Th17/Treg Balance
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Autoimmunity occurs when the immune system attacks the body's own tissues. What has emerged over the past two decades is that the gut microbiome is not merely associated with autoimmune disease -- it is a mechanistic driver of immune tolerance breakdown. Metals add a se…
Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis (commonly called B. infantis) is the premier human milk oligosaccharide (HMO)-utilizing bacterium and the dominant species in the breastfed infant gut. It drives immune maturation, Treg induction, and pathogen exclusion in early li…
The most biologically potent short-chain fatty acid (C4). Butyrate is the primary energy source for colonocytes, a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor with broad epigenetic effects, and a key anti-inflammatory mediator. Its depletion -- driven by loss of butyrate-produ…
A class of Gram-positive, obligate anaerobic bacteria within the phylum Firmicutes that represents the most functionally diverse and clinically significant taxonomic class in the human gut microbiome. Clostridia encompasses the dominant butyrate producers sustaining col…
An order of Gram-positive, obligate anaerobic bacteria within the class clostridia (phylum Firmicutes) that represents the single most functionally important taxonomic group in the human gut. Clostridiales encompasses the major butyrate-producing families (lachnospirace…
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The immune system is not a monolith but a dynamic equilibrium between pro-inflammatory effector responses (Th1, Th2, Th17) and anti-inflammatory regulatory responses (Treg, IL-10, TGF-beta). Metals and the microbiome are two of the most potent environmental modulators o…
A severe neuropsychiatric disorder affecting approximately 1% of the global population, characterized by positive symptoms (hallucinations, delusions), negative symptoms (anhedonia, social withdrawal, flat affect), and cognitive deficits. Life expectancy is reduced by 1…
The most extensively referenced missing concept in this wiki. SCFAs -- acetate (C2), propionate (C3), and butyrate (C4) -- are the primary metabolic products of anaerobic bacterial fermentation of dietary fiber in the colon. They serve as the critical molecular link bet…
Streptococcus thermophilus is a Gram-positive, facultative anaerobic coccus that is the primary probiotic species used in commercial yogurt fermentation and thermophilic dairy fermentation worldwide. Distinct from pathogenic Streptococcus species, S. thermophilus produc…
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