Sentences with phrase «microbiota associates»
Researchers working on the Ribeirão Preto campus of the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have discovered that a bacterium found in the microbiota associated with leafcutter ant species Atta sexdens rubropilosa produces the so - called «trail pheromones,» i.e, the aromatic chemical compounds used by the ants to lay a trail to their nest.
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The species composition of the human intestinal microbiota differs between particle - associated and liquid phase communities.
Over 100 different oligosaccharides have been identified in the human colon, and recent research has shown that variations in the oligosaccharides within the mucus are associated with variations in the composition of the gut microbiota.
«Alterations in the gut microbiota are associated with obesity and the metabolic syndrome in both humans and rodents,» Shulman noted.
«Since inflammaging is thought to contribute to many diseases associated with ageing, and we now find that the gut microbiota plays a role in this process, strategies that alter the gut microbiota composition in the elderly could reduce inflammaging and promote healthy ageing,» explains Dr Floris Fransen, who performed the research at the University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands.
Development of a healthy gut microbiota can have a lifelong effect on health, and early intervention in the establishment of that microbiota could have lifelong positive effects: The early establishment of bifidobacteria has been shown to be associated with improved immune response to vaccines, development of the infants» immature immune system, and protection against pathogens.
Faecal microbiota transplantation is an established treatment method for severe antibiotic associated diarrhea where medical treatment has not cleared the infection.
Twins discordant for obesity provide an opportunity to examine interrelations between obesity and its associated metabolic disorders, diet, and the gut microbiota.
Cohousing mice harboring an obese twin's microbiota (Ob) with mice containing the lean co-twin's microbiota (Ln) prevented the development of increased body mass and obesity - associated metabolic phenotypes in Ob cage mates.
«This is a landmark study because it moves the field beyond a simple association, and towards evidence that changes in the microbiota impact both intestinal and behavioral responses in IBS,» said Giada De Palma, the study's first author and research associate with the Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute.
Specifically, Meyer is researching how shifts in coral microbiota are associated with Black Band Disease, a disease that kills healthy tissue in many different species of reefbuilding corals.
The use of macrolides was associated with microbiota features, which have previously been associated with obesity and metabolic diseases.
«This result is unexpected and quite interesting, because it implies the giant panda's gut microbiota may not have well adapted to its unique diet, and places pandas at an evolutionary dilemma,» said study coauthor Xiaoyan Pang, PhD, MSc, an associate professor in the School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
This visual abstract represents the findings of Thevaranjan et al. who, using young and old germ - free and conventional mice, demonstrate that age - related microbiota changes drive intestinal permeability, age - associated inflammation, and decreased macrophage function.
Recent studies indicate that adverse changes in gut microbiota are associated with the development of type 1 diabetes, but little is known about the microbiota in children who have diabetes at an early age.
Parkinson's disease, for example, is typically associated with a longer intestinal transit time, which in turn impacts microbiota composition.
The researchers observed that enhanced tumor development was associated with an altered intestinal microbiota, characterized by an increased pro-inflammatory potential.
While a core microbiota of the same bacteria was present in all areas of the mock - up spacecraft, the authors noticed specific bacterial signatures for each individual area, or module, indicating that — much like in other indoor environments — microbial presence is associated with human presence as well as the type of activity that an area is used for.
Experiments performed by coauthor Mireia Uribe - Herranz, PhD, a research associate in Facciabene's lab, demonstrate that when ACT was performed on genetically identical animals obtained from different vendors (Jackson Laboratory or Harlan Laboratories), which carry different microbiota, impact of the therapy was not identical.
The team of researchers from Germany, UK and Austria, led by the German Aerospace Center (DLR), found that apart from the crew who were the main source of human - associated bacteria inside the habitat, confinement appeared to be the strongest trigger shaping the bacterial community — the microbiota — which remained highly dynamic over time.
Low - grade inflammation, a condition more prevalent than IBD, was shown to be associated with altered gut microbiota composition and metabolic disease and is observed in many cases of colorectal cancer.
Obesity and metabolic syndrome are associated with alterations in gut microbiota, the microorganism population that lives in the intestine.
Clostridium difficile - associated disease (CDAD) is the major known cause of antibiotic - induced diarrhea and colitis, and the disease is thought to result from persistent disruption of commensal gut microbiota.
The beneficial effects of the wild microbiota were associated with reduced inflammation in both models.
The IMI could also control and organize access to metadata (the associated host disease phenotype data, for a human gut microbiota sample, for instance) without which meaningful interpretation of the data is not possible.
«These results confirm that antibiotics - associated dysbiosis might be deleterious in patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors, suggesting that an intact gut microbiota is needed to mobilize the immune system regardless of the tumor site,» wrote Lisa Derosa, MD, of Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, France, and colleagues.
