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Song, Stephanie D

0000-0001-6634-7419

Mayo Clinic

Microbiome Program, Center for Individualized Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.

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Composition, diversity and potential utility of intervention-naïve pancreatic cancer intratumoral microbiome signature profiling via endoscopic ultrasound
Gleeson, Ferga C. , Jeraldo, Patricio , Levy, Michael J. , Murphy, Stephen J. , Mendes‐Soares, Helena , Karagouga, Giannoula, McCune, Alexa, Paredes, Ana García García de , Kipp, Benjamin R. , Song, Stephanie , Khanna, Sahil , Pardi, Darrell S. , McCune, Alexa F, Garcia Garcia Deparedes, Ana, Song, Stephanie D , Jeraldo, Patricio R , Garcia Garcia de Paredes, Ana , Gleeson, Ferga C , Levy, Michael J. , Chia, Nicholas

Gut | March 22, 2021 | Volume: 71 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 441-443

10.1136/gutjnl-2021-324031 Get It

Daily Vaginal Microbiota Fluctuations Associated with Natural Hormonal Cycle, Contraceptives, Diet, and Exercise
Song, Stephanie , Zhu, Jade E., Deveney, Christen M. , Walther-António, Marina , Song, Stephanie D , Walther-Antonio, Marina R S, Chia, Nicholas , Walther-Antonio, Marina , Acharya, Kalpana D. , Tetel, Marc J. , Chia, Nicholas

mSphere | July 7, 2020 | Volume: 5 | Issue: 4 | Pages: No page available

10.1128/msphere.00593-20 Get It

The vaginal microbiome is a critical component of women’s sexual and reproductive health, with variations in microbial composition, particularly the loss of Lactobacillus species, being implicated in gynecologic and obstetric diseases. Given that the vaginal microbiome is so crucial, why do vaginal microbial profiles vary strikingly from person to person and even change over time within the same person? In the present study, which tracked the daily vaginal microbiomes of young healthy women through different lifestyles, we found that use of a locally released progestin contraceptive, a vegetarian diet, and intense exercise appear to lead to vaginal microbiome alterations and loss of Lactobacillus species. The impact of these vaginal microbiome changes on immediate and long-term health remain to be investigated.