Search Results - "Smith, Michelle I."
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Gut DNA viromes of Malawian twins discordant for severe acute malnutrition
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (22-09-2015)“…The bacterial component of the human gut microbiota undergoes a definable program of postnatal development. Evidence is accumulating that this program is…”
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Gut Microbiomes of Malawian Twin Pairs Discordant for Kwashiorkor
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (01-02-2013)“…Kwashiorkor, an enigmatic form of severe acute malnutrition, is the consequence of inadequate nutrient intake plus additional environmental insults. To…”
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Bacteria from Diverse Habitats Colonize and Compete in the Mouse Gut
Published in Cell (09-10-2014)“…To study how microbes establish themselves in a mammalian gut environment, we colonized germ-free mice with microbial communities from human, zebrafish, and…”
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Serum Zonulin Measured by Commercial Kit Fails to Correlate With Physiologic Measures of Altered Gut Permeability in First Degree Relatives of Crohn's Disease Patients
Published in Frontiers in physiology (25-03-2021)“…Intestinal epithelial cell tight junctions (TJs) contribute to the integrity of the intestinal barrier allowing for control of the physical barrier between…”
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Associations of NOD2 polymorphisms with Erysipelotrichaceae in stool of in healthy first degree relatives of Crohn’s disease subjects
Published in BMC medical genetics (15-10-2020)“…Abstract Background Genetic analyses have identified many variants associated with the risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) development. Among these…”
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Chromatin Modification of Apaf-1 Restricts the Apoptotic Pathway in Mature Neurons
Published in The Journal of cell biology (03-12-2007)“…Although apoptosis has been extensively studied in developing neurons, the dynamic changes in this pathway after neuronal maturation remain largely unexplored…”
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Differential Apaf-1 levels allow cytochrome c to induce apoptosis in brain tumors but not in normal neural tissues
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (26-12-2007)“…Brain tumors are typically resistant to conventional chemotherapeutics, most of which initiate apoptosis upstream of mitochondrial cytochrome c release. In…”
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Association of host genome with intestinal microbial composition in a large healthy cohort
Published in Nature genetics (01-11-2016)“…Kenneth Croitoru, Andrew Paterson and colleagues perform genome-wide association analysis for gut microbiome composition. They identify 58 SNPs significantly…”
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Increased Intestinal Permeability Is Associated With Later Development of Crohn’s Disease
Published in Gastroenterology (New York, N.Y. 1943) (01-12-2020)“…Increased intestinal permeability has been associated with Crohn’s disease (CD), but it is not clear whether it is a cause or result of the disease. We…”
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Novel Fecal Biomarkers That Precede Clinical Diagnosis of Ulcerative Colitis
Published in Gastroenterology (New York, N.Y. 1943) (01-04-2021)“…Altered gut microbiota composition and function have been associated with inflammatory bowel diseases, including ulcerative colitis (UC), but the causality and…”
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Analyzing the human microbiome: a "how to" guide for physicians
Published in The American journal of gastroenterology (01-07-2014)“…The application of high-throughput next-generation sequencing to the analysis of the human microbiome has led to a shift in our understanding of the etiology…”
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Gut Microbiome Composition Is Associated With Future Onset of Crohn’s Disease in Healthy First-Degree Relatives
Published in Gastroenterology (New York, N.Y. 1943) (01-09-2023)“…The cause of Crohn’s disease (CD) is unknown, but the current hypothesis is that microbial or environmental factors induce gut inflammation in genetically…”
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Altered Gut Microbiome Composition and Function Are Associated With Gut Barrier Dysfunction in Healthy Relatives of Patients With Crohn’s Disease
Published in Gastroenterology (New York, N.Y. 1943) (01-11-2022)“…The gut microbiome has been suggested to play a role in gut barrier hemostasis, but data are scarce and limited to animal studies. We therefore aimed to assess…”
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Anti-Microbial Antibody Response is Associated With Future Onset of Crohn’s Disease Independent of Biomarkers of Altered Gut Barrier Function, Subclinical Inflammation, and Genetic Risk
Published in Gastroenterology (New York, N.Y. 1943) (01-11-2021)“…Altered host immune reactivity to microbial antigens is hypothesized to trigger the onset of Crohn’s disease (CD). We aimed to assess whether increased serum…”
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CORE-IBD: A Multidisciplinary International Consensus Initiative to Develop a Core Outcome Set for Randomized Controlled Trials in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Published in Gastroenterology (New York, N.Y. 1943) (01-10-2022)“…End points to determine the efficacy and safety of medical therapies for Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are evolving. Given the heterogeneity…”
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Mediterranean-Like Dietary Pattern Associations With Gut Microbiome Composition and Subclinical Gastrointestinal Inflammation
Published in Gastroenterology (New York, N.Y. 1943) (01-09-2022)“…Case-control studies have shown that patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) have a microbial composition different from healthy individuals. Although the causes of…”
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Persistent Diarrhea in Patients With Crohn’s Disease After Mucosal Healing Is Associated With Lower Diversity of the Intestinal Microbiome and Increased Dysbiosis
Published in Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology (01-02-2021)“…In patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), symptoms do not always associate with the severity of endoscopic inflammation and can persist after…”
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Skeletal muscle differentiation evokes endogenous XIAP to restrict the apoptotic pathway
Published in PloS one (31-03-2009)“…Myotube apoptosis occurs normally during muscle development and aging but it can lead to destruction of skeletal muscle in neuromuscular diseases. Therefore,…”
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Differential miRNA Expression in Ileal and Colonic Tissues Reveals an Altered Immunoregulatory Molecular Profile in Individuals With Crohn's Disease versus Healthy Subjects
Published in Journal of Crohn's and colitis (28-10-2019)“…MicroRNAs [miRNAs] are key modulators of gene expression in Crohn's disease [CD] and may drive tissue-specific molecular alterations underlying CD…”
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Differential Expression of microRNAs in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Identifies Autophagy and TGF-Beta-Related Signatures Aberrantly Expressed in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Published in Journal of Crohn's and colitis (27-04-2018)“…Abstract Background and Aims MicroRNAs [miRNAs] have emerged as important regulators in inflammatory bowel disease [IBD]. This study investigated differential…”
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