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ReviewCell reports. Medicine2026

Gut microbiota and metabolic disease risk in youth.

Quin Yuhui Xie, Jill K Hamilton, Jayne S Danska

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Review in Cell reports. Medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Quin Yuhui XieGenetics and Genome Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G1X8, Canada; Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5T2S8, Canada.
Jill K HamiltonDivision of Endocrinology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G1X8, Canada.
Jayne S DanskaGenetics and Genome Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G1X8, Canada; Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5T2S8, Canada; Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5T2S8, Canada. Electronic address: jayne.danska@sickkids.ca.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The rapidly increasing global incidence of youth-onset diabetes is a critical public health concern. Earlier type 2 diabetes (T2D) onset in children and young people is characterized by faster progression and higher risk for complications. An area of expanding research is understanding how obesogenic environments modify the composition and function of the gut microbiota and, in turn, modulate host immune response as well as metabolism. The association between obesity and altered gut microbiota is complicated by hormonal changes during puberty and chronic inflammation that potentiates insulin resistance in multiple responsive tissues. This review examines the risk factors and mechanisms underlying T2D pathogenesis in children and young people and current evidence connecting gut microbiota to stages of disease progression and treatment opportunities. The potential for early intervention through modifications of the gut microbiota opens avenues to alleviate metabolic complications in critical developmental period and blunt the risk for early T2D onset.

Indexed as

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeMetabolic DiseasesAdolescentAnimalsChildHumansInsulin ResistanceObesityRisk Factorsmicrobiomeobesitytype 2 diabetesyouth onset

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PMID41570819
PMCPMC12923918

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