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Mucosal surfaces are a main entry point for pathogens and the principal sites of defense against infection. Both bacteria and phage are associated with this mucus. Here we show that phage-to-bacteria ratios were increased, relative to the adjacent environment, on all mucosal surfaces sampled, ranging from cnidarians to humans. In vitro studies of tissue culture cells with and without surface mucus demonstrated that this increase in phage abundance is mucus dependent and protects the underlying epithelium from bacterial infection. Enrichment of phage in mucus occurs via binding interactions between mucin glycoproteins and Ig-like protein domains exposed on phage capsids. In particular, phage Ig-like domains bind variable glycan residues that coat the mucin glycoprotein component of mucus. Metagenomic analysis found these Ig-like proteins present in the phages sampled from many environments, particularly from locations adjacent to mucosal surfaces. Based on these observations, we present the bacteriophage adherence to mucus model that provides a ubiquitous, but non-host-derived, immunity applicable to mucosal surfaces. The model suggests that metazoan mucosal surfaces and phage coevolve to maintain phage adherence. This benefits the metazoan host by limiting mucosal bacteria, and benefits the phage through more frequent interactions with bacterial hosts. The relationships shown here suggest a symbiotic relationship between phage and metazoan hosts that provides a previously unrecognized antimicrobial defense that actively protects mucosal surfaces.
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Miyasaka EA, Feng Y, Poroyko V, Falkowski NR, Erb-Downward J, Gillilland MG, Mason KL, Huffnagle GB, Teitelbaum DH. Total parenteral nutrition-associated lamina propria inflammation in mice is mediated by a MyD88-dependent mechanism. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2013; 190:6607-15. [PMID: 23667106 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1201746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Enteral nutrient deprivation via total parenteral nutrition (TPN) administration leads to local mucosal inflammatory responses, but the underlying mechanisms are unknown. Wild-type (WT) and MyD88(-/-) mice underwent jugular vein cannulation. One group received TPN without chow, and controls received standard chow. After 7 d, we harvested intestinal mucosally associated bacteria and isolated small-bowel lamina propria (LP) cells. Bacterial populations were analyzed using 454 pyrosequencing. LP cells were analyzed using quantitative PCR and multicolor flow cytometry. WT, control mucosally associated microbiota were Firmicutes-dominant, whereas WT TPN mice were Proteobacteria-domiant. Similar changes were observed in MyD88(-/-) mice with TPN administration. UniFrac analysis showed divergent small bowel and colonic bacterial communities in controls, merging toward similar microbiota (but distinct from controls) with TPN. The percentage of LP T regulatory cells significantly decreased with TPN in WT mice. F4/80(+)CD11b(+)CD11c(dull/-) macrophage-derived proinflammatory cytokines significantly increased with TPN. These proinflammatory immunologic changes were significantly abrogated in MyD88(-/-) TPN mice. Thus, TPN administration is associated with significant expansion of Proteobacteria within the intestinal microbiota and increased proinflammatory LP cytokines. Additionally, MyD88 signaling blockade abrogated decline in epithelial cell proliferation and epithelial barrier function loss.
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- Eiichi A Miyasaka
- Section of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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From the gut to the brain: journey and pathophysiological effects of the food-associated trichothecene mycotoxin deoxynivalenol. Toxins (Basel) 2013; 5:784-820. [PMID: 23612752 PMCID: PMC3705292 DOI: 10.3390/toxins5040784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 261] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2013] [Revised: 04/11/2013] [Accepted: 04/12/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Mycotoxins are fungal secondary metabolites contaminating food and causing toxicity to animals and humans. Among the various mycotoxins found in crops used for food and feed production, the trichothecene toxin deoxynivalenol (DON or vomitoxin) is one of the most prevalent and hazardous. In addition to native toxins, food also contains a large amount of plant and fungal derivatives of DON, including acetyl-DON (3 and 15ADON), glucoside-DON (D3G), and potentially animal derivatives such as glucuronide metabolites (D3 and D15GA) present in animal tissues (e.g., blood, muscle and liver tissue). The present review summarizes previous and very recent experimental data collected in vivo and in vitro regarding the transport, detoxification/metabolism and physiological impact of DON and its derivatives on intestinal, immune, endocrine and neurologic functions during their journey from the gut to the brain.
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Schippa S, Iebba V, Santangelo F, Gagliardi A, De Biase RV, Stamato A, Bertasi S, Lucarelli M, Conte MP, Quattrucci S. Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) allelic variants relate to shifts in faecal microbiota of cystic fibrosis patients. PLoS One 2013; 8:e61176. [PMID: 23613805 PMCID: PMC3629184 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2012] [Accepted: 03/05/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Introduction In this study we investigated the effects of the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane conductance Regulator (CFTR) gene variants on the composition of faecal microbiota, in patients affected by Cystic Fibrosis (CF). CFTR mutations (F508del is the most common) lead to a decreased secretion of chloride/water, and to mucus sticky secretions, in pancreas, respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts. Intestinal manifestations are underestimated in CF, leading to ileum meconium at birth, or small bowel bacterial overgrowth in adult age. Methods Thirty-six CF patients, fasting and under no-antibiotic treatment, were CFTR genotyped on both alleles. Faecal samples were subjected to molecular microbial profiling through Temporal Temperature Gradient Electrophoresis and species-specific PCR. Ecological parameters and multivariate algorithms were employed to find out if CFTR variants could be related to the microbiota structure. Results Patients were classified by two different criteria: 1) presence/absence of F508del mutation; 2) disease severity in heterozygous and homozygous F508del patients. We found that homozygous-F508del and severe CF patients exhibited an enhanced dysbiotic faecal microbiota composition, even within the CF cohort itself, with higher biodiversity and evenness. We also found, by species-specific PCR, that potentially harmful species (Escherichia coli and Eubacterium biforme) were abundant in homozygous-F508del and severe CF patients, while beneficial species (Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, Bifidobacterium spp., and Eubacterium limosum) were reduced. Conclusions This is the first report that establishes a link among CFTR variants and shifts in faecal microbiota, opening the way to studies that perceive CF as a ‘systemic disease’, linking the lung and the gut in a joined axis.
