Polyphenols are naturally occurring compounds in plants and they are the most abundant
antioxidants in the human diet. Due to their considerable structural diversity, this largely …

Flagellin is a subunit protein of the flagellum, a whip-like appendage that enables bacterial
motility. Traditionally, flagellin was viewed as a virulence factor that contributes to the …

Inflammasome-mediated host defenses have been extensively studied in innate immune
cells. Whether inflammasomes function for innate defense in intestinal epithelial cells, which …

Escherichia coli is the predominant nonpathogenic facultative flora of the human intestine.
Some E. coli strains, however, have developed the ability to cause disease of the …

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Probiotic agents, live microorganisms with beneficial effects for the host, may offer an
alternative to conventional antimicrobials in the treatment and prevention of enteric …

Salmonella species cause substantial morbidity, mortality and burden of disease globally.
Infections with Salmonella species cause multiple clinical syndromes. Central to the …

Initiation and perpetuation of the inflammatory intestinal responses in inflammatory bowel
disease (IBD) may result from an exaggerated host defense reaction of the intestinal …

Background & Aims: The probiotic compound, VSL# 3, is efficacious as maintenance
therapy in pouchitis and ulcerative colitis. The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy …

The human intestine is colonized by an estimated 100 trillion bacteria. Some of these
bacteria are essential for normal physiology, whereas others have been implicated in the …