gut microbiome

An essential nutrient and the gut flora, thought to have separate but important roles in the immune response, join forces.

Gut viruses influence behavioral responses in mice and may be important players in the gut-brain axis.

Some commensal bacteria help shore up intestinal walls in mice, which can prevent food allergies.

An absence of bilirubin-producing gut microbes may predispose individuals to some diseases, including inflammatory bowel disease.

Diet influences the microbiome. When new foods enter the mix, it gets complicated.

Dietary changes rapidly alter T cell metabolism, but the effects can be reversed.

Haydeh Payami helped uncover the genetic basis of Parkinson’s disease. Now, she hopes to find new ways to treat the disease by studying the gut microbiome.

The winding trail of environmental microplastics leads researchers to the human digestive ecosystem.

The opportunistic pathogen Klebsiella aerogenes degrades estradiol and induces depressive-like behavior in mice, a study finds.

Regulatory T cells in the colon travel to muscles to promote wound healing in mice, raising questions about how antibiotics may impact injury recovery.

The winding trail of environmental microplastics is leading researchers to the human digestive ecosystem.

Levels of health-promoting gut bacteria are linked with severity of fatigue symptoms, a study finds.

The expansion of mucus-degraders in the mouse gut—possibly due to poor nutrition—thins the colon’s mucus layer and may weaken defenses against blood-infecting microbes.

Cofounders of a microbiome biobank speak with The Scientist about their new partnership with nonprofit OpenBiome and how to ethically work with donors.

A jolt of norepinephrine in the mouse gut facilitates colonization by certain microbes, which in turn deplete glycine, enhancing cocaine-induced behaviors.