Full Description
A massive load of commensal microbes, consisting of bacteria, viruses, and fungi, resides in the gastrointestinal tract and other mucosal surfaces which are collectively termed microbiota. Mucosal barriers including the epithelial layers and immune cells act as the frontline to strategically confine these microorganisms and prevent the entry of microbes into the body proper. Mucosal Barriers and Host-Microbiota Interplay: Dysbiosis to Barrier Dysfunction provides an in-depth exploration of mucosal barriers, including their structure and establishment, along with the consideration of different diseases and intervention strategies. This is a volume in Elsevier's new series Hot Topics in Physiology, published in association with the International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUSP). It is an idea reference for those researching or studying biology and medicine, particularly gastroenterology. Biotechnological companies working on metagenomics sequencing and analysis may also find this volume useful.
Contents
1. Host Barriers against Microbiota: Traditional Views and Recent Advances
2. Neonatal Establishment of Microbiome Ecosystem and Intestinal Barrier: How Developmental Programming of Gut Microbiota Impacts Adult Disease Progression
3. Epithelial Junctional Proteins for Physical Defense, Cell-Cell Contact, and Polarity Complex
4. Unconventional Roles of Tight Junctions in Cell Survival and Ion Transport
5. Epithelial Microvilli and Transcellular Permeability in the Cause-and-Effect Relationship between Barrier Dysfunction and Microbiota Dysbiosis
6. Wound Healing and Barrier Integrity: Cellular and Molecular Players in Gastric Mucosal Repair
7. Mucosal Pathophysiology: The Role of Gut Microbiota Biofilms during Host-Pathogen Interplay
8. Antagonism between Gut Microbiota Modulates the Progression of Chronic Hepatitis
9. The Role of Microbiome-Mucosal Barrier Interactions in Neoplastic Diseases
10. The Interplay of Gut Microbiota and Energy Homeostasis in Obesity-related Diseases
11. Refining the Role of Gut Microbiota in the Developmental Programming of Cardiovascular Kidney Metabolic Syndrome
12. Interrelationship between Intestinal Immune Cells and Barrier Function in the Development of Neurodegenerative Diseases
13. Intestinal Epithelial Cells: Gatekeepers of Gut-Brain Axis, Microbiome, and Beyond
14. Epithelial Barriers and Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis, Microbiome, and Beyond
15. The Role of Gut Microbiota in Cancer Development and Translational Modulation Strategies
16. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Potentials Targeting the Interplay of Host Barriers and Microbiota in Human Diseases
17. The Dietary Restoration of Intestinal Barrier Function by Nutrient-Sensing Receptors
18. Dietary Factors and Next-Generation Probiotics for Microbiota Eubiosis and Barrier Fortification
