Arsenic: a global environmental challenge

QY Chen, M Costa - Annual Review of Pharmacology and …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Arsenic is a naturally occurring metalloid and one of the few metals that can be metabolized
inside the human body. The pervasive presence of arsenic in nature and anthropogenic …

The first microbial colonizers of the human gut: composition, activities, and health implications of the infant gut microbiota

C Milani, S Duranti, F Bottacini, E Casey… - Microbiology and …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
The human gut microbiota is engaged in multiple interactions affecting host health during
the host's entire life span. Microbes colonize the neonatal gut immediately following birth …

Impact of omega-3 fatty acids on the gut microbiota

L Costantini, R Molinari, B Farinon… - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Long-term dietary habits play a crucial role in creating a host-specific gut microbiota
community in humans. Despite the many publications about the effects of carbohydrates …

Evolution of gut microbiota composition from birth to 24 weeks in the INFANTMET Cohort

CJ Hill, DB Lynch, K Murphy, M Ulaszewska, IB Jeffery… - Microbiome, 2017 - Springer
Background The gut is the most extensively studied niche of the human microbiome. The
aim of this study was to characterise the initial gut microbiota development of a cohort of …

The impact of diet and lifestyle on gut microbiota and human health

MA Conlon, AR Bird - Nutrients, 2014 - mdpi.com
There is growing recognition of the role of diet and other environmental factors in modulating
the composition and metabolic activity of the human gut microbiota, which in turn can impact …

Effects of gut microbiota manipulation by antibiotics on host metabolism in obese humans: a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial

D Reijnders, GH Goossens, GDA Hermes, EPJG Neis… - Cell metabolism, 2016 - cell.com
The gut microbiota has been implicated in obesity and cardiometabolic diseases, although
evidence in humans is scarce. We investigated how gut microbiota manipulation by …

Promising treatment for type 2 diabetes: fecal microbiota transplantation reverses insulin resistance and impaired islets

H Wang, Y Lu, Y Yan, S Tian, D Zheng… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Type 2 diabetes is a common metabolic disorder related to insulin resistance, or deficiency
of insulin secretion, caused by decreased insulin sensitivity and destruction of islet structure …

Breastfeeding and the risk of dental caries: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

R Tham, G Bowatte, SC Dharmage, DJ Tan… - Acta …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To synthesise the current evidence for the associations between breastfeeding and
dental caries, with respect to specific windows of early childhood caries risk. Methods …

Phytochemicals as modifiers of gut microbial communities

G Dingeo, A Brito, H Samouda, M Iddir, MR La Frano… - Food & function, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
A healthy gut microbiota (GM) is paramount for a healthy lifestyle. Alterations of the GM have
been involved in the aetiology of several chronic diseases, including obesity and type 2 …

The infant gut microbiome as a microbial organ influencing host well-being

F Turroni, C Milani, S Duranti, GA Lugli… - Italian journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Initial establishment of the human gut microbiota is generally believed to occur immediately
following birth, involving key gut commensals such as bifidobacteria that are acquired from …