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

Cell-cell interactions help drive tolerogenic or inflammatory responses to the maelstrom of antigens passing through the gut.

Gluten is a protein in wheat, barley, and rye and is associated with two dietary conditions, celiac disease and non-celiac ...

Scientists have used advanced X-ray phase-contrast tomography (XPCT) to uncover how gut health may influence Alzheimer’s disease.

Maternal microbiome-derived metabolites during pregnancy impact offspring stem cell function, offering potential therapeutic targets to improve child health.

Food allergy, or the aggressive immune system reaction following the consumption of a certain food or food ingredient, ...

Food allergies can be life-threatening due to the rapid and exaggerated immune response. While mucosal mast cells (MMCs) are ...