Sharing some interesting papers (haven't had the time to read them yet, but abstracts look cool!)

'Inflammatory Bowel Disease-Associated Gut Commensals Degrade Components of the Extracellular Matrix'

https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.02201-22

'some commensal bacteria in the gut are indeed capable of degrading components of human ECM in vitro and suggest that this proteolytic activity may be involved in the progression of IBD'