The gut microbiota has a profound impact on human health. Emerging data show that
dietary patterns are associated with different communities of bacterial species within the gut …

The microbiota-gut-brain-axis (MGBA) is a bidirectional communication network between gut
microbes and their host. Many environmental and host-related factors affect the gut …

A disruption of the crosstalk between the gut and the lung has been implicated as a driver of
severity during respiratory-related diseases. Lung injury causes systemic inflammation …

The relationship between microbiota, short chain fatty acids (SCFAs), and obesity remains
enigmatic. We employ amplicon sequencing and targeted metabolomics in a large (n …

Importance The gut microbiome, home to the vast kingdom of diverse commensal bacteria
and other microorganisms residing within the gut, was once thought to only have roles …

L-Citrulline is a non-essential but still important amino acid that is released from enterocytes.
Because plasma levels are reduced in case of impaired intestinal function, it has become a …

Human gut microbiota contains a large, complex, dynamic microbial community of
approximately 1014 microbes from more than 1,000 microbial species, ie, equivalent to 4× …

Ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC; EC 2.1. 3.3) is a ubiquitous enzyme found in almost all
organisms, including vertebrates, microorganisms, and plants. Anabolic, mostly trimeric …

Background Protein quality assessment through the Digestible Indispensable Amino Acid
Score requires accurate measurements of true ileal protein and amino acid digestibility, for …

Background Space travel is associated with continuous low dose rate exposure to high
linear energy transfer (LET) radiation. Pathophysiological manifestations after low dose …