Inflammasomes are large intracellular multi-protein signalling complexes that are formed in
the cytosolic compartment as an inflammatory immune response to endogenous danger …

Acute and chronic inflammatory diseases of the intestine impart a significant and negative
impact on the health and well-being of human and non-human mammalian animals …

This study describes and validates a new method for metagenomic biomarker discovery by
way of class comparison, tests of biological consistency and effect size estimation. This …

The most widely used and characterized experimental model of ulcerative colitis (UC) is the
epithelial erosion, dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)‐induced colitis, which is developed by …

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, is a
major human health problem. The bacteria that live in the gut play an important part in the …

In recent years, nitric oxide (NO), a gas previously considered to be a potentially toxic
chemical, has been established as a diffusible universal messenger that mediates cell–cell …

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) represents a group of idiopathic chronic inflammatory
intestinal conditions associated with various areas of the GI tract, including two types of …

IL-22 is a good candidate to play a critical role in regulating gut microbiota because it is an
important inducer of antimicrobial peptides and mucins in the gut. However, whether IL-22 …

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis constitute
a major health problem in developed countries. Moreover, IBD predisposes to the …

Oral infection of susceptible mice with Toxoplasma gondii results in Th1-type
immunopathology in the ileum. We investigated gut flora changes during ileitis and …