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- Title
Role of the Gastrointestinal Tract Microbiome in the Pathophysiology of Diabetes Mellitus.
- Authors
Sohail, Muhammad U.; Althani, Asmaa; Anwar, Haseeb; Rizzi, Roberto; Marei, Hany E.
- Abstract
The incidence of diabetes mellitus is rapidly increasing throughout the world. Although the exact cause of the disease is not fully clear, perhaps, genetics, ethnic origin, obesity, age, and lifestyle are considered as few of many contributory factors for the disease pathogenesis. In recent years, the disease progression is particularly linked with functional and taxonomic alterations in the gastrointestinal tract microbiome. A change in microbial diversity, referred as microbial dysbiosis, alters the gut fermentation profile and intestinal wall integrity and causes metabolic endotoxemia, low-grade inflammation, autoimmunity, and other affiliated metabolic disorders. This article aims to summarize the role of the gut microbiome in the pathogenesis of diabetes. Additionally, we summarize gut microbial dysbiosis in preclinical and clinical diabetes cases reported in literature in the recent years.
- Subjects
DIABETES pathophysiology; PEOPLE with diabetes; GASTROINTESTINAL diseases; DISEASE progression; ETIOLOGY of diabetes
- Publication
Journal of Diabetes Research, 2017, p1
- ISSN
2314-6745
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1155/2017/9631435