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Role of gut microbiota in intestinal wound healing and barrier function
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The mammalian intestine harbors a highly complex and abundant ensemble of bacteria that flourish in a nutrient-rich environment while profoundly influencing many aspects of host biology. The intestine coevolved with its resident microbes in a manner where the mucosa developed a barrier function to segregate the resident microbes from the rest of the body, and yet paradoxically, allowing integration of microbial signals for the host benefit. In this review, we provided a comprehensive overview of why the gut microbiota is key to the efficient development and maintenance of the intestinal barrier. We also highlighted how a destabilized equilibrium between gut microbiota and the host may eventuate in a wide range of intestinal diseases characterized by the disrupted intestinal barrier. Finally, the review delineated how microenvironmental changes in the injured mucosa result in an enrichment of a pro-regenerating consortium of bacteria, which augments mucosal wound repair and restoration of barrier functions.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Alam, A., & Neish, A.
- Affiliations
- Emory University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Alam, Ashfaqul
- Venue
- Tissue Barriers
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2018-07-03
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 1539595
- ISSN
- 2168-8362 (ISSN-L)
- 2168-8370
- PMC
- PMC6389125
- OpenAlex
- W2899740161
- Cited by
- 166
- References
- 152
- Citations by year
- 2026: 14 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 28 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 26 · 2021: 40 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 9
- FWCI
- 1.49
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Tissue Barriers (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Cancer Institute (5R01CA179424)
- National Institutes of Health (R01AI064462, K01DK114391)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Gastroenterology › Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Gastroenterology › Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Keywords
- gut microbiota, intestinal barrier function, intestinal wound healing, mucosal regeneration, dysbiosis, intestinal diseases, mucosal injury, host-microbe interactions
- MeSH terms
- Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Intestinal Mucosa, Wound Healing
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