Objective A decade of microbiome studies has linked IBD to an alteration in the gut microbial community of genetically predisposed subjects. However, existing profiles of gut microbiome dysbiosis in ...

1 Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnology, 2nd Pediatric Clinic, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy, and Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Mucosal Biology Research ...

3 Transplantation Immunology, Nuffield Department of Surgery, Churchill Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK 4 Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Nuffield Department of Medicine, John ...

1 Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 2 Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Children's Hospital Boston and ...

The GI tract is colonised by trillions of bacteria in a complex community collectively referred to as the gut microbiota. This metabolically active ‘foreign’ body contributes to host metabolism and ...

5 The Institute of Food Research and University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK Correspondence to Professor Simon R Carding, Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, NR4 7UA, UK ...

It is increasingly perceived that gut host–microbial interactions are important elements in the pathogenesis of functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGID). The most convincing evidence to date is ...

Objective We performed a meta-analysis of observational studies to quantify the magnitude of the association between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and risk of extrahepatic cancers. Design ...

The goal of this review is to describe barrier function of the intestine, the structure of the tight junction, methods to evaluate intestinal permeability, and most importantly the relevance of ...

Section of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago and Chicago Veterans Administration Medical Center (West Side Division), Chicago, IL, USA Correspondence to: Dr G Hecht, ...

Laboratory of Chemical and Physico-chemical Analysis of Drugs (CHAM), Louvain Drug Research Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium Dr P D Cani, UCL, Unit PMNT-7369, Av E ...

Correspondence to Professor Robert JC Steele, Centre for Research into Cancer Prevention and Screening, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland DD1 9SY, UK; r.j.c.steele{at}dundee.ac.uk Objective ...