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- Public Health and Infectious Diseases Department, Microbiology Unit, ‘Sapienza’ University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Public Health and Infectious Diseases Department, Microbiology Unit, ‘Sapienza’ University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Public Health and Infectious Diseases Department, Microbiology Unit, ‘Sapienza’ University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Public Health and Infectious Diseases Department, Microbiology Unit, ‘Sapienza’ University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Regional Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Paediatrics and Infant Neuropsychiatry Department, ‘Sapienza’ University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Regional Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Paediatrics and Infant Neuropsychiatry Department, ‘Sapienza’ University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Regional Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Paediatrics and Infant Neuropsychiatry Department, ‘Sapienza’ University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Haematology and Cellular Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Public Health and Infectious Diseases Department, Microbiology Unit, ‘Sapienza’ University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Regional Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Paediatrics and Infant Neuropsychiatry Department, ‘Sapienza’ University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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Iebba V, Santangelo F, Totino V, Nicoletti M, Gagliardi A, De Biase RV, Cucchiara S, Nencioni L, Conte MP, Schippa S. Higher prevalence and abundance of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus in the human gut of healthy subjects. PLoS One 2013; 8:e61608. [PMID: 23613881 PMCID: PMC3628794 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2012] [Accepted: 03/11/2013] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Members of the human intestinal microbiota are key players in maintaining human health. Alterations in the composition of gut microbial community (dysbiosis) have been linked with important human diseases. Understanding the underlying processes that control community structure, including the bacterial interactions within the microbiota itself, is essential. Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus is a gram-negative bacterium that preys other gram-negative species for survival, acting as a population-balancer. It was found in terrestrial/aquatic ecosystems, and in animal intestines, postulating its presence also in the human gut. METHODS The present study was aimed to evaluate, by end-point PCR and qPCR, the presence of B. bacteriovorus in intestinal and faecal biopsy specimens from 92 paediatric healthy subjects and patients, suffering from Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD), Celiac disease and Cystic fibrosis (CF). RESULTS i) B. bacteriovorus was present and abundant only in healthy individuals, while it was heavily reduced in patients, as in the case of IBD and Celiac, while in CF patients and relative controls we observed comparable results; ii) B. bacteriovorus seemed to be mucosa-associated, because all IBD and Celiac biopsies (and related controls) were treated with mucus-removing agents, leaving only the mucosa-attached microflora; iii) B. bacteriovorus abundance was district-dependent, with a major preponderance in duodenum, and gradually decreasing up to rectum; iv) B. bacteriovorus levels significantly dropped in disease status, in duodenum and ileum. CONCLUSIONS Results obtained in this study could represent the first step for new therapeutic strategies aimed to restore a balance in the intestinal ecosystem, utilizing Bdellovibrio as a probiotic.
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- Valerio Iebba
- Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, 'Sapienza' University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
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Do bugs control our fate? The influence of the microbiome on autoimmunity. Curr Allergy Asthma Rep 2013; 12:511-9. [PMID: 22886439 DOI: 10.1007/s11882-012-0291-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Autoimmune disease has traditionally been thought to be due to the impact of environmental factors on genetically susceptible individuals causing immune dysregulation and loss of tolerance. However, recent literature has highlighted the importance of the microbiome, (a collective genome of microorganisms in a given niche) in immune homeostasis. Increasingly, it has been recognized that disruptions in the commensal microflora may lead to immune dysfunction and autoimmunity. This review summarizes recent studies investigating the interplay between the microbiome and immune-mediated organ-specific diseases. In particular, we review new findings on the role of the microbiome in inflammatory bowel disease, celiac disease, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, type I diabetes, and multiple sclerosis.
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O'Brien S, Hodgson DJ, Buckling A. The interplay between microevolution and community structure in microbial populations. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2013; 24:821-5. [PMID: 23545440 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2013.02.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2012] [Revised: 02/14/2013] [Accepted: 02/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The structure of microbial communities is key to their functionality. However, this structure is likely to be influenced by adaptive genetic change in members of the community, which can occur over a matter of days. Changes in community structure can in turn influence the evolutionary trajectories of species within the community, further altering community structure. Microbial communities provide evidence for this interplay between rapid evolution and community structure. To date, studies are primarily limited to simple in vitro systems, but we suggest similar processes are inevitably operating in both natural and derived communities, which are important for biotechnology.
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- Siobhán O'Brien
- Biosciences, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall TR10 9EZ, United Kingdom.
