The human microbiome is composed of a collection of dynamic microbial communities that
inhabit various anatomical locations in the body. Accordingly, the coevolution of the …

Obesity is a major global health problem determined by heredity and environment, and its
incidence is increasing yearly. In recent years, increasing evidence linking obesity to the gut …

Variation in the human gut microbiome can reflect host lifestyle and behaviors and influence
disease biomarker levels in the blood. Understanding the relationships between gut …

The gut microbiota is emerging as a promising target for the management or prevention of
inflammatory and metabolic disorders in humans. Many of the current research efforts are …

Recently, relationship between gut microbiota composition and development of obesity has
been pointed. However, the gut microbiota composition of individual with obesity is not …

The two most important bacterial phyla in the gastrointestinal tract, Firmicutes and
Bacteroidetes, have gained much attention in recent years. The Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes …

In the present study, we characterized the distinctive signatures of the gut microbiota (GM)
from overweight/obese patients (OB), and normal-weight controls (NW), both of Sardinian …

In the last two decades, considerable interest has been shown in understanding the
development of the gut microbiota and its internal and external effects on the intestine, as …

With the wide application of plastics in daily life, nanoplastics (NPs) are ubiquitous in
freshwater environments. However, to date, few studies have focused on the mechanism …

Plant-based diets, defined here as including both vegan and lacto-ovo-vegetarian diets, are
growing in popularity throughout the Western world for various reasons, including concerns …