The rising global prevalence of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), including its severe form metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), underscores the urgency to elucidate its pathophysiology. To investigate key metabolic interactions central to MASLD...
Background: Reflux esophagitis (RE), a common gastroesophageal reflux disease characterized by esophageal mucosal inflammation, is closely associated with gut microbiota dysbiosis and metabolic abnormalities. The glutamine-glutamate metabolic pathway regulates inflammation and mucosal barrier fun...
Increased protein acetylation is frequently observed in the failing heart, including in hearts with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). However, the role of protein acetylation in cardiac metabolic impairments during the pathogenesis of HFpEF remains insufficiently investigate...
BolA has been characterized as an important transcriptional regulator, which is induced in the stationary phase of growth and is often associated with bacterial virulence. This study was initiated to elucidate the role of the BolA in the virulence of K. pneumoniae. Using a mous...
Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron (B. theta) dominates the gut microbiome of most mammals. This strictly anaerobic gut symbiont colonizes the mucus layer of host intestinal epithelial cells in both healthy and diseased conditions. Reduced neuronal and vagal afferent innervation observed in ge...
Gliotoxin is a secondary metabolite produced by Aspergillus fumigatus, known to play a significant role in immune regulation and virulence phenotypes. This study investigates how the deletion of gliotoxin biosynthesis remodels the metabolic state of A. fumigatus and subsequently af...