Environmental pollutants have become an increasingly common health hazard in the last
several decades. Recently, a number of studies have demonstrated the profound …

There is growing epidemiological evidence that heavy metals (HMs) may contribute to the
progression of various metabolic diseases and that the etiology and progression of these …

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) including nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) has
reached epidemic proportions with no pharmacological therapy approved. Lower circulating …

Currently, microplastics (MPs) attracted increased attention for their ubiquity and toxic
properties. In this study, marine medaka was used to explore the individual and combined …

Cigarette smoke is a representative source of toxic chemical exposures to humans, and the
adverse consequences of cigarette smoking are mediated by its effect on both neuronal and …

The gut microbiome, often referred to as" super organ", comprises up to a hundred trillion
microorganisms, and the species diversity may vary from person to person. They perform a …

Gut microbial communities constitute a compartment of crucial importance in regulation of
homeostasis of multiple host physiological functions as well as in resistance towards …

Since the surge of microbiome research in the last decade, many studies have provided
insight into the causes and consequences of changes in the gut microbiota. Among the …

The gut microbiome consists of over 103–104 microorganism inhabitants that together
possess 150 times more genes that the human genome and thus should be considered an …

Nowadays, people are exposed to diverse environmental and chemical pollutants produced
by industry and agriculture. Food contaminations such as persistent organic pollutants …