A study by De Palma, et al. used germ-free and specific pathogen-free mouse models to investigate the effects of early-life stress.
Chinese research shows diet can alter gut microbiota to treat obesity
13 Aug 2015by Kristina Campbell
A recent study lent insight into the role of the microbiota in both diet-related and genetic obesity in humans.
#ICTRHN2015 Report: From microbiota-host crosstalk to gut inflammation
15 Jul 2015by Amandine Everard
The Third International Congress of Translational Research in Human Nutrition (#ICTRHN2015) took place in Clermont-Ferrand, France, on June 26 & 27, 2015.
Bernd Schnabl, on incorporating intestinal microbiota into the leaky gut hypothesis of liver disease
3 Jul 2015by Kristina Campbell
Bernd Schnabl, MD, is a practicing physician and associate professor at University of California San Diego. His research focuses on the cellular and molecular mechanisms that contribute to chronic liver disease.
Dysbiosis -- an abnormal gut microbiota -- is associated with several diseases, including irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
Taylor Soderborg, on the Impact of a Western Style Diet During Pregnancy
22 Apr 2015by Kristina Campbell
Taylor Soderborg is a 3rd year MD/PhD student at the University of Colorado Denver, School of Medicine, pursuing a PhD in integrative physiology: reproductive sciences track.
Genes contribute to the risk of celiac disease (CD), but the role of environmental factors, including perturbations in gut microbiota, is so far unclear.
Dr. Philippe de Timary, on the gut-brain axis in alcohol dependence
25 Nov 2014by Kristina Campbell
Philippe de Timary, MD., Ph.D., is a researcher and psychiatrist in the department of Adult Psychiatry and Institute of Neuroscience at Catholic University of Louvain and Hospital Saint-Luc in Brussels, Belgium. With a colleague, Professor Peter Starkel, he opened a clinical unit in the hospital
Jet-lag-associated changes in gut microbiota can promote metabolic imbalances in mice and humans
19 Oct 2014by Kristina Campbell
This comprehensive set of studies, by researchers in Israel, showed that intestinal microbiota in mice and humans show diurnal changes in composition and function. The changes happen on the scale of hours, and are influenced by the host's feeding rhythms.
Interview with Prof. Mihai Pop, expert on microbial communities in diarrheal disease
17 Jul 2014by Kristina Campbell
Professor Mihai Pop, of University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, recently co-authored a paper entitled Diarrhea in young children from low-income countries leads to large-scale alterations in intestinal microbiota composition. He took the time to speak with Gut Microbiota