K. Verbeke

Gut microbiota transplantation drives the adoptive transfer of colonic genotype-phenotype characteristics between mice lacking catestatin and their wild type counterparts

This study shows that gut microbiota transplantation from CST-KO mice to wild-type mice induces colonic fibrosis and tight junction impairment, suggesting a causal role for microbiota in intestinal dyshomeostasis linked to catestatin deficiency.

Catestatin selects for the colonization of antimicrobial-resistant gut bacterial communities

This study shows that catestatin (CST) alters gut microbiota composition and promotes antimicrobial resistance in CST-KO mice, with implications for inflammatory bowel disease.