Have a good Monday! Today a very brief digest with remarkable articles about: Melanoma-related changes in skin microbiome, the use of microbiome to treat obesity, connections between Parkinson’s disease and microbiome, Asthma and more!

Human and General Microbiome

Insular Resting State Functional Connectivity is Associated with Gut Microbiota Diversity – Kaylah Curtis – European Journal of Neuroscience

Mini-Review: Gut microbiome approaches to treat obesity in humans – Fernanda Bianchi – Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Melanoma-related changes in skin microbiome – Jakub Mrázek – Folia Microbiologica

Role of TLR4 in the gut-brain axis in Parkinson’s disease: a translational study from men to mice – Paula Perez-Pardo – Gut (BMJ)

Bi-directional drug-microbiome interactions of anti-diabetics – Andrew Whang – EBioMedicine

Gut microbiota-dependent trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) shows a U-shaped association with mortality but not with recurrent venous thromboembolism – Martin F. Reiner – Thrombosis Research

The Microbiome in Asthma: Role in pathogenesis, phenotype, and response to treatment – Ariangela J. Kozik – Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology

Modulating the Microbiome: The Future of Allergy Therapeutics? – Christina E. Ciaccio – Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology

Microbial patterns in patients with histamine intolerance – M. Schink – Journal Of Physiology And Pharmacology

Towards quantitative microbiome community profiling using internal standards – Yajuan Lin – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Galactose impacts the size and intracellular composition of the asaccharolytic oral pathobiont Porphyromonas gingivalis – Zachary D. Moye – Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Functional Compounds

Regulatory Efficacy of Spirulina platensis Protease Hydrolyzate on Lipid Metabolism and Gut Microbiota in High-Fat Diet-Fed Rats – Pengpeng Hua – International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Soluble xyloglucan generates bigger bacterial community shifts than pectic polymers during in vitro fecal fermentation – Thaisa Moro Cantu-Jungles – Carbohydrate Polymers

Dendrobium huoshanense polysaccharide regionally regulates intestinal mucosal barrier function and intestinal microbiota in mice – Song-Zi Xie – Carbohydrate Polymers

Evodiamine prevents dextran sulfate sodium-induced murine experimental colitis via the regulation of NF-κB and NLRP3 inflammasome – Peng Shen – Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy