ArticlePeerJ2021
Fecal microbiota transplantation mitigates bone loss by improving gut microbiome composition and gut barrier function in aged rats.
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- Gut microbiome and bone health: update on mechanisms, clinical correlations, and possible treatment strategies.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2025Pooled it
- Causal effects of specific gut microbiota on bone mineral density: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Pooled it
- The gut-pancreas axis: microbial dysbiosis as a pathogenic driver of diabetes and pancreatic cancer.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2026Review
- Precision management of gastrointestinal tumor-associated osteoporosis driven by cutting-edge technologies: Current status, challenges, and future prospects.World journal of methodology · 2026Review
- Intestinal-Bone Axis Mediated byMicroorganisms · 2026Review
- Osteoporosis from the perspective of the gut-bone axis: gut microbiota, metabolites, and multi-system synergistic regulation.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2026Review
- Links between bone fractures and the gut microbiota.Nature reviews. Endocrinology · 2026Review
- The gut-bone axis: impact of diet on gut microbiome and osteoporosis.Bone research · 2026Review
- Effects of Long-Term Administration of Ginsenosides on the Structure of Intestinal Microflora and the Absorption and Utilization of Saponins in Rats.Metabolites · 2026Article
- Gut-bone axis crosstalk: Microbiota-driven immune-metabolic-neural networks in bone disorders and precision interventions.Journal of orthopaedic translation · 2026Review
- Genetically predicted KIR2DS4 mediate the association between gut microbe K10 and osteoporosis fractures: A mediation Mendelian randomization study.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Diet, the Gut Microbiome, and Estrogen Physiology: A Review in Menopausal Health and Interventions.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Intestinal Microbiota Mediates the Beneficial Effects of γ-Polyglutamic Acid on Calcium Homeostasis and Bone Properties in Lambs.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Gut Microbiota Regulates Brain-Bone Axis to Influence Osteoporosis Pathogenesis and Treatment.Research (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Review
- Roles of gut metabolites on bone mineralization and remodeling: impact of metabolic dysregulation on the gut-immune-bone axis.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Review
- Gut microbiota in chronic kidney disease-mineral and bone disorder: shared mechanisms, disease-specific signatures, and therapeutic prospects.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Review
- Research progress on the mechanisms by which gut microbiota dysbiosis remodels the bone marrow neuroimmune microenvironment to drive age-related osteoporosis.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Role of the gut microbiota in the pathogenesis and therapeutic approach to osteoporosis (Review).Biomedical reports · 2026Review
- Gut microbiota and microbial metabolites for osteoporosis.Gut microbes · 2025Review
- Gut Permeability and Microbiota in Parkinson's Disease: Mechanistic Insights and Experimental Therapeutic Strategies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
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Abstract
backgroundGut microbiota (GM) dysbiosis is closely related to bone loss and the occurrence of osteoporosis in animals and human. However, little is known about the effect and the mechanisms of fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) on bone in the treatment of senile osteoporosis.
methodsAged female rats were randomly divided into the FMT group and the control group. 3-month-old female rats were used as fecal donors. The rats were sacrificed at 12 and 24 weeks following transplantation and the serum, intestine, bone, and feces were collected for subsequent analyses.
resultsThe bone turnover markers of osteocalcin, procollagen type 1 N-terminal propeptide (P1NP), and carboxy-terminal peptide (CTX) decreased significantly at 12 and 24 weeks following FMT (
conclusionsGM transplanted from young rats alleviated bone loss in aged rats with senile osteoporosis by improving gut microbiome composition and intestinal barrier function. These data might provide a scientific basis for future clinical treatment of osteoporosis through FMT.
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