Antibiotics have always been considered one of the wonder discoveries of the 20th century.
This is true, but the real wonder is the rise of antibiotic resistance in hospitals, communities …

Whereas in most cases a fatty liver remains free of inflammation, 10%‐20% of patients who
have fatty liver develop inflammation and fibrosis (nonalcoholic steatohepatitis [NASH]) …

Gut microbial composition depends on different dietary habits just as health depends on
microbial metabolism, but the association of microbiota with different diets in human …

We will soon have complete genome sequences from thousands of species, as well as from
many individuals within species. This coming explosion of information will transform our …

The mucus layer coating the gastrointestinal tract is the front line of innate host defense,
largely because of the secretory products of intestinal goblet cells. Goblet cells synthesize …

In vertebrates, including humans, individuals harbor gut microbial communities whose
species composition and relative proportions of dominant microbial groups are …

Although microbes have been classically viewed as pathogens, it is now well established
that the majority of host-bacterial interactions are symbiotic. During development and into …

First-and second-generation sequencing technologies have led the way in revolutionizing
the field of genomics and beyond, motivating an astonishing number of scientific advances …

Although it is known that antibiotics have short-term impacts on the human microbiome,
recent evidence demonstrates that the impacts of some antibiotics remain for extended …

Background and Aims Increased efficiency of energy harvest, due to alterations in the gut
microbiota (increased Firmicutes and decreased Bacteroidetes), has been implicated in …