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Mun J, Tam C, Chan G, Kim JH, Evans D, Fleiszig S. MicroRNA-762 is upregulated in human corneal epithelial cells in response to tear fluid and Pseudomonas aeruginosa antigens and negatively regulates the expression of host defense genes encoding RNase7 and ST2. PLoS One 2013; 8:e57850. [PMID: 23469087 PMCID: PMC3585208 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2012] [Accepted: 01/27/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Mucosal surfaces regulate defenses against infection and excessive inflammation. We previously showed that human tears upregulated epithelial expression of genes encoding RNase7 and ST2, which inhibited Pseudomonas aeruginosa invasion of human corneal epithelial cells. Here, microRNA microarrays were used to show that a combination of tear fluid exposure (16 h) then P. aeruginosa antigens (3 h) upregulated miR-762 and miR-1207, and down-regulated miR-92 and let-7b (all > 2-fold) in human corneal epithelial cells compared to P. aeruginosa antigens alone. RT-PCR confirmed miR-762 upregulation ∼ 3-fold in tear-antigen exposed cells. Without tears or antigens, an antagomir reduced miR-762 expression relative to scrambled controls by ∼50%, increased expression of genes encoding RNase7 (∼80 %), ST2 (∼58%) and Rab5a (∼75%), without affecting P. aeruginosa internalization. However, P. aeruginosa invasion was increased > 3-fold by a miR-762 mimic which reduced RNase7 and ST2 gene expression. Tear fluid alone also induced miR-762 expression ∼ 4-fold, which was reduced by the miR-762 antagomir. Combination of tear fluid and miR-762 antagomir increased RNase7 and ST2 gene expression. These data show that mucosal fluids, such as tears, can modulate epithelial microRNA expression to regulate innate defense genes, and that miR-762 negatively regulates RNase7, ST2 and Rab5a genes. Since RNase7 and ST2 inhibit P. aeruginosa internalization, and are upregulated by tear fluid, other tear-induced mechanisms must counteract inhibitory effects of miR-762 to regulate resistance to bacteria. These data also suggest a complex relationship between tear induction of miR-762, its modulation of innate defense genes, and P. aeruginosa internalization.
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- James Mun
- School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
- Vision Science Program, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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- School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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- Program in Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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- Program in Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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- School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
- College of Pharmacy, Touro University California, Vallejo, California, United States of America
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- School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
- Vision Science Program, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
- Graduate Groups in Microbiology and Infectious Disease, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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Lobo LA, Jenkins AL, Jeffrey Smith C, Rocha ER. Expression of Bacteroides fragilis hemolysins in vivo and role of HlyBA in an intra-abdominal infection model. Microbiologyopen 2013; 2:326-37. [PMID: 23441096 PMCID: PMC3633356 DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.76] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2012] [Revised: 01/22/2013] [Accepted: 01/28/2013] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Bacteroides fragilis is the most frequent opportunistic pathogen isolated from anaerobic infections. However, there is a paucity of information regarding the genetic and molecular aspects of gene expression of its virulence factors during extra-intestinal infections. A potential virulence factor that has received little attention is the ability of B. fragilis to produce hemolysins. In this study, an implanted perforated table tennis "ping-pong" ball was used as an intra-abdominal artificial abscess model in the rat. This procedure provided sufficient infected exudate for gene expression studies in vivo. Real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was used to quantify the relative expression of hlyA, hlyB, hlyC, hlyD, hlyE, hlyF, hlyG, and hlyIII mRNAs. The hlyA mRNA was induced approximately sixfold after 4 days postinfection compared with the mRNA levels in the inoculum culture prior to infection. The hlyB mRNA increased approximately sixfold after 4 days and 12-fold after 8 days postinfection. Expression of hlyC mRNA increased sixfold after 1 day, 45-fold after 4 days, and 16-fold after 8 days postinfection, respectively. The hlyD and hlyE mRNAs were induced approximately 40-fold and 30-fold, respectively, after 4-days postinfection. The hlyF expression increased approximately threefold after 4-days postinfection. hlyG was induced approximately fivefold after 4 and 8 days postinfection. The hlyIII mRNA levels had a steady increase of approximately four-, eight-, and 12-fold following 1, 4, and 8 days postinfection, respectively. These findings suggest that B. fragilis hemolysins are induced and differentially regulated in vivo. Both parent and hlyBA mutant strains reached levels of approximately 3-8 × 10(9) cfu/mL after 1 day postinfection. However, the hlyBA mutant strain lost 2 logs in viable cell counts compared with the parent strain after 8 days postinfection. This is the first study showing HlyBA is a virulence factor which plays a role in B. fragilis survival in an intra-abdominal abscess model.
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- Leandro A Lobo
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina 27834, USA
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Gilbert SF, Sapp J, Tauber AI. A symbiotic view of life: we have never been individuals. THE QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY 2013; 87:325-41. [PMID: 23397797 DOI: 10.1086/668166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 347] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The notion of the "biological individual" is crucial to studies of genetics, immunology, evolution, development, anatomy, and physiology. Each of these biological subdisciplines has a specific conception of individuality, which has historically provided conceptual contexts for integrating newly acquired data. During the past decade, nucleic acid analysis, especially genomic sequencing and high-throughput RNA techniques, has challenged each of these disciplinary definitions by finding significant interactions of animals and plants with symbiotic microorganisms that disrupt the boundaries that heretofore had characterized the biological individual. Animals cannot be considered individuals by anatomical or physiological criteria because a diversity of symbionts are both present and functional in completing metabolic pathways and serving other physiological functions. Similarly, these new studies have shown that animal development is incomplete without symbionts. Symbionts also constitute a second mode of genetic inheritance, providing selectable genetic variation for natural selection. The immune system also develops, in part, in dialogue with symbionts and thereby functions as a mechanism for integrating microbes into the animal-cell community. Recognizing the "holobiont"--the multicellular eukaryote plus its colonies of persistent symbionts--as a critically important unit of anatomy, development, physiology, immunology, and evolution opens up new investigative avenues and conceptually challenges the ways in which the biological subdisciplines have heretofore characterized living entities.
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- Scott F Gilbert
- Department of Biology, Swarthmore College Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081, USA.
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The colonic ecosystem differs from that in the proximal gut in several important respects. The colonic microbiota represents the largest population of microbes colonizing humans from birth. Constraints on bacterial numbers, composition, and interaction with the host involve not only the innate and acquired immune system, but also the colonic mucin structure. While the microbiota provides beneficial protective, trophic, nutritional, and metabolic signals for the host, it may become a risk factor for disease depending on context and host susceptibility. Technological advances including DNA-based high-throughput compositional analysis have linked changes in the indigenous microbiota with several human diseases. In some instances, these findings have the potential to serve as new biomarkers of risk of disease. In this overview, recent advances are focused upon in relation to irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, and colon cancer. The possibility that the therapeutic solution to some of these disorders may reside within the microbiota will also be addressed.
