The human microbiome is composed of a collection of dynamic microbial communities that
inhabit various anatomical locations in the body. Accordingly, the coevolution of the …

Gut microbiota, a collection of microorganisms that live within gastrointestinal tract, provides
crucial signaling metabolites for the physiological of hosts. In healthy state, gut microbiota …

The microbiota plays a central role in human health and disease by shaping immune
development, immune responses and metabolism, and by protecting from invading …

Despite effective antiretroviral therapy (ART), people living with HIV (PLWH) still present
persistent chronic immune activation and inflammation. This condition is the result of several …

A disruption of the crosstalk between the gut and the lung has been implicated as a driver of
severity during respiratory-related diseases. Lung injury causes systemic inflammation …

The morbidity and mortality of HIV type-1 (HIV-1)-related diseases were dramatically
diminished by the grounds of the introduction of potent antiretroviral therapy, which induces …

The microbiota should be considered as just another component of the human epigenetic
landscape. Thus, health is also a reflection of the diversity and composition of gut microbiota …

The human intestinal microbiome is a microbial ecosystem that expresses as many as 100
times more genes than the human host, thereby constituting an important component of the …

Early in the HIV epidemic, lipodystrophy, characterized by subcutaneous fat loss
(lipoatrophy), with or without central fat accumulation (lipohypertrophy), was recognized as a …

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is associated with increased intestinal
translocation of microbial products and enteropathy as well as alterations in gut bacterial …