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W. Zac Stephens

University of Utah

26H-index
67Paper Count
6.1KCitation Count
Published Papers 26
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LAMBDA: a prophage detection benchmark for genomic language models
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errLeAnn M Lindsey; Nicole L Pershing; Keith Dufault-Thompson; Ho-jin Gwak; Anisa Habib; Aaron Schindler; Arjun Rakheja; June L Round; W Zac Stephens; Anne J Blaschke; Hari Sundar; Xiaofang Jiang
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Isolation of a highly virulent colibactin-positive tumor-promoting strain of Escherichia coli from the gut microbiota of an adult
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errWeis, Allison M.; Matthews, O'Connor J.; Bell, Rickesha; Pershing, Nicole Lynn; Dankwardt, Annika; Fleming, Brittany A.; Gigic, Biljana; Schneider, Martin; Hardikar, Sheetal; Toriola, Adetunji T.; Shibata, David; Li, Christopher I.; Byrd, Doratha A.; Stephens, W. Zac; Ulrich, Cornelia M.; Mulvey, Matthew A.; Round, June L.
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Dietary fat disrupts a commensal-host lipid network that promotes metabolic health
err2025-11-06
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errKendra Klag; Darci Ott; Trevor S. Tippetts; Rebekah J. Nicolson; Sean M. Tatum; Kaylyn M. Bauer; Emmanuel Stephen-Victor; Allison M. Weis; Rickesha Bell; James Weagley; J. Alan Maschek; Dai Long Vu; Stacey Heaver; Ruth Ley; Ryan O’Connell; William L. Holland; Scott A. Summers; W. Zac Stephens; June L. Round
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The impact of tokenizer selection in genomic language models
err2025-09-01
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errLindsey, LeAnn M.; Pershing, Nicole L.; Habib, Anisa; Dufault-Thompson, Keith; Stephens, W. Zac; Blaschke, Anne J.; Jiang, Xiaofang; Sundar, Hari
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A capsular polysaccharide from a healthy human microbiota member activates a Lag-3-NK cell axis to restrain colon cancer and augment immunotherapy
err2025-08-23
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errAllison M. Weis; Kaylyn M. Bauer; William W. Tang; Emmanuel Stephen-Victor; Rickesha Bell; D. Garrett Brown; H. Atakan Ekiz; Van Tran; Kendra A. Klag; Eric A. Swanson; Logan Barrios; Morgan Harwood; Jennifer H. Hill; Kyla S. Ost; Biljana Gigic; Martin Schneider; Jennifer Ose; Sheetal Hardikar; Adetunji T. Toriola; David Shibata; Christopher I. Li; Jane C. Figueiredo; Doratha A. Byrd; Erin M. Siegel; Kathleen Arnolds; Catherine Lozupone; Cornelia M. Ulrich; Ryan M. O’Connell; W. Zac Stephens; June L. Round
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The gut microbiome is associated with disease-free survival in stage I-III colorectal cancer patients
err2025-01-31
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errByrd, Doratha A.; Damerell, Victoria; Gomez Morales, Maria F.; Hogue, Stephanie R.; Lin, Tengda; Ose, Jennifer; Himbert, Caroline; Ilozumba, Mmadili N.; Kahlert, Christoph; Shibata, David; Toriola, Adetunji T.; Li, Christopher I.; Figueiredo, Jane; Stephens, W. Zac; Warby, Christy A.; Hardikar, Sheetal; Siegel, Erin M.; Round, June; Ulrich, Cornelia M.; Gigic, Biljana
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Colitis reduces active social engagement in mice and is ameliorated by supplementation with human microbiota members
err2024-03-30
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errBrown, D. Garrett; Murphy, Michaela; Cadeddu, Roberto; Bell, Rickesha; Weis, Allison; Chiaro, Tyson; Klag, Kendra; Morgan, Jubel; Coon, Hilary; Stephens, W. Zac; Bortolato, Marco; Round, June L.
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Loss of the mitochondrial protein Abcb10 results in altered arginine metabolism in MEL and K562 cells and nutrient stress signaling through ATF4
err2023-07-01
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errMiljkovic, Marisa; Seguin, Alexandra; Jia, Xuan; Cox, James E.; Catrow, Jonathan Leon; Bergonia, Hector; Phillips, John D.; Stephens, W. Zac; Ward, Diane M.
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Neonatal NET-Inhibitory Factor improves survival in the cecal ligation and puncture model of polymicrobial sepsis by inhibiting neutrophil extracellular traps (vol 13, 1046574, 2023)
err2023-03-29
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errde Araujo, Claudia V.; Denorme, Frederik; Stephens, W. Zac; Li, Qing; Cody, Mark J.; Crandell, Jacob L.; Petrey, Aaron C.; Queisser, Kimberly A.; Rustad, John L.; Fulcher, James M.; Evangelista, Judah L.; Kay, Michael S.; Schiffman, Joshua D.; Campbell, Robert A.; Yost, Christian C.
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Neonatal NET-Inhibitory Factor improves survival in the cecal ligation and puncture model of polymicrobial by inhibiting neutrophil extracellular traps
err2023-01-17
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errde Araujo, Claudia V.; Denorme, Frederik; Stephens, W. Zac; Li, Qing; Cody, Mark J.; Crandell, Jacob L.; Petrey, Aaron C.; Queisser, Kimberly A.; Rustad, John L.; Evangelista, Judah L.; Kay, Michael S.; Schiffman, Joshua D.; Campbell, Robert A.; Yost, Christian C.
