From populations of multicellular organisms to selfish genetic elements, conflicts between levels of biological organization are central to evolution. Plasmids are extrachromosomal, self-replicating g...

Engineered probiotic delivers bacterial peptide that enhances GLP-1 and restores barrier integrity in diet-modulated colitis.

Macrophage-toxic bacteria from patients with ulcerative colitis worsen gut inflammation in mice

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Nature Communications - Here, the authors systematically map metaproteomic responses of ex vivo human gut microbiota to common therapeutics, identifying several drug classes inducing strong...

Studies in rodents and humans suggest that low levels of the metal contribute to cognitive decline.

Background: Alcohol overuse disrupts liver function and alters microbial gut communities, with alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) accounting for half of all liver-related deaths worldwide. Bile acids...

The human gut harbors thousands of microbial species, each exhibiting significant inter-individual genetic variability. Although many studies have ass…

This data repository contains the mandatory DB for Bakta. It is available in two versions: the default (db.tar.gz or) and a lightweight alternative (db-light.tar.gz). Bakta is a tool for the rapid & s...

Clostridioides difficile, a major cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea, is suppressed by the gut microbiome, but the precise mechanisms are not ful…

Phagocytosed bacteria can serve as an alternative nutrient source for macrophages, influencing their metabolic and immune responses through the recycling of microbial components, with the process regulated by nutrient-sensing mechanisms and bacterial viability.

We provide guidance on the planning, execution and description of statistical analyses in microbiome studies.

About the Lab Thelab of JeroenRaes(VIB, KU Leuven) is home to a vibrant, dynamic and international group of researchers in the field of gut microbial ecology and its clinical applications

Previous benchmarking of differential abundance (DA) analysis methods in microbiome studies have employed synthetic data, simulations, and "real data" examples, but to the best of our knowledge, none ...

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