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- Fergus Shanahan
- Department of Medicine and Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University College Cork, National University of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
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Gorkiewicz G, Thallinger GG, Trajanoski S, Lackner S, Stocker G, Hinterleitner T, Gülly C, Högenauer C. Alterations in the colonic microbiota in response to osmotic diarrhea. PLoS One 2013; 8:e55817. [PMID: 23409050 PMCID: PMC3568139 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2012] [Accepted: 01/02/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Background & Aims Diseases of the human gastrointestinal (GI) tract are often accompanied by diarrhea with profound alterations in the GI microbiota termed dysbiosis. Whether dysbiosis is due to the disease itself or to the accompanying diarrhea remains elusive. With this study we characterized the net effects of osmotic diarrhea on the composition of the GI microbiota in the absence of disease. Methods We induced osmotic diarrhea in four healthy adults by oral administration of polyethylene glycol 4000 (PEG). Stool as well as mucosa specimens were collected before, during and after diarrhea and 16S rDNA-based microbial community profiling was used to assess the microbial community structure. Results Stool and mucosal microbiotas were strikingly different, with Firmicutes dominating the mucosa and Bacteroidetes the stools. Osmotic diarrhea decreased phylotype richness and showed a strong tendency to equalize the otherwise individualized microbiotas on the mucosa. Moreover, diarrhea led to significant relative shifts in the phyla Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes and to a relative increase in the abundance of Proteobacteria on the mucosa, a phenomenon also noted in several inflammatory and diarrheal GI diseases. Conclusions Changes in microbial community structure induced by osmotic diarrhea are profound and show similarities to changes observed in other GI diseases including IBD. These effects so must be considered when specimens from diarrheal diseases (i.e. obtained by stratification of samples according to diarrheal status) or conditions wherein bowel preparations like PEG (i.e. specimens obtained during endoscopy) are used.
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- Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Center for Medical Research, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
- Center for Medical Research, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics, University of Technology, Graz, Austria
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Center for Medical Research, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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The human gut harbors a complex community of microbes that profoundly influence many aspects of growth and development, including development of the nervous system. Advances in high-throughput DNA sequencing methods have led to rapidly expanding knowledge about this gut microbiome. Here, we review fundamental emerging data on the human gut microbiome, with a focus on potential interactions between the microbiome and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and consider research on atypical patterns of feeding and nutrition in ASD and how they might interact with the microbiome. Finally we selectively survey results from studies in rodents on the impact of the microbiome on neurobehavioral development. The evidence reviewed here suggests that a deeper understanding of the gut microbiome could open up new avenues of research on ASD, including potential novel treatment strategies.
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Bacterial colonization of Hydra hatchlings follows a robust temporal pattern. ISME JOURNAL 2013; 7:781-90. [PMID: 23344242 DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2012.156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Animals are colonized by complex bacterial communities. The processes controlling community membership and influencing the establishment of the microbial ecosystem during development are poorly understood. Here we aimed to explore the assembly of bacterial communities in Hydra with the broader goal of elucidating the general rules that determine the temporal progression of bacterial colonization of animal epithelia. We profiled the microbial communities in polyps at various time points after hatching in four replicates. The composition and temporal patterns of the bacterial communities were strikingly similar in all replicates. Distinct features included high diversity of community profiles in the first week, a remarkable but transient adult-like profile 2 weeks after hatching, followed by progressive emergence of a stable adult-like pattern characterized by low species diversity and the preponderance of the Betaproteobacterium Curvibacter. Intriguingly, this process displayed important parallels to the assembly of human fecal communities after birth. In addition, a mathematical modeling approach was used to uncover the organizational principles of this colonization process, suggesting that both, local environmental or host-derived factor(s) modulating the colonization rate, as well as frequency-dependent interactions of individual bacterial community members are important aspects in the emergence of a stable bacterial community at the end of development.
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Ontogeny and localization of the cells produce IL-2 in healthy animals. Cytokine 2013; 61:831-41. [PMID: 23332616 DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2012.11.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2012] [Revised: 11/15/2012] [Accepted: 11/27/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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IL-2 is a growth factor for activated T cells and is required for maintenance of naturally arising regulatory T cells (nTregs). Mice defective in IL-2/IL-2 receptor signaling pathways have impaired nTregs and suffer from lymphoproliferative disorders, suggesting that IL-2 is present and functional in healthy animals. However, the cellular source of IL-2 is currently unknown. To determine which cells produce IL-2 in healthy animals, we established mice carrying cre gene knock in at the il-2 locus (termed IL-2(cre)). When IL-2(cre) mice were crossed with EGFP reporter mice, EGFP was exclusively expressed by a fraction of CD4 T cells present in both lymphoid and non-lymphoid tissues. Live imaging of IL-2(cre) mice that carry the luciferase reporter showed concentrated localization of luciferase(+) cells in Peyer's patches. These cells were not observed in new born mice but appeared within 3days after birth. Reduction of antigen receptor repertoire by transgene expression reduced their number, indicating that recognition of environmental antigens is necessary for generation of these IL-2 producers in healthy animals. A substantial fraction of EGFP(+) cells also produce IL-10 and IFN-γ, a characteristic profile of type 1 regulatory T cells (Tr1). The data suggest that a group of Tr1 cells have addition roles in immune homeostasis by producing IL-2 along with other cytokines and help maintaining Tregs.
