[HTML][HTML] Gut microbiome and health: mechanistic insights

WM De Vos, H Tilg, M Van Hul, PD Cani - Gut, 2022 - gut.bmj.com
The gut microbiota is now considered as one of the key elements contributing to the
regulation of host health. Virtually all our body sites are colonised by microbes suggesting …

[HTML][HTML] Gut microbiota-derived bile acids in intestinal immunity, inflammation, and tumorigenesis

J Cai, L Sun, FJ Gonzalez - Cell host & microbe, 2022 - cell.com
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and colorectal cancer (CRC) are heterogeneous intestinal
diseases that threaten the health of an increasing number of individuals as their lifestyles …

SER-109, an Oral Microbiome Therapy for Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection

P Feuerstadt, TJ Louie, B Lashner… - … England Journal of …, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Current therapies for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection do not address
the disrupted microbiome, which supports C. difficile spore germination into toxin-producing …

Novel bile acid biosynthetic pathways are enriched in the microbiome of centenarians

Y Sato, K Atarashi, DR Plichta, Y Arai, S Sasajima… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Centenarians have a decreased susceptibility to ageing-associated illnesses, chronic
inflammation and infectious diseases 1, 2, 3. Here we show that centenarians have a distinct …

Microbial transformations of human bile acids

DV Guzior, RA Quinn - Microbiome, 2021 - Springer
Bile acids play key roles in gut metabolism, cell signaling, and microbiome composition.
While the liver is responsible for the production of primary bile acids, microbes in the gut …

Meta-analysis of fecal metagenomes reveals global microbial signatures that are specific for colorectal cancer

J Wirbel, PT Pyl, E Kartal, K Zych, A Kashani… - Nature medicine, 2019 - nature.com
Association studies have linked microbiome alterations with many human diseases.
However, they have not always reported consistent results, thereby necessitating cross …

Bacterial metabolism of bile acids promotes generation of peripheral regulatory T cells

C Campbell, PT McKenney, D Konstantinovsky… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Intestinal health relies on the immunosuppressive activity of CD4+ regulatory T (Treg) cells.
Expression of the transcription factor Foxp3 defines this lineage, and can be induced …

Impact of bacterial metabolites on gut barrier function and host immunity: a focus on bacterial metabolism and its relevance for intestinal inflammation

N Gasaly, P De Vos, MA Hermoso - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The diverse and dynamic microbial community of the human gastrointestinal tract plays a
vital role in health, with gut microbiota supporting the development and function of the gut …

Bile acid metabolism and signaling, the microbiota, and metabolic disease

J Cai, B Rimal, C Jiang, JYL Chiang… - Pharmacology & …, 2022 - Elsevier
The diversity, composition, and function of the bacterial community inhabiting the human
gastrointestinal tract contributes to host health through its role in producing energy or …

Metformin alters the gut microbiome of individuals with treatment-naive type 2 diabetes, contributing to the therapeutic effects of the drug

H Wu, E Esteve, V Tremaroli, MT Khan, R Caesar… - Nature medicine, 2017 - nature.com
Metformin is widely used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes (T2D), but its mechanism of
action is poorly defined. Recent evidence implicates the gut microbiota as a site of metformin …