Gut microbiota and immune system interactions

JY Yoo, M Groer, SVO Dutra, A Sarkar, DI McSkimming - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Dynamic interactions between gut microbiota and a host's innate and adaptive immune
systems are essential in maintaining intestinal homeostasis and inhibiting inflammation. Gut …

[HTML][HTML] Mouse microbiota models: comparing germ-free mice and antibiotics treatment as tools for modifying gut bacteria

EA Kennedy, KY King, MT Baldridge - Frontiers in physiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
As the intestinal microbiota has become better appreciated as necessary for maintenance of
physiologic homeostasis and also as a modulator of disease processes, there has been a …

[HTML][HTML] The maternal microbiome modulates fetal neurodevelopment in mice

HE Vuong, GN Pronovost, DW Williams, EJL Coley… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract 'Dysbiosis' of the maternal gut microbiome, in response to challenges such as
infection, altered diet and stress during pregnancy, has been increasingly associated with …

[HTML][HTML] The fungal mycobiome promotes pancreatic oncogenesis via activation of MBL

B Aykut, S Pushalkar, R Chen, Q Li, R Abengozar… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Bacterial dysbiosis accompanies carcinogenesis in malignancies such as colon and liver
cancer, and has recently been implicated in the pathogenesis of pancreatic ductal …

[HTML][HTML] Local immune response to food antigens drives meal-induced abdominal pain

J Aguilera-Lizarraga, MV Florens, MF Viola, P Jain… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Up to 20% of people worldwide develop gastrointestinal symptoms following a meal, leading
to decreased quality of life, substantial morbidity and high medical costs. Although the …

[HTML][HTML] Caspase-7 activates ASM to repair gasdermin and perforin pores

K Nozaki, VI Maltez, M Rayamajhi, AL Tubbs… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Among the caspases that cause regulated cell death, a unique function for caspase-7 has
remained elusive. Caspase-3 performs apoptosis, whereas caspase-7 is typically …

The pancreatic cancer microbiome promotes oncogenesis by induction of innate and adaptive immune suppression

S Pushalkar, M Hundeyin, D Daley, CP Zambirinis… - Cancer discovery, 2018 - AACR
We found that the cancerous pancreas harbors a markedly more abundant microbiome
compared with normal pancreas in both mice and humans, and select bacteria are …

The gut microbiota mediates the anti-seizure effects of the ketogenic diet

CA Olson, HE Vuong, JM Yano, QY Liang… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
The ketogenic diet (KD) is used to treat refractory epilepsy, but the mechanisms underlying
its neuroprotective effects remain unclear. Here, we show that the gut microbiota is altered …

Western diet contributes to the pathogenesis of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in male mice via remodeling gut microbiota and increasing production of 2-oleoylglycerol

M Yang, X Qi, N Li, JT Kaifi, S Chen, AA Wheeler… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The interplay between western diet and gut microbiota drives the development of non-
alcoholic fatty liver disease and its progression to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. However …

Intestinal microbiota shapes gut physiology and regulates enteric neurons and glia

FA Vicentini, CM Keenan, LE Wallace, C Woods… - Microbiome, 2021 - Springer
Background The intestinal microbiota plays an important role in regulating gastrointestinal
(GI) physiology in part through interactions with the enteric nervous system (ENS) …