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Indole-3-pyruvate: Analysis and Control of Tautomerism and Reactivity

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Changes in gut microbiota affect DNA methylation levels and development of chicken muscle tissue

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Gut microbiota-associated metabolites in metabolic diseases and their impact from food processing

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Carrot-Derived Rhamnogalacturonan-I Consistently Increases the Microbial Production of Health-Promoting Indole-3-Propionic Acid Ex Vivo

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Moderate increase in dietary fat induces alterations of microbiota and metabolome along the digestive tract prior to systemic metabolic changes: insights from a pig model

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Gut microbiota: A bridge between depression and cardiovascular disease-A narrative review

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Gut Microbiota in Primary Sarcopenia: Mechanisms and Potential Therapeutic Targets

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The gut-eye axis in blinding eye diseases: microbiota-driven immune dysregulation and immunomodulatory therapies

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Garlic-Derived Exosome-Like Nanoparticles Enhance Gut Homeostasis in Stressed Piglets: Involvement of Lactobacillus reuteri Modulation and Indole-3-propionic Acid Induction

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Tryptophan metabolism in inter-organ communication and its potential applications for disease prevention and control

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Construction and Functional Characterization of a Heterologous Quorum Sensing Circuit in Clostridium sporogenes

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A young child formula with Limosilactobacillus reuteri and GOS modulates gut microbiome and enhances bone and muscle development: a randomized trial

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Microbiota-derived indole-3-propionic acid extends lifespan in Drosophila and improves muscle and bone health in mice

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The role of indole metabolites derived from gut microbiota in Parkinson's disease: A comprehensive review

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The causal relationship between gut microbiota and preterm birth: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study

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Temperature-dependent metabolite orchestration to acute submaximal exercise indicates cardiorespiratory fitness in humans

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Clostridium sporogenes and its tryptophan metabolite indole -3- propionic acid repair antibiotic-induced muscle atrophy in mice

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Lignocellulose degradation capabilities and distribution of antibiotic resistance genes and virulence factors in Clostridium from the gut of giant pandas

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A montmorillonite-based oral fermentation system enables long-lasting in-situ biosynthesis to restore intestinal homeostasis

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Heterologous expression of NoxA confers aerotolerance in Clostridium sporogenes

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Indole‐3‐Propionic Acid Improves Vascular Function in High‐Fat Diet‐Induced Obese Mice via eNOS

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Food-derived bioactive peptides in gut–muscle Axis regulation: Potential and challenges from microbiota homeostasis to muscle metabolism remodeling

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Unlocking the role of microbiome through gut-skin axis to alleviate aging: current perspectives and future scope

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From microbes to molecules: Gut microbiota as a prerequisite threshold determinant for cancer immunotherapy efficacy

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Tryptophan accumulation and inflammation of glioblastoma cells in a multicomponent microchip for gut-brain-axis simulation

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Skeletal muscle metabolomic markers underlying the enhanced exercise-induced hypertrophy response to resistance training in older adults

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An integrated drug repositioning analysis identifies rosiglitazone as a treatment for sarcopenia

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Gastrointestinal fate of bioactive peptides: A mechanistic review of stability, transport, and bioavailability

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Additional file 1 of Microbiota-derived 3-phenylpropionic acid promotes myotube hypertrophy by Foxo3/NAD+ signaling pathway

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Effects of rumen fluid transplantation on longissimus dorsi muscle development in Xizang sheep: An association analysis based on transcriptomic and serum metabolomic profiles

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Lactiplantibacillus plantarum WY2401 promotes myogenesis via riboflavin-mediated modulation of METTL3-dependent mRNA m6A methylation

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The Importance of the Gut–Muscle Axis: From Mechanistic Insights in Cell Culture and Rodent Models to Descriptive and Associative Evidence in Livestock

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Developmental programming of skeletal muscle aging by parental exercise: Intergenerational mechanisms and implications for lifelong muscle health

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Obesity-related alterations in plasma metabolomics and fecal microbiota in Down syndrome Dp(16)1Yey mice

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Microbial-derived exerkines as a model of drug discovery

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Soluble prebiotic fiber and glucono-δ-lactone blends integrate compatible effects to modulate microbiota composition and metabolism ex vivo

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Innovative strategies in microbiota-targeted weight management: A review

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Clostridium sporogenes-derived metabolites protect mice against colonic inflammation

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Indole-3-propionic acid, a metabolite of Clostridium sporogenes , inhibits PASMCs proliferation in PH-LHD through the Adora1-Akt-mTOR pathway

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Intestinal Homeostasis: The role of Indole-3-propionic acid (IPA) in mucosal homeostasis and repair

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Gut microbial metabolite indole-3-propionic acid inhibits inflammation and restores blood-milk barrier in S. aureus- induced mastitis by targeting aryl hydrocarbon receptor

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