immunology, bacteria

Scientists identified a species of Subdoligranulum that may drive disease.

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

Researchers find that bacteria stimulate a headache-causing pain pathway to suppress the immune system and infect the brain. 

A neural pathway between the gut and the brain led to the release of dopamine when the mice ran on a wheel or treadmill, but only in the presence of a robust microbiome. 

A high-fat diet induced changes to the animals’ vaginal microbiomes that boosted survival after exposure to the virus.

A bacterium that produces an insulin-like peptide can give mice type 1 diabetes, and infection with the microbe seems to predict the onset of the disease in humans, a study finds.

Researchers are going beyond fecal samples to understand how the patterns of commensal microbes in the gastrointestinal tract influence development and health.

The results could help guide the design of new vaccines for the disease.

Microbes designed to produce specific immunomodulatory metabolites could give immunotherapy a boost.

A new study has identified a molecular tradeoff between growth and immunity in moths in response to the administration of subtherapeutic doses of antibiotics, a common practice in animal husbandry.

In mice, a kind of immune memory appears to protect the cells against future harm, a finding that could provide insight into treatments for irritable bowel syndrome and other inflammatory digestive conditions.

The health of the microbial community is associated with COVID-19 severity, but it’s not yet clear if the relationship is causal.

Work in rodents shows that the bacteria living in a mother’s gut can produce immunomodulatory metabolites and influence the production of maternal antibodies—both of which can affect her offspring’s development.

Bacteria in the gut influence the production of antibodies and themselves secrete metabolites. In a pregnant woman, these compounds may influence immune development of her fetus.

The temporary loss of olfaction stops the flies from eating any more of whatever it is that made them sick.

The protein, apolipoprotein L3, destroys invading microbes by acting as a detergent in the cytosol.

In a new study, human and mouse cells recognized only one in five bacterial species collected from more than a mile below the Pacific Ocean’s surface.

Two gene variations might help explain why some people experience chronic wounds.

During bacterial infection, autophagy proteins appear to regulate the release of cell-saving exosomes, which bear the brunt of toxin damage.

Specialized exosomes sop up bacterial toxins, a study finds.