Rickesha Bell

University of Utah — United States

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

11h-index1.9kcitations25works5.92yr avg
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Research Topics

Gut microbiota and health(16), Immune Cell Function and Interaction(7), Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research(5), Probiotics and Fermented Foods(3), Immune Response and Inflammation(3)

Publications25 total

A prophage-encoded sRNA limits phage infection of adherent-invasive E. coli
PLoS Pathogens·2026Open Access
Dietary fat disrupts a commensal-host lipid network that promotes metabolic health
Cell Metabolism·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
A capsular polysaccharide from a healthy human microbiota member activates a Lag-3-NK cell axis to restrain colon cancer and augment immunotherapy
Cell Reports·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Neonatal fungi promote lifelong metabolic health through macrophage-dependent β cell development
Science·2025· 19 cited
Clec12a controls colitis by tempering inflammation and restricting expansion of specific commensals
Cell Host & Microbe·2025· 5 citedOpen Access
Draft genome of a human gut-derived <i>Blautia</i> sp. that ameliorates colitis and colitis-associated sociability deficits in mice
Microbiology Resource Announcements·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Low-Iron Diet-Induced Fatty Liver Development Is Microbiota Dependent and Exacerbated by Loss of the Mitochondrial Iron Importer Mitoferrin2
Nutrients·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Colitis reduces active social engagement in mice and is ameliorated by supplementation with human microbiota members
Nature Communications·2024· 11 citedOpen Access
Clec12a tempers inflammation while restricting expansion of a colitogenic commensal
2023· 3 citedOpen Access
BefA, a microbiota-secreted membrane disrupter, disseminates to the pancreas and increases β cell mass
Cell Metabolism·2022· 24 citedOpen Access
A microbiota membrane disrupter disseminates to the pancreas and increases β-cell mass
2022Open Access
Epithelial-myeloid exchange of MHC class II constrains immunity and microbiota composition
Cell Reports·2021· 33 citedOpen Access
Adaptive immunity induces mutualism between commensal eukaryotes
Nature·2021· 193 citedOpen Access
Thymic development of gut-microbiota-specific T cells
Nature·2021· 201 citedOpen Access
Molecular patterns from a human gut-derived Lactobacillus strain suppress pathogenic infiltration of leukocytes into the central nervous system
Journal of Neuroinflammation·2020· 6 citedOpen Access
T cell–mediated regulation of the microbiota protects against obesity
Science·2019· 370 citedOpen Access
The microbiota protects from viral-induced neurologic damage through microglia-intrinsic TLR signaling
eLife·2019· 55 citedOpen Access
Author response: The microbiota protects from viral-induced neurologic damage through microglia-intrinsic TLR signaling
2019· 3 citedOpen Access
Expansion of Bacteriophages Is Linked to Aggravated Intestinal Inflammation and Colitis
Cell Host & Microbe·2019· 565 cited
Latency for facultative expression of male-typical courtship behaviour by female bluehead wrasses depends on social rank: The ‘priming/gating’ hypothesis.
Figshare·2018Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

June L. Round(21), W. Zac Stephens(16), Ryan M. O’Connell(13), Kendra A. Klag(8), Tyson R. Chiaro(8), D. Garrett Brown(7), Allison M. Weis(7), Charisse Petersen(6), Kyla S. Ost(6), Jennifer Hampton Hill(6), Kaylyn M. Bauer(5), Raymond Soto(4), Jason L. Kubinak(4), Robert S. Fujinami(4), Emmanuel Stephen‐Victor(4), Lasha Gogokhia(3), Arevik Ghazaryan(3), Kaitlin Buhrke(3), H. Atakan Ekiz(3), James E. Cox(3)