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Gut Microbiota and Obesity: A Role for Probiotics

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Abenavoli, Ludovico, Scarpellini, Emidio, Colica, Carmela, Boccuto, Luigi, Salehi, Bahare, Sharifi-Rad, Javad, Aiello, Vincenzo, Romano, Barbara, De Lorenzo, Antonino, Izzo, Angelo A., Capasso, Raffaele·2019·Nutrients

DOI 10.3390/nu11112690PMC PMC6893459

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Nowadays, obesity is one of the most prevalent human health problems. Research from the last 30 years has clarified the role of the imbalance between energy intake and expenditure, unhealthy lifestyle, and genetic variability in the development of obesity. More recently, the composition and metabolic functions of gut microbiota have been proposed as being able to affect obesity development. Here, we will report the current knowledge on the definition, composition, and functions of intestinal microbiota. We have performed an extensive review of the literature, searching for the following keywords: metabolism, gut microbiota, dysbiosis, obesity. There is evidence for the association between gut bacteria and obesity both in infancy and in adults. There are several genetic, metabolic, and inflammatory pathophysiological mechanisms involved in the interplay between gut microbes and obesity. Microbial changes in the human gut can be considered a factor involved in obesity development in humans. The modulation of the bacterial strains in the digestive tract can help to reshape the metabolic profile in the human obese host as suggested by several data from animal and human studies. Thus, a deep revision of the evidence pertaining to the use probiotics, prebiotics, and antibiotics in obese patients is conceivable

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Authors: Abenavoli, L., Scarpellini, E., Colica, C., Boccuto, L., Salehi, B., Sharifi-Rad, J., Aiello, V., Romano, B., De Lorenzo, A., Izzo, A. A., & Capasso, R.
Affiliations: Magna Graecia University (IT)
Clinical Nutrition Unit, and Internal Medicine Unit, “Madonna del Soccorso” General Hospital, Via Luciano Manara 7, 63074 San Benedetto del Tronto (AP), Italy
Greenwood Genetic Center (US)
Bam University of Medical Sciences (IR)
Zabol Medicinal Plants Research Center, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol 61615585, Iran
University of Naples Federico II (IT)
Division of Clinical Nutrition and Nutrigenomic, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
Corresponding author: Abenavoli, Ludovico
Capasso, Raffaele
ORCID: Abenavoli, Ludovico
Scarpellini, Emidio
Colica, Carmela
Boccuto, Luigi
Salehi, Bahare
Sharifi-Rad, Javad
Aiello, Vincenzo
Romano, Barbara
De Lorenzo, Antonino
Izzo, Angelo A.
Capasso, Raffaele
Venue: Nutrients
Publisher: MDPI AG
Published: 2019-11-07
Volume: 11
Issue: 11
Pages: 2690
ISSN: 2072-6643 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.3390/nu11112690
PMC: PMC6893459
OpenAlex: W2986976548
Cited by: 615
References: 108
Citations by year: 2026: 42 · 2025: 83 · 2024: 122 · 2023: 111 · 2022: 126 · 2021: 90 · 2020: 38
FWCI: 5.61
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: gold
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Licence: cc-by
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Topics: Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Probiotics and Fermented Foods
Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Infant Nutrition and Health
Keywords: gut microbiota, obesity, probiotics, dysbiosis, prebiotics, antibiotics, energy balance, inflammation, microbial metabolism, infant obesity, obesity pathophysiology
MeSH terms: Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Animals, Humans, Obesity, Probiotics, Mice, Rats, Dysbiosis

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