Microbiomes: How a gut bacterium promotes healthier living in a nematode.
| Autor: | MacNeil LT; Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada. Electronic address: macneil@mcmaster.ca. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Current biology : CB [Curr Biol] 2022 May 09; Vol. 32 (9), pp. R428-R430. |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.cub.2022.04.008 |
| Abstrakt: | A new study finds that a bacterium from the microbiome of the nematode Pristionchus pacificus can promote rapid growth, increased body size, and increased fecundity by inducing neuronal expression of TGF-β ligands. This is an intriguing example of how the microbiota induces systemic effects in the host by stimulating neuroendocrine signaling. Competing Interests: Declaration of interests The author declares no competing interests. (Crown Copyright © 2022. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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