ReviewExperimental physiology2023
Gut check: Unveiling the influence of acute exercise on the gut microbiota.
Review in Experimental physiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Clinical spectrum of acute severe ulcerative colitis in the biologic era: a prospective cohort study from India.Intestinal research · 2026Article
- Acute high-intensity exercise alters gut microbiota composition and energy metabolism in different strains of mice.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Hypohydration augments the acute increase in urinary biomarkers of kidney injury following the 100-mile Western States Endurance Run.Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2025Article
- Nutritional and Physiological Demands Shape the Gut Microbiome of Female World Tour Cyclists.Microorganisms · 2025Article
- Role of gut microbiota in the pathogenesis of metabolic syndrome: an updated comprehensive review from mechanisms to clinical implications.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Review
- Exercise-Induced Short-Chain Fatty Acids: A Novel Therapeutic Target in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus with Sarcopenia.Aging and disease · 2025Review
- Mechanisms underlying alterations of the gut microbiota by exercise and their role in shaping ecological resilience.FEMS microbiology reviews · 2025Review
- Progress on the mechanism of intestinal microbiota against colorectal cancer.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Review
- Gut microbial signatures and cardiac-microbiota axis in Yili horses with divergent exercise-induced cardiac remodeling.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- Sculpting Success: The Importance of Diet and Physical Activity to Support Skeletal Muscle Health during Weight Loss with New Generation Anti-Obesity Medications.Current developments in nutrition · 2024Review
- Exercise to Prevent Accelerated Vascular Aging in People Living With HIV.Circulation research · 2024Review
- Exercise Affects Mucosa-Associated Microbiota and Colonic Tumor Formation Induced by Azoxymethane in High-Fat-Diet-Induced Obese Mice.Microorganisms · 2024Article
- Gut microbiota are differentially correlated with blood pressure status in African American collegiate athletes: A pilot study.Physiological reports · 2024Article
- Mechanistic Insight into Physical Activity Pleiotropy in Cancer Prevention.Exercise, sport & movement · 2024Article
- Salty Subjects: Unpacking Racial Differences in Salt-Sensitive Hypertension.Current hypertension reports · 2024Review
- Gut check: Unveiling the influence of acute exercise on the gut microbiota.Experimental physiology · 2023Review
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Abstract
The human gastrointestinal microbiota and its unique metabolites regulate a diverse array of physiological processes with substantial implications for human health and performance. Chronic exercise training positively modulates the gut microbiota and its metabolic output. The benefits of chronic exercise for the gut microbiota may be influenced by acute changes in microbial community structure and function that follow a single exercise bout (i.e., acute exercise). Thus, an improved understanding of changes in the gut microbiota that occur with acute exercise could aid in the development of evidence-based exercise training strategies to target the gut microbiota more effectively. In this review, we provide a comprehensive summary of the existing literature on the acute and very short-term (<3 weeks) exercise responses of the gut microbiota and faecal metabolites in humans. We conclude by highlighting gaps in the literature and providing recommendations for future research in this area. NEW
findingsWhat is the topic of this review? The chronic benefits of exercise for the gut microbiota are likely influenced by acute changes in microbial community structure and function that follow a single exercise bout. This review provides a summary of the existing literature on acute exercise responses of the gut microbiota and its metabolic output in humans. What advances does it highlight? Acute aerobic exercise appears to have limited effects on diversity of the gut microbiota, variable effects on specific microbial taxa, and numerous effects on the metabolic activity of gut microbes with possible implications for host health and performance.
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