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Immune Antibodies and Helminth Products Drive CXCR2-Dependent Macrophage-Myofibroblast Crosstalk to Promote Intestinal Repair

Duncan-Bruce Sutherland, Nicola Harris, Benjamin John Marsland, Beatrice Volpe, Julia Esser-von Bieren, Jérôme Bürgi

Helminth parasites can cause considerable damage when migrating through host tissues, thus making rapid tissue repair imperative to prevent bleeding and bacterial dissemination particularly during enteric infection. However, how protective type 2 responses ...

Public Library Science2015

Concerted Activity of IgG1 Antibodies and IL-4/IL-25-Dependent Effector Cells Trap Helminth Larvae in the Tissues following Vaccination with Defined Secreted Antigens, Providing Sterile Immunity to Challenge Infection

Nicola Harris, Julia Esser-von Bieren

Over 25% of the world's population are infected with helminth parasites, the majority of which colonise the gastrointestinal tract. However, no vaccine is yet available for human use, and mechanisms of protective immunity remain unclear. In the mouse model ...

Public Library of Science2015

Murine Gut Microbiota Is Defined by Host Genetics and Modulates Variation of Metabolic Traits

Johan Auwerx, Pénélope Andreux, Evan Graehl Williams, Xu Wang

The gastrointestinal tract harbors a complex and diverse microbiota that has an important role in host metabolism. Microbial diversity is influenced by a combination of environmental and host genetic factors and is associated with several polygenic disease ...

Public Library of Science2012

Serotonin receptor diversity in the human colon: Expression of serotonin type 3 receptor subunits 5-HT3C, 5-HT3D, and 5-HT3E

Rudolf Hovius

Since the first description of 5-HT3 receptors more than 50 years ago, there has been speculation about the molecular basis of their receptor heterogeneity. We have cloned the genes encoding novel 5-HT3 subunits 5-HT3C, 5-HT3D, and 5-HT3E and have shown th ...

Wiley-Blackwell2010

PPARgamma controls dectin-1 expression required for host antifungal defense against Candida albicans

Johan Auwerx

We recently showed that IL-13 or peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) ligands attenuate Candida albicans colonization of the gastrointestinal tract. Here, using a macrophage-specific Dectin-1 deficient mice model, we demonstrate tha ...

2010

MEMS for enhanced optical diagnosis in microscopy

Christian Depeursinge, Stéphane Chamot

Endoluminal microscopy and spectroscopy could significantly improve the efficiency of clinical endoscopic examination by allowing in-situ detection, staging and grading of potentially cancerous lesions. Indeed, high-end optical microscopy techniques such a ...

2007

Molecular ecological analysis of the succession and diversity of sulfate-reducing bacteria in the mouse gastrointestinal tract

Bart Deplancke

Intestinal sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) growth and resultant hydrogen sulfide production may damage the gastrointestinal epithelium and thereby contribute to chronic intestinal disorders. However, the ecology and phylogenetic diversity of intestinal dis ...

2000

Treatment of gastrointestinal disease with ppar modulators

Johan Auwerx

Methods and compositions are provided for treating a host having a gastrointestinal (GI) disease by administering to the host a composition containing a pharmaceutically effective amount of a modulator of a Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor (PPAR) ...

1998

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