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ArticleGut microbes2025

T cells regulate intestinal motility and shape enteric neuronal responses to intestinal microbiota.

Patricia Rodrigues Marques de Souza, Catherine M Keenan, Laurie E Wallace, Yasaman Bahojb Habibyan, Marcela Davoli-Ferreira, Christina Ohland, Fernando A Vicentini, Kathy D McCoy, Keith A Sharkey

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Article in Gut microbes, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Patricia Rodrigues Marques de SouzaDepartment of Health Education, Federal University of Sergipe, Aracaju, SE, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-0216-7811
Catherine M KeenanDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Laurie E WallaceDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Yasaman Bahojb HabibyanDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Marcela Davoli-FerreiraDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Christina OhlandDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Fernando A VicentiniFarncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Kathy D McCoyDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-3900-9227
Keith A SharkeyDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-9560-1711

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

How the gut microbiota and immune system maintain intestinal homeostasis in concert with the enteric nervous system (ENS) remains incompletely understood. To address this gap, we assessed small intestinal transit, enteric neuronal density, enteric neurogenesis, intestinal microbiota, immune cell populations and cytokines in wildtype and T-cell deficient germ-free mice colonized with specific pathogen-free (SPF) microbiota, conventionally raised SPF and segmented filamentous bacteria (SFB)-monocolonized mice. SPF microbiota increased small intestinal transit in a T cell-dependent manner. SPF microbiota increased neuronal density in the myenteric and submucosal plexuses of the ileum and colon, similar to conventionally raised SPF mice, independently of T cells. SFB increased neuronal density in the ileum in a T cell-dependent manner, but independently of T cells in the colon. SPF microbiota stimulated enteric neurogenesis (Sox2 expression in enteric neurons) in the ileum in a T cell-dependent manner, but in the colon this effect was T cell-independent. T cells regulated nestin expression in the ENS. SPF colonization increased Th17 cells, RORγT

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Enteric Nervous SystemGastrointestinal MicrobiomeGastrointestinal MotilityIleumMice, Inbred C57BLAnimalsBacteriaColonGerm-Free LifeInterleukin-17MaleMiceNestinNeurogenesisNeuronsSpecific Pathogen-Free OrganismsInterleukin-17NestinEnteric nervous systementeric neurogenesisintestinal motilitymyenteric plexusT cells

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PMID39704079
PMCPMC12931703

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