The incidence of food allergy (FA) has continued to rise over the last several decades,
posing significant burdens on health and quality of life. Significant strides into the …

Consumption of probiotics as a useful functional food improves the host's wellbeing, and,
when paired with prebiotics (indigestible dietary fibre/carbohydrate), often benefits the host …

Paneth cells are versatile secretory cells located in the crypts of Lieberkühn of the small
intestine. In normal conditions, they function as the cornerstones of intestinal health by …

Tuft cells in mucosal tissues are key regulators of type 2 immunity. Here, we examined the
impact of the microbiota on tuft cell biology in the intestine. Succinate induction of tuft cells …

Digested dietary fats are taken up by enterocytes where they are assembled into pre-
chylomicrons in the endoplasmic reticulum followed by transport to the Golgi for maturation …

Intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) serve as both a physical and an antimicrobial barrier against
the microbiota, as well as a conduit for signaling between the microbiota and systemic host …

Certain nutrients cause discomfort, sensitivity reaction, and an intolerance for certain foods
or their ingredients when ingested by some consumers. Food reactions and gut …

New types of protein sources will enter our diet in a near future, reinforcing the need for a
straightforward in vitro (cell‐based) screening model to test and predict the safety of these …

Background Previous studies implicated matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), such as MMP-7,
in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) by showing increased activity during inflammation of …

The gut microbiota, which represent a community of different microorganisms in the human
intestinal tract, are crucial to preserving human health by participating in various …