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

Absence of Microbiota (Germ-Free Conditions) Accelerates the Atherosclerosis in ApoE-Deficient Mice Fed Standard Low Cholesterol Diet

(2011) Renata Stepankova et al.   Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis

Regulation of human epithelial tight junction proteins by Lactobacillus plantarum in vivo and protective effects on the epithelial barrier

(2010) Jurgen Karczewski et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-GASTROINTESTINAL AND LIVER PHYSIOLOGY

Pyrosequencing study of fecal microflora of autistic and control children

(2010) Sydney M. Finegold et al.   ANAEROBE

Intestinal Bacteria and the Regulation of Immune Cell Homeostasis

(2010) David A. Hill et al.   Annual Review of Immunology

Production of enterodiol from defatted flaxseeds through biotransformation by human intestinal bacteria

(2010) Cheng-Zhi Wang et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Gut health: predictive biomarkers for preventive medicine and development of functional foods

(2010) Raish Oozeer et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Enterobacteriaceae Act in Concert with the Gut Microbiota to Induce Spontaneous and Maternally Transmitted Colitis

(2010) Wendy S. Garrett et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

99th Dahlem Conference on Infection, Inflammation and Chronic Inflammatory Disorders: Psycho-neuroimmunology and the intestinal microbiota: clinical observations and basic mechanisms

(2010) J. Bienenstock et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY

99th Dahlem Conference on Infection, Inflammation and Chronic Inflammatory Disorders: The normal gut microbiota in health and disease

(2010) F. Bäckhed   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY

99th Dahlem Conference on Infection, Inflammation and Chronic Inflammatory Disorders: Lifestyle changes affecting the host-environment interface

(2010) S. Ehlers et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY

Oral administration of Parabacteroides distasonis antigens attenuates experimental murine colitis through modulation of immunity and microbiota composition

(2010) M. Kverka et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY

Update on mucosal immunoglobulin A in gastrointestinal disease

(2010) Per Brandtzaeg   CURRENT OPINION IN GASTROENTEROLOGY

Microbiota-stimulated immune mechanisms to maintain gut homeostasis

(2010) Hachung Chung et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN IMMUNOLOGY

Gut-Residing Segmented Filamentous Bacteria Drive Autoimmune Arthritis via T Helper 17 Cells

(2010) Hsin-Jung Wu et al.   IMMUNITY

Mucosal Decisions: Tolerance and Responsiveness at Mucosal Surfaces

(2010) Michael W. Russell et al.   IMMUNOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS

Guidance for Substantiating the Evidence for Beneficial Effects of Probiotics: Prevention and Management of Allergic Diseases by Probiotics

(2010) Marko Kalliomäki et al.   JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Alterations of the Intestinal Barrier in Patients With Autism Spectrum Disorders and in Their First-degree Relatives

(2010) Laura de Magistris et al.   JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY AND NUTRITION

Urinary Metabolic Phenotyping Differentiates Children with Autism from Their Unaffected Siblings and Age-Matched Controls

(2010) Ivan K. S. Yap et al.   JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH

A polysaccharide from the human commensal Bacteroides fragilis protects against CNS demyelinating disease

(2010) J Ochoa-Repáraz et al.   Mucosal Immunology

A human gut microbial gene catalogue established by metagenomic sequencing

(2010) Junjie Qin et al.   NATURE

Animal models of neuropsychiatric disorders

(2010) Eric J Nestler et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Gut Microbiota in Health and Disease

(2010) Inna Sekirov et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Establishment of the gut microbiota in Western infants

(2009) I Adlerberth et al.   ACTA PAEDIATRICA

Proximal Small Intestinal Microbiota and Identification of Rod-Shaped Bacteria Associated With Childhood Celiac Disease

(2009) Gangwei Ou et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

Preventing and curing multiple sclerosis by controlling Epstein–Barr virus infection

(2009) Michael P. Pender   AUTOIMMUNITY REVIEWS

Rheumatoid arthritis, Proteus, anti-CCP antibodies and Karl Popper

(2009) Alan Ebringer et al.   AUTOIMMUNITY REVIEWS

Lignans and breast cancer risk in pre- and post-menopausal women: meta-analyses of observational studies

(2009) L S Velentzis et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER

The Gut and Intestinal Bacteria in Chronic Heart Failure

(2009) Anja Sandek et al.   CURRENT DRUG METABOLISM

The intestinal microbiota in health and disease: the influence of microbial products on immune cell homeostasis

(2009) Michael C Abt et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN GASTROENTEROLOGY

Obesity and the human microbiome

(2009) Ruth E Ley   CURRENT OPINION IN GASTROENTEROLOGY

Inflammation in the Intestinal Tract: Pathogenesis and Treatment

(2009) Richard S. Blumberg   DIGESTIVE DISEASES

Neonatal exposure to staphylococcal superantigen improves induction of oral tolerance in a mouse model of airway allergy

