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Philip Sherman
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Short-chain fructooligosaccharides protect against intestinal injury in NEC by restoring AKT/GSK-3β signaling.
Journal of pediatric surgery · 2026
Gut microbiota promotes stem cell differentiation through macrophage and mesenchymal niches in early postnatal development
Immunity · 2022
Comparison of Recommendations in Clinical Practice Guidelines for Acute Gastroenteritis in Children.
Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition · 2016
Latest funding
- $20,000
Accelerating Advancements in Infant Probiotic Development and Clinical Trials
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $110,000
TGF-beta regulation of hypoxia in gastrointestinal disease
CIHR · 2013 · Supervisor
- $1,400,000
CRC Tier 1
CIHR · 2013 · Nominated PI
5 publications.
Short-chain fructooligosaccharides protect against intestinal injury in NEC by restoring AKT/GSK-3β signaling.
Huang Y, Zhang B, Wu RY, Lee C, Li B, Sherman P, Pierro A, Zhu H
Gut microbiota promotes stem cell differentiation through macrophage and mesenchymal niches in early postnatal development
Kim J-E, Li B, Fei L, Horne R, Lee D, Ho Loe AK, Miyake H, Ayar E, Gurma M, Kim D-K
Comparison of Recommendations in Clinical Practice Guidelines for Acute Gastroenteritis in Children.
Lo Vecchio A, Dias JA, Berkley JA, Boey C, Cohen MB, Cruchet S, Liguoro I, Salazar Lindo E, Sandhu B, Sherman P, Shimizu T, Guarino A
Global action plan for childhood diarrhoea: Developing research priorities: Report from a Workshop of the Programme for Global Paediatric Research.
Zipursky A, Wazny K, Black R, Keenan W, Duggan C, Olness K, Simon J, Simpson E, Sherman P, Santosham M, Bhutta ZA
Canadian Helicobacter Study Group Consensus Conference: Update on the approach to Helicobacter pylori infection in children and adolescents--an evidence-based evaluation.
Bourke B, Ceponis P, Chiba N, Czinn S, Ferraro R, Fischbach L, Gold B, Hyunh H, Jacobson K, Jones NL, Koletzko S, Lebel S, Moayyedi P, Ridell R, Sherman P, van Zanten S, Beck I, Best L, Boland M, Bursey F, Chaun H, Cooper G, Craig B, Creuzenet C, Critch J, Govender K, Hassall E, Kaplan A, Keelan M, Noad G, Robertson M, Smith L, Stein M, Taylor D, Walters T, Persaud R, Whitaker S, Woodland R, Canadian Helicobacter Study Group
Accelerating Advancements in Infant Probiotic Development and Clinical Trials
Principal investigators: Roth, Daniel E; Bandsma, Robert; Bassani, Diego G; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A; Comelli, Elena M; Morris, Shaun K; Parkinson, John; Shah, Prakeshkumar
Keywords: Clinical Trial; Global Health; Infants; Interventions; Microbiome; Neonatal Diseases; Probiotics; Regulations
TGF-beta regulation of hypoxia in gastrointestinal disease
Principal investigators: Howe, Kathryn L
Keywords: Bacterial Translocation-Local And Distant Organs; Critical Illness; Gastrointestinal Disease; Hypoxia; Intestinal Epithelial Permeability; Ischemia-Reperfusion; Neutrophil Recruitment And Functional Assays; Protein Regulation); Signal Transduction (Gene Expression; Transforming Growth Factor-Beta; Transient Superior Mesentery Artery Occlusion
CRC Tier 1
Principal investigators: Sherman, Philip M
Keywords: Crc
Impact of Emergency Department Probiotic Treatment of Pediatric Gastroenteritis: Randomized Controlled Trial
Principal investigators: Freedman, Stephen B
Keywords: Disease Severity; Economic Analysis; Emergency Medicine; Gastroenteritis; Probiotics
Impact of Feeding Type and Nutrient Fortification on the Gut Microbiome of Very Low Birth Weight Infants
Principal investigators: O'Connor, Deborah L; Unger, Sharon
Keywords: Donor Milk; Feeding Tolerance; Human Milk; Infant Nutrition; Microbiome; Very Low Birth Weight Infants
CIHR Training Program in Health Applications of Cell Signaling in Mucosal Inflammation & Pain.
Principal investigators: Ellen, Richard P; McCulloch, Christopher A
Keywords: Career Planning; Cell Signals; Ethics; Health; Inflammation; Interdisciplinary; International Network; Knowledge Translation; Pain; Team Research; Training; Translational Research
Defining mechanisms by which probiotics affect epithelial barriers: Characterization of signalling pathways that manipulate tight junctions
Principal investigators: Donato, Kevin A
Keywords: Epithelia; Epithelial Barrier Function; Inflammatory Cytokines; Pathogenic Bacteria; Probiotics; Tight Junction; Western Blotting
Elucidation of a factor found in the probiotic strain Lactobacillus helveticus R0052 critical in inhibiting O157:H7 and other Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) infections.
Principal investigators: Ho, Nathan K
Keywords: E. Coli; Ehec; Lactobacillus Helveticus R0052; Probiotic; Protein Expression; Signal Transduction; Surface Plasmon Resonance; Vtec
Development of a novel microfluidic biochip system for the detection of pathogenic Escherichia coli
Principal investigators: Li, Dongqing
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
- Department of Paediatrics
- Surgery
- Medicine
- Other
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Agostino Pierro
Surgery
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Tae-Hee Kim
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Michael Surette
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Kevan Jacobson
Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
1 shared papers, latest 2005
Thomas Walters
Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
1 shared papers, latest 2005
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