Despite decades of bile acid research, diverse biological roles for bile acids have been
discovered recently due to developments in understanding the human microbiota. As …

The gut and the liver are characterized by mutual interactions between both organs, the
microbiome, diet and other environmental factors. The sum of these interactions is …

Bile acids are soluble derivatives of cholesterol produced in the liver that subsequently
undergo bacterial transformation yielding a diverse array of metabolites. The bulk of bile …

Bacteria from the Turicibacter genus are prominent members of the mammalian gut
microbiota and correlate with alterations in dietary fat and body weight, but the specific …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a health problem worldwide, and elevated cholesterol
levels are a key risk factor for the disease. Dysbiotic gut microbiota has been shown to be …

A key challenge in microbiome research is to predict the functionality of microbial
communities based on community membership and (meta)-genomic data. As central …

Bile acids (BAs) are a group of amphiphilic molecules consisting of a rigid steroid core
attached to a hydroxyl group with a varying number, position, and orientation, and a …

Taurine-respiring gut bacteria produce H2S with ambivalent impact on host health. We
report the isolation and ecophysiological characterization of a taurine-respiring mouse gut …

Host-microbiota interactions are bidirectional. On one hand, ecological pressures exerted by
the host shape the composition and function of the microbiota. On the other, resident …

The acute radiation-induced intestinal injury (RIII) has raised much concerns and is
influenced by non-cytocidal radiation effects including the perturbations in gut microbiota …