Profile

• Organization

  University of Pittsburgh

  
  
• Website

  https://upb.pitt.edu/lanremorenikeji

  
  
• Telephone

  8143625135

  
  
• ORCID

  0000000326083302

  
  
• Interests

  1. Bioinformatics and Genomics
  2. immune system
  3. proteomics

  
  
• Address

  address1:	300 Campus Drive
  city:	Bradford
  postal:	16701
  region:	PA
  country:	US

  
  
• Biography

  PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS (* denotes student co-authors)
  
  1. Kutchy NA, Morenikeji OB, Ugur MR, Lesch B, *Memili A. Deciphering sperm functions using biological networks. Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews 2023; doi: 10.1080/02648725.2023.2168912
  
  2. Morenikeji OB, *Metelski JL, *Grytsay A, *Soulas J, Akinyemi MO, and Thomas BN Molecular genotyping reveals mixed bovine and human trypanosomiasis in cattle from West Africa. Veterinary World. 2023; 16: 149–153.
  
  3. Akinyemi MO, *Finucan J, *Grytsay A, Osaiyuwu OH, *Adegbaju MS, Ogunade IM, Thomas BN, Peters SO, Morenikeji OB. Molecular Evolution and Inheritance Pattern of Sox Gene Family among Bovidae. Genes. 2022; 13(10):1783
  
  4. Oboh MA, Isaac C, *Schroeter MN, Morenikeji OB, *Amambua-Ngwa A, *Meremikwu MM, Thomas BN. Population genetic analysis of Plasmodium falciparum cell-traversal protein for ookinetes and sporozoite among malaria patients from southern Nigeria. Infection Genetics and Evolution 2022; 105:105369
  
  5. *Memili A, Kutchy NA, *Braimah OA, Morenikeji OB. Evolutionary conservation of motifs within vanA and vanB of vancomycin resistant enterococci. Veterinary World 2022 15(10): 2407–2413
  
  6. Morenikeji OB, *Braimah OA, * Memili A, *Murphy T and Bolaji Thomas. miRNA-target genes interactome associated with heat and immune homeostasis in evolutionarily-adapted cattle. Journal of Immunology 2022; 208 (1) 124.17
  
  7. Morenikeji OB, *Adegbaju MS, *Okho OS, *Babalola AE, *Grytsay A, *Braimah OA, Akinyemi MO, Thomas BN. Deciphering inhibitory mechanism of coronavirus replication through host miRNAs-RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) interactome. Frontiers in Genetics 2022; 13:973252
  
  8. *Taiwo G, *Idowu M, *Sidney T, Morenikeji OB, Ogunade IM. Urine metabolome reveals candidate biomarkers for divergent residual feed intake in beef cattle. URINE 2022; 4:1016
  
  9. Yousuf S, Morenikeji, OB, Kutchy NA, Singh AP. Elucidating Pharmacological Activities of Volatile Chemotypes in Essential Oil of Morina longifolia. The FASEB Journal, 2022; 36
  
  10. *Tucker AR, *Salazar NA, *Ayoola AO, Memili E, Thomas BN, Morenikeji OB. Regulatory network of miRNAs, lncRNAs, transcription factors and target genes associated with immune response in bovine mastitis. Scientific Reports 11, 21899 (2021)
  
  11. Bhalla M, Heinzinger LR, Morenikeji OB, Marzullo B, Thomas BN, Bou Ghanem EN. Transcriptome profiling reveals CD73 and age-driven changes in neutrophil responses against Streptococcus pneumoniae. Infection and Immunity 2021; 89(11), e0025821
  
  12. *Ayoola AO, Zhang B, Meisel RP, Nneji LM, Shao Y, Morenikeji OB, Adeola AC, Dganga S, Roos C, Ogunjemite BG, Okeyoyin AO, Mittermeier RA, Wu D. Population genomics reveals incipient speciation and introgression in the Mona monkey (Cercopithecus mona) of African Guenon. Molecular Biology and Evolution 2021; 38 (8), 876-890
  
  13. Morenikeji OB, *Bernard K, *Strutton E, *Wallace M and Thomas BN. Evolutionarily conserved long non-coding RNA regulates gene expression in cytokine storm during COVID-19. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 2021; 8, 582953
  
  14. Morenikeji OB, Akinyemi MO, Wheto M, *Ogunshola OJ, Badejo AA, Chineke CA. Breed and sex effects on morphometric parameters of four indigenous cattle in Nigeria. Arch. Zootec 2021; 70 (269): 6-12.
  
