Hector Estevez

TL;DR: This work demonstrates the active production of vesicle production by Streptococcus pneumoniae from the plasma membrane, rather than being a product from cell lysis, and shows that pneumococcus produces membrane-derived vesicles particularly enriched in lipoproteins and short-chain fatty acids.

TL;DR: The bioanalytical characterization of different parameters such as cell proliferation, apoptosis and cell cycle pattern on HepG2 cells has shown the unique properties of this relatively novel compound that support and complete prior evidences for future applications as chemotherapeutic agent.

TL;DR: The results showed that SeNPs are able to inhibit the growth of both types of mycobacteria by damaging their cell envelope integrity, which opens a new opportunity for the use of this type of nanoparticles as antimycobacterial agents by themselves, or for the development of novel nanosystems that combine the action of these nanoparticles with other drugs.

TL;DR: In MS there exists a correlation between plasma acetate levels, EDSS and increased IL-17+ T cells, and future studies will elucidate the role of SCFA in the disease.

TL;DR: The effects of Vivomixx on the gut microbiome and central and peripheral immune responses in a murine model of primary progressive MS reinforce the beneficial effects of oral probiotics that would be coadjuvant treatments to current MS therapies.