Postbiotics and their potential applications in early life nutrition and beyond

CAM Wegh, SY Geerlings, J Knol, G Roeselers… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Postbiotics are functional bioactive compounds, generated in a matrix during fermentation,
which may be used to promote health. The term postbiotics can be regarded as an umbrella …

From dietary fiber to host physiology: short-chain fatty acids as key bacterial metabolites

A Koh, F De Vadder, P Kovatcheva-Datchary… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
A compelling set of links between the composition of the gut microbiota, the host diet, and
host physiology has emerged. Do these links reflect cause-and-effect relationships, and …

Conversion of dietary inositol into propionate and acetate by commensal Anaerostipes associates with host health

TPN Bui, L Mannerås-Holm, R Puschmann… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
We describe the anaerobic conversion of inositol stereoisomers to propionate and acetate
by the abundant intestinal genus Anaerostipes. A inositol pathway was elucidated by …

Histone deacetylases and their inhibitors in cancer, neurological diseases and immune disorders

KJ Falkenberg, RW Johnstone - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2014 - nature.com
Epigenetic aberrations, which are recognized as key drivers of several human diseases, are
often caused by genetic defects that result in functional deregulation of epigenetic proteins …

Histone deacetylase inhibitors in clinical studies as templates for new anticancer agents

M Mottamal, S Zheng, TL Huang, G Wang - Molecules, 2015 - mdpi.com
Histone dacetylases (HDACs) are a group of enzymes that remove acetyl groups from
histones and regulate expression of tumor suppressor genes. They are implicated in many …

Modification of proteins by metabolites in immunity

C Diskin, TAJ Ryan, LAJ O'neill - Immunity, 2021 - cell.com
Immunometabolism has emerged as a key focus for immunologists, with metabolic change
in immune cells becoming as important a determinant for specific immune effector …

Changes in the gut microbiome and fermentation products concurrent with enhanced longevity in acarbose-treated mice

BJ Smith, RA Miller, AC Ericsson, DC Harrison… - BMC microbiology, 2019 - Springer
Background Treatment with the α-glucosidase inhibitor acarbose increases median lifespan
by approximately 20% in male mice and 5% in females. This longevity extension differs from …

Multiple functions of p27 in cell cycle, apoptosis, epigenetic modification and transcriptional regulation for the control of cell growth: A double-edged sword protein

M Abbastabar, M Kheyrollah, K Azizian, N Bagherlou… - DNA repair, 2018 - Elsevier
The cell cycle is controlled by precise mechanisms to prevent malignancies such as cancer,
and the cell needs these tight and advanced controls. Cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor p27 …

Protein post-translational modifications and regulation of pluripotency in human stem cells

YC Wang, SE Peterson, JF Loring - Cell research, 2014 - nature.com
Post-translational modifications (PTMs) are known to be essential mechanisms used by
eukaryotic cells to diversify their protein functions and dynamically coordinate their signaling …

Differentiation therapy revisited

H de Thé - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2018 - nature.com
The concept of differentiation therapy emerged from the fact that hormones or cytokines may
promote differentiation ex vivo, thereby irreversibly changing the phenotype of cancer cells …