• Hepatic circadian clock oscillators and nuclear receptors integrate microbiome-derived signals 

      Montagner, Alexandra; Korecka, Agata; Polizzi, Arnaud; Lippi, Yannick; Blum, Yuna; ... more authors ( Nature Publishing Group , 2016 , Article)
      The liver is a key organ of metabolic homeostasis with functions that oscillate in response to food intake. Although liver and gut microbiome crosstalk has been reported, microbiome-mediated effects on peripheral circadian ...
    • Human microbiome and its association with health and diseases 

      Al-Thani, Asma; Marei, Hany E.; Hamdi, Wedad S.; Nasrallah, Gheyath K.; El Zowalaty, Mohamed E.; ... more authors ( Wiley , 2016 , Article)
      Human microbiota are distinct communities of microorganisms that resides at different body niches. Exploration of the human microbiome has become a reality due to the availability of powerful metagenomics and metatranscriptomic ...
    • Microbiota and the control of blood-tissue barriers 

      Al-Asmakh, Maha; Hedin, Lars ( Taylor & Francis , 2015 , Article)
      The gastro-intestinal tract is an ecosystem containing trillions of commensal bacteria living in symbiosis with the host. These microbiota modulate a variety of our physiological processes, including production of vitamins, ...
    • The gut microbiota and developmental programming of the testis in mice 

      Al-Asmakh, Maha; Stukenborg, Jan-Bernd; Reda, Ahmed; Anuar, Farhana; Strand, Mona-Lisa; ... more authors ( Public Library of Science , 2014 , Article)
      Nutrients and environmental chemicals, including endocrine disruptors, have been incriminated in the current increase in male reproductive dysfunction, but the underlying mechanisms remain unknown. The gastrointestinal ...
    • Use of Germ-Free Animal Models in Microbiota-Related Research 

      Al-Asmakh, Maha; Zadjali, Fahad ( The Korean Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology , 2015 , Article)
      The large intestine is a home for trillions of microbiota, which confer many benefits on the host, including production of vitamins, absorption of nutrients, pathogen displacement, and development of the immune system. For ...