This article examines the important role
microbiota plays in the development, immune regulation, and maintenance of an animal's GI health.
Gut
microbiota plays a big role in your weight management, diabetes, and other aspects of health.
Although this work is still in progress, it's clear that
the microbiota plays an important role in stress - induced chronic anxiety, at least in animal models.
By using antibiotics and microbiota transplantation, the investigators showed that gut
microbiota plays a causal role in dietary CAP - induced protective phenotype against high - fat - diet - induced CLGI and obesity.
For the authors, «this research is further evidence of the undeniable role
microbiota plays in autoimmune diseases, particularly in controlling the development of autoimmune diabetes.»
«Since inflammaging is thought to contribute to many diseases associated with ageing, and we now find that the gut
microbiota plays a role in this process, strategies that alter the gut microbiota composition in the elderly could reduce inflammaging and promote healthy ageing,» explains Dr Floris Fransen, who performed the research at the University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands.
Other studies have demonstrated that the natural gut
microbiota plays a role in obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
[10] McLean, M. H., et al. «Does
the microbiota play a role in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases?.»
Research on probiotics is booming and there is increasing evidence our intestinal
microbiota play a significant role in relation to our immune system, weight, even our mood.
Not exact matches
Our gut
microbiotas are made up of trillions of microorganisms that
play an essential role in our overall well - being by supporting digestion, synthesizing nutrients and vitamins and protecting against diseases.
Stress
plays a huge role in gut health, altering the composition of the gastrointestinal
microbiota and likewise, an unhealthy diversity of bacteria can impact emotional behaviour and exacerbate our stress response.
Intestinal permeability,
microbiota and immunology
play an important role in maintaining the gut environment.
Trillions of bacteria exist within the human intestinal
microbiota, which
plays a critical role in the development and progression of IBD.
Interestingly, the authors noted that since the study showed that
microbiota in the gut can influence the brain, it «adds to evidence suggesting that the intestinal
microbiota may
play some role in the spectrum of brain disorders ranging from mood or anxiety to other problems that may include autism, Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis.»
In vivo tests on mice then confirmed the presence of more than half of the predicted metabolites, including two novel metabolites, which
play a role in the pathways that regulate
microbiota metabolism as well as host immune function.
Known as «
microbiota,» these bacteria have a vital role to
play in human health: they are central to our metabolism and well - being.
Other mechanisms at
play may include changes in the vaginal
microbiota induced by progesterone — specifically, a reduction in hydrogen peroxide - producing Lactobacillus, which can kill HIV.
Scientists increasingly realize the importance of gut and other microbes to our health and well - being, but one University of California, Berkeley, biologist is asking whether these microbes — our
microbiota — might also have
played a role in shaping who we are by steering evolution.
There is increasing awareness that the intestinal
microbiota, the vast, diverse population of microorganisms that inhabits the human intestines,
play a role in driving colorectal cancer.
Collectively, the findings demonstrate an important role
played by the gut
microbiota in the antitumor effectiveness of ACT.
Next, studies involving germ - free mice (that is, mice that lack microbes) and other research uncovered ties between these microbes, our so - called
microbiota, and health — with bacteria
playing potentially key roles in immunity, obesity, and development.
The effects of consuming emulsifiers were eliminated in mice devoid of
microbiota (germ - free mice), and transplanting
microbiota from emulsifier - treated mice to germ - free mice was sufficient to transfer alterations in intestinal epithelial cells» homeostasis, suggesting a central role
played by the
microbiota in tumor development.
«Our findings indicate that exercise is another important factor in the relationship between the
microbiota, host immunity and host metabolism, with diet
playing an important role,» conclude the authors.
The findings illuminate the specialized roles
played by key members of the vast microbial community living in the human gut, and could inform the development of tailored
microbiota transplants to improve intestinal health after antibiotic use or illness.
As nutritional failure
plays a role in the outcomes of many of pediatric lung diseases, I am also interested in how the GI
microbiota impact early growth and nutrition.
