Lifestyle alters GUT-bacteria function: Linking immune response and host

Publication date: December 2017Source: Best Practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology, Volume 31, Issue 6Author(s): Omid Jazayeri, S. Mojtaba Daghighi, Farhad RezaeeAbstractMicrobiota in human is a “mixture society” of different species (i.e. bacteria, viruses, funguses) populations with a different way of relationship classification to Human. Human GUT serves as the host of the majority of different bacterial populations (GUT flora, more than 500 species), which are with us (“from the beginning”) in an innate manner known as the commensal (no harm to each other) and symbiotic (mutual benefit) relationship. A homeostatic balance of host-bacteria relationship is very important and vital for a normal health process. However, this beneficial relationship and delicate homeostatic state can be disrupted by the imbalance of microbiome-composition of gut microbiota, expressing a pathogenic state. A strict homeostatic balance of microbiome-composition strongly depends on several factors; 1- lifestyle, 2- geography, 3- ethnicities, 4- “mom” as prime of the type of bacterial colonization in infant and 5- the disease. With such diversity in individuals combined with huge number of different bacterial species and their interactions, it is wise to perform an in-depth systems biology (e.g. genomics, proteomics, glycomics, and etcetera) analysis of personalized microbiome. Only in this way, we are able to generate a map of complete GUT microbiota and, in turn, to determine i...
Source: Best Practice and Research Clinical Gastroenterology - Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: research