The heterogeneity of tissue macrophages, in health and in disease, has become
increasingly transparent over the last decade. But with the plethora of data comes a natural …

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) develop via convergence of environmental, microbial,
immunological, and genetic factors. Alterations in the gut microbiota have been associated …

Inflammatory bowel disease can be caused by the dysfunction of the intestinal mucosal
barrier and dysregulation of gut microbiota. Traditional treatments use drugs to manage …

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a heterogeneous autoimmune disease. Knowledge
of circulating immune cell types and states associated with SLE remains incomplete. We …

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified thousands of noncoding loci that
are associated with human diseases and complex traits, each of which could reveal insights …

Key questions in COVID-19 are the duration and determinants of infectious virus shedding.
Here, we report that infectious virus shedding is detected by virus cultures in 23 of the 129 …

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) are chronic disorders of the gastrointestinal tract with
the following two subtypes: Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). To date, most …

Crohn's disease is an inflammatory bowel disease that is characterized by chronic
inflammation of any part of the gastrointestinal tract, has a progressive and destructive …

Probiotics have been considered as an economical and safe alternative for the treatment of
a large number of chronic diseases and improvement of human health. They are known to …

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic immune-mediated inflammatory disorder of the colon
(IBD) that is hypothesized to be related to exposure to environmental risk factors leading to …