ArticleBMC medicine2011
'Gut health': a new objective in medicine?
Article in BMC medicine, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 123 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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123 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 324 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Systematic Review: The Impact of Cancer Treatment on the Gut and Vaginal Microbiome in Women With a Gynecological Malignancy.International journal of gynecological cancer : official journal of the International Gynecological Cancer Society · 2017Pooled it
- Efficacy and safety of Tongfu powder in acute pancreatitis patients with gastrointestinal dysfunction: a clinical trial.Drug design, development and therapy · 2018Trial
- Effect of the probiotic strain Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis, BB-12®, on defecation frequency in healthy subjects with low defecation frequency and abdominal discomfort: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group trial.The British journal of nutrition · 2015Trial
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- Intestinal microbiota in healthy adults: temporal analysis reveals individual and common core and relation to intestinal symptoms.PloS one · 2011Trial
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- Potential Role of Brown Macroalgae on Pig Health: A Review.ACS nutrition science · 2026Review
- The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) consensus statement on the definition and scope of gut health.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2026Article
- Lentil-Derived Bioactives for Gastrointestinal Health: Potential Complementary Interactions Among Peptides, Resistant Starch, and Polyphenols.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Gut-liver-hypothalamus axis dysfunction in mycotoxin toxicity: mechanisms and protective roles of natural compounds.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Review
- Gut microbiota-derived tryptophan metabolites: molecular mechanisms, nutritional strategies and implications for swine health.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Review
- Exploring the effects of fermented Chinese herbal medicine on growth, cecal microbiota, metabolism, and muscle flavor-related compounds in fattening pigs.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Dual Biological Effects and Mechanisms of Gut Microbiota in Breast Cancer: A Review.Current pharmaceutical biotechnology · 2026Review
- AGut microbiome (Cambridge, England) · 2026Article
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Abstract
'Gut health' is a term increasingly used in the medical literature and by the food industry. It covers multiple positive aspects of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, such as the effective digestion and absorption of food, the absence of GI illness, normal and stable intestinal microbiota, effective immune status and a state of well-being. From a scientific point of view, however, it is still extremely unclear exactly what gut health is, how it can be defined and how it can be measured. The GI barrier adjacent to the GI microbiota appears to be the key to understanding the complex mechanisms that maintain gut health. Any impairment of the GI barrier can increase the risk of developing infectious, inflammatory and functional GI diseases, as well as extraintestinal diseases such as immune-mediated and metabolic disorders. Less clear, however, is whether GI discomfort in general can also be related to GI barrier functions. In any case, methods of assessing, improving and maintaining gut health-related GI functions are of major interest in preventive medicine.
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