  15. Morenikeji OB, *Wallace M, *Strutton E, *Bernard K, *Yip E and Thomas BN. Integrative network analysis of predicted miRNA-targets regulating expression of immune response genes in bovine coronavirus infection. Frontiers in Genetics 2020; 11, 584392
  
  16. Peters SO, Hussain T, Adenaike AS, Hazzard J, Morenikeji OB, De Donato M, Paul S, Babar M, Yakubu A, Imumorin IG. Evolutionary pattern of interferon alpha genes in Bovidae and genetic diversity IFNAA in the bovine genome. Frontiers in Immunology 2020; 11,580412
  
  17. Morenikeji OB, *Strutton E, *Wallace M, *Bernard K, *Yip E, and Thomas BN. Dissecting transcription factor-target interaction in bovine coronavirus infection. Microorganisms 2020; 8, 1323
  
  18. *Adegbaju MS, Morenikeji OB, Borrego EJ, Hudson AO, Thomas BN. Differential evolution of α-Glucan Water Dikinase (GWD) in plants. Plants 2020; 9, 1101
  
  19. Morenikeji OB *Metelski JL, Thomas BN. Significant upregulation of signaling and pro-inflammatory markers indicate adaptation for tolerance in bovine trypanosomosis. Journal of Immunology 2020; 92(1), 7
  
  20. Morenikeji OB, Ajayi OO, Peters SO, Mujibi FD, De Donato, Thomas BN, Imumorin IG. RNA-seq profiling of skin in temperate and tropical cattle. Journal of Animal Science and Technology 2020; 62:141-158
  
  21. Morenikeji OB, *Metelski JL, *Hawkes ME, *Capria AL, *Seamans BN, Falade CO, Ojurongbe O, Thomas BN. CD209 and not CD28 or STAT6 polymorphism mediates clinical malaria and parasitemia among children from Nigeria. Microorganisms 2020; 8,158
  
  22. Morenikeji OB, *Capria AL, Ojurongbe O, Thomas BN. SNP diversity in CD14 gene promoter reveals possible evidence of adaptation footprints in trypanotolerant N'Dama (Bos taurus) but not susceptible White Fulani (Bos indicus) cattle. Genes 2020; 11,112
  
  23. Morenikeji OB, *Hawkes ME, Hudson AO, Thomas BN. Computational network analysis identifies evolutionarily conserved miRNA-gene interaction potentially regulating immune response in bovine trypanosomiasis. Frontiers in Microbiology 2019; 10:2010
  
  24. Morenikeji OB, Thomas BN. In silico analysis of CD14 molecule reveals significant evolutionary diversity potentially associated with speciation and variable immune response in mammals. PeerJ 2019; 7:e7325
  
  25. *Seamans BN, *Pellechio SL, *Capria AL, *Agyingi SE, Morenikeji OB, Ojurongbe O, Thomas BN. Genetic diversity of CD14, CD28, CTLA-4 and ICOS gene promoter polymorphism in African and American sickle cell disease. Human Immunology 2019; 80 (11):930-936
  
  26. Morenikeji OB and Thomas BN. Disease tolerance and immune response in bovine trypanosomiasis is mediated by CD14 promoter gene. Journal of Immunology 2019; 73(1), 17
  
  27. Morenikeji OB, Akinyemi MO, Wheto M, *Ogunshola OJ, Badejo AA, Chineke CA. Transcriptome profiling of four candidate milk genes in milk and tissue samples of temperate and tropical cattle. Journal of Genetics 2019; 98:25
  
  28. Morenikeji OB, *Ogunshola OJ, Adu OA, Aro SO, Chineke CA. Genotype and sex effects on the performance characteristics of pigs. Journal of Livestock Production 2019; 10:127-134
  
  29. Ajayi OO, Peters SO, De Donato M, Sowande OS, Mujibi FD, Morenikeji, OB, Thomas BN, Adeleke MA, Imumorin IG. Computational genome-wide identification of heat shock protein genes in the bovine genome. F1000Research 2018; 7: 1504
  
  30. Morenikeji OB, *Ogunshola OJ, Wheto M, Adebayo AA, Chineke CA. Variants mining of Kappa casein (K-CN) and Prolactin (PRL) genes among four indigenous cattle breeds in Nigeria. International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research 2018; 9: 1907
  
  31. Morenikeji OB, *Oghate EB, *Adetunbi AJ, *Ogunshola OJ, Chineke CA. Associaton of kappa-casein genotype and the linear parameter in two indigenous Bos indicus cattle in Nigeria. Open Journal of Agricultural Science 2018; 1:12
  
  32. Morenikeji OB, Chineke CA, Adu OA, Aro SO. Genetic correlation and heritabilities of performance traits among three pig genotypes. International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research 2013; 4(3):120-129
  
