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A bacterial strain, called Staphylococcus hominis A9, inhibited the expression of a S. aureus toxin that promotes inflammation in atopic dermatitis.
The gut microbiota make-up could determine whether a person will benefit from the beneficial effects of the Mediterranean diet.
Probiotics such as Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium can activate a person’s immune system and improve the response to some anti-cancer therapies.
The way gut bacteria increase their access to nutrients by adhering to food particles, could advance the development of microbiota-based diagnostics.
The Gut Phage Database, within more than 140,000 viral species, is a blueprint to guide ecological and evolutionary analysis in future virome studies.
Microbiota changes in advanced age may not simply be diagnostic of healthy aging, but they could also contribute to health as people become older.
Intestinal infections ‘train’ the gut microbiota to produce taurine, which promotes the growth of protective gut bacteria.
A new study published in Science Advances suggest that the gut microbiota should be considered when studying the regulation of maternal behavior.
Franco Vicariotto, MD, presents the session “Women Microbiome: a Different Way to Feel Healthy” of the Probiotics, Prebiotics & New Foods 2021 conference, which will be held in Rome in…
A better understanding of the distribution and composition of airway microbiota could help to protect people against pneumonia.
New therapeutic strategies that rely on TLR4 inhibition can counteract the formation of coronary clots in people with cardiovascular disease.
IL-17 molecules from the gut can influence autoimmune diseases in the central nervous system by regulating the gut microbiota.
Dietary fiber can influence the production of several microbial metabolites that may modify the human gut microbiome and, more in general, health.
Different gut metabolites can influence the Cryptosporidium parasite’s growth and invasion of intestinal cells. A new study published in mBio claims.
The interaction between newborns’ epithelia and the microbiota is crucial to the balance of the oral mucosa and it can have long-term health consequences.
TCGA allows to explore the role of tissue-resident microbiota in various cancer types and identifying predictive microbial biomarkers.
Immune responses to the gut microbiota can be used as biomarkers of clinical course in IBD or as targets for the treatment or prevention of the condition.
Decreased microbial diversity and increased abundance of Firmicutes phylum in the respiratory tract may be associated with an increased risk of lung cancer.
The findings suggest that delivery mode, rather than birth canal exposure, has a strong influence on the composition of the infant microbiota.
Modulating the gut microbiota could help to increase Plasmodium-specific immunity, thus reducing disease severity and malaria-associated mortality.
