Can prebiotics and probiotics improve therapeutic outcomes for undernourished individuals?

PO Sheridan, LB Bindels, DM Saulnier, G Reid, E Nova… - 2014 - Taylor & Francis
It has become clear in recent years that the human intestinal microbiota plays an important
role in maintaining health and thus is an attractive target for clinical interventions. Scientists …

Probiotics and COVID-19

B Bottari, V Castellone, E Neviani - International journal of food …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become pandemic very rapidly at the
beginning of 2020. In the rush to possible therapeutic options, probiotics administration has …

The microbiota-mediated dietary and nutritional interventions for COVID-19

A Gasmi, T Tippairote, PK Mujawdiya, M Peana… - Clinical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Worldwide, scientists are looking for specific treatment for COVID-19. Apart from the antiviral
approach, the interventions to support healthy immune responses to the virus are feasible …

No causal link between obesity and probiotics

N Delzenne, G Reid - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2009 - nature.com
We wish to counter the comments of Raoult (Probiotics and obesity: a link? Nature Rev.
Microbiol. 7, 616 (2009)) 1 that probiotics increase the risk of obesity. The impact of …

Probiotics and COVID-19: one size does not fit all

JWY Mak, FKL Chan, SC Ng - The lancet Gastroenterology & …, 2020 - thelancet.com
3 Guan WJ, Ni ZY, Hu Y, et al. Clinical characteristics of coronavirus disease 2019 in China.
N Engl J Med 2020; published online Feb 28. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2002032. 4 Chen N …

[HTML][HTML] The lung–gut axis during viral respiratory infections: the impact of gut dysbiosis on secondary disease outcomes

V Sencio, MG Machado, F Trottein - Mucosal Immunology, 2021 - Elsevier
Bacteria that colonize the human gastrointestinal tract are essential for good health. The gut
microbiota has a critical role in pulmonary immunity and host's defense against viral …

Scientific evidence for health effects attributed to the consumption of probiotics and prebiotics: an update for current perspectives and future challenges

RCR Martinez, R Bedani, SMI Saad - British Journal of Nutrition, 2015 - cambridge.org
Probiotics and prebiotics, mainly commercialised as food ingredients and also as
supplements, are considered highly profitable niche markets. However, in recent years, the …

Microbiota contribute to obesity-related increases in the pulmonary response to ozone

H Tashiro, Y Cho, DI Kasahara, JD Brand… - American journal of …, 2019 - atsjournals.org
Obesity is a risk factor for asthma, especially nonatopic asthma, and attenuates the efficacy
of standard asthma therapeutics. Obesity also augments pulmonary responses to ozone, a …

Probiotics: how effective are they in the fight against obesity?

K Mazloom, I Siddiqi, M Covasa - Nutrients, 2019 - mdpi.com
Obesity has been associated with structural and functional changes in the gut microbiota.
The abundance in, and diversity of, certain bacteria may favor energy harvest and metabolic …

Microbiota and gut health: promising prospects for clinical trials from bench to bedside

J Wang, P Zhang, S Chen, H Duan… - Advanced Gut & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammatory gastrointestinal disease
characterized by weight loss, abdominal pain, and bloody diarrhea. The number of affected …