Bile acids and the gut microbiota: metabolic interactions and impacts on disease

SL Collins, JG Stine, JE Bisanz, CD Okafor… - Nature Reviews …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Despite decades of bile acid research, diverse biological roles for bile acids have been
discovered recently due to developments in understanding the human microbiota. As …

Microbiota–gut–brain axis and its therapeutic applications in neurodegenerative diseases

JS Loh, WQ Mak, LKS Tan, CX Ng, HH Chan… - Signal transduction and …, 2024‏ - nature.com
The human gastrointestinal tract is populated with a diverse microbial community. The vast
genetic and metabolic potential of the gut microbiome underpins its ubiquity in nearly every …

Microbiome diversity protects against pathogens by nutrient blocking

F Spragge, E Bakkeren, MT Jahn, E BN Araujo… - Science, 2023‏ - science.org
The human gut microbiome plays an important role in resisting colonization of the host by
pathogens, but we lack the ability to predict which communities will be protective. We …

Microbiota-mediated colonization resistance: mechanisms and regulation

G Caballero-Flores, JM Pickard, G Núñez - Nature Reviews …, 2023‏ - nature.com
A dense and diverse microbial community inhabits the gut and many epithelial surfaces.
Referred to as the microbiota, it co-evolved with the host and is beneficial for many host …

Bile acid metabolism and signaling in health and disease: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic targets

JS Fleishman, S Kumar - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2024‏ - nature.com
Bile acids, once considered mere dietary surfactants, now emerge as critical modulators of
macronutrient (lipid, carbohydrate, protein) metabolism and the systemic pro …

Targeting the gut microbiota for cancer therapy

MR Fernandes, P Aggarwal, RGF Costa… - Nature Reviews …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Growing evidence suggests that the gut microbiota modulates the efficacy and toxicity of
cancer therapy, most notably immunotherapy and its immune-related adverse effects. The …

Gut symbionts alleviate MASH through a secondary bile acid biosynthetic pathway

Q Nie, X Luo, K Wang, Y Ding, S Jia, Q Zhao, M Li… - Cell, 2024‏ - cell.com
The gut microbiota has been found to play an important role in the progression of metabolic
dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), but the mechanisms have not been …

Microbiome-based therapeutics

MT Sorbara, EG Pamer - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2022‏ - nature.com
Symbiotic microorganisms inhabiting the gastrointestinal tract promote health by decreasing
susceptibility to infection and enhancing resistance to a range of diseases. In this Review …

Antimicrobial properties of chitosan and chitosan derivatives in the treatment of enteric infections

D Yan, Y Li, Y Liu, N Li, X Zhang, C Yan - Molecules, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Antibiotics played an important role in controlling the development of enteric infection.
However, the emergence of antibiotic resistance and gut dysbiosis led to a growing interest …

Novel bile acid biosynthetic pathways are enriched in the microbiome of centenarians

Y Sato, K Atarashi, DR Plichta, Y Arai, S Sasajima… - Nature, 2021‏ - nature.com
Centenarians have a decreased susceptibility to ageing-associated illnesses, chronic
inflammation and infectious diseases,–. Here we show that centenarians have a distinct gut …