Host–microbiota maladaptation in colorectal cancer

A Janney, F Powrie, EH Mann - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a heterogeneous disease of the intestinal epithelium that is
characterized by the accumulation of mutations and a dysregulated immune response. Up to …

AHR in the intestinal microenvironment: safeguarding barrier function

B Stockinger, K Shah, E Wincent - Nature reviews Gastroenterology & …, 2021 - nature.com
Mammalian aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) is a ligand-dependent transcription factor that
belongs to the basic helix–loop–helix (bHLH)–PAS family of transcription factors, which are …

New insights into gut-bacteria-derived indole and its derivatives in intestinal and liver diseases

X Li, B Zhang, Y Hu, Y Zhao - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The interaction between host and microorganism widely affects the immune and metabolic
status. Indole and its derivatives are metabolites produced by the metabolism of tryptophan …

Polyphenol-rich diet mediates interplay between macrophage-neutrophil and gut microbiota to alleviate intestinal inflammation

D Han, Y Wu, D Lu, J Pang, J Hu, X Zhang… - Cell death & …, 2023 - nature.com
Dietary phenolic acids alleviate intestinal inflammation through altering gut microbiota
composition and regulating macrophage activation. However, it is unclear how individual …

Stigmasterol restores the balance of Treg/Th17 cells by activating the butyrate-PPARγ axis in colitis

S Wen, L He, Z Zhong, R Zhao, S Weng, H Mi… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammatory disorder with gut microbiota
disequilibrium and regulatory T (Treg)/T helper 17 (Th17) immune imbalance. Stigmasterol …

[HTML][HTML] Optimizing therapeutic outcomes of immune checkpoint blockade by a microbial tryptophan metabolite

G Renga, E Nunzi, M Pariano, M Puccetti… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Despite the great success, the therapeutic benefits of immune checkpoint
inhibitors (ICIs) in cancer immunotherapy are limited by either various resistance …

Macrophage polarization and plasticity in systemic lupus erythematosus

MM Ahamada, Y Jia, X Wu - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease that attacks almost every
organ. The condition mostly happens to adults but is also found in children, and the latter …

Tryptophan metabolites modulate inflammatory bowel disease and colorectal cancer by affecting immune system

M Ala - International reviews of immunology, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Tryptophan is an essential amino acid, going through three different metabolic pathways in
the intestines. Indole pathway in the gut microbiota, serotonin system in the enterochromaffin …

Indoles derived from glucobrassicin: cancer chemoprevention by indole-3-carbinol and 3, 3'-diindolylmethane

DE Williams - Frontiers in Nutrition, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Hydrolysis of glucobrassicin by plant or bacterial myrosinase produces multiple indoles
predominantly indole-3-carbinol (I3C). I3C and its major in vivo product, 3, 3' …

An overview of aryl hydrocarbon receptor ligands in the Last two decades (2002–2022): A medicinal chemistry perspective

L Lin, Y Dai, Y **a - European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR), discovered 46 years ago, is a transcript factor member
of the basic helix-loop-helix Per-ARNT-SIM (bHLH-PAS) family deeply implicated in health …