  33. Morenikeji OB, Adu OA, Chineke CA. Body weight prediction of three pig genotypes using linear body measurements. Applied Tropical Agriculture 2012; 17 (2):154-159
  
  PEER-REVIEWED ABSTRACTS/CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
  
  39. Grytsay A, *Young GE, *Andrews ND, *Bauer KB, Morenikeji OB. Signature of microRNAs correlates with differential target gene expression in tissue samples. Annual Research Symposium, Regional Science Consortium, Erie, PA. November 2-4, 2022
  
  40. *Andrews ND, *Grytsay A, *Young GE, *Bauer KB, Morenikeji OB. The role of micro RNAs during cellular response to heat stress. Annual Research Symposium, Regional Science Consortium, Erie, PA. November 2-4, 2022
  
  41. Morenikeji OB, *Braimah OA, * Memili A, *Murphy T, Thomas BN. miRNA-target genes interactome associated with heat and immune homeostasis in evolutionarily adapted cattle. The Annual Meeting of The American Association of Immunologists, IMMUNOLOGY2022, Portland, Oregon. May 6-10, 2022
  
  42. *Memili A, Kutchy NA, Morenikeji OB. Unveiling evolutionary pathways of antibiotic resistomes to achieve global one health. Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 2022, Washington DC, February 17-20, 2022
  
  43. Morenikeji OB, *Tucker AR, *Salazar NA, *Ayoola AO, Thomas BN. Regulatory network of miRNAs, lncRNAs and target genes associated with immune response in bovine mastitis. The Annual Meeting of The American Association of Immunologists, Virtual IMMUNOLOGY2021. May 10-15, 2021
  
  44. *Wallace M, *Strutton E, *Bernard K, *Yip E, Morenikeji OB. Evolutionary elucidation of conserved miRNA-targets potentially regulating immune gene expression in bovine coronavirus infection. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), The Virtual Experience. November 9-13, 2020.
  
  45. *Strutton E, *Wallace M, *Bernard K, *Yip E, Morenikeji OB. Identification of potential transcription factor-target interaction in bovine coronavirus infection. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), The Virtual Experience. November 9-13, 2020.
  
  46. *Bernard K, *Yip E, *Strutton E, *Wallace M, Morenikeji OB. Characterizing possible type I interferon regulators in SARS-CoV-2 infection. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), The Virtual Experience. November 9-13, 2020.
  
  47. * Metelski JL, * Hawkes ME, Morenikeji OB, Thomas BN. Extensive interethnic diversity of the CD36 (rs3211938) gene polymorphism is associated with clinical malaria but not disease covariates. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), Anaheim, CA. November 13-16, 2019.
  
  48. * Hawkes ME, * Metelski JL, Morenikeji OB, Thomas BN. Genomic dissection of trypanosome internal transcribed spacer (ITS)-1 gene in disease-tolerant cattle. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), Anaheim, CA. November 13-16, 2019.
  
  49. Morenikeji OB, Thomas BN. In silico network analysis reveals significantly conserved miRNA-gene interactions during bovine trypanosomosis. 22nd Annual Upstate New York Immunology Conference, Cooperstown, NY. October 27-30, 2019
  
  50. Morenikeji, OB, *Capria AL, *Pellechio SL, Thomas BN. SNP density at CD14 gene promoter activates a higher downstream expression which mediate disease tolerance and immune response in bovine trypanosomiasis. UNYTE Translational Genomics and Proteomics. An Un-Meeting, Rochester, NY. March 13, 2019
  
  51. Purwantara B, Morenikeji OB, Duryadi D, Rosyada Z, Indriastuti R, Lestari CT, Satrio F, Memili E. Genomic diversity of native cattle breeds in Indonesia. 27th International Conference on Plant and Animal Genomes, San Diego, CA. January 12 – 16, 2019
  
  52. Morenikeji OB, *Oghate EB, *Adetunbi AJ, *Ogunshola OJ, Chineke CA. Identification of kappa-casein genotype in two indigenous Nigerian cattle. Proceedings of the 7th Animal Science Association of Nigeria-Nigerian Institute of Animal Science (ASAN-NIAS) Joint Annual Meeting, September 9th-13th, 2018; Ilorin. Pp: 140 – 143
  53. Morenikeji OB, Ajayi OO, Akinyemi MO, Peters SO, Mujibi FD, Wheto M, Ikeobi CON, Thomas BN. Imumorin IG. Comparative expression analysis of heat-adaptation candidate genes in thermoregulatory tissues of temperate and tropical cattle. 25nd International Conference on Plant and Animal Genomes, San Diego, CA. January 14 – 18. 2017

  
  
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