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Evaluating the Effects of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in an Interleukin-10 Deficient Mouse
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2025
This video demonstrates a procedure of fecal microbiota transplantation in an interleukin-10 deficient mouse with colon inflammation. Colonized fecal microbes in the gut release secondary metabolites, eliciting anti-inflammatory cytokine release and reducing colon inflammation.
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Murine Fecal Isolation and Microbiota Transplantation
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2023
The goal here is to outline a protocol to investigate the mechanisms of dysbiosis in cardiovascular disease. This paper discusses how to aseptically collect and transplant murine fecal samples, isolate intestines, and use the "Swiss-roll" method, followed by immunostaining techniques to interrogate changes in the gastrointestinal tract.
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Fecal Microbiota Transplantation via Colonoscopy for Recurrent C. difficile Infection
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2014
Fecal Microbiota Transplantation via colonoscopy is a safe and effective treatment for recurrent and refractory C.difficile infection. A systematic approach to patient and donor screening, preparation of stool, and delivery of the stool during the colonoscopy will maximize therapeutic success.
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Cervical Heterotopic Mouse Heart Transplantation using End-to-side Anastomosis Technique to Study Transplant Immunology
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2026
This protocol presents a simplified, end-to-side suture anastomosis technique for murine cervical heart transplantation, providing a robust and reproducible model for studying transplant immunology.
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A Method to Assess Bacteriocin Effects on the Gut Microbiota of Mice
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2017
Bacteriocins are believed to play a key role in defining microbial diversity in different ecological niches. Here, we describe an efficient procedure to assess how bacteriocins affect gut microbiota composition in an animal model.
FAQs
The central biological effect depends on community-level interactions, not simply on the presence of individual microorganisms. Transferred diversity can change how microbial members coexist and how the community relates to host biology. Studying these interactions helps investigators connect shifts in microbiota composition with changes in gut ecology, disease mechanisms, or therapeutic responses.
Donor evaluation is a safety and reproducibility safeguard. Screening helps determine whether a donor is appropriate before material is transferred, while standardized handling reduces avoidable variation between preparations. Together, these controls allow researchers to interpret recipient outcomes more confidently and distinguish effects associated with the introduced community from inconsistencies in the protocol.
Experimental controls provide a reference for judging safety, reproducibility, and recipient outcomes under defined conditions. They help investigators determine whether observed biological responses align with the transferred microbial community and its interactions, rather than with uncontrolled differences in preparation or study conditions. This comparison is especially important when examining disease mechanisms or therapeutic responses.
Operationally, the workflow moves from donor evaluation to sample collection and processing, then to preparation for administration and recipient monitoring. Each stage addresses a different source of uncertainty: suitability of donor material, consistency of the prepared community, controlled delivery, and assessment of safety and outcomes. Keeping these stages standardized supports reproducibility across biological studies.
Monitoring should focus on recipient outcomes and on whether the protocol can be conducted safely and consistently under the defined clinical or research conditions. In a research setting, this information is interpreted alongside community composition and microbial interactions, allowing investigators to evaluate biological responses in relation to the conditions under which transplantation occurred.
Biologists use this protocol to investigate gut ecology, host–microbe relationships, disease mechanisms, and therapeutic responses. Its value extends beyond changing community composition: the controlled transfer creates a framework for asking how microbial communities interact with one another and with the host. Careful outcome assessment then helps relate those ecological changes to the biological question under study.