding was the most important factor associated with microbiome structure, and the cessation of breast milk resulted in faster maturation of the gut microbiome.
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The human gut microbiome in early-onset type 1 diabetes from the TEDDY study
Tommi Vatanen,Eric A. Franzosa,Eric A. Franzosa,Randall Schwager,Surya Tripathi,Timothy D. Arthur,Kendra Vehik,Åke Lernmark,William Hagopian,Marian Rewers,Jin-Xiong She,Jorma Toppari,Jorma Toppari,Anette-G. Ziegler,Beena Akolkar,Jeffrey P. Krischer,Christopher J. Stewart,Christopher J. Stewart,Nadim J. Ajami,Joseph F. Petrosino,Dirk Gevers,Dirk Gevers,Harri Lähdesmäki,Hera Vlamakis,Curtis Huttenhower,Curtis Huttenhower,Ramnik J. Xavier,Ramnik J. Xavier,Ramnik J. Xavier +28 more
TL;DR: An analysis of more than 10,000 metagenomes from the TEDDY study provides a detailed functional profile of the gut microbiome in relation to islet autoimmunity, and supports the protective effects of short-chain fatty acids in early-onset type 1 diabetes.
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Association of Intrauterine Exposure to Maternal Diabetes and Obesity With Type 2 Diabetes in Youth: The SEARCH Case-Control Study
Dana Dabelea,Elizabeth J. Mayer-Davis,Archana P. Lamichhane,Ralph B. D'Agostino,Angela D. Liese,Kendra Vehik,K.M. Venkat Narayan,Phillip Zeitler,Richard F. Hamman +8 more
TL;DR: Intrauterine exposures to maternal diabetes and obesity are strongly associated with type 2 diabetes in youth and prevention efforts may need to target, in addition to childhood obesity, the increasing number of pregnancies complicated by obesity and diabetes.
Early infant feeding and islet autoimmunity in The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young (TEDDY) Study
Ulla Uusitalo,Hye-Seung Lee,Carin Andren Aroonsson,Kendra Vehik,Jimin Yang,Sandra Hummel,Martha Butterworth,Åke Lernmark,Marian Rewers,William Hagopian,Jin-Xiong She,Olli Simell,Anette-G. Ziegler,Beena Akolkar,Jeffrey P. Krischer,Suvi M. Virtanen,Jill M. Norris +16 more
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Increasing incidence of type 1 diabetes in 0- to 17-year-old Colorado youth.
Kendra Vehik,Richard F. Hamman,Dennis C. Lezotte,Jill M. Norris,Georgeanna J. Klingensmith,Clifford A. Bloch,Marian Rewers,Dana Dabelea +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the long-term trends in the incidence of Type 1 diabetes among non-Hispanic white and Hispanic youth aged 0-17 years from Colorado using data from the Colorado IDDM Study Registry (1978-1988) and SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth (2002-2004).