The intestinal microflora, typically equated with bacteria, influences diseases such as obesity
and inflammatory bowel disease. Here, we show that the mammalian gut contains a rich …

This paper documents the seventeenth data release (DR17) from the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys;
the fifth and final release from the fourth phase (SDSS-IV). DR17 contains the complete …

Compared to bacteria, the role of fungi within the intestinal microbiota is poorly understood.
In this study we investigated whether the presence of a "healthy" fungal community in the gut …

The Sloan Digital Sky Surveys (SDSS) have been almost continuously observing the skies
for over 20 yr, since the project began with a first phase in 1998 (SDSS-I; York et al. 2000). …

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is characterized by alterations in the intestinal microbiota
and altered immune responses to gut microbiota. Evidence is accumulating that IBD is …

Stricture of the anastomosis between the bladder neck and membranous urethra after
radical prostatectomy can cause significant voiding dysfunction. Of 156 patients undergoing …

Rationale: 17β-Estradiol (E2) attenuates hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction and hypoxic
pulmonary hypertension (HPH) through an unknown mechanism that may involve estrogen …

Massively parallel sequencing (MPSS) of bacterial 16S rDNA has been widely used to
characterize the microbial makeup of the human and mouse gastrointestinal tract. However, …

Objective. Breath testing and duodenal culture studies suggest that a significant proportion
of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) patients have small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. In this …

Addiction to methamphetamine is a significant public health problem, and there are currently
no pharmacological agents that are approved for the treatment of addiction to this powerful …