Gastroenterology
Controlling cadaverine levels and the gut bacteria that produce it could help regulate immune cell metabolism and inflammation.
Emilia Ghelardi, Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Microbiology at the University of Pisa, explains how pathogens can actively disrupt the integrity of the commensal community.
Arthur Ouwehand, Technical Fellow at IFF Finland, discusses the components and vulnerabilities of the gut barrier and reviews how probiotics and related dietary interventions can support its structure and function.
Philippe Langella, Research director at INRAE, talks about how F. prausnitzii could be a beneficial commensal.
Yvan Vandenplas, Head of the Pediatric Hospital at the University Hospital Brussels, uses the example of probiotics in acute gastroenteritis to highlight how heterogeneous methodologies in evidence synthesis can lead…
CORAL can sample the microbes residing in upper gut in a non-invasive and reliable way, offering a tool for studying the diversity of the microbiota.
Targeting the microbiota could be a new way to strengthen gut immunity and develop treatments for inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn’s disease.
Gut bacteria cooperate to convert the dietary antioxidant ergothioneine into a compound that supports energy production.
Maintaining healthy T cells is key to preserving gut health and preventing chronic inflammation that drives aging-related diseases.
By revealing that OTUD3 limits microbiota-driven STING activation, the findings of a new study offer insights into the disease mechanisms of ulcerative colitis and may pave the way to new…
