Paracellular permeability and tight junction regulation in gut health and disease

A Horowitz, SD Chanez-Paredes, X Haest… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Epithelial tight junctions define the paracellular permeability of the intestinal barrier.
Molecules can cross the tight junctions via two distinct size-selective and charge-selective …

Multiomics to elucidate inflammatory bowel disease risk factors and pathways

M Agrawal, KH Allin, F Petralia, JF Colombel… - Nature reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an immune-mediated disease of the intestinal tract, with
complex pathophysiology involving genetic, environmental, microbiome, immunological and …

Western diets and chronic diseases

TE Adolph, H Tilg - Nature medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract 'Westernization', which incorporates industrial, cultural and dietary trends, has
paralleled the rise of noncommunicable diseases across the globe. Today, the Western-style …

A unique serum IgG glycosylation signature predicts development of Crohn's disease and is associated with pathogenic antibodies to mannose glycan

J Gaifem, CS Rodrigues, F Petralia, I Alves… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is characterized by chronic inflammation in the gut. There
is growing evidence in Crohn's disease (CD) of the existence of a preclinical period …

Altered gut microbiome composition and function are associated with gut barrier dysfunction in healthy relatives of patients with Crohn's disease

H Leibovitzh, SH Lee, M Xue, JAR Garay… - Gastroenterology, 2022 - Elsevier
Background & Aims The gut microbiome has been suggested to play a role in gut barrier
hemostasis, but data are scarce and limited to animal studies. We therefore aimed to assess …

Gut microbiome composition is associated with future onset of Crohn's disease in healthy first-degree relatives

JAR Garay, W Turpin, SH Lee, MI Smith, A Goethel… - Gastroenterology, 2023 - Elsevier
Background & Aims The cause of Crohn's disease (CD) is unknown, but the current
hypothesis is that microbial or environmental factors induce gut inflammation in genetically …

Deciphering the different phases of preclinical inflammatory bowel disease

JJ Rudbaek, M Agrawal, J Torres… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an immune-mediated inflammatory disease (IMID) of
the gastrointestinal tract and includes two subtypes: Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. It …

Mucus, commensals, and the immune system

Q Zhao, CL Maynard - Gut microbes, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The immune system in the large intestine is separated from commensal microbes and
comparatively rare enteric pathogens by a monolayer of diverse epithelial cells overlaid with …

Phage-display immunoprecipitation sequencing of the antibody epitope repertoire in inflammatory bowel disease reveals distinct antibody signatures

AR Bourgonje, S Andreu-Sánchez, T Vogl, S Hu… - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), eg, Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC),
are chronic immune-mediated inflammatory diseases. A comprehensive overview of an IBD …

Immune response and barrier dysfunction-related proteomic signatures in preclinical phase of Crohn's disease highlight earliest events of pathogenesis

H Leibovitzh, SH Lee, JAR Garay, O Espin-Garcia… - Gut, 2023 - gut.bmj.com
Objective The measure of serum proteome in the preclinical state of Crohn's disease (CD)
may provide insight into biological pathways involved in CD pathogenesis. We aimed to …