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Review
. 2025 Jun 25;14(2):99574.
doi: 10.5501/wjv.v14.i2.99574.

Microbiome, dysbiosis and use of probiotics in various diseases

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Microbiome, dysbiosis and use of probiotics in various diseases

Ece Tüsüz Önata et al. World J Virol. .

Abstract

The community of microorganisms that colonize certain areas of the human body is called microbiota. Microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi and viruses make up the microbiota. The sum of the genomes of these microorganisms and microorganisms refers to the microbiome. It has been shown that microbiota has important effects such as protecting the organ from pathogens, contributing to metabolic functions (such as vitamin synthesis, carbohydrate digestion) and providing immunoregulation. Dysbiosis refers to compositional and functional changes in the microbiota. At the beginning of the 21st century, numerous studies have investigated the human microbiota and its imbalance in relation to various diseases and found that dysbiosis is associated with many diseases. The aim of this mini-review article is to provide brief information about dysbiosis and its care and to raise awareness.

Keywords: Dysbiosis; Dysbiosis-related diseases; Fecal microbiota transplantation; Microbiome; Microbiota; Prebiotics; Probiotics.

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Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors declare no conflict of interest in publishing the manuscript.

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