Dimitrios Latousakis

Elucidation of a sialic acid metabolism pathway in mucus-foraging Ruminococcus gnavus unravels mechanisms of bacterial adaptation to the gut

Andrew Bell, Jason Brunt, Emmanuelle H. Crost et al. · Nature Microbiology · 2019 · 129 citations · Full text

Biology, Bacterial Adaptation, Dysbiosis +8

Structural basis for the role of serine-rich repeat proteins from <i>Lactobacillus reuteri</i> in gut microbe–host interactions

Saannya Sequeira, Devon Kavanaugh, Donald MacKenzie et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2018 · 47 citations · Full text

Human milk oligosaccharide 2’-fucosyllactose protects against high-fat diet-induced obesity by changing intestinal mucus production, composition and degradation linked to changes in gut microbiota and faecal proteome profiles in mice

Paola Paone, Dimitrios Latousakis, Romano Terrasi et al. · Gut · 2024 · 45 citations · Full text

The role of the mucin-glycan foraging <i>Ruminococcus gnavus</i> in the communication between the gut and the brain

Erika Coletto, Dimitrios Latousakis, Matthew G. Pontifex et al. · Gut Microbes · 2022 · 41 citations · Full text

Uncovering a novel molecular mechanism for scavenging sialic acids in bacteria

Andrew Bell, Emmanuele Severi, Micah Lee et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2020 · 36 citations · Full text