Aspects of gut microbiota and immune system interactions in infectious diseases, immunopathology, and cancer

V Lazar, LM Ditu, GG Pircalabioru, I Gheorghe… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The microbiota consists of a dynamic multispecies community of bacteria, fungi, archaea,
and protozoans, bringing to the host organism a dowry of cells and genes more numerous …

The microbiome and innate immunity

CA Thaiss, N Zmora, M Levy, E Elinav - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
The intestinal microbiome is a signalling hub that integrates environmental inputs, such as
diet, with genetic and immune signals to affect the host's metabolism, immunity and …

Landscape of intercellular crosstalk in healthy and NASH liver revealed by single-cell secretome gene analysis

X Xiong, H Kuang, S Ansari, T Liu, J Gong, S Wang… - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
Cell-cell communication via ligand-receptor signaling is a fundamental feature of complex
organs. Despite this, the global landscape of intercellular signaling in mammalian liver has …

[HTML][HTML] Age-associated microbial dysbiosis promotes intestinal permeability, systemic inflammation, and macrophage dysfunction

N Thevaranjan, A Puchta, C Schulz, A Naidoo… - Cell host & …, 2017 - cell.com
Levels of inflammatory mediators in circulation are known to increase with age, but the
underlying cause of this age-associated inflammation is debated. We find that, when …

Innate immunity in diabetes and diabetic nephropathy

J Wada, H Makino - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2016 - nature.com
The innate immune system includes several classes of pattern recognition receptors (PRRs),
including membrane-bound Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and nucleotide-binding …

Paradigms of lung microbiota functions in health and disease, particularly, in asthma

E Mathieu, U Escribano-Vazquez, D Descamps… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Improvements in our knowledge of the gut microbiota have broadened our vision of the
microbes associated with the intestine. These microbes are essential actors and protectors …

Food, immunity, and the microbiome

H Tilg, AR Moschen - Gastroenterology, 2015 - Elsevier
There is increasing evidence that ingested diet-borne components are involved in the
pathogenesis of disorders such as inflammatory bowel diseases, atherosclerosis, and type 2 …

[HTML][HTML] Microbiota effects on cancer: from risks to therapies

D Rea, G Coppola, G Palma, A Barbieri, A Luciano… - Oncotarget, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Gut microbiota, a group of 10 14 bacteria, eukaryotes and virus living in gastrointestinal tract,
is crucial for many physiological processes in particular plays an important role in …

Myeloid suppressor cells in cancer and autoimmunity

A Sica, M Massarotti - Journal of autoimmunity, 2017 - Elsevier
A bottleneck for immunotherapy of cancer is the immunosuppressive microenvironment in
which the tumor cells proliferate. Cancers harness the immune regulatory mechanism that …

Gut microbiome transition across a lifestyle gradient in Himalaya

AR Jha, ER Davenport, Y Gautam, D Bhandari… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
The composition of the gut microbiome in industrialized populations differs from those living
traditional lifestyles. However, it has been difficult to separate the contributions of human …