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Review
. 2019 Jul;27(3):623-631.
doi: 10.1016/j.jfda.2018.12.012. Epub 2019 Feb 1.

Revisit gut microbiota and its impact on human health and disease

Rui-Xue Ding  1 , Wei-Rui Goh  2 , Ri-Na Wu  1 , Xi-Qing Yue  1 , Xue Luo  1 , Wei Wei Thwe Khine  2 , Jun-Rui Wu  1 , Yuan-Kun Lee  2
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Review

Revisit gut microbiota and its impact on human health and disease

Rui-Xue Ding et al. J Food Drug Anal. 2019 Jul.

Abstract

Trillions of microbes have evolved with and continue to live on human beings. With the rapid advances in tools and technology in recent years, new knowledge and insight in cross-talk between the microbes and their hosts have gained. It is the aim of this work to critically review and summarize recent literature reports on the role of microbiota and mechanisms involved in the progress and development of major human diseases, which include obesity, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), gout, depression and arthritis, as well as infant health and longevity.

Keywords: Disease; Gut microbiota; Human health.

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Conflict of interest

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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