Microbiome and human health: current understanding, engineering, and enabling technologies

N Aggarwal, S Kitano, GRY Puah, S Kittelmann… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The human microbiome is composed of a collection of dynamic microbial communities that
inhabit various anatomical locations in the body. Accordingly, the coevolution of the …

Function and therapeutic value of astrocytes in neurological diseases

HG Lee, MA Wheeler, FJ Quintana - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2022 - nature.com
Astrocytes are abundant glial cells in the central nervous system (CNS) that perform diverse
functions in health and disease. Astrocyte dysfunction is found in numerous diseases …

Artificial-enzymes-armed Bifidobacterium longum probiotics for alleviating intestinal inflammation and microbiota dysbiosis

F Cao, L Jin, Y Gao, Y Ding, H Wen, Z Qian… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Inflammatory bowel disease can be caused by the dysfunction of the intestinal mucosal
barrier and dysregulation of gut microbiota. Traditional treatments use drugs to manage …

The gut microbiome in Alzheimer's disease: what we know and what remains to be explored

S Chandra, SS Sisodia, RJ Vassar - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common cause of dementia, results in a
sustained decline in cognition. There are currently few effective disease modifying therapies …

[HTML][HTML] The gut mycobiome in health, disease, and clinical applications in association with the gut bacterial microbiome assembly

F Zhang, D Aschenbrenner, JY Yoo, T Zuo - The Lancet Microbe, 2022 - thelancet.com
The gut mycobiome (fungi) is a small but crucial component of the gut microbiome in
humans. Intestinal fungi regulate host homoeostasis, pathophysiological and physiological …

Multiple sclerosis: Neuroimmune crosstalk and therapeutic targeting

M Charabati, MA Wheeler, HL Weiner, FJ Quintana - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory and degenerative disease of the central
nervous system afflicting nearly three million individuals worldwide. Neuroimmune …

The metabolic nature of inflammatory bowel diseases

TE Adolph, M Meyer, J Schwärzler, L Mayr… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, phenotypically comprising a spectrum of inflammatory
bowel diseases (IBDs), spread globally during the westernization of lifestyle and dietary …

Oral polyphenol-armored nanomedicine for targeted modulation of gut microbiota–brain interactions in colitis

H He, Q Qin, F Xu, Y Chen, S Rao, C Wang, X Jiang… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Developing oral nanomedicines that suppress intestinal inflammation while modulating gut
microbiota and brain interactions is essential for effectively treating inflammatory bowel …

Lactate limits CNS autoimmunity by stabilizing HIF-1α in dendritic cells

LM Sanmarco, JM Rone, CM Polonio… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Dendritic cells (DCs) have a role in the development and activation of self-reactive
pathogenic T cells,. Genetic variants that are associated with the function of DCs have been …

Identification of environmental factors that promote intestinal inflammation

LM Sanmarco, CC Chao, YC Wang, JE Kenison, Z Li… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies have identified risk loci linked to inflammatory bowel
disease (IBD)—a complex chronic inflammatory disorder of the gastrointestinal tract. The …