Intestinal mucus plays important roles in protecting the epithelial surfaces against
pathogens, supporting the colonization with commensal bacteria, maintaining an …

The human gastrointestinal (GI) tract harbors diverse microbial communities collectively
known as the gut microbiota that exert a profound impact on human health and disease. The …

Sulfate-coupled anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) is performed by multicellular
consortia of anaerobic methanotrophic archaea (ANME) in obligate syntrophic partnership …

Background The infant fecal microbiome is known to impact subsequent asthma risk, but the
environmental exposures impacting this association, the role of the maternal microbiome …

The bacterial glycocalyx is a quintessential drug target comprised of structurally distinct
glycans. Bacterial glycans bear unusual monosaccharide building blocks whose proper …

Sialic acids are a family of structurally related sugars that are prevalent in mucosal surfaces,
including the human intestine. In the gut, sialic acids have diverse biological roles at the …

Breast cancer (BC) is commonly diagnosed in women. BC cells are associated with altered
metabolism, which is essential to support their energetic requirements, cellular proliferation …

Several metabolite markers are independently associated with incident ischemic stroke.
However, prior studies have not accounted for intercorrelated metabolite networks. We used …

Sialic acid (Sia) is widely distributed in free, polymeric and conjugated forms in living
creatures and humans. It serves various roles in human physiology including brain …

Technological advances have largely driven the revolution in our understanding of the
structure and function of microbial communities. Culturing, long the primary tool to probe …