Notably, bacterial biofilm formation is increasingly recognized as a passive virulence factor
facilitating many infectious disease processes. In this review we will focus on bacterial …

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has become a global disease with accelerating incidence
worldwide in the 21st century while its accurate etiology remains unclear. In the past …

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease, caused by both genetic and
environmental factors. Recently, investigators have focused on the gut microbiota, which is …

The empirical and pragmatic nature of diagnostic microbiology has given rise to several
different schemes to subtype E. coli, including biotyping, serotyping, and pathotyping. These …

An association of melatonin levels with age disease initiation of autoimmune diseases and
pineal calcification was reported while an inverse association between melatonin levels and …

The translational power of human microbiome studies is limited by high interindividual
variation. We describe a dimensionality reduction tool, compositional tensor factorization …

Abstract Shenling Baizhu San has beneficial effects on the metabolism of the gut microbiota,
however, the mechanisms underlying microbiota metabolites mediated anti-inflammation …

Besides genetic polymorphisms and environmental factors, the intestinal microbiota is an
important factor in the etiology of Crohn's disease (CD). Among microbiota alterations, a …

Crohn's disease (CD), a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), is thought to arise from a
complex interaction of genetics, the gut microbiome, and environmental factors, such as diet …

Patients with Crohn's disease exhibit abnormal colonization of the intestine by adherent
invasive E. coli (AIEC). They adhere to epithelial cells, colonize them and survive inside …