The interplay between the commensal microbiota and the mammalian immune system
development and function includes multifold interactions in homeostasis and disease. The …

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a particular entity of head neck cancer that is generally
regarded as a genetic disease with diverse intertumor and intratumor heterogeneity. This …

The immune system has coevolved with extensive microbial communities living on barrier
sites that are collectively known as the microbiota. It is increasingly clear that microbial …

These guidelines are a consensus work of a considerable number of members of the
immunology and flow cytometry community. They provide the theory and key practical …

Objective The medicinal fungus Ophiocordyceps sinensis and its anamorph Hirsutella
sinensis have a long history of use in traditional Chinese medicine for their …

Laboratory mice, while paramount for understanding basic biological phenomena, are
limited in modeling complex diseases of humans and other free-living mammals. Because …

Technical variation in metagenomic analysis must be minimized to confidently assess the
contributions of microbiota to human health. Here we tested 21 representative DNA …

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is more common in western countries with diet being a potential
contributing factor. Here we show that intermittent fasting (IF) ameliorated clinical course and …

A growing number of human gut microbiome studies consistently describe differences
between human populations. Here, we review how factors related to host genetics, ethnicity …

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a chronic and progressive disease, and management requires
an understanding of both the primary neurological injury and the secondary sequelae that …