Background: With the pursuit of rapid intramuscular fat deposition in beef cattle, basal diets have increasingly shifted toward grain-based, energy-dense formulations. However, high-starch dietary regimens may induce host metabolic dysregulation, which is closely linked to both ruminal microbial ...
Gut microbiome dysbiosis is often associated with immune-mediated diseases. Here, we used germ-free (GF) mice, the synthetic minimal consortium OMM12, and specific pathogen-free (SPF) mice to dissect the causal influence of the microbiome on anti-viral immunity. The lack of microbial diversity af...
BACKGROUND: SLE is a complex autoimmune disease with deleterious effects on various organs. Accumulating evidence has shown abnormal vitamin B12 and one-carbon flux contribute to immune dysfunction. Transcobalamin II (TCN2) belongs to the vitamin B12-binding protein family respon...
Healthy behavioral patterns could modulate organ functions to enhance the body’s immunity. However, whether exercise regulates antiviral innate immunity remains elusive. Here, we found that exercise promotes type-I IFN (IFN-I) production in the liver and enhances IFN-I immune activity of the body...
Two years-old Pinus nigra saplings from two different provenances (Austria and Corsica) were infected with Diplodia sapinea. Needles from the terminal shoot (distant tissue where systemic induced response might take place) were sampled always in the morning. Samples were taken 3, 8 and 21 days af...