ReviewGut2023
Advancing human gut microbiota research by considering gut transit time.
Review in Gut, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06340217 (The Efficacy and Safety of WMT in the Treatment of Diabetic Gastroparesis), which is not on this map. Cited by 179 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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The Efficacy and Safety of WMT in the Treatment of Diabetic Gastroparesis: A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study
Who cites it
179 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Digestible and Metabolizable Energy Intake in Humans: a Systematic Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2026Pooled it
- Fiber intake and laxation in people with normal bowel function: a systematic review.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Effect of Non- and Low-Caloric Sweeteners on Substrate Oxidation, Energy Expenditure, and Catecholamines in Humans-A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
- Effect of Operational Parameters on the Cultivation of the Gut Microbiome in Continuous Bioreactors Inoculated with Feces: A Systematic Review.Journal of agricultural and food chemistry · 2023Pooled it
- The Emerging Short Chain Fatty Acid Enriched Metabotype in Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Its Potential Clinical Relevance.Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics · 2026Trial
- Impact of brewer's spent grain (BSG) and bio-transformed BSG biscuits on metabolic and gut health in adults with metabolic impairments: a randomized controlled trial.European journal of nutrition · 2026Trial
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- Efficacy of a postbiotic and its components in promoting colonic transit and alleviating chronic constipation in humans and mice.Cell reports. Medicine · 2025Trial
- Mode of Action of Psyllium in Reducing Gas Production from Inulin and its Interaction with Colonic Microbiota: A 24-hour, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial in Healthy Human Volunteers.The Journal of nutrition · 2025Trial
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- Detection of changes in regional colonic fermentation in response to supplementing a low FODMAP diet with dietary fibres by hydrogen concentrations, but not by luminal pH.Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics · 2023Trial
- Host-diet-gut microbiome interactions influence human energy balance: a randomized clinical trial.Nature communications · 2023Trial
- Bacterial constipation: Mucin-degrading intestinal commensal bacteria cause constipation.Gut microbes · 2026Article
- Ecological Engineering of the Human Gut Microbiome: A Narrative Review and Framework for Next-Generation Therapeutics.Microorganisms · 2026Review
- Seasonal Variation in Bowel Preparation Quality and the Regimen-Specific Interaction: A Cross-Sectional Study.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2026Article
- Extracellular metabolite production byApplied and environmental microbiology · 2026Article
- Interaction of the Gut Microbiota and the Enteric Nervous System: Implications in Gastrointestinal Disorders Associated With Autism Spectrum Disorder.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2026Review
- Oral hydrogel systems in lower gastrointestinal disorders: From disease-based therapy to microbiota-guided design.Materials today. Bio · 2026Review
- Microbial engraftment and immune regulation during fecal microbiota transplantation and immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy.Nature communications · 2026Review
- Molecular Mechanisms of Gut Microbiota-Immune System Crosstalk: From Mucosal Architecture to Adaptive Immunity Programming.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
119 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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6 authors.
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Abstract
Accumulating evidence indicates that gut transit time is a key factor in shaping the gut microbiota composition and activity, which are linked to human health. Both population-wide and small-scale studies have identified transit time as a top covariate contributing to the large interindividual variation in the faecal microbiota composition. Despite this, transit time is still rarely being considered in the field of the human gut microbiome. Here, we review the latest research describing how and why whole gut and segmental transit times vary substantially between and within individuals, and how variations in gut transit time impact the gut microbiota composition, diversity and metabolism. Furthermore, we discuss the mechanisms by which the gut microbiota may causally affect gut motility. We argue that by taking into account the interindividual and intraindividual differences in gut transit time, we can advance our understanding of diet-microbiota interactions and disease-related microbiome signatures, since these may often be confounded by transient or persistent alterations in transit time. Altogether, a better understanding of the complex, bidirectional interactions between the gut microbiota and transit time is required to better understand gut microbiome variations in health and disease.
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