Tryptophan Dietary Impacts Gut Barrier and Metabolic Diseases

Changes in gut microbiota control metabolic endotoxemia-induced inflammation in high-fat diet-induced obesity and diabetes in mice

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Gut microbiota in cardiovascular health and disease

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CARD9 impacts colitis by altering gut microbiota metabolism of tryptophan into aryl hydrocarbon receptor ligands

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Impact of the Gut Microbiota on Intestinal Immunity Mediated by Tryptophan Metabolism

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ACE2 links amino acid malnutrition to microbial ecology and intestinal inflammation

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Gut microbiota-derived metabolites as central regulators in metabolic disorders

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Gut Microbiota as a Trigger for Metabolic Inflammation in Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes

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Intestinal Barrier in Human Health and Disease

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Nutritional Components in Western Diet Versus Mediterranean Diet at the Gut Microbiota–Immune System Interplay. Implications for Health and Disease

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The links between gut microbiota and obesity and obesity related diseases

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Intestinal Permeability, Inflammation and the Role of Nutrients

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Indole-3-propionic Acid Improved the Intestinal Barrier by Enhancing Epithelial Barrier and Mucus Barrier

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The Uniqueness of Tryptophan in Biology: Properties, Metabolism, Interactions and Localization in Proteins

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Tryptophan Metabolism and Gut Microbiota: A Novel Regulatory Axis Integrating the Microbiome, Immunity, and Cancer

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Effects of dietary components on intestinal permeability in health and disease

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Role of diet and its effects on the gut microbiome in the pathophysiology of mental disorders

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Production of Indole and Indole-Related Compounds by the Intestinal Microbiota and Consequences for the Host: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

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The Tryptophan and Kynurenine Pathway Involved in the Development of Immune-Related Diseases

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Microbiota-derived tryptophan metabolites in vascular inflammation and cardiovascular disease

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An Insight into the Roles of Dietary Tryptophan and Its Metabolites in Intestinal Inflammation and Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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Promises of microbiome-based therapies

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Isolation and Quantification of Uremic Toxin Precursor-Generating Gut Bacteria in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients

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Multi-‘Omics of Host-Microbiome Interactions in Short- and Long-Term Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)

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Regulation of common neurological disorders by gut microbial metabolites

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Tryptophan-rich diet ameliorates chronic unpredictable mild stress induced depression- and anxiety-like behavior in mice: The potential involvement of gut-brain axis

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Targeting Dietary and Microbial Tryptophan-Indole Metabolism as Therapeutic Approaches to Colon Cancer

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Enhancing intestinal barrier efficiency: A novel metabolic diseases therapy

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Microbial Metabolites: Critical Regulators in NAFLD

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Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz. volatile oil relieves acute ulcerative colitis via regulating gut microbiota and gut microbiota metabolism

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Functional metabolomics reveal the role of AHR/GPR35 mediated kynurenic acid gradient sensing in chemotherapy-induced intestinal damage

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Nutritional Therapy to Modulate Tryptophan Metabolism and Aryl Hydrocarbon-Receptor Signaling Activation in Human Diseases

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Targeting whole body metabolism and mitochondrial bioenergetics in the drug development for Alzheimer's disease

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The Potential Effects of Probiotics and ω-3 Fatty Acids on Chronic Low-Grade Inflammation

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Mucins, gut microbiota, and postbiotics role in colorectal cancer

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The Brain-Gut-Microbiome System: Pathways and Implications for Autism Spectrum Disorder

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Molecular and Pathophysiological Links between Metabolic Disorders and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

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Association of Gut Microbiota With Metabolism in Rainbow Trout Under Acute Heat Stress

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Fecal microbiota transplantation improves chicken growth performance by balancing jejunal Th17/Treg cells

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Harnessing intestinal tryptophan catabolism to relieve atherosclerosis in mice

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Role of the Microbiome in Gut-Heart-Kidney Cross Talk

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Tryptophan: From Diet to Cardiovascular Diseases

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Transient Mild Photothermia Improves Therapeutic Performance of Oral Nanomedicines with Enhanced Accumulation in the Colitis Mucosa

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Gut microbiota and its metabolites – molecular mechanisms and management strategies in diabetic kidney disease

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Mechanisms, therapeutic implications, and methodological challenges of gut microbiota and cardiovascular diseases: a position paper by the ESC Working Group on Coronary Pathophysiology and Microcirculation

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High temperature stress induced oxidative stress, gut inflammation and disordered metabolome and microbiome in tsinling lenok trout

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New Insights Into the Physiopathology of COVID-19: SARS-CoV-2-Associated Gastrointestinal Illness

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Postbiotic-Enabled Targeting of the Host-Microbiota-Pathogen Interface: Hints of Antibiotic Decline?

