A growing body of research suggests that short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), metabolites
produced by intestinal symbiotic bacteria that ferment dietary fibers (DFs), play a crucial role …

The current coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic presents a huge challenge for
health-care systems worldwide. Many different risk factors are associated with disease …

Growing up on a farm is associated with an asthma-protective effect, but the mechanisms
underlying this effect are largely unknown. In the Protection against Allergy: Study in Rural …

Background Growing evidence shows a significant association between intestinal flora and
allergic diseases, specifically atopic dermatitis (AD), allergic rhinitis (AR), and allergic …

Asthma is a multifactorial disorder, and microbial dysbiosis enhances lung inflammation and
asthma-related symptoms. Probiotics have shown anti-inflammatory effects and could …

Epidemiological studies have shown a dramatic increase in the incidence and the
prevalence of allergic diseases over the last several decades. Environmental triggers …

The microbiome plays a fundamental role in how the immune system develops and how
inflammatory responses are shaped and regulated. The “gut-lung axis” is a relatively new …

Microbial metabolites produced by the gut microbiome, eg short-chain fatty acids (SCFA),
have been found to influence lung physiology and injury responses. However, how lung …

The influence of microbiota on host health and disease has attracted adequate attention,
and gut microbiota components and microbiota-derived metabolites affect host immune …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive and ultimately fatal disease. Recent
findings have shown a marked metabolic reprogramming associated with changes in …