Microbiota and the social brain

E Sherwin, SR Bordenstein, JL Quinn, TG Dinan… - Science, 2019 - science.org
BACKGROUND Increasingly, it is recognized that the microbes resident in the
gastrointestinal tract can influence brain physiology and behavior. Research has shown that …

The gut microbiota in the pathogenesis and therapeutics of inflammatory bowel disease

T Zuo, SC Ng - Frontiers in microbiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
In the twenty first century, the changing epidemiology of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
globally with increasing disease incidence across many countries relates to the altered gut …

Public human microbiome data are dominated by highly developed countries

RJ Abdill, EM Adamowicz, R Blekhman - PLoS biology, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The importance of sampling from globally representative populations has been well
established in human genomics. In human microbiome research, however, we lack a full …

The Effect of Probiotics (MCP® BCMC® Strains) on Hepatic Steatosis, Small Intestinal Mucosal Immune Function, and Intestinal Barrier in Patients with Non …

MH Mohamad Nor, N Ayob, NM Mokhtar, RA Raja Ali… - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Treatment for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) currently consists of lifestyle
modifications such as a low-fat diet, weight loss, and exercise. The gut microbiota forms part …

Sparse and compositionally robust inference of microbial ecological networks

ZD Kurtz, CL Müller, ER Miraldi… - PLoS computational …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene and other environmental sequencing techniques provide
snapshots of microbial communities, revealing phylogeny and the abundances of microbial …

Whipworm and roundworm infections

KJ Else, J Keiser, CV Holland, RK Grencis… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Trichuriasis and ascariasis are neglected tropical diseases caused by the gastrointestinal
dwelling nematodes Trichuris trichiura (a whipworm) and Ascaris lumbricoides (a …

Intestinal microbiota, fecal microbiota transplantation, and inflammatory bowel disease

AR Weingarden, BP Vaughn - Gut microbes, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a complex set of diseases that lead to chronic
inflammation in the gastrointestinal tract. Although the etiology of IBD is not fully understood …

[HTML][HTML] Hookworm infection

A Loukas, PJ Hotez, D Diemert… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2016 - nature.com
Hookworms are soil-transmitted nematode parasites that can reside for many years in the
small intestine of their human hosts; Necator americanus is the predominant infecting …

Urbanization and the gut microbiota in health and inflammatory bowel disease

T Zuo, MA Kamm, JF Colombel, SC Ng - … Reviews Gastroenterology & …, 2018 - nature.com
In the 21st century, urbanization represents a major demographic shift in developed and
developing countries. Rapid urbanization in the developing world has been associated with …

Helminth infection promotes colonization resistance via type 2 immunity

D Ramanan, R Bowcutt, SC Lee, MS Tang, ZD Kurtz… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Increasing incidence of inflammatory bowel diseases, such as Crohn's disease, in
developed nations is associated with changes to the microbial environment, such as …