Browsing by Subject "Indole"
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(2017-05-05)The microbial community present in the gastrointestinal tract is an important component of the host defense against pathogen infections. Prior work from our lab demonstrated that indole, a microbial metabolite of tryptophan, ...
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(2021-08-31)Bacterial chemotaxis to microbial-derived metabolites likely plays a key role in shaping the diversity in microbial communities in the gastrointestinal tract (GI tract). Among the important metabolites is indole, which ...
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(2022-11-14)Bacteria are amongst the most resilient living organisms that rapidly and robustly adapt to different types of environments. Their remarkable success in colonizing almost all parts of the planet is aided in part by their ...
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(2018-04-03)The microbiota has a major impact on host health, and research suggests that the enzymatic capacity of the microbiota is important to mediate many of its effects on the host. Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) have recently ...
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(2020-12-04)A significant hallmark of the chronic inflammatory disease, atherosclerosis, is the accumulation of pro-inflammatory M1-like Macrophages (Macs) in coronary arteries that respond to pro-atherogenic stimuli (such as free ...