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Gut dysbiosis and specific microbiota composition promoted the absorption of excess palmitic acid in the ileum, driving its accumulation in the serum.

Early immune pressure and co-occurring mutations drive changes in hepatitis C virus fitness and evolution, revealing key dynamics in the establishment of chronic infection.

It is proposed that innate immune cells are positioned to activate the naïve B cell repertoire and rational application of training stimuli could enforce this, offsetting original antigenic sin, wherein recall of ‘off-target’ B cell memory can obscure vaccine effectiveness.

KLF2 activity and impaired interferon signaling contribute to HIV-1 persistence by restricting antiviral immunity in infected CD4 T cells during early infection.

hmmIBD outperforms alternative tools in detecting genome segments that are identical-by-descent and uncovering signals of positive selection and demographic history in malaria parasite genomes, underscoring the importance of tool prioritization and optimization for reliable malaria genomic surveillance.

Motile Enterobacteriaceae override chemorepulsion from the microbiota metabolite indole in favor of nutrient attraction, challenging the idea that indole taxis protects the host against intestinal infection.

Certain bacteriophage are specifically adapted to infecting biofilm bacteria by exploiting biofilm characteristics, such as the exopolysaccharides produced by bacteria in biofilms.

Probiotic P118 against Salmonella infections by directly antibacterial actions, inhibiting Salmonella colonization and invasion, attenuating macrophage pro-inflammatory responses, and modulating gut microbiota mediated by microbe-derived indole metabolites.