2020
Global chemical effects of the microbiome include new bile-acid conjugations
Quinn RA, Melnik AV, Vrbanac A, Fu T, Patras KA, Christy MP, Bodai Z, Belda-Ferre P, Tripathi A, Chung LK, Downes M, Welch RD, Quinn M, Humphrey G, Panitchpakdi M, Weldon KC, Aksenov A, da Silva R, Avila-Pacheco J, Clish C, Bae S, Mallick H, Franzosa EA, Lloyd-Price J, Bussell R, Thron T, Nelson AT, Wang M, Leszczynski E, Vargas F, Gauglitz JM, Meehan MJ, Gentry E, Arthur TD, Komor AC, Poulsen O, Boland BS, Chang JT, Sandborn WJ, Lim M, Garg N, Lumeng JC, Xavier RJ, Kazmierczak BI, Jain R, Egan M, Rhee KE, Ferguson D, Raffatellu M, Vlamakis H, Haddad GG, Siegel D, Huttenhower C, Mazmanian SK, Evans RM, Nizet V, Knight R, Dorrestein PC. Global chemical effects of the microbiome include new bile-acid conjugations. Nature 2020, 579: 123-129. PMID: 32103176, PMCID: PMC7252668, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2047-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChemical interactionChemistryBile acid synthesis genesChemical effectsInflammatory bowel diseaseBile acid conjugatesCompoundsHost bile acidsMolecular familiesBile acid conjugationBowel diseaseGut diseasesMicrobiome dysbiosisConjugationAcidFree miceAmino acid conjugationBile acidsCystic fibrosisX receptorAcid conjugationReduced expressionFurther studiesDiseaseMice
1999
Continuous detection of extracellular ATP on living cells by using atomic force microscopy
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