Early fecal microbiota composition in children who later develop celiac disease and associated autoimmunity — Anniina Rintala — Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology
Multiple risk factors have been associated with the development of gastric intestinal metaplasia interplay, including Helicobacter pylori infection and associated genomics, host genetic factors, environmental milieu, rheumatologic disorders, diet, and intestinal microbiota.
Variations in gut microbiota and fecal metabolic phenotype associated with Fenbendazole and Ivermectin Tablets by 16S rRNA gene sequencing and LC / MS - based metabolomics in Amur tiger — Fengping He — Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
To find out if pregnancy - associated microbes were causing this inflammation, the researchers transferred microbes from collected stool samples into mice that contained no microbiota of their own.
We are looking for papers which explore how we can better model the gut cells and its associated microbiota.
Mauro D'Amato, Associate Professor at the Department of Biosciences and Nutrition at Karolinska Institutet, said: «The hypothesis that our genes contribute to tailor - make our microbiota is very attractive.
Data from our groups and others have demonstrated patterns of dysbiosis that may be associated with the development of respiratory tract infections in children, however this has not been studied comprehensively, and accounting for all components of the microbiota.
For example, 2013 saw studies showing that transplanting human fecal microbiota into mice could induce obesity and its associated metabolic phenotypes, and human data from a controlled study suggesting the procedure could treat recurrent C. difficileinfection.
Associate Professor D'Amato said: «Primarily a proof - of - concept investigation, our pilot study reinforces the idea that large - scale analyses should be undertaken to unravel how variation in the entire human genome relates to variation in the human microbiota.»
Plant, root, and soil microbiome Compositional shifts in root - associated bacterial and archaeal microbiota track the plant life cycle in field - grown rice.
Recently, also the composition of gut microbiota has shown to be associated with energy balance, the risk of insulin resistance and diabetes, potentially via changes of the FA metabolism or via release of gut - derived hormones (56).
A few interesting articles in early life human microbiome, plus: A comparison between Staphylococcus epidermidis commensal and pathogenic lineages from the skin of healthy individuals living in North American and India; A new tool to reconstruct microbial genome - scale metabolic models (GSMMs) from their genome sequence; The seasonal changes in Amazon rainforest soil microbiome are associated with changes in the canopy; A specific class of chemicals secreted by birds modulates their feather microbiome; chronic stress alters gut microbiota and triggers a specific immune response in a mouse model of colitis; and evidence that the short chain fatty acids profile in the gut reflects the impact of dietary fibre on the microbiome using the PolyFermS continuous intestinal fermentation model.
Self - reported bovine milk intake is associated with oral microbiota composition — Ingegerd Johansson — PLOSone
Animals that benefit from defending a key resource from microbial competitors are likely to evolve behaviours to control or manipulate the animal's associated external microbiota.
Fecal microbiota are a subset of the microorganisms present in the gastrointestinal tract that are shed during defecation, and as such give much information about an individual's core gut microbiome as well as allochthonous bacteria associated with ingested food, water and very likely, air.
The first study of the social and ethical issues associated with a provocative approach to treatment for ulcerative colitis has found that the majority of potential patients are eager for what is now called «fecal microbiota transplantation» to become available, although many have concerns about donor selection, screening, and methods of delivery.
Infant age correlates with certain changes in the microbiota across the cohort: Staphylococcus and Corynebacterium are associated with the first few months of life while Moraxella and the uncharacterised Flavobacteriaceae increase in proportional abundance with age.
June 2, 2011 Patients with bowel disease eager to test «fecal» therapy The first study of the social and ethical issues associated with a provocative approach to treatment for ulcerative colitis has found that the majority of potential patients are eager for what is now called «fecal microbiota transplantation» to become available, although many have concerns about donor selection, screening, and methods of delivery.
Scientific research has shown that a lack of microbial diversity within the gut microbiota is associated with chronic diseases.
Gastrointestinal ailments are frequently associated with anxiety and imbalanced mood, and many researchers theorize that affected persons could alleviate symptoms simply by balancing the gut microbiota with more beneficial bacteria.
«The results of this study indicate that type 2 diabetes in humans is associated with compositional changes in intestinal microbiota.»
Reduced diversity of the intestinal microbiota during infancy is associated with increased risk of allergic disease at school age.
While not altering the overall structure of the human colonic microbiota, [rifaximin] increased bifidobacteria and led to variation of metabolic profiles associated with potential beneficial effects on the host.
Since consumption of the Mediterranean diet is associated with decreased MMP - 9 activity [30], researchers must once again attempt to decipher the extent to which dietary benefits might be intertwined with intestinal microbiota.