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Cell Host Microbe
; 32(5): 623-624, 2024 May 08.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-38723597
ABSTRACT
Common nutrients in our diet often affect our health through unexpected mechanisms. In a recent issue of Nature, Scott et al. show gut microbes convert dietary tryptophan into metabolites activating intestinal dopamine receptors, which can block attachment of bacterial pathogens to host cells.