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Research
Latest papers
Investigating milk-derived extracellular vesicles as mediators of maternal stress and environmental intervention.
Molecular psychiatry · 2026
Characterization of IFN-γ-mediated cellular responses in the HMC3 cell line.
Biochemistry and cell biology = Biochimie et biologie cellulaire · 2026 · senior author
Activation of the heat shock response by human milk-derived extracellular vesicles in neonates with perinatal high-fat diet exposure.
Journal of developmental origins of health and disease · 2025 · senior author
Latest funding
- $12,500
The life-long effects of maternal milk: programming offspring development
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
- $84,000
The life-long effects of maternal milk: programming offspring development
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
11 publications.
Investigating milk-derived extracellular vesicles as mediators of maternal stress and environmental intervention.
Martz J, Hammer B, Langen TJ, Berkowitz BN, Berkowitz B, Storm JA, Lu J, Lehri D, Wijenayake S, Marrocco J, Kentner AC
Characterization of IFN-γ-mediated cellular responses in the HMC3 cell line.
Franck E, Storm J, Lu J, Obtial M, Wijenayake S
Activation of the heat shock response by human milk-derived extracellular vesicles in neonates with perinatal high-fat diet exposure.
Storm JA, Lu J, Obtial MF, Wijenayake S
Investigating milk-derived extracellular vesicles as mediators of maternal stress and environmental intervention.
Martz J, Hammer B, Langen TJ, Berkowitz B, Berkowitz B, Storm JA, Lu J, Lehri D, Wijenayake S, Marrocco J, Kentner AC
Estimating progression of Alzheimer's disease with extracellular vesicle-related multi-omics risk models.
Zhang X, Wijenayake S, Hossain S, Liu Q
Human milk-derived extracellular vesicles promote the heat shock response in polarized microglia.
Storm JA, Lu J, Obtial MF, Wijenayake S
Milk derived extracellular vesicle uptake in human microglia regulates the DNA methylation machinery : Short title: milk-derived extracellular vesicles and the epigenetic machinery.
Wijenayake S, Eisha S, Purohit MK, McGowan PO
Are the effects of catch-and-release angling evident in changes to mRNA abundances related to metabolism, acid-base regulation and stress in lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) gills?
DePasquale SW, Howell BE, Navarroli G, Jeffries KM, Cooke SJ, Wijenayake S, Jeffrey JD, Hasler CT
The contributions of parental lactation on offspring development: It's not udder nonsense!
Wijenayake S, Martz J, Lapp HE, Storm JA, Champagne FA, Kentner AC
Non-nutritive bioactive components in maternal milk and offspring development: a scoping review.
Eisha S, Joarder I, Wijenayake S, McGowan PO
The life-long effects of maternal milk: programming offspring development
Principal investigators: Wijenayake, Sanoji
The life-long effects of maternal milk: programming offspring development
Principal investigators: Wijenayake, Sanoji
Keywords: developmental programming; perinatal nutrition stress; maternal nutrition stress; maternal milk; extracellular vesicles; milk-derived exosomes; milk micrornas; epigenetics; neurodevelopment; maternal care
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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