ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2021
Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Modulates the Gut Flora Favoring Patients With Functional Constipation.
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- Efficacy and safety of fecal microbiota transplantation for chronic constipation: a systematic review and meta-analysis integrating pre-post and single-arm evidence.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Pooled it
- Bibliometric and visual analysis of gut microbiota research in functional bowel disorders from 2016 to 2025.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Fecal microbiota transplantation for chronic constipation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical efficacy, safety, and microbial dynamics.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Pooled it
- Clinical efficacy of non-pharmacological treatment of functional constipation: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Pooled it
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- Effects of fructan and gluten on gut microbiota in individuals with self-reported non-celiac gluten/wheat sensitivity-a randomised controlled crossover trial.BMC medicine · 2024Trial
- Impact of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation on Gut Bacterial Bile Acid Metabolism in Humans.Nutrients · 2022Trial
- Fecal microbiota transplantation for chronic constipation following bowel surgery in an elderly patient: A case report.Medicine · 2026Article
- Genetically predicted inflammatory cytokines mediate the associations between the gut microbiota and ovarian cancer: a bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization study.Journal of ovarian research · 2026Article
- Efficacy and Mechanism of Synbiotics in Relieving Functional Constipation: Optimized by Generation Time.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Microbiota-immune-enteric nervous system interactions in functional constipation: a narrative review and hypothesis-generating framework.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Recent Advancement of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in the Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis- A Review.Current medicinal chemistry · 2026Review
- Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction: Current Insights, Effectiveness, and Future Perspectives.Current gastroenterology reports · 2025Review
- Yunweiling alleviates functional constipation: integrating network pharmacology and experimental study.Animal models and experimental medicine · 2025Article
- Association between dietary oxidative balance score and constipation: evidence from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Use of 16s RNA and metabolomics to investigate the therapeutic effect of Zhuyang Tongbian Decoction on mice with functional constipation.American journal of translational research · 2025Article
- Microbiota treatment of functional constipation: Current status and future prospects.World journal of hepatology · 2024Review
- Mechanism of Mulberry Leaves and Black Sesame in Alleviating Slow Transit Constipation Revealed by Multi-Omics Analysis.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Synergistic defecation effects ofFrontiers in immunology · 2024Article
- Effects of fucoidan and synbiotics supplementation during bismuth quadruple therapy ofFrontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
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Abstract
Intestinal dysmotility is common in many diseases and is correlated with gut microbiota dysbiosis and systemic inflammation. Functional constipation (FC) is the most typical manifestation of intestinal hypomotility and reduces patients' quality of life. Some studies have reported that fecal micriobiota transplantation (FMT) may be an effective and safe therapy for FC as it corrects intestinal dysbiosis. This study was conducted to evaluate how FMT remodels the gut microbiome and to determine a possible correlation between certain microbes and clinical symptoms in constipated individuals. Data were retrospectively collected on 18 patients who underwent FMT between January 1, 2019 and June 30, 2020. The fecal bacterial genome was detected by sequencing the V3-V4 hypervariable regions of the 16S rDNA gene. Fecal short chain fatty acids (SCFAs) were detected by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, and serum inflammatory factor concentrations were detected via enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Comparing the changes in fecal microbiome compositions before and after FMT revealed a significant augmentation in the alpha diversity and increased abundances of some flora such as Clostridiales,
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