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McCoy AN, Araújo-Pérez F, Azcárate-Peril A, Yeh JJ, Sandler RS, Keku TO. Fusobacterium is associated with colorectal adenomas. PLoS One 2013; 8:e53653. [PMID: 23335968 PMCID: PMC3546075 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 366] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2012] [Accepted: 12/04/2012] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The human gut microbiota is increasingly recognized as a player in colorectal cancer (CRC). While particular imbalances in the gut microbiota have been linked to colorectal adenomas and cancer, no specific bacterium has been identified as a risk factor. Recent studies have reported a high abundance of Fusobacterium in CRC subjects compared to normal subjects, but this observation has not been reported for adenomas, CRC precursors. We assessed the abundance of Fusobacterium species in the normal rectal mucosa of subjects with (n = 48) and without adenomas (n = 67). We also confirmed previous reports on Fusobacterium and CRC in 10 CRC tumor tissues and 9 matching normal tissues by pyrosequencing. We extracted DNA from rectal mucosal biopsies and measured bacterial levels by quantitative PCR of the 16S ribosomal RNA gene. Local cytokine gene expression was also determined in mucosal biopsies from adenoma cases and controls by quantitative PCR. The mean log abundance of Fusobacterium or cytokine gene expression between cases and controls was compared by t-test. Logistic regression was used to compare tertiles of Fusobacterium abundance. Adenoma subjects had a significantly higher abundance of Fusobacterium species compared to controls (p = 0.01). Compared to the lowest tertile, subjects with high abundance of Fusobacterium were significantly more likely to have adenomas (OR 3.66, 95% CI 1.37-9.74, p-trend 0.005). Cases but not controls had a significant positive correlation between local cytokine gene expression and Fusobacterium abundance. Among cases, the correlation for local TNF-α and Fusobacterium was r = 0.33, p = 0.06 while it was 0.44, p = 0.01 for Fusobacterium and IL-10. These results support a link between the abundance of Fusobacterium in colonic mucosa and adenomas and suggest a possible role for mucosal inflammation in this process.
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- Amber N. McCoy
- Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Microbiome Core Facility, Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease and Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Departments of Surgery and Pharmacology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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Ramírez-Puebla ST, Servín-Garcidueñas LE, Jiménez-Marín B, Bolaños LM, Rosenblueth M, Martínez J, Rogel MA, Ormeño-Orrillo E, Martínez-Romero E. Gut and root microbiota commonalities. Appl Environ Microbiol 2013; 79:2-9. [PMID: 23104406 PMCID: PMC3536091 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02553-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Animal guts and plant roots have absorption roles for nutrient uptake and converge in harboring large, complex, and dynamic groups of microbes that participate in degradation or modification of nutrients and other substances. Gut and root bacteria regulate host gene expression, provide metabolic capabilities, essential nutrients, and protection against pathogens, and seem to share evolutionary trends.
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Ma BW, Bokulich NA, Castillo PA, Kananurak A, Underwood MA, Mills DA, Bevins CL. Routine habitat change: a source of unrecognized transient alteration of intestinal microbiota in laboratory mice. PLoS One 2012; 7:e47416. [PMID: 23082164 PMCID: PMC3474821 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2012] [Accepted: 09/14/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The mammalian intestine harbors a vast, complex and dynamic microbial population, which has profound effects on host nutrition, intestinal function and immune response, as well as influence on physiology outside of the alimentary tract. Imbalance in the composition of the dense colonizing bacterial population can increase susceptibility to various acute and chronic diseases. Valuable insights on the association of the microbiota with disease critically depend on investigation of mouse models. Like in humans, the microbial community in the mouse intestine is relatively stable and resilient, yet can be influenced by environmental factors. An often-overlooked variable in research is basic animal husbandry, which can potentially alter mouse physiology and experimental outcomes. This study examined the effects of common husbandry practices, including food and bedding alterations, as well as facility and cage changes, on the gut microbiota over a short time course of five days using three culture-independent techniques, quantitative PCR, terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (TRFLP) and next generation sequencing (NGS). This study detected a substantial transient alteration in microbiota after the common practice of a short cross-campus facility transfer, but found no comparable alterations in microbiota within 5 days of switches in common laboratory food or bedding, or following an isolated cage change in mice acclimated to their housing facility. Our results highlight the importance of an acclimation period following even simple transfer of mice between campus facilities, and highlights that occult changes in microbiota should be considered when imposing husbandry variables on laboratory animals.
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- Betty W. Ma
- Center for Laboratory Animal Science, School of Veterinary Medicine - Residency Program in Laboratory Animal Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, United States of America
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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Van Den Abbeele J, Bourtzis K, Weiss B, Cordón-Rosales C, Miller W, Abd-Alla AMM, Parker A. Enhancing tsetse fly refractoriness to trypanosome infection--a new IAEA coordinated research project. J Invertebr Pathol 2012; 112 Suppl:S142-7. [PMID: 22841950 DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2012.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2012] [Revised: 05/15/2012] [Accepted: 05/18/2012] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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To date, IAEA-supported Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) projects for tsetse and trypanosomiasis control have been in areas without human sleeping sickness, but future projects could include areas of actual or potential human disease transmission. In this context it would be imperative that released sterile tsetse flies are incompetent to transmit the disease-causing trypanosome parasite. Therefore, development of tsetse fly strains refractory to trypanosome infection is highly desirable as a simple and effective method of ensuring vector incompetence of the released flies. This new IAEA Coordinated Research Project (CRP) focuses on gaining a deeper knowledge of the tripartite interactions between the tsetse fly vectors, their symbionts and trypanosome parasites. The objective of this CRP is to acquire a better understanding of mechanisms that limit the development of trypanosome infections in tsetse and how these may be enhanced.
