- Scientists have recently been focused on learning more about the gut microbiome and its role in overall health.
- The trillions of microorganisms in the gut help with a variety of important processes that help keep the body healthy.
- Researchers recently discovered that the mucosal immune system can be trained to protect against a specific protein, helping it to combat the negative effects of consuming foods containing added dietary emulsifiers, at least in mice.
- This could offer a potential new way to train the mucosal immune system to help protect against chronic inflammatory diseases such as type 2 diabetes and obesity.
Over the past few years, researchers have paid great attention to the gut microbiome and how it affects a person’s overall health.
From ensuring the body absorbs everything it needs—from consumed foods to helping the body defend against infection—it’s obvious that the trillions of bacteria and other
However, keeping the gut microbiome functioning well can sometimes be difficult as
Now, researchers from the Institut Cochin, INSERM &Université Paris Cité, France, have discovered via a mouse model that the
This study was recently published in the journal PLOS Biology.
For this study, Dr. Benoit Chassaing, Inserm principal investigator at the Institut Cochin, INSERM &Université Paris Cité, France, and his team decided to train the mucosal immune system against a specific protein called
Additionally, when dietary emulsifiers cause changes in the gut…
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