With every bite of food we take, our intestinal immune system must make a big decision. Tasked with defending us from foreign ...

Southwest United Graduate School, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Cell Metabolism and Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Bio-resources in Yunnan Center for Life Sciences, ...

Chicken consumption has doubled in the U.S. since 1980, breezing past beef in 2010. But nearly three-quarters of production ...

When is food simply nourishing and enjoyable, and when does it provoke an allergic reaction? The answer appears to lie in the ...

Pathogen-fighting immune cells called tissue-resident memory CD8 T cells (TRM cells) go through a surprising transformation -- and relocation -- as they fight infections in the small intestine.

If the organs in our bodies could talk, the intestines might be the ones to divulge the most hidden truths about our ...

Cranberries are a potent food with impressive anti-inflammatory properties. Evidence suggests that polyphenols and vitamin C in cranberries protect against oxidative stress, increase antioxidant ...

Gastrointestinal cancer is a term that encompasses a group of cancers that affect the gastrointestinal tract. Types of gastrointestinal cancer include: How gastrointestinal cancer is diagnosed depends ...

Undoubtfully, each of these conditions is very different and quite unique, albeit food antigens/compounds, intestinal permeability and specific microbiota signatures orchestrate immune response and ...

College of Food Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Human Health in Universities of Shandong, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian 271018, China ...