Nature Communications (Jun 2022)

Programmable probiotics modulate inflammation and gut microbiota for inflammatory bowel disease treatment after effective oral delivery

  • Jun Zhou,
  • Maoyi Li,
  • Qiufang Chen,
  • Xinjie Li,
  • Linfu Chen,
  • Ziliang Dong,
  • Wenjun Zhu,
  • Yang Yang,
  • Zhuang Liu,
  • Qian Chen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31171-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a complex disease that is associated with multiple genetic and environmental variables. Here the authors develop genetically engineered probiotics with selfproducing functional proteins and biofilm self-coating for safe and efficient IBD treatment in mice.