The prevalence of obesity and diabetes mellitus (DM) has been consistently increasing
worldwide. Sharing powerful genetic and environmental features in their pathogenesis …

Associations between age and the human microbiota are robust and reproducible. The
microbial composition at several body sites can predict human chronological age relatively …

This review addresses the interplay between obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and
cardiovascular diseases. It is proposed that obesity, generally defined by an excess of body …

Low-grade inflammation is the hallmark of metabolic disorders such as obesity, type 2
diabetes and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Emerging evidence indicates that these …

Continuously rising trends in obesity-related malignancies render this disease spectrum a
public health priority. Worldwide, the burden of cancer attributable to obesity, expressed as …

Gut bacteria influence brain functions and metabolism. We investigated whether this
influence can be mediated by direct sensing of bacterial cell wall components by brain …

The microbiome has received increasing attention over the last 15 years. Although gut
microbes have been explored for several decades, investigations of the role of …

The gut microbiota has been linked to the development of obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D).
The underlying mechanisms as to how intestinal microbiota may contribute to T2D are only …

The prevalence of obesity, diabetes, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and related metabolic
disorders has been steadily increasing in the past few decades. Apart from the …

The innate immune system recognizes microbial products using germline-encoded
receptors that initiate inflammatory responses to infection. The bacterial cell wall component …