Advancing human gut microbiota research by considering gut transit time

N Procházková, G Falony, LO Dragsted, TR Licht… - Gut, 2023‏ - gut.bmj.com
Accumulating evidence indicates that gut transit time is a key factor in sha** the gut
microbiota composition and activity, which are linked to human health. Both population-wide …

The changing metabolic landscape of bile acids–keys to metabolism and immune regulation

I Mohanty, C Allaband, H Mannochio-Russo… - Nature reviews …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Bile acids regulate nutrient absorption and mitochondrial function, they establish and
maintain gut microbial community composition and mediate inflammation, and they serve as …

Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth—pathophysiology and its implications for definition and management

D Bushyhead, EMM Quigley - Gastroenterology, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The concept of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) arose in the context of
maldigestion and malabsorption among patients with obvious risk factors that permitted the …

Non-SCFA microbial metabolites associated with fiber fermentation and host health

ET Grant, H De Franco, MS Desai - Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2024‏ - cell.com
Dietary fiber is degraded by commensal gut microbes to yield host-beneficial short-chain
fatty acids (SCFAs), but personalized responses to fiber supplementation highlight a role for …

Direct and indirect mechanisms by which the gut microbiota influence host serotonin systems

TB Legan, B Lavoie, GM Mawe - Neurogastroenterology & …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Mounting evidence highlights the pivotal role of enteric microbes as a dynamic interface with
the host. Indeed, the gut microbiota, located in the lumen of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract …

Gut microbiota response to in vitro transit time variation is mediated by microbial growth rates, nutrient use efficiency and adaptation to in vivo transit time

Y Minnebo, K Delbaere, V Goethals, J Raes… - Microbiome, 2023‏ - Springer
Background Transit time is an important modulator of the human gut microbiome. The
inability to modify transit time as the sole variable hampers mechanistic in vivo microbiome …

Longitudinal flux balance analyses of a patient with episodic colonic inflammation reveals microbiome metabolic dynamics

A Basile, A Heinken, J Hertel, L Smarr, W Li, L Treu… - Gut …, 2023‏ - Taylor & Francis
We report the first use of constraint-based microbial community modeling on a single
individual with episodic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract, who has a well …

Lactic acid bacteria in relieving constipation: mechanism, clinical application, challenge, and opportunity

T Zhang, W Liu, H Lu, T Cheng, L Wang… - Critical Reviews in …, 2025‏ - Taylor & Francis
Constipation is a prevalent gastrointestinal symptom that can considerably affect a patients'
quality of life. Although several drugs have been used to treat constipation, they are …

Colorectal cancer-associated microbiome patterns and signatures

L Zhao, WC Cho, MR Nicolls - Frontiers in Genetics, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
The gut microbiome is dynamic and shaped by diet, age, geography, and environment. The
disruption of normal gut microbiota (dysbiosis) is closely related to colorectal cancer (CRC) …

Comparison of biochemical, microbial and mucosal mRNA expression in bile acid diarrhoea and irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhoea

M Camilleri, P Carlson, J BouSaba, S McKinzie… - Gut, 2023‏ - gut.bmj.com
Objective There are altered mucosal functions in irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhoea
(IBS-D);~ 30% of patients with IBS-D have abnormal bile acid (BA) metabolism (ABAM) and …