Gastroenterology

Largest-ever survey of urban microbes finds that each city has its unique microbiota

A new study published in Cell could help to detect infection outbreaks and study the distribution of antibiotic-resistant microbes in different urban areas.

Food dyes metabolized by gut microbes cause colitis in mice with dysregulated immune system

Specific food dyes are environmental risk factors for colitis development in conditions where IL-23 expression is dysregulated.

People at risk for rheumatoid arthritis have unique viral communities in their guts

A new study published in Cell Host & Microbe could pave the way for using phages as biomarkers for the condition of rheumatoid arthritis.

Intestinal microbes could protect against gut inflammation and colorectal cancer

The alterations in gut microbiota composition observed in mice lacking TAK1 can generate a protective immunity against colitis and colorectal cancer.

Gut microbes produce metabolites that mimic human signaling molecules

Fatty acid amides produced by Clostridia can help the bacteria to modulate their host by mimicking human signaling molecules.

Ancient feces reveal dramatic changes in the human microbiota over the past 2,000 years

The evolutionary history of the human microbiota could help to understand the role of present-day gut microbes in health and disease.

COVID-19 could have long-lasting impacts on gut microbiota composition

Targeted manipulation to promote the microbial diversity could be an important strategy to treat long COVID-19 and speed up recovery.

Gut bacteria swap genes at much higher rates in industrialized societies

Gut bacteria from people in industrialized countries exchange genes at much higher rates than bacteria from people living in non-industrialized societies.

How changes in microbiota composition could influence human health

The microbial communities inhabiting the gut have been shown to change in ways that influence the development of disease through blood metabolites.

Antibiotic resistance is often spread in the gut microbiota of hospitalized people

A targeted decontamination could be a strategy to control the spreading of carbapenem-resistance plasmids both amoung patients and within patients.

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