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- Jan Van Den Abbeele
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Unit of Veterinary Protozoology, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
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The first textbook on autoimmunity was published by Ian Mackay and McFarland Burnett in 1963. It was the first attempt to summarize existing knowledge on human autoimmunity. Since that time, there have been tens of thousands of experimental papers and numerous textbooks that focus on the diagnosis and treatment of human autoimmunity. There have been at least as many, if not more, directed at similar issues in animal models. Enormous strides have been made not only in diagnosis, but also in the pathophysiology and especially in treatment. We have gone from the era of simple HLA typing to deep sequencing and, more recently, epigenetic analysis. We have gone from the era of white blood cell differentials to detailed lymphoid phenotyping. We have gone from the era of simple antinuclear antibodies to detailed and sophisticated immunodiagnosis with recombinant autoantigens and disease-specific epitopes. We have gone from the era of using only corticosteroids to selective biologic agents. Diseases that were previously considered idiopathic are now very much understood as autoimmune. We are in the era of autoinflammatory reactions and the concept of both innate versus adaptive immunity in mediating immunopathology. In this edition of Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology, we focus on key and cutting-edge issues in the pathophysiology of autoimmunity. The issues are very much oriented and driven by hypothesis, i.e., a prediction of events expected to occur based on observations. It is not meant to be a complete summary of potential mechanisms of autoimmunity, but rather an attempt to accelerate discussion and better understanding. The primary goal is obviously to help our patients with autoimmune disease.
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- Wesley H Brooks
- Experimental HTS Core, SRB-3, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL 33612-9416, USA.
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Clemente JC, Ursell LK, Parfrey LW, Knight R. The impact of the gut microbiota on human health: an integrative view. Cell 2012; 148:1258-70. [PMID: 22424233 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2012.01.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2368] [Impact Index Per Article: 197.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The human gut harbors diverse microbes that play a fundamental role in the well-being of their host. The constituents of the microbiota--bacteria, viruses, and eukaryotes--have been shown to interact with one another and with the host immune system in ways that influence the development of disease. We review these interactions and suggest that a holistic approach to studying the microbiota that goes beyond characterization of community composition and encompasses dynamic interactions between all components of the microbiota and host tissue over time will be crucial for building predictive models for diagnosis and treatment of diseases linked to imbalances in our microbiota.
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- Jose C Clemente
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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Brucker RM, Bordenstein SR. Speciation by symbiosis. Trends Ecol Evol 2012; 27:443-51. [PMID: 22541872 DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2012.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 238] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2011] [Revised: 03/27/2012] [Accepted: 03/28/2012] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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In the Origin of Species, Darwin struggled with how continuous changes within a species lead to the emergence of discrete species. Molecular analyses have since identified nuclear genes and organelles that underpin speciation. In this review, we explore the microbiota as a third genetic component that spurs species formation. We first recall Ivan Wallin's original conception from the early 20th century on the role that bacteria play in speciation. We then describe three fundamental observations that justify a prominent role for microbes in eukaryotic speciation, consolidate exemplar studies of microbe-assisted speciation and incorporate the microbiota into classic models of speciation.
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- Robert M Brucker
- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA
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Gomez A, Luckey D, Yeoman CJ, Marietta EV, Berg Miller ME, Murray JA, White BA, Taneja V. Loss of sex and age driven differences in the gut microbiome characterize arthritis-susceptible 0401 mice but not arthritis-resistant 0402 mice. PLoS One 2012; 7:e36095. [PMID: 22553482 PMCID: PMC3338357 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2011] [Accepted: 03/27/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Background HLA-DRB1*0401 is associated with susceptibility, while HLA-DRB1*0402 is associated with resistance to developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and collagen-induced arthritis in humans and transgenic mice respectively. The influence of gut-joint axis has been suggested in RA, though not yet proven. Methodology/Principal Findings We have used HLA transgenic mice carrying arthritis susceptible and -resistant HLA-DR genes to explore if genetic factors and their interaction with gut flora gut can be used to predict susceptibility to develop arthritis. Pyrosequencing of the 16S rRNA gene from the fecal microbiomes of DRB1*0401 and DRB1*0402 transgenic mice revealed that the guts of *0401 mice is dominated by a Clostridium-like bacterium, whereas the guts of *0402 mice are enriched for members of the Porphyromonadaceae family and Bifidobacteria. DRB1*0402 mice harbor a dynamic sex and age-influenced gut microbiome while DRB1*0401 mice did not show age and sex differences in gut microbiome even though they had altered gut permeability. Cytokine transcripts, measured by rtPCR, in jejuna showed differential TH17 regulatory network gene transcripts in *0401 and *0402 mice. Conclusions/Significance We have demonstrated for the first time that HLA genes in association with the gut microbiome may determine the immune environment and that the gut microbiome might be a potential biomarker as well as contributor for susceptibility to arthritis. Identification of pathogenic commensal bacteria would provide new understanding of disease pathogenesis, thereby leading to novel approaches for therapy.
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- Andres Gomez
- Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Gasteroenterology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
- Department of Gasteroenterology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
- * E-mail: (BAW); (VT)
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- Department of Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
- Department of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
- * E-mail: (BAW); (VT)
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The gut microbiota and irritable bowel syndrome: friend or foe? Int J Inflam 2012; 2012:151085. [PMID: 22577594 PMCID: PMC3346986 DOI: 10.1155/2012/151085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2011] [Accepted: 01/07/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Progress in the understanding of the pathophysiology of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), once thought to be a purely psychosomatic disease, has advanced considerably and low-grade inflammation and changes in the gut microbiota now feature as potentially important. The human gut harbours a huge microbial ecosystem, which is equipped to perform a variety of functions such as digestion of food, metabolism of drugs, detoxification of toxic compounds, production of essential vitamins, prevention of attachment of pathogenic bacteria to the gut wall, and maintenance of homeostasis in the gastrointestinal tract. A subset of patients with IBS may have a quantitative increase in bacteria in the small bowel (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth). Qualitative changes in gut microbiota have also been associated with IBS. Targeting the gut microbiota using probiotics and antibiotics has emerged as a potentially effective approach to the treatment of this, hitherto enigmatic, functional bowel disorder. The gut microbiota in health, quantitative and qualitative microbiota changes, and therapeutic manipulations targeting the microbiota in patients with IBS are reviewed in this paper.
