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 …

[HTML][HTML] Rethinking healthy eating in light of the gut microbiome

AM Armet, EC Deehan, AF O'Sullivan, JF Mota… - Cell Host & Microbe, 2022 - cell.com
Given the worldwide epidemic of diet-related chronic diseases, evidence-based dietary
recommendations are fundamentally important for health promotion. Despite the importance …

Versatility of bacterial outer membrane vesicles in regulating intestinal homeostasis

X Wang, S Lin, L Wang, Z Cao, M Zhang, Y Zhang… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) play vital roles in bacterial communication both
intraspecifically and interspecifically. However, extracellular mechanisms of gut microbiota …

Viral afterlife: SARS-CoV-2 as a reservoir of immunomimetic peptides that reassemble into proinflammatory supramolecular complexes

Y Zhang, V Bharathi, T Dokoshi… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
It is unclear how severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection
leads to the strong but ineffective inflammatory response that characterizes severe …

Probiotic‐inspired nanomedicine restores intestinal homeostasis in colitis by regulating redox balance, immune responses, and the Gut Microbiome

J Xu, J Xu, T Shi, Y Zhang, F Chen, C Yang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Microbiota‐based therapeutics offer innovative strategies to treat inflammatory bowel
diseases (IBDs). However, the poor clinical outcome so far and the limited flexibility of the …

Reverse metabolomics for the discovery of chemical structures from humans

EC Gentry, SL Collins, M Panitchpakdi, P Belda-Ferre… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Determining the structure and phenotypic context of molecules detected in untargeted
metabolomics experiments remains challenging. Here we present reverse metabolomics as …

[HTML][HTML] Pathobionts in inflammatory bowel disease: origins, underlying mechanisms, and implications for clinical care

A Gilliland, JJ Chan, TJ De Wolfe, H Yang, BA Vallance - Gastroenterology, 2024 - Elsevier
The gut microbiota plays a significant role in the pathogenesis of both forms of inflammatory
bowel disease (IBD), namely Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). While …

[HTML][HTML] Microbiome-based interventions to modulate gut ecology and the immune system

TCA Hitch, LJ Hall, SK Walsh, GE Leventhal, E Slack… - Mucosal …, 2022 - Elsevier
The gut microbiome lies at the intersection between the environment and the host, with the
ability to modify host responses to disease-relevant exposures and stimuli. This is evident in …

[HTML][HTML] Butyrate's role in human health and the current progress towards its clinical application to treat gastrointestinal disease

K Hodgkinson, F El Abbar, P Dobranowski… - Clinical Nutrition, 2023 - Elsevier
Butyrate is a key energy source for colonocytes and is produced by the gut microbiota
through fermentation of dietary fiber. Butyrate is a histone deacetylase inhibitor and also …

Scientific novelty beyond the experiment

JE Hallsworth, Z Udaondo, C Pedrós‐Alió… - Microbial …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Practical experiments drive important scientific discoveries in biology, but theory‐based
research studies also contribute novel—sometimes paradigm‐changing—findings. Here, we …