Plant-Derived Nanoparticles From a Medicinal Herb Trigger Ferroptosis in Liver Cancer Models
Nanoscale vesicle-like particles isolated from the medicinal herb Selaginella doederleinii suppressed liver cancer cells and tumors in mice by inducing ...
Tag: gut microbiota
Chinese Medicine Compounds Show Promise for Taming Th17 Inflammation in Colitis
A new review synthesizes preclinical evidence that traditional Chinese medicine monomers and decoctions can rebalance Th17-driven immune responses in ulcerative ...
Plant Phenolic Compounds Show Promise Against Disease, but Human Evidence Lags
A new review in Discover Molecules synthesizes the chemistry, limited bioavailability, and gut-brain interactions of plant phenolic compounds, cautioning that ...
Gut Dysbiosis Signatures Found in Five Newborns With Complex Surgical and Urological Conditions
A case series of five newborns with complex surgical, gastrointestinal, and urological conditions found reduced beneficial gut bacteria and overgrowth ...
Lamb-Derived Probiotic Strain Eases Colitis Symptoms in Mice Study Finds
A Limosilactobacillus reuteri strain isolated from Hu lambs ameliorated DSS-induced colitis in mice when given prophylactically, by modulating gut microbiota, ...
Probiotics and children’s neurodevelopment research mapped in new bibliometric analysis
A bibliometric analysis of 1,684 Web of Science documents from 1998 to 2026 maps the rapid growth of probiotics and ...
Lake Size Flips the Link Between Body Mass and Gut Microbe Diversity in Stickleback
A study of 191 wild Alaskan threespine stickleback found that the association between body mass and gut microbial diversity flips ...
Herbal formulas tied to distinct gut microbiota and metabolic shifts in lambs with coccidia
A study of naturally coccidia-positive lambs in China found that two pathogen-guided herbal formulas were associated with distinct fecal microbiota ...
Gut Microbiota Imbalance Tied to Larval Health in Black Soldier Fly Pig Manure Recycling
A multi-omics study of one black soldier fly rearing event linked gut bacterial and fungal dysbiosis to larval health divergence ...
Gut Microbiota Signals Drive Pericyte Injury and Vascular Damage in Alzheimer’s Mice
A mouse study finds that depleting gut microbiota or neutralizing IL-17A protects cerebrovascular pericytes and the blood-brain barrier in an ...
High-Fat Diet Reshapes the Mouse Gut Microbiome in Distinct, Timed Phases
A dense 70-day mouse study shows a high-fat diet restructures gut microbiota in distinct phases, with Duncaniella depletion preceding weight ...
Gut bacteria and sarcopenia link questioned in Iranian aging study
A published correspondence argues that statistical artefacts, BMI adjustment effects and reverse causation may explain reported gut microbiota associations with ...
Psychobiotics and Fermented Foods May Target the Gut-Brain Axis in Alzheimer’s Disease
A new review finds that psychobiotics and fermented foods show neuroprotective effects in animal models of Alzheimer's disease, while clinical ...
How Natural Products Target Gut Microbes and Multiomics Signals in Diabetic Kidney Disease
A new review maps how natural products and traditional Chinese medicines may ease diabetic kidney disease by reshaping gut microbiota, ...
Whey proteins show strongest human evidence for muscle and glycemic effects, review finds
A narrative review finds the strongest human evidence for whey proteins lies in rapid amino acid delivery, muscle protein synthesis ...
Genetic study links gut microbes to ulcerative colitis and flags two biomarkers
A Mendelian randomization and transcriptomic study identified 11 gut microbial taxa genetically associated with ulcerative colitis and nominated PHLPP2 and ...
Bacteriophages Show Potential as Zinc Oxide Alternative Against Piglet Diarrhea
A multi-omics study found that bacteriophage treatment reduced diarrhea in ETEC K88-infected weaned piglets while shifting gut bacteria, bile secretion, ...
Butyrate Microspheres Boost Gut Butyrate and Ease Diabetes Signs in Mice
A colon-targeted sodium butyrate microsphere formulation raised fecal butyrate, lowered blood glucose and HOMA-IR, and reduced serum IL-6 in diabetic ...
Captive Amur Tigers Show Age-Specific Gut Microbes and Metabolism on the Same Diet
A metabolomic and 16S rRNA study of captive Amur tigers found 169 metabolites differing significantly across subadult, adult and old ...
Gut Microbial Indole Drives Th17 Cell Overproduction in Bowel Disease
A BMC Medicine study in mouse colitis models reports that gut microbial indole drives Th17 cell overproduction via PKA, SP1 ...
