Exercise modifies the gut microbiota with positive health effects

V Monda, I Villano, A Messina… - Oxidative medicine …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The human gastrointestinal tract (GIT) is inhabited by a wide cluster of microorganisms that
play protective, structural, and metabolic functions for the intestinal mucosa. Gut microbiota …

Outer membrane protein A (OmpA) as a potential therapeutic target for Acinetobacter baumannii infection

D Nie, Y Hu, Z Chen, M Li, Z Hou, X Luo, X Mao… - Journal of biomedical …, 2020 - Springer
Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) is an important opportunistic pathogen causing
serious nosocomial infections, which is considered as the most threatening Gram-negative …

Growing up in a bubble: using germ-free animals to assess the influence of the gut microbiota on brain and behavior

P Luczynski, KA McVey Neufeld… - International Journal …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
There is a growing recognition of the importance of the commensal intestinal microbiota in
the development and later function of the central nervous system. Research using germ-free …

The gut microbiota–brain axis in neurological disorder

H Ullah, S Arbab, Y Tian, C Liu, Y Chen… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The gut microbiota (GM) plays an important role in the physiology and pathology of the host.
Microbiota communicate with different organs of the organism by synthesizing hormones …

Bacterial flagellin—a potent immunomodulatory agent

IA Hajam, PA Dar, I Shahnawaz, JC Jaume… - … & molecular medicine, 2017 - nature.com
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 …

Toward a better regeneration through implant‐mediated immunomodulation: harnessing the immune responses

B Zhang, Y Su, J Zhou, Y Zheng, D Zhu - Advanced science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Tissue repair/regeneration, after implantation or injury, involves comprehensive
physiological processes wherein immune responses play a crucial role to enable tissue …

PAMP s and DAMP s: Signal 0s that spur autophagy and immunity

D Tang, R Kang, CB Coyne, HJ Zeh… - Immunological …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Pathogen‐associated molecular pattern molecules (PAMP s) are derived from
microorganisms and recognized by pattern recognition receptor (PRR)‐bearing cells of the …

[HTML][HTML] Brain–gut–microbe communication in health and disease

S Grenham, G Clarke, JF Cryan, TG Dinan - Frontiers in physiology, 2011 - frontiersin.org
Bidirectional signalling between the gastrointestinal tract and the brain is regulated at
neural, hormonal, and immunological levels. This construct is known as the brain–gut axis …

Innate humoral immune defences in mammals and insects: The same, with differences?

G Sheehan, A Garvey, M Croke, K Kavanagh - Virulence, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The insect immune response demonstrates many similarities to the innate immune response
of mammals and a wide range of insects is now employed to assess the virulence of …

Toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7)–driven accumulation of a novel CD11c+ B-cell population is important for the development of autoimmunity

AV Rubtsov, K Rubtsova, A Fischer… - Blood, The Journal …, 2011 - ashpublications.org
Females are more susceptible than males to many autoimmune diseases. The processes
causing this phenomenon are incompletely understood. Here, we demonstrate that aged …