The gut microbiome is implicated in a wide range of physiological processes, and holds great, but unrealized, potential for disease treatment and prevention…
BACKGROUND: Mesenteric fat is increasingly believed to exert an important influence on intestinal inflammation. A hallmark of severe Crohn's disease (CD) is the accumulation of mesenteric fat around the inflamed intestine, typically in the terminal ileum…
BACKGROUND: Through shotgun metagenomic sequencing, we identified the depletion of probiotic species_ Lactobacillus acidophilus_ in stools of mice with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease-associated hepatocellular carcinoma (NAFLD-HCC)…