The microbiome has an important role in human health. Changes in the microbiota can
confer resistance to or promote infection by pathogenic bacteria. Antibiotics have a profound …

The mammalian gut microbial community, known as the gut microbiota, comprises trillions of
bacteria, which co-evolved with the host and has an important role in a variety of host …

The gastrointestinal (GI) microbiota is the collection of microbes which reside in the GI tract
and represents the largest source of non-self antigens in the human body. The GI tract …

Citrobacter rodentium is a mucosal pathogen of mice that shares several pathogenic
mechanisms with enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) and enterohaemorrhagic E. coli …

Background The physiological and biochemical demands of intense exercise elicit both
muscle-based and systemic responses. The main adaptations to endurance exercise …

Many physiological changes occur in response to endurance exercise in order to adapt to
the increasing energy needs, mitochondria biogenesis, increased reactive oxygen species …

Low-grade intestinal inflammation and alterations of gut barrier integrity are found in patients
affected by extraintestinal autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes (T1D), but a direct …

Citrobacter rodentium is an extracellular enteric mouse-specific pathogen used to model
infections with human pathogenic Escherichia coli and inflammatory bowel disease. C …

Although antibiotics have significantly improved human health and life expectancy, their
disruption of the existing microbiota has been linked to significant side effects such as …

The intestinal epithelium sits at the interface between an organism and its luminal
environment, and as such is prone to oxidative damage induced by luminal oxidants …