gut microbiota

Gut bacteria may influence the levels of cardiometabolic risk marker

Researchers have identified 10 species whose abundance was linked to blood levels of TMAO, a metabolite associated with cardiovascular diseases

Microbial cooperation helps fungal pathogens to tolerate drugs

Researchers have found that cooperation among microbial cells may be one of causes of this drug tolerance.

The microbiota may contribute to chronic liver disease by activating immune cells

To elucidate the role of the microbiota in PSC, researchers studied a type of immune cells called mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells, which are abundant in the liver.

Gut microbes may help frogs handle heat

Researchers have found that gut microbes can help frogs to cope with hot temperatures. The findings could pave the way to for new conservation approaches for animals threatened by climate…

Gut microbes may contribute to damage the aging brain’s immune cells

The impact of age-induced microbiota alterations facilitates the accumulation of CML metabolite in the microglia of mice and humans.

Gut microbes change in people with heart conditions long before disease symptoms

Researchers uncover the gut microbiota changes that happen in the very early stages of heart disease. The microbial and metabolic profiles identified could be used as markers of the transition…

Microbial metabolite helps the gallbladder regulate innate defense responses

A recent study investigates the role of the gut microbiota in helping the gallbladder regulate the innate immune response

Specific gut bacteria may improve immunotherapy for melanoma

The findings could help to develop microbiota-based strategies to advance immunothery treatments for melanoma.

Genes for seaweed digestion jumped from marine microbes to human gut bacteria

New research reveals that ocean-derived genes are common in the human microbiota, highlighting the interplay between diet and adaptation of human gut microbes.

Dietary β-carotene improves microbiota imbalance in mice lacking vitamin A

Researchers have found that β-carotene modifies the abundance of certain gut microbes and improves the intestinal dysfunctions

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