That goes beyond conditions traditionally associated
with the microbes in our gut, such as stomach and intestinal disorders.
A common ingredient in red meat and energy drinks, L - carnitine, appears to interact
with microbes in our gut to negatively affect heart health.
What intermittent fasting has to do
with microbes in our gut?
It may be difficult to believe, but our bodies are in constant dialogue
with the microbes in our gut.
Not exact matches
How do the
microbes within cheese interact
with the natural microbiota of the human
gut and can cheese be used to assist
in maintaining a healthy
gut microbiota?
Beginning
with the trip through the birth canal, every minute counts
in the early effort to launch the healthiest - possible balance of
gut microbes.
I have been distraught for days, but I am looking up other labs where I might be able to do work
in line
with my obsession
with beneficial
microbes in soil and
in the
gut.
With the
gut microbiota now being linked to so many different health conditions, there is a growing interest
in microbial therapies that look to alter the balance of
microbes to improve health.
It didn't take her long to decide that she missed lab work;
in 1985 she joined IFR
with an
in - house fellowship, investigating how
gut epithelial cells interact
with microbes.
There are also plenty of
gut microbes in both places (which means that the pillows were seeded
with what scientists delicately refer to as «fecal contamination»).
Adding another reason for doctors to avoid the overuse of antibiotics, new research shows that a reduction
in the variety of
microbes in the
gut interferes
with the immune system's ability to fight off disease.
In this latest advance reported in PNAS, the Wyss team showed that the human gut - on - a-chip's unique ability to co-culture intestinal cells with living microbes from the normal gut microbiome for an extended period of time, up to two weeks, could allow breakthrough insights into how the microbial communities that flourish inside our GI tracts contribute to human health and diseas
In this latest advance reported
in PNAS, the Wyss team showed that the human gut - on - a-chip's unique ability to co-culture intestinal cells with living microbes from the normal gut microbiome for an extended period of time, up to two weeks, could allow breakthrough insights into how the microbial communities that flourish inside our GI tracts contribute to human health and diseas
in PNAS, the Wyss team showed that the human
gut - on - a-chip's unique ability to co-culture intestinal cells
with living
microbes from the normal
gut microbiome for an extended period of time, up to two weeks, could allow breakthrough insights into how the microbial communities that flourish inside our GI tracts contribute to human health and disease.
Clarke and colleagues compared normal mice, whose gastrointestinal tracts were teeming
with bacteria,
with mice bred
in sterile environments, whose
guts didn't contain any
microbes.
In the new study, they treated the mice with antibiotics to disrupt the populations of microbes living in their gu
In the new study, they treated the mice
with antibiotics to disrupt the populations of
microbes living
in their gu
in their
gut.
Together, the two studies advance the idea that
gut microbes play a role
in turning the immune system against nerve cells, causing MS.. It will take a lot more work to develop cures or preventive strategies based on that, but the research raises the intriguing possibility of treating an often - devastating disease
with something as low - tech as fecal transplants or probiotics.
It is important to note that,
in this study,
gut microbes cooperate
with a specific genetic factor to influence the risk for developing Parkinson's disease.
By contrast, mice raised
in the germ - free cages showed worse motor symptoms when they either were treated
with microbial metabolites called short - chain fatty acids or received fecal transplants of
gut microbes from patients
with Parkinson's disease.
Along
with a postdoc
in Kaplan's lab, Alice Liou, they decided to test whether the surgery itself caused the changes
in the population of
gut microbes — known as the microbiota.
«Because we observed microbial effects mainly
in the
gut, we believe that a
microbe - based therapy would avoid the collateral damage seen
with drugs that wipe out classes of immune cells across the body,» said Benoist, a professor of microbiology and immunobiology at HMS.
By chemically removing the
gut microbiome
in zebrafish
in the lab and then repopulating the
gut with two to three bacterial species, University of Oregon biologist Karen Guillemin has shown that certain
microbes are especially skilled at suppressing the host immune system and preventing inflammation — a discovery she thinks may have implications for human health.
Antibiotic treatment reduced motor deficits and molecular hallmarks of Parkinson's disease
in a mouse model, whereas transplantation of
gut microbes from patients
with Parkinson's disease exacerbated symptoms
in these mice.
While scientists have made great progress
in identifying the individual members of the
gut microbiome, it's much harder to determine exactly what they do — both individually and
in concert
with other
microbes.
The finding provides the first direct proof that
microbes that leave the
gut and travel to the rest of the body — a process called microbial translocation — is the mechanism that triggers these health complication
in people
with HIV.
Early results show that the capsules have cured 32 people infected
with drug - resistant Clostridium difficile, a dangerous
microbe that installs itself
in the
gut and causes inflammation marked by diarrhea, cramping and pain.Thomas Louie, an infectious disease physician at the University of Calgary
in Alberta, presented the data on October 3 at ID Week, a meeting of infectious disease specialists.
The team also discovered that Ötzi, who was
in his 40s, had harbored the H. pylori long enough to have a
gut reaction to the
microbe — his tissue showed the expression of 22 proteins that are associated
with inflammation.
But
in those
with immune systems weakened by age, chemotherapy or antibiotics that wipe out their «lawn» of beneficial intestinal
microbes, C. difficile can get a foothold and cause changes that damage the
gut.
«We noticed that oral
microbes are relatively enriched
in gut microbiomes of patients
with several diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), HIV infection, and colon cancer compared
with healthy individuals.»
