The intestinal barrier protects the host against gut microbes, food antigens, and toxins
present in the gastrointestinal tract. However, gut barrier integrity can be affected by intrinsic …

The gut microbiome and the intestinal immune system are driving contributors to
inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Both have an important signalling factor in common …

How intestinal microbes regulate metabolic syndrome is incompletely understood. We show
that intestinal microbiota protects against development of obesity, metabolic syndrome, and …

Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, phenotypically comprising a spectrum of inflammatory
bowel diseases (IBDs), spread globally during the westernization of lifestyle and dietary …

High sugar intake has long been recognized as a potential environmental risk factor for
increased incidence of many non-communicable diseases, including obesity, cardiovascular …

Autoimmune diseases, including inflammatory bowel disease, multiple sclerosis and
rheumatoid arthritis, have distinct clinical presentations but share underlying patterns of gut …

The gut microbiome lies at the intersection between the environment and the host, with the
ability to modify host responses to disease-relevant exposures and stimuli. This is evident in …

The diet and gut microbiota have been extensively interrogated as a fuel for gut
inflammation in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) in the last few years. Here, we review …

Gut microbiota plays a fundamental role within human health, and exerts key functions
within the human body. Diet is one of the most powerful modulators of gut microbiota …

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a result of a complex interplay between genes, host
immune response, gut microbiota, and environmental factors. As one of the crucial …