Dendritic cells play a key role in the mammalian immune system. These cells are present throughout the human body and are known to capture foreign bodies, i.e., antigens, using extendable "arms" ...

Researchers at Kobe University have discovered that gut microbes that were thought to feed exclusively on dietary fiber also metabolize sugar that the body transfers from the circulation into the ...

Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) are an important class of biologically active substances produced in the gut, specifically by the action of gut bacteria on plant-derived foods containing fiber that is ...

According to a team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Tongji University and collaborating institutions, weaning or switching from milk to solid food in early life doesn't just change what ...

Gut microbes that were thought to feed exclusively on dietary fiber also get fed sugar from our guts, from which they produce short-chain fatty acids that are crucial to many body functions. The Kobe ...

Researchers have found a potential method to slow heart failure progression. They fed mice a diet high in soybean protein, which influenced gut bacteria and supported heart health. Analysis showed ...

SCFAs promote the production of IGF-1 in the liver and adipocytes, enhancing the proliferation and differentiation of osteoblasts, and stimulating endochondral ossification to promote longitudinal ...

This new article publication from Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, discusses how gut microbiota-derived short-chain fatty acids ameliorate methamphetamine-induced depression- and anxiety-like behaviors in ...

According to a team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Tongji University and collaborating institutions, weaning ...