Colonic microbiota alters host susceptibility to infectious colitis by modulating inflammation, redox status, and ion transporter gene expression

The role of gut microbiota (commensal bacteria) and the mucosal barrier in the pathogenesis of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases and cancer: contribution of germ-free and gnotobiotic animal models of human diseases

(2011) Helena Tlaskalová-Hogenová et al.   Cellular & Molecular Immunology

Role of Intestinal Bacteria in Gliadin-Induced Changes in Intestinal Mucosa: Study in Germ-Free Rats

(2011) Jana Cinova et al.   PLoS One

Interleukin-11 Reduces TLR4-Induced Colitis in TLR2-Deficient Mice and Restores Intestinal STAT3 Signaling

(2010) Deanna L. Gibson et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

Gamma Interferon Produced by Antigen-Specific CD4+ T Cells Regulates the Mucosal Immune Responses to Citrobacter rodentium Infection

(2010) H. Shiomi et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Highlighting new phylogenetic specificities of Crohnʼs disease microbiota

(2010) S. Mondot et al.   INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES

Effects of gut microbiota on obesity and atherosclerosis via modulation of inflammation and lipid metabolism

(2010) R. Caesar et al.   JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Escherichia coli O157

(2010) Hugh Pennington   LANCET

Gut Microbiota in Human Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Differs from Non-Diabetic Adults

(2010) Nadja Larsen et al.   PLoS One

Like Will to Like: Abundances of Closely Related Species Can Predict Susceptibility to Intestinal Colonization by Pathogenic and Commensal Bacteria

(2010) Bärbel Stecher et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Influence of early gut microbiota on the maturation of childhood mucosal and systemic immune responses

(2009) Y. M. Sjögren et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ALLERGY

Beneficial effects of Bacteroides fragilis polysaccharides on the immune system

(2009) Erin et al.   Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark

Decreased Expression of Colonic Slc26a3 and Carbonic Anhydrase IV as a Cause of Fatal Infectious Diarrhea in Mice

(2009) D. Borenshtein et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

CXCR2-Dependent Mucosal Neutrophil Influx Protects against Colitis-Associated Diarrhea Caused by an Attaching/Effacing Lesion-Forming Bacterial Pathogen

(2009) M. E. Spehlmann et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Gut microbiota and lipopolysaccharide content of the diet influence development of regulatory T cells: studies in germ-free mice

(2008) Tomas Hrncir et al.   BMC IMMUNOLOGY

Bacterial Overgrowth and Inflammation of Small Intestine After Carboxymethylcellulose Ingestion in Genetically Susceptible Mice

(2008) Alexander Swidsinski et al.   INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES

Interplay of commensal and pathogenic bacteria, genetic mutations, and immunoregulatory defects in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases

(2008) C. D. Packey et al.   JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

IL-22 mediates mucosal host defense against Gram-negative bacterial pneumonia

(2008) Shean J Aujla et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Interleukin-22 mediates early host defense against attaching and effacing bacterial pathogens

(2008) Yan Zheng et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Diversity of mucosa-associated microbiota in active and inactive ulcerative colitis

(2008) Jun Nishikawa et al.   SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

Evolution of Mammals and Their Gut Microbes

(2008) R. E. Ley et al.   SCIENCE

The role of microbiota in infectious disease

(2008) Bärbel Stecher et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

MyD88 signalling plays a critical role in host defence by controlling pathogen burden and promoting epithelial cell homeostasis during Citrobacter rodentium-induced colitis

(2007) D. L. Gibson et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY