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Associate Professor Jacqui Keenan

Jacqui KeenanResearch Associate Professor 

MApplSci (1st Class Hons) PhD

Tel +64 3 364 0570
Email jacqui.keenan@otago.ac.nz

Jacqui is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery.

Research interests

Her research is centred on the role of bacteria in the pathogenesis of gastrointestinal disease.

She is particularly interested in the ability of outer membrane vesicles shed from the surface of Gram negative bacteria to induce epithelial permeability, inflammation and DNA damage.

Another interest is the influence of diet on bacterial phenotype and host response.

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Publications

Ali, H., Douwes, J., Burmanje, J., Gokhale, P., Crane, J., Pattemore, P., Stanley, T., Keenan, J., & Brooks, C. (2023). Sputum inflammatory, neural, and remodelling mediators in eosinophilic and non-eosinophilic asthma. Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.anai.2023.03.015

Thompson, N., Gatenby, G., Waddell, O., Purcell, R., Keenan, J., Pearson, J., Frizelle, F., & Glyn, T. (2023). Early onset colorectal cancer in Canterbury, New Zealand. ANZ Journal of Surgery. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/ans.18357

James, S. C., Fraser, K., Cooney, J., Günther, C. S., Young, W., Gearry, R. B., … Keenan, J. I., … Roy, N. C. (2023). Concentrations of plasma amino acids and neurotransmitters in participants with functional gut disorders and healthy controls. Metabolites, 13, 313. doi: 10.3390/metabo13020313

Simon, M. H., Heenan, P. E., Frampton, C., Bayer, S., Keenan, J. I., de Boer, N. K., Roy, N. C., … Gearry, R. B. (2023). Economic living standard and abdominal pain mediate the association between functional gastrointestinal disorders and depression or anxiety. Neurogastroenterology & Motility, 35, e14465. doi: 10.1111/nmo.14465

Ho, S. S. C., Keenan, J. I., & Day, A. S. (2022). Urinary chitinase 3-like 1 and intestinal fatty-acid binding proteins are not elevated in children with inflammatory bowel disease. Intestinal Research. Advance online publication. doi: 10.5217/ir.2022.00064

Ali, H., Douwes, J., Burmanje, J., Gokhale, P., Crane, J., Pattemore, P., Stanley, T., Keenan, J., & Brooks, C. (2023). Sputum inflammatory, neural, and remodelling mediators in eosinophilic and non-eosinophilic asthma. Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.anai.2023.03.015

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James, S. C., Fraser, K., Cooney, J., Günther, C. S., Young, W., Gearry, R. B., … Keenan, J. I., … Roy, N. C. (2023). Concentrations of plasma amino acids and neurotransmitters in participants with functional gut disorders and healthy controls. Metabolites, 13, 313. doi: 10.3390/metabo13020313

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Simon, M. H., Heenan, P. E., Frampton, C., Bayer, S., Keenan, J. I., de Boer, N. K., Roy, N. C., … Gearry, R. B. (2023). Economic living standard and abdominal pain mediate the association between functional gastrointestinal disorders and depression or anxiety. Neurogastroenterology & Motility, 35, e14465. doi: 10.1111/nmo.14465

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Thompson, N., Gatenby, G., Waddell, O., Purcell, R., Keenan, J., Pearson, J., Frizelle, F., & Glyn, T. (2023). Early onset colorectal cancer in Canterbury, New Zealand. ANZ Journal of Surgery. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/ans.18357

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Aitchison, A., Pearson, J. F., Purcell, R. V., Frizelle, F. A., & Keenan, J. I. (2022). Detection of Fusobacterium nucleatum DNA in primary care patient stool samples does not predict progression of colorectal neoplasia. PLoS ONE, 17(6), e0269541. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0269541

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Ho, S. S. C., Hall, S., Keenan, J. I., & Day, A. S. (2022). Australasian pediatric gastroenterologists' perspectives and practices of Celiac disease diagnosis and management. Digestive Diseases & Sciences, 67, 1744-1752. doi: 10.1007/s10620-021-06988-2

