Intestinal microbiota produces D-amino acids, which are bacteria-specific metabolites, for their growth and their communication. Host intestine release D-amino acid oxidase (DAO) to degrade bacterial
Background: Current ulcerative colitis (UC) treatments are focused on symptom management primarily via immune suppression. Despite the current arsenal of immunosuppressant treatments, the majority of
Advanced or metastatic colorectal cancer is largely refractory to current therapeutic regimens and correspondingly has poor prognosis. The microbiota plays an important role in controlling the host im
Additional file 2: Table S1. Associations between microbiome clusters 1-3 and subject anthropometric and questionnaire variables. Associations between MSP abundance and subject anthropometric and ques
Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine is one of the most widely-used vaccines worldwide. In addition to protection against tuberculosis, BCG confers a degree of non-specific protection against other
