Browsing College of Health Sciences by Subject "microbiota"

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    • Gut Microbiota: An Important Link between Western Diet and Chronic Diseases. 

      Shi, Zumin ( MDPI , 2019 , Article Review)
      A Western diet characterised by high intake of energy-dense and processed food is a risk factor for many chronic diseases including diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular diseases [1]. Much of the research focus is on the ...

    • Impact of Phytoconstituents on Oral Health Practices: A Post COVID-19 Observation 

      Kumar, Harsh; Singh, Reena; Chopra, Chirag; Singh Dhanjal, Daljeet; Cruz-Martins, Natália; ... more authors ( SciOpen , 2023 , Article)
      Appropriate oral hygiene significantly reduces the possibility of oral infections. However, dental caries and periodontal diseases are major oral health issues causing chronic diseases due to poor oral health. Recently, ...

    • Microbiota and the control of blood-tissue barriers 

      Al-Asmakh, Maha; Hedin, Lars ( Taylor & Francis , 2015 , Article)
      The gastro-intestinal tract is an ecosystem containing trillions of commensal bacteria living in symbiosis with the host. These microbiota modulate a variety of our physiological processes, including production of vitamins, ...

    • A review on microbiota: relation with diseases and nutrients role 

      Oz, Emel; Şimşek, Ayşegül; Şimşek, Melih; Tuncer, Nihal; Bayrak, Muharrem; ... more authors ( IFST , 2023 , Other)
      Microbiota plays an essential role in human development and body homeostasis. Individual and environmental variables influence the diversity of microbiota, which performs crucial biochemical activities in the human body ...

    • The Immunomodulatory Role of Microbiota in Rheumatic Heart Disease: What Do We Know and What Can We Learn from Other Rheumatic Diseases? 

      Kohil, Amira; Abdalla, Wafa; Ibrahim, Wisam N.; Al-Harbi, Khalid M.; Al-Haidose, Amal; ... more authors ( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2023 , Article Review)
      Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) represents a serious cardiac sequela of acute rheumatic fever, occurring in 30-45% of patients. RHD is multifactorial, with a strong familial predisposition and known environmental risk factors ...

    • Use of Germ-Free Animal Models in Microbiota-Related Research 

      Al-Asmakh, Maha; Zadjali, Fahad ( The Korean Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology , 2015 , Article)
      The large intestine is a home for trillions of microbiota, which confer many benefits on the host, including production of vitamins, absorption of nutrients, pathogen displacement, and development of the immune system. For ...

    • Vitamin D, Gut Microbiota, and Cardiometabolic Diseases: A Possible Three-Way Axis 

      Sukik, Ayah; Alalwani, Joud; Ganji, Vijay ( MDPI , 2023 , Article)
      Metabolic syndrome (MetSyn) is a precursor for several cardiometabolic diseases such as obesity, type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and cardiovascular diseases. Emerging evidence suggests that vitamin D deficiency links to ...