Taurine makes our microbiota stronger
Previous intestinal infections increase the resistance of the microbiota to subsequent infections by preventing pathogens to access strictly respiratory substrates
Prof. Jean-Marc Collard, Head of the Unit of Experimental Bacteriology, along with Prof. Philippe Sansonetti, wrote a spotlight over a paper recently published in Cell that reveals a process by which the host, triggered by infection, can deploy taurine as a nutrient to nourish and train the microbiota, promoting its resistance (by sulfide production) to subsequent infections.
In addition to highlighting the implications for the field of the step change in knowledge reported in this benchmark paper, they provided additional insights and discussed the importance of further work in such a scope.
