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 …

Gut barrier disruption and chronic disease

J Martel, SH Chang, YF Ko, TL Hwang… - Trends in Endocrinology …, 2022 - cell.com
The intestinal barrier protects the host against gut microbes, food antigens, and toxins
present in the gastrointestinal tract. However, gut barrier integrity can be affected by intrinsic …

[HTML][HTML] Serotonin reduction in post-acute sequelae of viral infection

AC Wong, AS Devason, IC Umana, TO Cox… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC," Long COVID") pose a significant global health
challenge. The pathophysiology is unknown, and no effective treatments have been found to …

Gut microbiota in COVID-19: key microbial changes, potential mechanisms and clinical applications

F Zhang, RI Lau, Q Liu, Q Su, FKL Chan… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
The gastrointestinal tract is involved in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The gut microbiota has …

Gut microbiome dysbiosis in antibiotic-treated COVID-19 patients is associated with microbial translocation and bacteremia

L Bernard-Raichon, M Venzon, J Klein… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Although microbial populations in the gut microbiome are associated with COVID-19
severity, a causal impact on patient health has not been established. Here we provide …

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children and long COVID: the SARS-CoV-2 viral superantigen hypothesis

M Noval Rivas, RA Porritt, MH Cheng, I Bahar… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a febrile pediatric inflammatory
disease that may develop weeks after initial SARS-CoV-2 infection or exposure. MIS-C …

An open label, non-randomized study assessing a prebiotic fiber intervention in a small cohort of Parkinson's disease participants

DA Hall, RM Voigt, TM Cantu-Jungles… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
A pro-inflammatory intestinal microbiome is characteristic of Parkinson's disease (PD).
Prebiotic fibers change the microbiome and this study sought to understand the utility of …

Distinct systemic and mucosal immune responses during acute SARS-CoV-2 infection

N Smith, P Goncalves, B Charbit, L Grzelak… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Coordinated local mucosal and systemic immune responses following severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection either protect against …

Gut microbiome alterations in COVID-19

T Zuo, X Wu, W Wen, P Lan - Genomics, Proteomics and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Since the outset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the gut microbiome
in COVID-19 has garnered substantial interest, given its significant roles in human health …

Innate metabolic responses against viral infections

CS Palmer - Nature Metabolism, 2022 - nature.com
Metabolic adaptation to viral infections critically determines the course and manifestations of
disease. At the systemic level, a significant feature of viral infection and inflammation that …