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Purcell, R. V., Permain, J., & Keenan, J. I. (2022). Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis activates IL-8 expression through Stat3 in colorectal cancer cells. Gut Pathogens, 14, 16. doi: 10.1186/s13099-022-00489-x

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Edwards, T. S., Dawson, K. L., Keenan, J. I., & Day, A. S. (2021). A simple method to generate β-casomorphin-7 by in vitro digestion of casein from bovine milk. Journal of Functional Foods, 85, 104631. doi: 10.1016/j.jff.2021.104631

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Ho, S. S. C., Keenan, J. I., & Day, A. S. (2021). Parent Perspectives of Diagnostic and Monitoring Tests Undertaken by Their Child with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, 24(1), 19-29. doi: 10.5223/pghn.2021.24.1.19

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James, S. C., Fraser, K., Young, W., Heenan, P. E., Gearry, R. B., Keenan, J. I., … Roy, N. C. (2021). Concentrations of fecal bile acids in participants with functional gut disorders and healthy controls. Metabolites, 11, 612.

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Aitchison, A., Hakkaart, C., Day, R. C., Morrin, H. R., Frizelle, F. A., & Keenan, J. I. (2020). APC mutations are not confined to hotspot regions in early-onset colorectal cancer. Cancers, 12, 3829. doi: 10.3390/cancers12123829

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Aitchison, A., Hakkaart, C., Whitehead, M., Khan, S., Siddique, S., Ahmed, R., Frizelle, F. A., & Keenan, J. I. (2020). CDH1 gene mutation in early-onset, colorectal signet-ring cell carcinoma. Pathology: Research & Practice, 216, 152912. doi: 10.1016/j.prp.2020.152912

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Heenan, P., Creemers, R. H., Sharma, S., Keenan, J., Bayer, S., Young, W., … Skidmore, P. M., … Roy, N., Gearry, R. B., & COMFORT Cohort Collaborators. (2020). Cohort profile: The Christchurch IBS cOhort to investigate Mechanisms FOr gut Relief and improved Transit (COMFORT). Inflammatory Intestinal Diseases, 5(3), 132-143. doi: 10.1159/000508160

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Ho, S. S. C., Keenan, J. I., & Day, A. S. (2020). Role of serological tests in the diagnosis of coeliac disease in children in New Zealand. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 56, 1906-1911. doi: 10.1111/jpc.15076

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Ho, S. S. C., Ross, M., Keenan, J. I., & Day, A. S. (2020). Fecal calprotectin in combination with standard blood tests in the diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease in children. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 8, 609279. doi: 10.3389/fped.2020.609279

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Ho, S. S., Wall, C., Gearry, R. B., Keenan, J., & Day, A. S. (2020). A pilot study evaluating novel urinary biomarkers for Crohn's disease. Inflammatory Intestinal Diseases, 5(4), 212-220. doi: 10.1159/000510682

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Keenan, J., Aitchison, A., Leaman, J., Pearson, J., & Frizelle, F. (2019). Faecal biomarkers do not always identify pre-cancerous lesions in patients who present in primary care with bowel symptoms. New Zealand Medical Journal, 132(1501), 48-56. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

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Purcell, R. V., Kaakoush, N. O., Mitchell, H. M., Pearson, J. F., & Keenan, J. I. (2018). Gastrointestinal pathobionts in pediatric Crohn's disease patients. International Journal of Microbiology, 2018, 9203908. doi: 10.1155/2018/9203908

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Budd, G. R., Aitchison, A., Day, A. S., & Keenan, J. I. (2017). The effect of polymeric formula on enterocyte differentiation. Innate Immunity, 23(3), 240-248. doi: 10.1177/1753425916689333

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Chae, A., Aitchison, A., Day, A. S., & Keenan, J. I. (2017). Bovine colostrum demonstrates anti-inflammatory and antibacterial activity in in vitro models of intestinal inflammation and infection. Journal of Functional Foods, 28, 293-298. doi: 10.1016/j.jff.2016.11.016

