Obesity and cancer risk: Emerging biological mechanisms and perspectives

KI Avgerinos, N Spyrou, CS Mantzoros, M Dalamaga - Metabolism, 2019 - Elsevier
Continuously rising trends in obesity-related malignancies render this disease spectrum a
public health priority. Worldwide, the burden of cancer attributable to obesity, expressed as …

[HTML][HTML] The structure and function of the human small intestinal microbiota: current understanding and future directions

AJ Kastl Jr, NA Terry, GD Wu, LG Albenberg - Cellular and molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite growing literature characterizing the fecal microbiome and its association with
health and disease, few studies have analyzed the microbiome of the small intestine. Here …

Coral microbiome manipulation elicits metabolic and genetic restructuring to mitigate heat stress and evade mortality

EP Santoro, RM Borges, JL Espinoza, M Freire… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Beneficial microorganisms for corals (BMCs) ameliorate environmental stress, but whether
they can prevent mortality and the underlying host response mechanisms remains elusive …

Gut microbiota is altered in patients with Alzheimer's disease

ZQ Zhuang, LL Shen, WW Li, X Fu… - Journal of …, 2018 - content.iospress.com
Previous studies suggest that gut microbiota is associated with neuropsychiatric disorders,
such as Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and depression. However …

Management of Helicobacter pylori infection—the Maastricht V/Florence consensus report

P Malfertheiner, F Mégraud, CA O'Morain, JP Gisbert… - Gut, 2017 - gut.bmj.com
Important progress has been made in the management of Helicobacter pylori infection and
in this fifth edition of the Maastricht Consensus Report, key aspects related to the clinical role …

Gastric microbial community profiling reveals a dysbiotic cancer-associated microbiota

RM Ferreira, J Pereira-Marques, I Pinto-Ribeiro… - Gut, 2018 - gut.bmj.com
Objective Gastric carcinoma development is triggered by Helicobacter pylori. Chronic H.
pylori infection leads to reduced acid secretion, which may allow the growth of a different …

Microbial ecology along the gastrointestinal tract

ET Hillman, H Lu, T Yao, CH Nakatsu - Microbes and environments, 2017 - jstage.jst.go.jp
The ecosystem of the human gastrointestinal (GI) tract traverses a number of environmental,
chemical, and physical conditions because it runs from the oral cavity to the anus. These …

[HTML][HTML] Role of the normal gut microbiota

SM Jandhyala, R Talukdar… - World journal of …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Relation between the gut microbiota and human health is being increasingly recognised. It
is now well established that a healthy gut flora is largely responsible for overall health of the …

Prokaryotic taxonomy and nomenclature in the age of big sequence data

P Hugenholtz, M Chuvochina, A Oren… - the ISME …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The classification of life forms into a hierarchical system (taxonomy) and the application of
names to this hierarchy (nomenclature) is at a turning point in microbiology. The …

Bacterial community dynamics are linked to patterns of coral heat tolerance

M Ziegler, FO Seneca, LK Yum, SR Palumbi… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Ocean warming threatens corals and the coral reef ecosystem. Nevertheless, corals can be
adapted to their thermal environment and inherit heat tolerance across generations. In …