The gut microbiota mediates the protective effect of Trp-rich diet against sept (IMAGE)

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The gut microbiota mediates the protective effect of Trp-rich diet against sept

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The bacterial Trp metabolite IPyA binds to GPR37 on macrophages and activates the downstream phagocytic signaling pathway, promoting macrophage bacterial phagocytosis and ultimately improving sepsis.

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Professor Bei Hu from Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, China

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