Our
guts and airways are awash
in bacteria — but people
with asthma have a different balance of
microbes.
Much like humans, whose
guts and skin are teeming
with microbes, the soil below plants and trees contains a unique cornucopia of microscopic creatures that help the tree take
in nutrients and water.
«We hope that
in the future we will be able use drugs or pre - or probiotics to increase the barrier function of the
gut to keep the
microbes in their place and reduce age - associated inflammation and all the bad things that come
with it.»
On this week's show: Comparing the
gut microbes that live
in Tanzania's Hadza people
with those
in industrialized countries, and our monthly books segment
Bäckhed and colleagues started
with mice raised
in a germ - free environment and exposed some of them to a variety of
microbes from the
gut of another mouse.
In a recent paper in the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Shapira, who studies the gut microbes of the nematode C. elegans, reviews evidence that demonstrates how microbiotas affect and contribute to host evolution, either by evolving along with the host, or by stepping in at critical moments to help the host adapt to a new environmental challeng
In a recent paper
in the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Shapira, who studies the gut microbes of the nematode C. elegans, reviews evidence that demonstrates how microbiotas affect and contribute to host evolution, either by evolving along with the host, or by stepping in at critical moments to help the host adapt to a new environmental challeng
in the journal Trends
in Ecology and Evolution, Shapira, who studies the gut microbes of the nematode C. elegans, reviews evidence that demonstrates how microbiotas affect and contribute to host evolution, either by evolving along with the host, or by stepping in at critical moments to help the host adapt to a new environmental challeng
in Ecology and Evolution, Shapira, who studies the
gut microbes of the nematode C. elegans, reviews evidence that demonstrates how microbiotas affect and contribute to host evolution, either by evolving along
with the host, or by stepping
in at critical moments to help the host adapt to a new environmental challeng
in at critical moments to help the host adapt to a new environmental challenge.
A new study
in mice, conducted by researchers at Sweden's Karolinska Institutet together
with colleagues
in Singapore and the United States, shows that our natural
gut - residing
microbes can influence the integrity of the blood - brain barrier, which protects the brain from harmful substances
in the blood.
THE
microbes living
in our
gut could vary
with the seasons, according to evidence from a group of hunter - gatherers.
Still, since only a fraction of the symbiont population is harvested, the
microbes likely benefit from the association
with the host by gaining nutrition
in the bug's
gut and a secured transmission route to the next generation,» says Hassan Salem.
To see what role the body's own immune system played
in fighting infection, compared
with gut microbes, the team also studied two strains of mice that have impaired immune systems.
Finally, the researchers looked at the impact of adding succinate — a salt that oxygen - loving bacteria
in the
gut produce as a byproduct — into the drinking water of germ - free mice
with 4 - day
microbes that had received extra Clostridia.
In the second study, Thomas Gajewski at the University of Chicago and colleagues noticed differences in how quickly tumours grew in two groups of mice with different sets of gut microbe
In the second study, Thomas Gajewski at the University of Chicago and colleagues noticed differences
in how quickly tumours grew in two groups of mice with different sets of gut microbe
in how quickly tumours grew
in two groups of mice with different sets of gut microbe
in two groups of mice
with different sets of
gut microbes.
In the largest study to date examining the DNA of termite gut microbes, researchers at the Evolutionary Genomics Unit at OIST, in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Sydney, have an answer that unites both sides of the debate — vbot
In the largest study to date examining the DNA of termite
gut microbes, researchers at the Evolutionary Genomics Unit at OIST,
in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Sydney, have an answer that unites both sides of the debate — vbot
in collaboration
with colleagues at the University of Sydney, have an answer that unites both sides of the debate — vboth.
Many of the metabolic changes
in the mice prone both to obesity and diabetes could be duplicated by transferring
gut microbes from mice treated
with antibiotics to mice lacking normal
gut microbes.
Of special note today:
gut microbiota species expressing orthologs of human Ro60 might be involved
in triggering and sustaining chronic autoimmunity
in lupus; The portal vein blood microbiome
in patients
with liver cirrhosis; A randomized clinical study suggests dietary promotion of short chain fatty acid producing
gut microbes as an effective treatment for type 2 diabetes; and the sexual dimorphism of root, flower and leaf microbiomes
in the wild strawberry plant
The
gut microbiome — a collection of bacteria and other
microbes in the
gut — could be a highly accurate predictor of hospitalizations for patients
with cirrhosis, according to a recently published study led by a researcher at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Now, researchers at the University of Chicago have found evidence that
gut microbes drive gender bias
in autoimmune diseases, through interactions
with sex hormones.
FUT2 genotype and secretory status are not associated
with fecal microbial composition and inferred function
in healthy subjects — Williams Turpin —
Gut Microbes
This suggests that some
microbes in a hamster's
gut might influence how it behaves and interacts
with others.
Many studies
in mouse models, and more recent research among human populations as well, have correlated differences
in gut microbe populations
with risks of developing the autoimmune condition.
Studies
in humans have seen similar
gut -
microbe differences
in patients
with depression, which is a stressful condition.
And
with some data suggesting that susceptibility may be linked
in part to past antibiotic exposure, perhaps no Western donor can provide the
microbes needed to fully reseed the
gut.
The work began
with a genetic sequencing technique known as «metagenomics,» which breaks up the DNA of the hundreds of species of
microbes that live
in the human large intestine (our «
gut»).