ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
From Pre- and Probiotics to Post-Biotics: A Narrative Review.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 74 citations in OpenAlex.
- Titanium dioxide nanoparticles: revealing the mechanisms underlying hepatotoxicity and effects in the gut microbiota.Archives of toxicology · 2023Pooled it
- Artificial Intelligence-Driven Multidimensional Phenotyping of Gut Metabolic States for Personalized Prebiotic, Probiotic, and Postbiotic Strategies.Molecular nutrition & food research · 2026Article
- A review of skin microbiome and new challenges to cosmetic microbiome-friendly formulations.International journal of cosmetic science · 2026Review
- Efficacy of Probiotics and Postbiotics in Treating Dengue Fever - A Potential Strategy to Reduce Antibody-dependent Enhancement.Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins · 2026Review
- Immunomodulatory Role of Milk on Gut Microbiota: Implications for Enhancing Oral Vaccine Efficacy.Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins · 2026Review
- Demystifying the role of postbiotics in inflammation mediated metabolic disorders: an updated review.Food science and biotechnology · 2026Review
- Gut Microbiota and Postbiotic Metabolites: Biotic Intervention for Enhancing Vaccine Responses and Personalized Medicine for Disease Prevention.Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins · 2026Review
- Postbiotics as Emerging Therapeutics for Skin Wound Healing and Dermatological Care: Clinical Trends and Mechanistic Insights.International wound journal · 2025Review
- Exploring the microbial basis of postbiotic and paraprobiotic therapy in ulcerative colitis.Archives of microbiology · 2025Review
- Functional Foods Based on Postbiotics as a Food Allergy Treatment.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Effects of Postbiotic Administration on Canine Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Microorganisms · 2025Review
- Bioactivities of postbiotics in food applications: a review.Iranian journal of microbiology · 2025Review
- Vitamin D: A Nutraceutical Supplement at the Crossroad Between Respiratory Infections and COVID-19.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Postbiotics and their biotherapeutic potential for chronic disease and their feature perspective: a review.Frontiers in microbiomes · 2025Review
- Editorial: Fecal Microbiota Transplants: challenges in translating microbiome research to clinical applications.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- Exploring Therapeutic Advances: A Comprehensive Review of Intestinal Microbiota Modulators.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Vitamin D Supplementation in Neonatal and Infant MIS-C Following COVID-19 Infection.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Postbiotics of Naturally Fermented Synbiotic Mixture of Rice Water Aids in Promoting Colonocyte Health.Biomolecules · 2024Article
- Exploring the Potential of Postbiotics for Food Safety and Human Health Improvement.Journal of nutrition and metabolism · 2024Review
- Probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics and other microbiome-based innovative therapeutics to mitigate obesity and enhance longevity via the gut-brain axis.Microbiome research reports · 2024Review
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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimsgut microbiota (GM) is a complex ecosystem containing bacteria, viruses, fungi, and yeasts. It has several functions in the human body ranging from immunomodulation to metabolic. GM derangement is called dysbiosis and is involved in several host diseases. Pre-, probiotics, and symbiotics (PRE-PRO-SYMB) have been extensively developed and studied for GM re-modulation. Herein, we review the literature data regarding the new concept of postbiotics, starting from PRE-PRO-SYMB.
methodswe conducted a search on the main medical databases for original articles, reviews, meta-analyses, randomized clinical trials, and case series using the following keywords and acronyms and their associations: gut microbiota, prebiotics, probiotics, symbiotic, and postbiotics.
resultspostbiotics account for PRO components and metabolic products able to beneficially affect host health and GM. The deeper the knowledge about them, the greater their possible uses: the prevention and treatment of atopic, respiratory tract, and inflammatory bowel diseases.
conclusionsbetter knowledge about postbiotics can be useful for the prevention and treatment of several human body diseases, alone or as an add-on to PRE-PRO-SYMB.
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