Pimentel Lab

Personal Statement

It is increasingly clear that influencing the gut microbiome has the potential to revolutionize the management of not only infectious disease states but a broad range of other conditions in which the microbiome is now being shown to play a critical role."


Mark Pimentel, MD

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A few of the most significant accomplishments of the Pimentel Laboratory include:

Rezaie A, Leite GGS, Melmed GY, Mathur R, Villanueva-Millan MJ, Parodi G, Sin J, Germano JF, Morales W, Weitsman S, Kim SY, Park JH, Sakhaie S, Pimentel M

PLoS One. 2020 Jul 16;15(7):e0236199 

Leite G, Morales W, Weitsman S, Celly S, Parodi G, Mathur R, Barlow GM, Sedighi R, Millan MJV, Rezaie A, Pimentel M

PLoS One. 2020 Jul 9;15(7):e0234906

Pimentel M, Lembo A 

Dig Dis Sci. 2020 Mar;65(3):829-839

Takakura W, Pimentel M

Front Psychiatry. 2020 Jul 10;11:664

Contact the Pimentel Lab

8700 Beverly Blvd.
Davis Building, Room 5009
Los Angeles, CA 90048

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