Suppression of chronic Arabidopsis immune responses is a widespread but typically strain-specific trait across the major bacterial lineages …
Host immunity and commensal bacteria synergistically maintain intestinal homeostasis and mediate colonization resistance against pathogens. However…
Bacterial antiviral STANDs (Avs) are evolutionarily related to the nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain (NOD)-like receptors widely distribute…
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a bacterial pathogen, responsible for approximately 1.3 million deaths in 2022 through tuberculosis infections…
Local microbiome shifts are implicated in the development and progression of gastrointestinal cancers, and in particular, esophageal carcinoma (ESC…
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are widely acknowledged as primary mediators to the initiation and progression of tumors. The association between microbia…
Male-killing is a microbe-induced reproductive manipulation in invertebrates whereby male hosts are eliminated during development. In the tea tortr…
Toxoplasma gondii, an intracellular pathogenic protist with a remarkable ability to infect a wide range of host cells, displays an equally e…
Fungi are the most important group of plant pathogens, responsible for many of the world’s most devastating crop diseases. One of the reasons the…