[HTML][HTML] Microbiota-derived short-chain fatty acids promote Th1 cell IL-10 production to maintain intestinal homeostasis

…, L Chen, W Yang, X Huang, C Ma, F Chen… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
T-cells are crucial in maintanence of intestinal homeostasis, however, it is still unclear how
microbiota metabolites regulate T-effector cells. Here we show gut microbiota-derived short-…

mTOR mediates IL-23 induction of neutrophil IL-17 and IL-22 production

F Chen, A Cao, S Yao, HL Evans-Marin… - The journal of …, 2016 - journals.aai.org
It has been shown recently that neutrophils are able to produce IL-22 and IL-17, which
differentially regulate the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease. However, it is still largely …

[HTML][HTML] GPR43 mediates microbiota metabolite SCFA regulation of antimicrobial peptide expression in intestinal epithelial cells via activation of mTOR and STAT3

Y Zhao, F Chen, W Wu, M Sun, AJ Bilotta, S Yao… - Mucosal …, 2018 - Elsevier
The antimicrobial peptides (AMP) produced by intestinal epithelial cells (IEC) play crucial
roles in the regulation of intestinal homeostasis by controlling microbiota. Gut microbiota has …

Microbiome control of innate reactivity

F Chen, TS Stappenbeck - Current opinion in immunology, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights • Microbial metabolites are increasingly recognized as a functional output of the
microbiome that impacts both host physiology and immunity. • A broad array of components of …

[HTML][HTML] Microbiota metabolite short-chain fatty acid acetate promotes intestinal IgA response to microbiota which is mediated by GPR43

W Wu, M Sun, F Chen, AT Cao, H Liu, Y Zhao… - Mucosal …, 2017 - Elsevier
Intestinal IgA, which is regulated by gut microbiota, has a crucial role in maintenance of intestinal
homeostasis and in protecting the intestines from inflammation. However, the means by …

Microbiota-specific Th17 cells: Yin and Yang in regulation of inflammatory bowel disease

W Wu, F Chen, Z Liu, Y Cong - Inflammatory bowel diseases, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Multiple mechanisms are involved in regulation of host response to microbiota to maintain
the intestinal homeostasis. Th17 cells are enriched in the intestinal lamina propria under …

CD177+ neutrophils as functionally activated neutrophils negatively regulate IBD

…, L Fang, W Yang, T Yu, Y Miao, M Chen, K Wu, F Chen… - Gut, 2018 - gut.bmj.com
Background Neutrophils are accumulated in inflamed mucosa of IBD and play an important
role in the pathogenesis. CD177 is expressed in neutrophils specifically and upregulated …

[PDF][PDF] Long-term culture captures injury-repair cycles of colonic stem cells

…, A Ver Heul, ND Han, Q Lu, S Xiong, F Chen… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
The colonic epithelium can undergo multiple rounds of damage and repair, often in response
to excessive inflammation. The responsive stem cell that mediates this process is unclear, …

PAI-1 augments mucosal damage in colitis

GE Kaiko, F Chen, CW Lai, IL Chiang… - Science translational …, 2019 - science.org
There is a major unmet clinical need to identify pathways in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
to classify patient disease activity, stratify patients that will benefit from targeted therapies …

Microbiota metabolite short-chain fatty acids facilitate mucosal adjuvant activity of cholera toxin through GPR43

W Yang, Y Xiao, X Huang, F Chen, M Sun… - The Journal of …, 2019 - journals.aai.org
The gut microbiota has been shown critical for mucosal adjuvant activity of cholera toxin (CT),
a potent mucosal adjuvant. However, the mechanisms involved remain largely unknown. …