The Microbiota in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Gut Microbiota".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2021) | Viewed by 7183
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Modulation of the gut microbiota using fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT), diet or pre-, pro-, or antibiotics is attracting increased attention as potential future treatment modalities for a wide range of intestinal dysbiosis-related diseases, including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), antibiotic-associated diarrhea, obesity, intestinal cancer, and more. A substantial imbalance has been observed across major bacterial phyla, including Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, Proteobacteria and Actinobacteria, influencing the intestinal microbiomes’ beneficial effects on the host through changes in the production of short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) and amino acids, metabolism of undigested carbohydrate, and stimulation of the immune system. Recent publications have demonstrated positive effects of FMT on disease activity in IBD in randomized placebo-controlled trials. Furthermore, abundance or lack of a single or a few bacterial species such as, e.g., Faecalibacterium Prausnitzii and E. coli pathobionts, could possibly be decisive in disease outcome. Therefore, precision modulation of the intestinal microbiome may be a viable principle for a targeted future treatment of IBD, with few side effects. We welcome original research articles or review articles on all kinds of microbiota manipulation in IBD, focusing on clinical outcomes in vitro, in animal and in human studies.
Dr. Andreas Munk Petersen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Ulcerative colitis
- Crohn’s disease
- Microbiota
- Probiotics
- Fecal microbiota transplantation
- Antibiotics
- Dysbiosis
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