The gut microbiota has emerged as a critical player in metabolic and liver health, with its influence extending to the pathogenesis and progression of steatotic liver diseases.This review delves into the gut-liver axis, a dynamic communication network linking the gut microbiome and liver through metabolic, immunological, and inflammatory pathways.D
Abstract The Drosophila ovary is regenerated from germline and somatic stem cell populations that have provided fundamental conceptual understanding on how adult stem cells are regulated within their niches.Recent ovarian transcriptomic studies have failed to identify mRNAs that lunch boxes are specific to follicle stem cells (FSCs), suggesting tha
The associative behaviors of Bifidobacterium lactis (Bl) and Streptococcus thermophilus (St) have been investigated in skim milk through a study based on their growth and organic acid profile.Finally, the effect of inulin was examined, as one of the most attracting prebiotics in functional food preparation, on the fermentation patterns either of pu
Recently there has been a growing interest in employing serious games for the assessment and rehabilitation of elderly people with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and related disorders.In the present study we examined the acceptability of ‘Kitchen and cooking’ - a serious game developed in the context of the EU proje