Fueling the fire in the gut

J Exp Med. 2022 Jul 4;219(7):e20220723. doi: 10.1084/jem.20220723. Epub 2022 May 27.

Abstract

Gut dysbiosis has long been associated with the development of Crohn's disease and other gastrointestinal disorders. Otake-Kasamoto et al. (2022. J. Exp. Med.https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20211291) report that dysbiotic microbiota-derived bioactive lipids, lysophosphatidylserines, can promote pathological Th1 cell responses through inducing metabolic reprogramming and epigenetic changes.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Dysbiosis
  • Gastrointestinal Microbiome* / physiology
  • Humans
  • Microbiota*