"Rather, we hypothesize that gut microbiota composition broadly influences proneness to respiratory virus infection. Microbiota mediated programming of basally resident alveolar macrophages may ...

Caption This picture illustrates an example of gut microbiota composition dictating how resident lung alveolar macrophages (AM) respond to viral infection. The presence of segmented filamentous ...

Disarming the bacteria calmed the gut contractions—but they weren't sure how or why. The key, they show in this new research, is a type of immune cell called a macrophage. Normally, macrophages ...

He has previously found that microplastics are also impacting macrophages—the immune ... to understand why there is a change in the gut microbiota. "Multiple groups have shown microplastics ...

This editorial reviews the impact of phytochemicals on metabolic diseases, emphasizing their potential in reducing ...

Microbiota manipulation to increase macrophage IL-10 improves colitis and limits colitis-associated colorectal cancer. Gut Microbes. 2022 Jan-Dec ;14(1):2119054.

A newly published review in eGastroenterology compiles recent research on alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD), offering an overview of its pathogenesis and efforts to better understand this ...

PKM2 acts as a critical nonmetabolic regulator of macrophage pyroptosis by increasing ... for antibiotic-mediated perturbation of the gut microbiota and whether probiotics can help restore an ...