How bile acids and the microbiota interact to shape host immunity

MH Lee, SP Nuccio, I Mohanty, LR Hagey… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Bile acids are increasingly appearing in the spotlight owing to their novel impacts on various
host processes. Similarly, there is growing attention on members of the microbiota that are …

Immunology of bile acids regulated receptors

S Fiorucci, S Marchianò, G Urbani, C Di Giorgio… - Progress in Lipid …, 2024 - Elsevier
Bile acids are steroids generated at the interface of host and intestinal microbiota. While
primary bile acids are generated in the liver from cholesterol metabolism, secondary bile …

microbeMASST: a taxonomically informed mass spectrometry search tool for microbial metabolomics data

S Zuffa, R Schmid, A Bauermeister, PW P. Gomes… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract microbeMASST, a taxonomically informed mass spectrometry (MS) search tool,
tackles limited microbial metabolite annotation in untargeted metabolomics experiments …

Bile salt hydrolase catalyses formation of amine-conjugated bile acids

B Rimal, SL Collins, CE Tanes, ER Rocha, MA Granda… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract produce amino acid bile acid amidates that can affect
host-mediated metabolic processes,,,,–; however, the bacterial gene (s) responsible for their …

Bile salt hydrolase acyltransferase activity expands bile acid diversity

DV Guzior, M Okros, M Shivel, B Armwald, C Bridges… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Bile acids (BAs) are steroid detergents in bile that contribute to the absorption of fats and fat-
soluble vitamins while shaping the gut microbiome because of their antimicrobial …

Another renaissance for bile acid gastrointestinal microbiology

JM Ridlon, HR Gaskins - Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & …, 2024 - nature.com
The field of bile acid microbiology in the gastrointestinal tract is going through a current
rebirth after a peak of activity in the late 1970s and early 1980s. This renewed activity is a …

The changing metabolic landscape of bile acids–keys to metabolism and immune regulation

I Mohanty, C Allaband, H Mannochio-Russo… - Nature reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Bile acids regulate nutrient absorption and mitochondrial function, they establish and
maintain gut microbial community composition and mediate inflammation, and they serve as …

Gut microbiota-derived fatty acid and sterol metabolites: biotransformation and immunomodulatory functions

H Zhang, Y Xie, F Cao, X Song - Gut microbes, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Commensal microorganisms in the human gut produce numerous metabolites by using
small molecules derived from the host or diet as precursors. Host or dietary lipid molecules …

Exploring the Chemical Space of the Exposome: How Far Have We Gone?

S Samanipour, LP Barron, D van Herwerden… - JACS Au, 2024 - ACS Publications
Around two-thirds of chronic human disease can not be explained by genetics alone. The
Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health estimates that 16% of global premature deaths …

Emerging chemophysiological diversity of gut microbiota metabolites

X Lin, K He, Z Gu, X Zhao - Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, 2024 - cell.com
Human physiology is profoundly influenced by the gut microbiota, which generates a wide
array of metabolites. These microbiota-derived compounds serve as signaling molecules …