Current strategies in assessment of nanotoxicity: alternatives to in vivo animal testing

HJ Huang, YH Lee, YH Hsu, CT Liao, YF Lin… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Millions of experimental animals are widely used in the assessment of toxicological or
biological effects of manufactured nanomaterials in medical technology. However, the …

Primary cell-derived intestinal models: recapitulating physiology

JS Dutton, SS Hinman, R Kim, Y Wang… - Trends in …, 2019 - cell.com
The development of physiologically relevant intestinal models fueled by breakthroughs in
primary cell-culture methods has enabled successful recapitulation of key features of …

Suppressive and gut-reparative functions of human type 1 T regulatory cells

L Cook, M Stahl, X Han, A Nazli, KN MacDonald… - Gastroenterology, 2019 - Elsevier
Background & Aims T-regulatory (Treg) cells suppress the immune response to maintain
homeostasis. There are 2 main subsets of Treg cells: FOXP3 (forkhead box protein 3) …

Bifidobacterium dentium-derived y-glutamylcysteine suppresses ER-mediated goblet cell stress and reduces TNBS-driven colonic inflammation

MA Engevik, B Herrmann, W Ruan, AC Engevik… - Gut …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress compromises the secretion of MUC2 from goblet cells
and has been linked with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Although Bifidobacterium can …

[HTML][HTML] Intestinal restriction of Salmonella Typhimurium requires caspase-1 and caspase-11 epithelial intrinsic inflammasomes

SM Crowley, X Han, JM Allaire, M Stahl, I Rauch… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
We investigated the role of the inflammasome effector caspases-1 and-11 during
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium infection of murine intestinal epithelial cells …

[HTML][HTML] Optimized procedures for generating an enhanced, near physiological 2D culture system from porcine intestinal organoids

B van der Hee, LMP Loonen, N Taverne… - Stem cell …, 2018 - Elsevier
An important practical limitation of the three-dimensional geometry of stem-cell derived
intestinal organoids is that it prevents easy access to the apical epithelium for testing food …

DUOX2 variants associate with preclinical disturbances in microbiota-immune homeostasis and increased inflammatory bowel disease risk

H Grasberger, AT Magis, E Sheng… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Clin Investig
A primordial gut-epithelial innate defense response is the release of hydrogen peroxide by
dual NADPH oxidase (DUOX). In inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a condition …

Immunomodulation of dendritic cells by Lactobacillus reuteri surface components and metabolites

MA Engevik, W Ruan, M Esparza, R Fultz… - Physiological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Lactic acid bacteria are commensal members of the gut microbiota and are
postulated to promote host health. Secreted factors and cell surface components from …

Dclk1 in tuft cells promotes inflammation-driven epithelial restitution and mitigates chronic colitis

J Yi, K Bergstrom, J Fu, X Shan, JM McDaniel… - Cell Death & …, 2019 - nature.com
Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease characterized by defective
intestinal barrier integrity toward the microbiota and epithelial damage. Double cortin-like …

Targeting the pregnane X receptor using microbial metabolite mimicry

Z Dvořák, F Kopp, CM Costello, JS Kemp… - EMBO molecular …, 2020 - embopress.org
The human PXR (pregnane X receptor), a master regulator of drug metabolism, has
essential roles in intestinal homeostasis and abrogating inflammation. Existing PXR ligands …