Showing posts with label microbiota. Show all posts
Showing posts with label microbiota. Show all posts
Thursday, November 23, 2023

A Gentleman's Agreement

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Another article about the gut microbiota and immunity is here.  Abstract: Our body is colonized by more than a hundred trillion commen...
Thursday, June 22, 2023

What We Eat Is What We Think?

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Consider that diet can affect your gut microbiome.  Consider also that gut bacteria produce short chain fatty acids from dietary fiber, so ...
Thursday, January 20, 2022

Elimination Diets For Neurodevelopmental Disorders.

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Elimination diets attempt to identity foods that cause certain symptoms or disorders.  Here is a paper that focuses on elimination diets as...
Thursday, October 17, 2019

Negative Effects Of Dietary Fiber Deficiency

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Another role for dietary fiber shown here , abstract: Despite the accepted health benefits of consuming dietary fiber, little is known...
Monday, July 8, 2019

Vitamin D Against Colon Cancer

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Roles of vitamin D in colon cancer prevention, abstract: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the neoplasia that is most frequently associated wi...
Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Fiber And Microbiota

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Dietary fiber can increase levels of certain gut microbiota bacterial species, as well as higher levels of butyrate, a short chain fatty a...
Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Wild Mice And Microbiota

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Wild mice have different gut microbiota than lab mice and giving the lab mice the natural microbiota of the wild mice enhanced the health...
Monday, October 22, 2018

Skin Microbiome Review

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A review of the skin microbiome, with information on relevant dermatological disorders, including acne is here.   One can expect the skin m...
Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Microbiota, Diet, And Blood Pressure

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Response to diet – for example, for blood pressure – i s influenced by the microbiota , just as s much else is.  Abstract: BACKGROUND:...
Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Determinants Of The Microbiome

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Environmental effects are more important than genetic for determining the microbiome, strongly suggesting the malleability of the microbio...
Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Colorectal Cancer And Bacterial Colonization

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Colonization by a specific bacterial species is “strongly associated” with colorectal cancer; whether this is cause or effect – or both – r...
Saturday, August 11, 2018

We Are Human Holobionts

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We are” holobionts” – combination of our own cells and the microbes who live on and in our bodies, and there are evolving combinations of ...
Monday, August 6, 2018

Microbial Metabolites Against Multiple Sclerosis?

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More possible benefits for modulating the microbiome; abstract: Microglia and astrocytes modulate inflammation and neurodegeneration ...
Sunday, July 22, 2018

Preventing Neuronal Disease Through The Microbiota

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Once again , modifying the microbiota through diet can prevent neuroimmune and neuroinflammatory disease. The gut-brain-axis refers to...
Sunday, July 15, 2018

The Appendix and IBD

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Take home points : The appendix most likely is not just a “vestigial remnant” but may play a role as a “microbiota reservoir.”  Also, the...
Friday, June 29, 2018

Colon Cancer Mutations Associated With The Gut Microbiota

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An extremely important study on colon cancer concludes: “We found statistically significant associations between loss-of-function mutatio...
Tuesday, June 26, 2018

More On Gut Microbiota And Colorectal Cancer

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Another paper about gut microbiota and colorectal cancer is of interest.  Abstract: Pre-clinical and clinical data produce mounting e...
Thursday, June 21, 2018

Cancer Immunotherapy: The Systemic Response

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An article  on cancer immunotherapy ; the abstract: Immune responses involve coordination across cell types and tissues. However, studi...
Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Breast Cancer Microbiota

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New discoveries are demonstrating the importance of tumor microbiota: bacteria associated with particular cancers. Here is a paper concerne...
Sunday, May 20, 2018

Mental States, The Immine System, And the Gut Microbiome

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Mental states can affect the gut microbiome , with downstream effects on the immune system and cancer risk. Stress alters these factors in ...