ArticleScientific reports2024
The intensive physical activity causes changes in the composition of gut and oral microbiota.
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- Chronic activity-based anorexia triggers a glial response in the hippocampus independent of intestinal epithelial toll-like receptor 4.Journal of neuroinflammation · 2026Article
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- Influence of exercise training on nitric oxide pathways and their physiological effects.Redox biology · 2026Review
- Genetic risk factors modulate the association between physical activity and colorectal cancer.BMC medicine · 2026Article
- Factors affecting the gut microbiota of rural residents under different physical activity levels: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Hybrid-sport participation is associated with gut microbiota composition: an exploratory longitudinal study.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
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- Association between oral microbiome diversity and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the US population.Journal of translational medicine · 2025Article
- Beyond Genetics: Exploring Lifestyle, Microbiome, and Social Determinants in Oral Cancer Development.Cancers · 2025Review
- Oral microbiome alpha diversity and all-cause, cardiovascular, and non-cardiovascular mortality in US adults: Evidence from the NHANES 2009-2019.Atherosclerosis · 2025Observational
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Abstract
This study aimed to compare the gut and oral microbiota composition of professional male football players and amateurs. Environmental and behavioral factors are well known to modulate intestinal microbiota composition. Active lifestyle behaviors are involved in the improvement of metabolic and inflammatory parameters. Exercise promotes adaptational changes in human metabolic capacities affecting microbial homeostasis. Twenty professional football players and twelve amateurs were invited to the study groups. Fecal and oral microbiota were analyzed using next-generation sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene. Diversity in the oral microbiota composition was similar in amateurs and professionals, while the increase in training intensity reduced the number of bacterial species. In contrast, the analysis of the intestinal microbiota showed the greatest differentiation between professional football players and amateurs, especially during intensive training. Firmicutes were characterized by the largest population in all the studied groups. Intensive physical activity increases the abundance of butyrate and succinate-producing bacteria affecting host metabolic homeostasis, suggesting a very beneficial role for the host immune system's microbiome homeostasis and providing a proper function of the host immune system.
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