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The Microbiota and Microbiome in Aging: Potential Implications in Health and Age‐Related Diseases

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Zapata, Heidi J., Quagliarello, Vincent J.·2015·Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

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Advances in bacterial deoxyribonucleic acid sequencing allow for characterization of the human commensal bacterial community (microbiota) and its corresponding genome (microbiome). Surveys of healthy adults reveal that a signature composite of bacteria characterizes each unique body habitat (e.g., gut, skin, oral cavity, vagina). A myriad of clinical changes, including a basal proinflammatory state (inflamm‐aging), that directly interface with the microbiota of older adults and enhance susceptibility to disease accompany aging. Studies in older adults demonstrate that the gut microbiota correlates with diet, location of residence (e.g., community dwelling, long‐term care settings), and basal level of inflammation. Links exist between the microbiota and a variety of clinical problems plaguing older adults, including physical frailty, Clostridium difficile colitis, vulvovaginal atrophy, colorectal carcinoma, and atherosclerotic disease. Manipulation of the microbiota and microbiome of older adults holds promise as an innovative strategy to influence the development of comorbidities associated with aging.

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  • Increased gut dysbiosis has been postulated to increase mucosal barrier permeability, allowing bacteria and their products into the circulatory system and contributing to a chronic pro-inflammatory state.

    “Increased gut dysbiosis has been postulated to increase mucosal barrier permeability, thereby allowing bacteria and their products — including pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs), damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs), and microbial-associated molecular patterns (MAMPs)— into the circulatory system. Together, these factors contribute to a chronic pro-inflammatory state71.”
  • Changes in microbiota composition occur alongside changes in microglial physiology with age.

    “Gradual changes in microbiota composition have been observed as normal features of aging, including changes in microbial resilience, stability, and diversity, which are features that occur alongside changes in microglial physiology with age (Zapata and Quagliarello, 2015; Buford, 2017).”

    From Microbiome–microglia connections via the gut–brain axis (2019) · cites this paper as Zapata and Quagliarello, 2015

  • Gradual changes in microbiota composition, including changes in microbial resilience, stability, and diversity, are normal features of aging.

    “Gradual changes in microbiota composition have been observed as normal features of aging, including changes in microbial resilience, stability, and diversity, which are features that occur alongside changes in microglial physiology with age (Zapata and Quagliarello, 2015; Buford, 2017).”

    From Microbiome–microglia connections via the gut–brain axis (2019) · cites this paper as Zapata and Quagliarello, 2015

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Authors
Zapata, H. J., & Quagliarello, V. J.
Affiliations
Yale University (US)
Corresponding author
Zapata, Heidi J.
Venue
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2015-04
Volume
63
Issue
4
Pages
776-781
ISSN
  • 0002-8614 (ISSN-L)
  • 1532-5415
OpenAlex
W2025399737
Cited by
279
References
50
Citations by year
2026: 13 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 26 · 2023: 24 · 2022: 31 · 2021: 31 · 2020: 36 · 2019: 29 · 2018: 18 · 2017: 25 · 2016: 27 · 2015: 7
FWCI
11.14
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institutes of Health (T32 AI007517, K07AG030093)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
  • Health Sciences › Dentistry › Periodontics › Oral microbiology and periodontitis research
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Probiotics and Fermented Foods
Keywords
gut microbiota, microbiome, aging, inflammaging, older adults, frailty, Clostridium difficile colitis, vaginal atrophy, colorectal cancer, atherosclerosis, comorbidities, diet, long-term care, skin microbiome, oral microbiota, vaginal microbiota
MeSH terms
Aged, Aging, Colitis, Disease Susceptibility, Humans, Inflammation, Residence Characteristics, Frail Elderly, Clostridioides difficile, Gastrointestinal Tract, Microbiota

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