Wei Deng

This study shows that Ganoderma lucidum spore powder alleviates kidney aging in mice by modulating gut microbiota and promoting nicotinamide riboside production, which improves renal function through the gut-kidney axis.

This study compares the genomes of nematode-trapping fungi and non-NTF to identify genomic changes linked to carnivorism and adaptation to post-Permian-Triassic extinction environments.

The paper uses phylogenomic analyses of 23 genomes to study evolutionary modes of carnivorous fungi, finding extensive phylogenetic discordance due to incomplete lineage sorting and non-vertical evolution.