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CD11c+myeloid cell exosomes reduce intestinal inflammation during colitis
err2022-10-10
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errBauer, Kaylyn M.; Nelson, Morgan C.; Tang, William W.; Chiaro, Tyson R.; Brown, D. Garrett; Ghazaryan, Arevik; Lee, Soh-Hyun; Weis, Allison M.; Hill, Jennifer H.; Klag, Kendra A.; Tran, Van B.; Thompson, Jacob W.; Ramstead, Andrew G.; Monts, Josh K.; Marvin, James E.; Alexander, Margaret; Voth, Warren P.; Stephens, W. Zac; Ward, Diane M.; Petrey, Aaron C.; Round, June L.; O'Connell, Ryan M.
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Epithelial-myeloid exchange of MHC class II constrains immunity and microbiota composition
err2021-11-01
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errStephens, W. Zac; Kubinak, Jason L.; Ghazaryan, Arevik; Bauer, Kaylyn M.; Bell, Rickesha; Buhrke, Kate; Chiaro, Tyson R.; Weis, Allison M.; Tang, William W.; Monts, Josh K.; Soto, Ray; Ekiz, H. Atakan; O'Connell, Ryan M.; Round, June L.
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Fusobacterium nucleatum and Clinicopathologic Features of Colorectal Cancer: Results From the ColoCare Study
err2021-09-01
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errEisele, Yannick; Mallea, Patrick M.; Gigic, Biljana; Stephens, W. Zac; Warby, Christy A.; Buhrke, Kate; Lin, Tengda; Boehm, Juergen; Schrotz-King, Petra; Hardikar, Sheetal; Huang, Lyen C.; Pickron, T. Bartley; Scaife, Courtney L.; Viskochil, Richard; Koelsch, Torsten; Peoples, Anita R.; Pletneva, Maria A.; Bronner, Mary; Schneider, Martin; Ulrich, Alexis B.; Swanson, Eric A.; Toriola, Adetunji T.; Shibata, David; Li, Christopher, I; Siegel, Erin M.; Figueiredo, Jane; Janssen, Klaus-Peter; Hauner, Hans; Round, June; Ulrich, Cornelia M.; Holowatyj, Andreana N.; Ose, Jennifer
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The microbiota protects from viral-induced neurologic damage through microglia-intrinsic TLR signaling
err2019-07-16
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errBrown, D. Garrett; Soto, Raymond; Yandamuri, Soumya; Stone, Colleen; Dickey, Laura; Gomes-Neto, Joao Carlos; Pastuzyn, Elissa D.; Bell, Rickesha; Petersen, Charisse; Buhrke, Kaitlin; Fujinami, Robert S.; O'Connell, Ryan M.; Stephens, W. Zac; Shepherd, Jason D.; Lane, Thomas E.; Round, June L.
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MicroRNA-155 coordinates the immunological landscape within murine melanoma and correlates with immunity in human cancers
err2019-02-05
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errEkiz, H. Atakan; Huffaker, Thomas B.; Grossmann, Allie H.; Stephens, W. Zac; Williams, Matthew A.; Round, June L.; O'Connell, Ryan M.
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Microbiota promote secretory cell determination in the intestinal epithelium by modulating host Notch signaling
err2018-02-23
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errTroll, Joshua V.; Hamilton, M. Kristina; Abel, Melissa L.; Ganz, Julia; Bates, Jennifer M.; Stephens, W. Zac; Melancon, Ellie; van der Vaart, Michiel; Meijer, Annemarie H.; Distel, Martin; Eisen, Judith S.; Guillemin, Karen
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Microbiota promotes systemic T-cell survival through suppression of an apoptotic factor
err2017-05-09
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errSoto, Raymond; Petersen, Charisse; Novis, Camille L.; Kubinak, Jason L.; Bell, Rickesha; Stephens, W. Zac; Lane, Thomas E.; Fujinami, Robert S.; Bosque, Alberto; O'Connell, Ryan M.; Round, June L.
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A member of the gut mycobiota modulates host purine metabolism exacerbating colitis in mice
err2017-03-08
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errChiaro, Tyson R.; Soto, Ray; Stephens, W. Zac; Kubinak, Jason L.; Petersen, Charisse; Gogokhia, Lasha; Bell, Rickesha; Delgado, Julio C.; Cox, James; Voth, Warren; Brown, Jessica; Stillman, David J.; O'Connell, Ryan M.; Tebo, Anne E.; Round, June L.
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Identification of Population Bottlenecks and Colonization Factors during Assembly of Bacterial Communities within the Zebrafish Intestine
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err2015-12-31
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errStephens, W. Zac; Wiles, Travis J.; Martinez, Emily S.; Jemielita, Matthew; Burns, Adam R.; Parthasarathy, Raghuveer; Bohannan, Brendan J. M.; Guillemin, Karen
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Ontogenetic Differences in Dietary Fat Influence Microbiota Assembly in the Zebrafish Gut
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err2015-10-30
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errWong, Sandi; Stephens, W. Zac; Burns, Adam R.; Stagaman, Keaton; David, Lawrence A.; Bohannan, Brendan J. M.; Guillemin, Karen; Rawls, John F.
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