In a study published as a letter to the journal Gut, the team outline new evidence suggesting that the human genome may
play a role in determining the makeup of the billions of microbes in the human gastrointestinal tract collectively known as the gut
microbiota.
June 20, 2016
Microbiota affect the rate of transplant acceptance and rejection Researchers from the University of Chicago have shown that microbiota — the bacteria, viruses and other microbes living on the skin and in the digestive system — play an important role in the body's ability to accept transplanted skin and oth
Microbiota affect the rate of transplant acceptance and rejection Researchers from the University of Chicago have shown that
microbiota — the bacteria, viruses and other microbes living on the skin and in the digestive system — play an important role in the body's ability to accept transplanted skin and oth
microbiota — the bacteria, viruses and other microbes living on the skin and in the digestive system —
play an important role in the body's ability to accept transplanted skin and other organs.
The research thus suggests that the IRGM gene could
play a role in influencing the overall makeup of an individual's
microbiota, pushing it towards Prevotella dominance instead of an alternative community dominated by a closely related bacteria, Bacteroides.
Researchers from the University of Chicago have shown that
microbiota — the bacteria, viruses and other microbes living on the skin and in the digestive system —
play an important role in the body's ability to accept transplanted...
While genetic and epigenetic factors
play between the host organism and the
microbiota — determining which microbes successfully colonize the gut and other organs — the ultimate dictating force of the composition of an organism's microbiome is diet and environment.
«Since two strains of the same species can have such different genomes, you really need to know what genes are there and what role they
play in order to link someone's gut
microbiota to BMI or disease.»
Little is known about the early paralarval stages in the wild, including diet and intestinal
microbiota, which likely
play a significant role in development and vitality of this important life stage.
Important functions are provided by gut
microbiota, and modification towards a «beneficial» composition is a promising approach for intestinal health support, with a potential impact on overall health, and it seems that pistachios could
play a part in this modification.
«The scientific world has undergone a revolution in the way it understands the gastrointestinal tract, specifically the role
played by the bacteria that live there... we've only just recently appreciated that if the
microbiota are not being properly attended to — if they're not being fed enough plant fiber or if they're being indiscriminately wiped out by the overuse of antibiotics or they're damaged over time by excessive amounts of stress hormones — a Pandora's Box of bad things gets opened up.
In recent years, the importance of the gut
microbiota has come more clearly into the picture as
playing an important role in immune - related diseases, and even in regulating predisposition...
Dietary factors and the gut
microbiota also
play a key role.
As we will discuss, the intestinal
microbiota, via a number of mechanisms, may
play a role in mediating the glycemic and mood related effects of the Western dietary pattern [28].
«Fiber has long been linked to better health, but new research shows how the gut
microbiota might
play a role in this pattern....
As our understanding of the profound influence of commensal microbes on the maturation of the immune system has grown, more recent iterations of this hypothesis have supported the idea that alterations in the composition of the intestinal
microbiota induced by environmental factors (e.g., antibiotics, diet, vaccination, sanitation)
play a central role in the regulation of allergic sensitization (5 ⇓ — 7).
Microbiota that live in the mouth
play key roles in the rest of the body.
BACKGROUND The gut
microbiota appears to
play a role in obesity and -LSB-...]
The intestinal
microbiota — the community of beneficial bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract —
play a vital role in regulating immune function.
One study showed that after a 3 day juice cleanse, participants showed significant changes in the intestinal
microbiota that are associated with weight loss, decreased lipid oxidation (free radical damage), and higher levels of nitric oxide in the blood and urine which
play a significant role in reducing cardiovascular disease.
In addition to providing a form of usable energy, these «cellular starches» (as opposed to flour - based starches which are acellular) may
play an important gut - rehabilitating role as
microbiota accessible carbohydrates or prebiotics.
So red meat affects both your gut
microbiota and your health, and gut microbes appear to be
playing a role in determining HOW red meat affects your health.