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Flores, S. E., Aitchison, A., Day, A. S., & Keenan, J. I. (2017). Helicobacter pylori infection perturbs iron homeostasis in gastric epithelial cells. PLoS ONE, 12(9), e0184026. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184026

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Purcell, R. V., Pearson, J., Aitchison, A., Dixon, L., Frizelle, F. A., & Keenan, J. I. (2017). Colonization with enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis is associated with early-stage colorectal neoplasia. PLoS ONE, 12(2), e0171602. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171602

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Aitchison, A., Frizelle, F. A., & Keenan, J. I. (2016). PCR detection of the Bacteroides fragilis enterotoxin gene relies on robust primer design. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 54(1), 239-240. doi: 10.1128/jcm.02785-15

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Keenan, J. I., Aitchison, A., Purcell, R. V., Greenlees, R., Pearson, J. F., & Frizelle, F. A. (2016). Screening for enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis in stool samples. Anaerobe, 40, 50-53. doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2016.05.004

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Purcell, R. V., Pearson, J., Frizelle, F. A., & Keenan, J. I. (2016). Comparison of standard, quantitative and digital PCR in the detection of enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis. Scientific Reports, 6, 34554. doi: 10.1038/srep34554

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Wakeman, C., Keenan, J., Eteuati, J., Hollington, P., Eglinton, T., & Frizelle, F. (2016). Chemoprevention of colorectal neoplasia. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 87(12), E228-E232. doi: 10.1111/ans.13392

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Wright, E. K., Kamm, M. A., De Cruz, P., Hamilton, A. L., Ritchie, K. J., Keenan, J. I., … Burgess, L., Aitchison, A., … Day, A. S., & Gearry, R. B. (2016). Comparison of fecal inflammatory markers in Crohn's disease. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 22(5), 1086-1094. doi: 10.1097/mib.0000000000000671

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Flores, S. E., Day, A. S., & Keenan, J. I. (2015). Measurement of total iron in Helicobacter pylori-infected gastric epithelial cells. Biometals, 28, 143-150. doi: 10.1007/s10534-014-9810-z

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Keenan, J. I., Hooper, E. M., Tyrer, P. C., & Day, A. S. (2014). Influences of enteral nutrition upon CEACAM6 expression by intestinal epithelial cells. Innate Immunity, 20(8), 848-856. doi: 10.1177/1753425913513309

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Meijer, B., Hoskin, T., Ashcroft, A., Burgess, L., Keenan, J. I., Falvey, J., Gearry, R. B., & Day, A. S. (2014). Total soluble and endogenous secretory receptor for advanced glycation endproducts (RAGE) in IBD. Journal of Crohn's & Colitis, 8(6), 513-520. doi: 10.1016/j.crohns.2013.11.004

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Tyrer, P. C., Frizelle, F. A., & Keenan, J. I. (2014). Escherichia coli-derived outer membrane vesicles are genotoxic to human enterocyte-like cells. Infectious Agents & Cancer, 9, 2. doi: 10.1186/1750-9378-9-2

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Keenan, J. I., Salm, N., Pearson, J. F., Gearry, R. B., & Day, A. S. (2013). Campylobacter seroreactivity in adults with recent onset of Crohn’s disease. Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology Research, 2(3), 468-472. doi: 10.6051/j.issn.2224-3992.2013.02.228

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Bentley, R. W., Keown, D. A., Gearry, R. B., Cameron, V. A., Keenan, J., Roberts, R. L., & Day, A. S. (2012). Vitamin D receptor polymorphisms in colorectal cancer in New Zealand: An association study. New Zealand Medical Journal, 125(1356). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

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Coray, D. S., Heinemann, J. A., Tyrer, P. C., & Keenan, J. I. (2012). Human lactoferrin increases Helicobacter pylori internalisation into AGS cells. World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology, 28(5), 1871-1880. doi: 10.1007/s11274-011-0984-z

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Keenan, J. I., Salm, N., Wallace, A. J., & Hampton, M. B. (2012). Using food to reduce H. pylori-associated inflammation. Phytotherapy Research, 26(11), 1620-1625. doi: 10.1002/ptr.4618

