by University College London Credit: CC0 Public DomainSight loss in certain inherited eye diseases may be caused by gut bacteria, and is potentially treatable by antimicrobials, finds a new study in mice co-led by a UCL and Moorfields researcher. The international study observed that in eyes with sight loss caused by a particular genetic mutation, known...
by Tokyo University of Science Gut bacteria break down dietary fiber into short-chain fatty acids, which are known to affect our immune system. In this study, researchers investigated in detail the mechanisms by which these compounds mediate the activation of mast cells. Credit: Chiharu Nishiyama from Tokyo University of Science, JapanThe intricate relationship that exists between...
by Technical University Munich Intestinal tissue during a graft-versus-host reaction: Donor cells (red) attack the body of the patient. Credit: Sebastian Jarosch, Dirk Busch / TUMAfter stem cell transplantation, the donated immune cells sometimes attack the patients’ bodies. This is known as graft versus host disease or GvHD. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM)...
POSTED BY ANDREW YAWN-TULANE “This study established that the gut microbiome is important for our bone health and getting a healthy microbiome composition is important,” Hong-Wen Deng says. “Now that we’ve identified a target in B. vulgatus, we want to lower its abundance.” One of the most common forms of gut bacteria may be to blame...
by University of East Anglia Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The severity of a diarrheal disease could be down to the bacteria in your gut, according to new research from the University of East Anglia. Cryptosporidiosis is responsible for over 100,000 deaths annually, predominantly in children under five. It also affects animals, and a new study published...
by Baylor College of Medicine Oxytocin expression and production in the epithelium of the human and mouse gastrointestinal tract. a) log normalized counts of oxytocin expression in human intestinal epithelial cells reported by the scRNA-Seq data from the Gut Cell Atlas.Citation32 Significance values reflect the number of rarefactions (of 10,000) in which the comparison had a...
by Indiana University Shotgun metagenomics revealed distinct gut microbiota composition and genetic potential within and between the hyperparasitemia resistant and susceptible mice. a C57BL/6 mice were acquired from four different vendors (N = 15/group): Charles River Laboratories (CR), Envigo (Env), Taconic Biosciences (Tac), and Jackson Laboratory (Jax). Mice from Taconic Biosciences were obtained from two different facilities with...
The finding from scientists at The University of Toledo opens new doors in the pursuit of harnessing our body’s own microbiome to regulate blood pressure Peer-Reviewed Publication UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO DR. BINA JOE, A DISTINGUISHED UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR AND CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PHYSIOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY IN THE UTOLEDO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND LIFE SCIENCES,...
The gut microbiome may influence heart health, research shows. Laura Herrera/Stocksy Over the past few years, researchers have discovered more details on how the body’s gut microbiome affects its overall health. An unhealthy gut microbiome, for example, has been linked to a variety of diseases. Researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison have now identified specific bacteria in the...
AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Probiotics can help maintain a healthy gut microbiome or restore populations of “good bacteria” after a heavy course of antibiotics. But now, they could also be used as an effective treatment strategy for certain intestinal diseases, such as Crohn’s disease. Researchers reporting in ACS Central Science have developed a microgel delivery system for probiotics that keeps...