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Melatonin–Microbiome Two-Sided Interaction in Dysbiosis-Associated Conditions

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Impact of Dietary Flavanols on Microbiota, Immunity and Inflammation in Metabolic Diseases

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Targeting nonalcoholic fatty liver disease via gut microbiome-centered therapies

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Loss of IDO1 Expression From Human Pancreatic β-Cells Precedes Their Destruction During the Development of Type 1 Diabetes

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Supplementation with Exogenous Catalase from Penicillium notatum in the Diet Ameliorates Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Intestinal Oxidative Damage through Affecting Intestinal Antioxidant Capacity and Microbiota in Weaned Pigs

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Gut microbiota in regulatory T cell generation and function: mechanisms and health implications

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Understanding the complex function of gut microbiota: its impact on the pathogenesis of obesity and beyond: a comprehensive review

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Anti-Inflammatory Potential of Cow, Donkey and Goat Milk Extracellular Vesicles as Revealed by Metabolomic Profile

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The Role of Tryptophan Metabolism in the Occurrence and Progression of Acute and Chronic Kidney Diseases

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Unraveling Host-Gut Microbiota Dialogue and Its Impact on Cholesterol Levels

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Gossip in the gut: Quorum sensing, a new player in the host-microbiota interactions

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Punicalagin alleviates renal injury via the gut-kidney axis in high-fat diet-induced diabetic mice

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Development of an Efficient and Sensitive Chemical Derivatization-Based LC–MS/MS Method for Quantifying Gut Microbiota-Derived Metabolites in Human Plasma and Its Application in Studying Cardiovascular Disease

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De-coding the complex role of microbial metabolites in cancer

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Interplay between diet, circulating indolepropionate concentrations and cardiometabolic health in US populations

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Probiotics and biofilm interaction in aquaculture for sustainable food security: A review and bibliometric analysis

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Prenatal stress-induced disruptions in microbial and host tryptophan metabolism and transport

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Gallic acid acts as an anti-inflammatory agent via PPARγ-mediated immunomodulation and antioxidation in fish gut-liver axis

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Microbial modulation of tryptophan metabolism links gut microbiota to disease and its treatment

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The altered metabolites contributed by dysbiosis of gut microbiota are associated with microbial translocation and immune activation during HIV infection

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Associations between plasma tryptophan and indole-3-propionic acid levels and mortality in patients with coronary artery disease

Li, Q., You, Y., Zeng, Y., Wang, X., Pan, Z., Pang, J., Chen, Q., Zhou, Y., Jin, Y., Yang, Y., et al. (2022) · American Journal of Clinical Nutrition · doi:10.1093/ajcn/nqac170 · Cited by 36

Gut microbial response to host metabolic phenotypes

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The role of the gut-microbiome-brain axis in metabolic remodeling amongst children with cerebral palsy and epilepsy

Ye, P., Chiu, A. T. G., Li, V. W. Y., Zhang, X., Yeung, W. L., Chan, H. S., & Tun, H. M. (2023) · Frontiers in Neurology · doi:10.3389/fneur.2023.1109469 · Cited by 37

Tryptophan intake, not always the more the better

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Association of Gut Microbiota and Metabolites With Disease Progression in Children With Biliary Atresia

Song, W., Sun, L., Zhu, Z., Wei, L., Qu, W., Zeng, Z.-G., Liu, Y., Zhang, H., & Guo, W. (2021) · Frontiers in Immunology · doi:10.3389/fimmu.2021.698900 · Cited by 38

Commensal-derived tryptophan metabolites fortify the skin barrier: Insights from a 50-species gnotobiotic model of human skin microbiome

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How does Quorum Sensing of Intestinal Bacteria Affect Our Health and Mental Status?

Dicks, L. M. T. (2022) · Microorganisms · doi:10.3390/microorganisms10101969 · Cited by 39

Role of gut microbiota and bacterial metabolites in mucins of colorectal cancer

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Tryptophan-rich diet is negatively associated with depression and positively linked to social cognition

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The Role and Mechanism of Gut Microbiota in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Chen, Y.-H., Wen, Y., Meng, L., Zhong, J., & Liu, X.-Y. (2022) · Nutrients · doi:10.3390/nu14204278 · Cited by 39

Existing and Future Strategies to Manipulate the Gut Microbiota With Diet as a Potential Adjuvant Treatment for Psychiatric Disorders

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Adipokines and Bacterial Metabolites: A Pivotal Molecular Bridge Linking Obesity and Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis to Target

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Indoleamine 2 3-dioxygenase knockout limits angiotensin II-induced aneurysm in low density lipoprotein receptor-deficient mice fed with high fat diet

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Association Between Gut and Nasal Microbiota and Allergic Rhinitis: A Systematic Review

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Berberine alleviates intestinal barrier dysfunction in glucolipid metabolism disorder hamsters by modulating gut microbiota and gut‐microbiota‐related tryptophan metabolites

Chen, Y., Hao, Z., Zhao, H., Duan, X., Jia, D., Li, K., Yang, Y., Cui, H., Gao, M., & Zhao, D. (2022) · Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture · doi:10.1002/jsfa.12242 · Cited by 31

Whole Grain Qingke Attenuates High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity in Mice With Alterations in Gut Microbiota and Metabolite Profile

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