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Kunisawa J, Kiyono H. Alcaligenes is Commensal Bacteria Habituating in the Gut-Associated Lymphoid Tissue for the Regulation of Intestinal IgA Responses. Front Immunol 2012; 3:65. [PMID: 22566946 PMCID: PMC3342267 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2012.00065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2012] [Accepted: 03/15/2012] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Secretory-immunoglobulin A (S-IgA) plays an important role in immunological defense in the intestine. It has been known for a long time that microbial stimulation is required for the development and maintenance of intestinal IgA production. Recent advances in genomic technology have made it possible to detect uncultivable commensal bacteria in the intestine and identify key bacteria in the regulation of innate and acquired mucosal immune responses. In this review, we focus on the immunological function of Peyer’s patches (PPs), a major gut-associated lymphoid tissue, in the induction of intestinal IgA responses and the unique immunological interaction of PPs with commensal bacteria, especially Alcaligenes, a unique indigenous bacteria habituating inside PPs.
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- Jun Kunisawa
- Division of Mucosal Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan
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Kilcoyne M, Gerlach JQ, Gough R, Gallagher ME, Kane M, Carrington SD, Joshi L. Construction of a Natural Mucin Microarray and Interrogation for Biologically Relevant Glyco-Epitopes. Anal Chem 2012; 84:3330-8. [DOI: 10.1021/ac203404n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Michelle Kilcoyne
- Glycoscience
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Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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- Glycoscience
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Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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- Veterinary Science Centre, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Veterinary Science Centre, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Glycoscience
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Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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- Glycoscience
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Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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Why study Escherichia coli? Res Microbiol 2012; 163:81-2. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2012.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Chassaing B, Aitken JD, Gewirtz AT, Vijay-Kumar M. Gut microbiota drives metabolic disease in immunologically altered mice. Adv Immunol 2012; 116:93-112. [PMID: 23063074 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-394300-2.00003-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The mammalian intestine harbors trillions of microbes collectively known as the microbiota, which can be viewed as an anaerobic metabolic organ that benefits the host in a number of ways. The homeostasis of this large microbial biomass is a prerequisite to maintaining host health by maximizing symbiotic interrelations and minimizing the risk of living in a close relationship. The cooperation between the innate and adaptive immune systems of the host maintains homeostasis of the microbiota. The dysregulation/alteration of microbiota in various immunodeficiency states including both innate and adaptive deficiency results in metabolic disease. This review examines the influence of microbiota on host metabolic health in immunologically altered mice. Accumulated data from a variety of immune-deficient murine models indicate that altered microbiota can play a key role in origination of metabolic diseases through the following potential mechanisms: (i) increasing calorie extraction resulting in adiposity, (ii) inducing low-grade chronic inflammation in the gut directly or increasing systemic loads of microbial ligands via leaky guts, (iii) generating toxic metabolites from dietary components, and (iv) inducing a switch from pro-metabolic to pro-immune phenotype that drives malabsorption of lipids resulting in muscle wastage and weight loss-particularly upon states of adaptive immune deficiency. Further, these murine models demonstrate that altered microbiota is not purely a consequence of metabolic disease but plays a key role in driving this disorder.
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- Benoit Chassaing
- Center for Inflammation, Immunity & Infection, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Kaser A, Niederreiter L, Blumberg RS. Genetically determined epithelial dysfunction and its consequences for microflora-host interactions. Cell Mol Life Sci 2011; 68:3643-9. [PMID: 21984606 PMCID: PMC4592146 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-011-0827-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2011] [Revised: 09/07/2011] [Accepted: 09/07/2011] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The intestinal epithelium forms a highly active functional interface between the relatively sterile internal body surfaces and the enormously complex and diverse microbiota that are contained within the lumen. Genetic models that allow for manipulation of genes specifically in the intestinal epithelium have provided an avenue to understand the diverse set of pathways whereby intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) direct the immune state of the mucosa associated with homeostasis versus either productive or non-productive inflammation as occurs during enteropathogen invasion or inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), respectively. These pathways include the unfolded protein response (UPR) induced by stress in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), autophagy, a self-cannibalistic pathway important for intracellular bacterial killing and proper Paneth cell function as well as the interrelated functions of NOD2/NF-κB signaling which also regulate autophagy induction. Multiple genes controlling these IEC pathways have been shown to be genetic risk factors for human IBD. This highlights the importance of these pathways not only for proper IEC function but also suggesting that IECs may be one of the cellular originators of organ-specific and systemic inflammation as in IBD.
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- Arthur Kaser
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Level 5, Box 157, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ UK
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Level 5, Box 157, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ UK
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St., Boston, MA 02115 USA
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Royet J. Epithelial homeostasis and the underlying molecular mechanisms in the gut of the insect model Drosophila melanogaster. Cell Mol Life Sci 2011; 68:3651-60. [PMID: 21964927 PMCID: PMC11115164 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-011-0828-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2011] [Revised: 09/07/2011] [Accepted: 09/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Insects mostly develop on decaying and contaminated organic matter and often serve as vectors of biologically transmitted diseases by transporting microorganisms to the plant and animal hosts. As such, insects are constantly ingesting microorganisms, a small fraction of which reach their epithelial surfaces, mainly their digestive tract, where they can establish relationships ranging from symbiosis to mutualism or even parasitism. Understanding the tight physical, genetic, and biochemical interactions that takes place between intestinal epithelia and either resident or infectious microbes has been a long-lasting objective of the immunologist. Research in this field has recently been re-vitalized with the development of deep sequencing techniques, which allow qualitative and quantitative characterization of gut microbiota. Interestingly, the recent identification of regenerative stem cells in the Drosophila gut together with the initial characterization of Drosophila gut microbiota have opened up new avenues of study aimed at understanding the mechanisms that regulate the dialog between the Drosophila gut epithelium and its microbiota of this insect model. The fact that some of the responses are conserved across species combined with the power of Drosophila genetics could make this organism model a useful tool to further elucidate some aspects of the interaction occurring between the microbiota and the human gut.
