Microbiota in Health and Disease

Amélia Sarmento^{1

2}, Catarina D Simões¹

Affiliations

¹ RISE-Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Fernando Pessoa University, Fernando Pessoa Teaching and Culture Foundation, Rua Carlos da Maia 296, 4200-150 Porto, Portugal.
² Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal.

Editorial

Amélia Sarmento et al. Life (Basel). 2025.

. 2025 Aug 29;15(9):1374.

doi: 10.3390/life15091374.

Amélia Sarmento^{1

2}, Catarina D Simões¹

¹ RISE-Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Fernando Pessoa University, Fernando Pessoa Teaching and Culture Foundation, Rua Carlos da Maia 296, 4200-150 Porto, Portugal.
² Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal.

Abstract

In recent years microbiota has been shown to strongly influence host metabolism and immunity, resulting in a huge impact in human physiology [...].

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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