Maria E. Fields (Moreno-Fernandez), PhD

About

BS: Microbiology and Bioanalysis, University of Antioquia, Colombia, 2006.

PhD: Immunobiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2014.

Postdoc: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Division of Immunobiology, Cincinnati, OH, 2022.

Obesity; T2D; NAFLD

Gastroenterology, Gastroenterology GI

Immune regulation; inflammation; obesity; diabetes; liver disease; aging

Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition

BAFF and APRIL counterregulate susceptibility to inflammation-induced preterm birth. Doll, JR; Moreno-Fernandez, ME; Stankiewicz, TE; Wayland, JL; Wilburn, A; Weinhaus, B; Chougnet, CA; Giordano, D; Cappelletti, M; Presicce, P; et al. Cell Reports. 2023; 42:112352.

Thermoneutral housing shapes hepatic inflammation and damage in mouse models of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Oates, JR; Sawada, K; Giles, DA; Alarcon, PC; Damen, MS M A; Szabo, S; Stankiewicz, TE; Moreno-Fernandez, ME; Divanovic, S. Frontiers in Immunology. 2023; 14:1095132.

Microbial metabolite butyrate promotes induction of IL-10+IgM+ plasma cells. Föh, B; Buhre, JS; Lunding, HB; Moreno-Fernandez, ME; König, P; Sina, C; Divanovic, S; Ehlers, M. PloS one. 2022; 17:e0266071.

A BAFF/APRIL axis regulates obesogenic diet-driven weight gain. Chan, CC; Harley, IT W; Pfluger, PT; Trompette, A; Stankiewicz, TE; Allen, JL; Moreno-Fernandez, ME; Damen, MS M A; Oates, JR; Alarcon, PC; et al. Nature Communications. 2021; 12:2911.

Non-hematopoietic IL-4Rα expression contributes to fructose-driven obesity and metabolic sequelae. Damen, MS M A; Stankiewicz, TE; Park, SH; Helsley, RN; Chan, CC; Moreno-Fernandez, ME; Doll, JR; Szabo, S; Herbert, DB R; Softic, S; et al. International Journal of Obesity. 2021; 45:2377-2387.

Implications of Inflammatory States on Dysfunctional Immune Responses in Aging and Obesity. Thomas, AL; Alarcon, PC; Divanovic, S; Chougnet, CA; Hildeman, DA; Moreno-Fernandez, ME. Frontiers in Aging. 2021; 2:732414.

Aging mitigates the severity of obesity-associated metabolic sequelae in a gender independent manner. Moreno-Fernandez, ME; Sharma, V; Stankiewicz, TE; Oates, JR; Doll, JR; Damen, MS M A; Almanan, MA T A; Chougnet, CA; Hildeman, DA; Divanovic, S. Nutrition and Diabetes. 2021; 11:15.

PKM2-dependent metabolic skewing of hepatic Th17 cells regulates pathogenesis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Moreno-Fernandez, ME; Giles, DA; Oates, JR; Chan, CC; Damen, MS M A; Doll, JR; Stankiewicz, TE; Chen, X; Chetal, K; Karns, R; et al. Cell Metabolism. 2021; 33:1187-1204.e9.

Obeticholic acid ameliorates severity of Clostridioides difficile infection in high fat diet-induced obese mice. Jose, S; Mukherjee, A; Horrigan, O; Setchell, KD R; Zhang, W; Moreno-Fernandez, ME; Andersen, H; Sharma, D; Haslam, DB; Divanovic, S; et al. Mucosal Immunology. 2021; 14:500-510.