(2009) Anna Lönnqvist et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

The second brain and Parkinson’s disease

(2009) Thibaud Lebouvier et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Treatment of adjuvant-induced arthritis with the combination of methotrexate and probiotic bacteria Escherichia coli O83 (Colinfant®)

(2009) J. Rovenský et al.   FOLIA MICROBIOLOGICA

The Relationship Between Intestinal Microbiota and the Central Nervous System in Normal Gastrointestinal Function and Disease

(2009) Stephen M. Collins et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

Targeting the Human Microbiome With Antibiotics, Probiotics, and Prebiotics: Gastroenterology Enters the Metagenomics Era

(2009) Geoffrey A. Preidis et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

Regulatory T Cells Reinforce Intestinal Homeostasis

(2009) Michael J. Barnes et al.   IMMUNITY

Molecular crosstalk of probiotic bacteria with the intestinal immune system: Clinical relevance in the context of inflammatory bowel disease

(2009) Gabriele Hörmannsperger et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Gene-environment interactions in asthma

(2009) Erika von Mutius   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Geo-epidemiology and autoimmunity

(2009) Pierre Youinou et al.   JOURNAL OF AUTOIMMUNITY

Dendritic cells in intestinal homeostasis and disease

(2009) Maria Rescigno et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Role of Gut Commensal Microflora in the Development of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis

(2009) J. Ochoa-Reparaz et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Colorectal carcinoma: Importance of colonic environment for anti-cancer response and systemic immunity

(2009) Luca Vannucci et al.   Journal of Immunotoxicology

Pivotal Advance: Bifidobacteria and Gram-negative bacteria differentially influence immune responses in the proinflammatory milieu of celiac disease

(2009) G. De Palma et al.   JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY

Products of the Colonic Microbiota Mediate the Effects of Diet on Colon Cancer Risk

(2009) Stephen J. D. O'Keefe et al.   JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Panorganismal Gut Microbiome−Host Metabolic Crosstalk

(2009) Francois-Pierre J. Martin et al.   JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH

Cross-talk of human gut with bifidobacteria

(2009) Ilja Trebichavsky et al.   NUTRITION REVIEWS

Nod2 is required for the regulation of commensal microbiota in the intestine

(2009) T. Petnicki-Ocwieja et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Differential NF- B pathways induction by Lactobacillus plantarum in the duodenum of healthy humans correlating with immune tolerance

(2009) P. van Baarlen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The role of environmental factors in primary biliary cirrhosis

(2009) Carlo Selmi et al.   TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY

Rheumatic manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease

(2009) Tatiana Sofía Rodríguez-Reyna et al.   WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

The mother's immune system is a balanced threat to the foetus, turning to protection of the neonate

(2008) Lars Å Hanson et al.   ACTA PAEDIATRICA

Physiological, Pathological, and Therapeutic Implications of Zonulin-Mediated Intestinal Barrier Modulation

(2008) Alessio Fasano   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Infectious associations of Celiac disease

(2008) Leeor Plot et al.   AUTOIMMUNITY REVIEWS

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

Chronic Infections and Atherosclerosis

(2008) Kiyoshi Ayada et al.   CLINICAL REVIEWS IN ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGY

Infections and cancer: Established associations and new hypotheses

(2008) Catherine de Martel et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ONCOLOGY HEMATOLOGY

Leaking gut in type 1 diabetes

(2008) Outi Vaarala   CURRENT OPINION IN GASTROENTEROLOGY

The ontogeny of the porcine immune system

(2008) Marek Šinkora et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Susceptibility to nasal and oral tolerance induction to the major birch pollen allergen Bet v 1 is not dependent on the presence of the microflora

(2008) Andreas Repa et al.   IMMUNOLOGY LETTERS

Probiotics: Use in Allergic Disorders

(2008) Erika Isolauri et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY

Specific duodenal and faecal bacterial groups associated with paediatric coeliac disease

(2008) M C Collado et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY

Autism, Gut-Blood-Brain Barrier, and Mast Cells

(2008) Theoharis C. Theoharides et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Mucins in the mucosal barrier to infection

(2008) S K Linden et al.   Mucosal Immunology

Innate immunity and intestinal microbiota in the development of Type 1 diabetes

(2008) Li Wen et al.   NATURE

Cancer-related inflammation

(2008) Alberto Mantovani et al.   NATURE

Detecting shared pathogenesis from the shared genetics of immune-related diseases

(2008) Alexandra Zhernakova et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Role of Toll-like receptors in gastrointestinal malignancies

(2008) M Fukata et al.   ONCOGENE

Effects of the gut microbiota on host adiposity are modulated by the short-chain fatty-acid binding G protein-coupled receptor, Gpr41

(2008) B. S. Samuel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Strain-dependent effects of probiotic lactobacilli on EAE autoimmunity

(2008) Catharina B.M. Maassen et al.   VACCINE

New links to the pathogenesis of Crohn disease provided by genome-wide association scans

(2007) Christopher G. Mathew   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS