[HTML][HTML] Rethinking healthy eating in light of the gut microbiome

AM Armet, EC Deehan, AF O'Sullivan, JF Mota… - Cell Host & Microbe, 2022 - cell.com
Given the worldwide epidemic of diet-related chronic diseases, evidence-based dietary
recommendations are fundamentally important for health promotion. Despite the importance …

[HTML][HTML] The integrative role of sulforaphane in preventing inflammation, oxidative stress and fatigue: A review of a potential protective phytochemical

RT Ruhee, K Suzuki - Antioxidants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cruciferous vegetables hold a myriad of bioactive molecules that are renowned for
possessing unique medicinal benefits. Sulforaphane (SFN) is one of the potential …

A biosynthetic pathway for the selective sulfonation of steroidal metabolites by human gut bacteria

L Yao, GD D'Agostino, J Park, S Hang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Members of the human gut microbiome enzymatically process many bioactive molecules in
the gastrointestinal tract. Most gut bacterial modifications characterized so far are hydrolytic …

[HTML][HTML] Functional genetics of human gut commensal Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron reveals metabolic requirements for growth across environments

H Liu, AL Shiver, MN Price, HK Carlson, VV Trotter… - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
Harnessing the microbiota for beneficial outcomes is limited by our poor understanding of
the constituent bacteria, as the functions of most of their genes are unknown. Here, we …

[HTML][HTML] Meta-analysis of the gut microbiota in predicting response to cancer immunotherapy in metastatic melanoma

A Limeta, B Ji, M Levin, F Gatto, J Nielsen - JCI insight, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BACKGROUND Identifying factors conferring responses to therapy in cancer is critical to
select the best treatment for patients. For immune checkpoint inhibition (ICI) therapy …

[HTML][HTML] Discovery of an ene-reductase for initiating flavone and flavonol catabolism in gut bacteria

G Yang, S Hong, P Yang, Y Sun, Y Wang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Gut microbial transformations of flavonoids, an enormous class of polyphenolic compounds
abundant in plant-based diets, are closely associated with human health. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] Metabolic engineering and synthetic biology of plant natural products–A minireview

AS Birchfield, CA McIntosh - Current Plant Biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Plant natural products include a diverse array of compounds that play important roles in
plant metabolism and physiology. After elucidation of biosynthetic pathways and regulatory …

[HTML][HTML] The metabolism of glucosinolates by gut microbiota

K Sikorska-Zimny, L Beneduce - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Glucosinolates (GLS) and their derivatives are secondary plant metabolites abundant in
Brassicaceae. Due to the enzymatic reaction between GLS and myrosinase enzyme …

The recent advances of glucosinolates and their metabolites: Metabolism, physiological functions and potential application strategies

J Wu, S Cui, J Liu, X Tang, J Zhao… - Critical reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Glucosinolates and their metabolites from Brassicaceae plants have received widespread
attention due to their anti-inflammatory effects. Glucosinolates occurs an “enterohepatic …

Using Synthetic Biology to Understand the Function of Plant Specialized Metabolites

Y Bai, X Liu, IT Baldwin - Annual Review of Plant Biology, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Plant specialized metabolites (PSMs) are variably distributed across taxa, tissues, and
ecological contexts; this variability has inspired many theories about PSM function, which to …