Long-term dietary habits play a crucial role in creating a host-specific gut microbiota
community in humans. Despite the many publications about the effects of carbohydrates …

Improved hygiene leading to reduced exposure to microorganisms has been implicated as
one possible cause for the recent “epidemic” of chronic inflammatory diseases (CIDs) in …

As the prevalence of obesity and associated disease continues to rise and concerns for the
spiralling economic and social costs also escalate, innovative management strategies …

Despite evidence that the intestinal microbiota (IM) is involved in the pathogenesis of
obesity, the IM composition of patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has not …

Beside digesting nutrients and absorbing solutes and electrolytes, the intestinal epithelium
with its barrier function is in charge of a tightly controlled antigen trafficking from the …

The emerging evidence on the interconnectedness between the gut microbiome and host
metabolism has led to a paradigm shift in the study of metabolic diseases such as obesity …

Overweight and obesity are associated with increased risk of develo** metabolic
disorders such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. However, besides these metabolic …

Gut microbiota-related metabolites are potential clinical biomarkers for cardiovascular
disease (CVD). Circulating succinate, a metabolite produced by both microbiota and the …

The colonization of the gut with microbes in early life is critical to the develo** newborn
immune system, metabolic function and potentially future health. Maternal microbes are …

One of the most important and overlooked functions of the gastrointestinal tract is to provide
a dynamic barrier to tightly controlled antigen trafficking through both the transcellular and …