These cells play pivotal parts in the maintenance of immune homeostasis by suppressing responses to harmless antigens and by enforcing the integrity of the barrier functions of the gut mucosa.

More information: Peilin Guo et al, Engineered probiotic ameliorates ulcerative colitis by restoring gut microbiota and redox homeostasis, Cell Host & Microbe (2024).

In this Special Feature, we give an overview of the communities of microorganisms, called microbiota, that form a symbiotic whole with our human cells.

The scientists then demonstrated that activation of the host plant immune response by flg22 altered the root microbiota composition in plants colonized by non-suppressive SynComs, a finding that ...

Scientists have shown that the presence of both immune-suppressive and non-suppressive bacteria in the plant root microbiota is crucial to strike a balance between plant growth and plant defense ...

A new review paper explores the potential of fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) as an innovative therapy for Helicobacter pylori eradication. With antibiotic resistance on the rise, FMT ...

These findings establish a critical role for the microbiota and their products, specifically butyrate, in the regulated expression of SYNPO for intestinal homeostasis and reveal a direct mechanistic ...

FMT is a novel therapeutic approach that involves transferring microbiota from a healthy donor to a patient's gastrointestinal tract.