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Keown, D. A., Collings, D. A., & Keenan, J. I. (2012). Uptake and persistence of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in human monocytes. Infection & Immunity, 80(11), 3768-3775. doi: 10.1128/iai.00534-12

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Parker, H., & Keenan, J. I. (2012). Composition and function of Helicobacter pylori outer membrane vesicles. Microbes & Infection, 14(1), 9-16. doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2011.08.007

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Day, A. S., & Keenan, J. (2011). Probiotic-mediated modulation of host inflammation. Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 5(3), 319-321. doi: 10.1586/egh.11.34

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Glubb, D. M., Gearry, R. B., Barclay, M. L., Roberts, R. L., Pearson, J., Keenan, J. I., McKenzie, J., & Bentley, R. W. (2011). NOD2 and ATG16L1 polymorphisms affect monocyte responses in Crohn's disease. World Journal of Gastroenterology, 17(23), 2829-2837. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i23.2829

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Keenan, J. I., Beaugie, C. R., Jasmann, B., Potter, H. C., Collett, J. A., & Frizelle, F. A. (2010). Helicobacter species in the human colon. Colorectal Disease, 12(1), 48-53. doi: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2008.01672.x

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Keenan, J. I., Salm, N., Hampton, M. B., & Wallace, A. J. (2010). Individual and combined effects of foods on Helicobacter pylori growth. Phytotherapy Research, 24(8), 1229-1233. doi: 10.1002/ptr.3167

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Parker, H., Chitcholtan, K., Hampton, M. B., & Keenan, J. I. (2010). Uptake of Helicobacter pylori outer membrane vesicles by gastric epithelial cells. Infection & Immunity, 78(12), 5054-5061. doi: 10.1128/IAI.00299-10

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Munday, J. S., Keenan, J. I., Beaugie, C. R., & Sugiarto, H. (2009). Ovine small intestinal adenocarcinomas are not associated with infection by herpesviruses, Helicobacter species or Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis. Journal of Comparative Pathology, 140(2-3), 177-181. doi: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2008.11.005

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Bentley, R. W., Keenan, J. I., Gearry, R. B., Kennedy, M. A., Barclay, M. L., & Roberts, R. L. (2008). Incidence of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in a population-based cohort of patients with Crohn's disease and control subjects. American Journal of Gastroenterology, 103(5), 1168-1172. doi: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01742.x

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Chitcholtan, K., Hampton, M. B., & Keenan, J. I. (2008). Outer membrane vesicles enhance the carcinogenic potential of Helicobacter pylori. Carcinogenesis, 29(12), 2400-2405. doi: 10.1093/carcin/bgn218

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Keenan, J. I., Davis, K. A., Beaugie, C. R., McGovern, J. J., & Moran, A. P. (2008). Alterations in Helicobacter pylori outer membrane and outer membrane vesicle-associated lipopolysaccharides under iron-limiting growth conditions. Innate Immunity, 14(5), 279-290. doi: 10.1177/1753425908096857

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Piuhola, J., Kerkelä, R., Keenan, J. I., Hampton, M. B., Richards, A. M., & Pemberton, C. J. (2008). Direct cardiac actions of erythropoietin (EPO): Effects on cardiac contractility, BNP secretion and ischaemia/reperfusion injury. Clinical Science, 114(4), 293-304. doi: 10.1042/CS20070229

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Mandhan, P., Qi, B. Q., Keenan, J. I., Ismail, S., Beasley, S. W., & Sullivan, M. J. (2006). Counterstaining improves visualization of the myenteric plexus in immunolabelled whole-mount preparations. Journal of Fluorescence, 16, 655-658.

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Hynes, S. O., Keenan, J. I., Ferris, J. A., Annuk, H., & Moran, A. P. (2005). Lewis epitopes on outer membrane vesicles of relevance to Helicobacter pylori pathogenesis. Helicobacter, 10(2), 146-156.

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Keenan, J. I., Peterson, II, R. A., & Hampton, M. B. (2005). NADPH oxidase involvement in the pathology of Helicobacter pylori infection. Free Radical Biology & Medicine, 38, 1188-1196.

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