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Valerie P. O’Brien

Medicine · Purdue University West Lafayette

Mid career · publishing since 2011Rising activity

Publications

151

Citations

1,247

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

16

Publishing since 2011

Research summary
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Valerie P. O'Brien studies how the stomach lining changes in response to infection by the bacterium Helicobacter pylori, focusing on how normal stomach cells transform into abnormal ('metaplastic') cell states that can precede gastric cancer. Her work uses single-cell profiling and animal models to identify specific cell types involved in stomach tissue regeneration, inflammation, and bacterial colonization. This research is relevant to students interested in gastroenterology, infectious disease, cancer biology, and cell biology techniques like single-cell sequencing.

Helicobacter pylori infection and gastric diseaseGastric metaplasia and tissue regenerationSingle-cell profiling of stomach cellsHost-microbe interactions in the gutGastric cancer development

Publication counts were low and steady (2-5 per year) from 2017-2022, then spiked dramatically in 2023 (likely due to a single study generating many linked supplementary data records) before returning to a low, steady rate in 2024-2026.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 24.0/year recently
2017: 4 publications172018: 3 publications182019: 4 publications192020: 5 publications202021: 2 publications212022: 3 publications222023: 111 publications111232024: 2 publications242025: 2 publications252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×7
  • PLoS Pathogens×2
  • Nature Microbiology×2
  • Infection and Immunity×2
  • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology×2
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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