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- Julien Royet
- IBDML, UMR 6216 CNRS, Université Aix-Marseille, Marseille, France.
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Vaccines against microbial diseases have improved the health of millions of people. In the next decade and beyond, many conceptual and technological scientific advances offer extraordinary opportunities to expand the portfolio of immunisations against viral and bacterial diseases and to pioneer the first vaccines against human parasitic and fungal diseases. Scientists in the public and private sectors are motivated as never before to bring about these innovations in immunisation. Many societal factors threaten to compromise realisation of the public health gains that immunisation can achieve in the next decade and beyond--understanding these factors is imperative. Vaccines are typically given to healthy individuals and safety issues loom high on the list of public concerns. The public needs to regain confidence in immunisation and trust the organisations responsible for the research, development, and implementation of vaccines. In the past, by use of a judicious amalgam of knowledge and empiricism, successful vaccines were largely developed by microbiologists who identified antigens that induced immune responses to conserved pathogen components. In the future, vaccines need to be developed against deadly diseases for which this strategy is often not feasible because of the extensive antigenic variability of relevant pathogens. High microbial diversity means that immunity after natural infection is often ineffective for prevention of disease on subsequent exposure, for example in HIV infection and malaria. Additionally, vaccines need to be generated to protect the people who are most vulnerable because of age or underlying diseases. Thus, in the future, a much deeper understanding of the immunological challenges--including the diversifying role of host genetics and environmental factors, leading perhaps to more personalised approaches-will be the touchstone for rational design and development of adjuvants that result in novel safe and effective vaccines.
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- E Richard Moxon
- University of Oxford Department of Paediatrics, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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O'Connell Motherway M, Zomer A, Leahy SC, Reunanen J, Bottacini F, Claesson MJ, O'Brien F, Flynn K, Casey PG, Moreno Munoz JA, Kearney B, Houston AM, O'Mahony C, Higgins DG, Shanahan F, Palva A, de Vos WM, Fitzgerald GF, Ventura M, O'Toole PW, van Sinderen D. Functional genome analysis of Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003 reveals type IVb tight adherence (Tad) pili as an essential and conserved host-colonization factor. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011; 108:11217-22. [PMID: 21690406 PMCID: PMC3131351 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1105380108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 281] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Development of the human gut microbiota commences at birth, with bifidobacteria being among the first colonizers of the sterile newborn gastrointestinal tract. To date, the genetic basis of Bifidobacterium colonization and persistence remains poorly understood. Transcriptome analysis of the Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003 2.42-Mb genome in a murine colonization model revealed differential expression of a type IVb tight adherence (Tad) pilus-encoding gene cluster designated "tad(2003)." Mutational analysis demonstrated that the tad(2003) gene cluster is essential for efficient in vivo murine gut colonization, and immunogold transmission electron microscopy confirmed the presence of Tad pili at the poles of B. breve UCC2003 cells. Conservation of the Tad pilus-encoding locus among other B. breve strains and among sequenced Bifidobacterium genomes supports the notion of a ubiquitous pili-mediated host colonization and persistence mechanism for bifidobacteria.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Bacterial Proteins/genetics
- Bacterial Proteins/physiology
- Base Sequence
- Bifidobacterium/genetics
- Bifidobacterium/growth & development
- Bifidobacterium/physiology
- Bifidobacterium/ultrastructure
- Comparative Genomic Hybridization
- DNA, Bacterial/genetics
- Female
- Fimbriae, Bacterial/genetics
- Fimbriae, Bacterial/physiology
- Fimbriae, Bacterial/ultrastructure
- Gastrointestinal Tract/microbiology
- Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
- Genome, Bacterial
- Germ-Free Life
- Humans
- Male
- Metagenome
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
- Microscopy, Immunoelectron
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Multigene Family
- Mutation
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
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Affiliation(s)
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- Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre and Departments of
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- Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre and Departments of
- Microbiology
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- Division of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Department of Basic Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, FIN-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre and Departments of
- Microbiology
- Laboratory of Probiogenomics, Department of Genetics, Biology of Microorganisms, Anthropology, and Evolution, University of Parma, 43100 Parma, Italy
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- Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre and Departments of
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- Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland; and
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- Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre and Departments of
- Medicine, and
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- Division of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Department of Basic Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, FIN-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Division of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Department of Basic Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, FIN-00014, Helsinki, Finland
- Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, 6703 HB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre and Departments of
- Microbiology
- Food and Nutritional Sciences, National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland
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- Laboratory of Probiogenomics, Department of Genetics, Biology of Microorganisms, Anthropology, and Evolution, University of Parma, 43100 Parma, Italy
| | - Paul W. O'Toole
- Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre and Departments of
- Microbiology
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Gold MC, Lewinsohn DM. Mucosal associated invariant T cells and the immune response to infection. Microbes Infect 2011; 13:742-8. [PMID: 21458588 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2011.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2011] [Accepted: 03/23/2011] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
Mucosal associated invariant T cells are unique T cells localized at high frequencies at the portals of entry for many pathogens. Mucosal associated invariant T cells display a variety of characteristics that suggest their function is to act as effectors in the initial control of microbial infection at mucosal sites.
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- Marielle C Gold
- Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Mail code VA R&D 11, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
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