Disease-causing pathogen rewires gut metabolism to secure nutrients for growth: Study news.vumc.org/2026/04/30/d...
Eric Skaar gets the Molecular Biology Prize!#NAS
Surprisingly, ETBF then engages oxidative metabolism to expand, persist, and drive disease. Grateful for outstanding collaborators Alex Grote, Ashlee Earl, and others, and for the foundational work of leaders in the field, Cynthia Sears and Shruti Naik.
A tour de force by our talented team—Luisella Spiga, Ryan Fansler, Yifan Wu, and Madison Butler—showing how the classically anaerobic pathogen ETBF uses its toxin BFT to rewire host metabolism, introducing oxygen into the gut.
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Zhu Lab at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Excited to share our new paper: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...