• #Staphylococcus aureus activates #NLRP3 #inflammasome in macrophages • NLRP3 activation --> depletion of glucose in macrophage...

Review article highlights recent understanding of biogeography of oral niches at the species level & summarizes the relationship between...

Study in mice found that digesting #chitin, an abundant dietary fiber in insect exoskeletons & mushrooms & crustacean shells, engages the...

Large GWAS indicated that genetic factors influence the response to #SARSCoV2. However, sex, age, concomitant diseases, differences in...

Study shows that a simple mouth rinse that checks white blood cell levels may be helpful in predicting #heart disease. The rinse can...

The chlamydiae are important obligate intracellular prokaryotic pathogens that, each year, are responsible for millions of human...

Introduction: #Smoking is known to alter the regenerative and immunomodulatory properties of many types of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs)....

According to newest study, all complex life forms (eukaryotes) trace their roots back to a common ancestor among a group of microbes...

Researchers find that altered B cell function in children with mitochondrial disorders leads to a weaker & less diverse antibody response...

#aging increases vulnerability to respiratory viral infections, including by #SARSCoV2. Delval et al. established a causal role for...

Study shows that gut #microbiota members can use dietary fibre to generate beneficial metabolites to suppress metabolic disease....

University of the Pacific secured 62 grants from federal, state and county agencies totaling more than $36 million—one of the best years...

Sequencing the #microbiome of hunter-gatherers & city-dwellers shows that Western lifestyle decreases diversity of gut-bacteria...

Cedars-Sinai investigators have identified several steps in a cellular process responsible for triggering one of the body's important...

A subset of NLRs function to mitigate overzealous pro-inflammatory signaling produced by NF-κB activation. Under normal pathophysiologic...

Studying various animals, a study found that the amount of the semi-essential amino acid #taurine in circulation decreased with age....

Gut #microbiota influence host immunity and metabolism during obesity. Bacterial sensors of the innate immune system relay signals from...

Rising temperatures & ecosystem disturbances are creating a hotbed for fungi that can spark hard-to-treat infections in peoples’ lungs,...

Guest editors: Ozlem Yilmaz and David Ojcius. There is growing awareness that microbes in the oral cavity have a large effect on both...

Compared with viromes of young adults (>18 yr) & old people (>60 yr), centenarians have diverse #virome including previously undescribed...