The Bowel Microbiota and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Author

Tannock, Gerald W.

Source

International Journal of Inflammation

Issue

Vol. 2010, Issue 2010 (31 Dec. 2010), pp.1-9, 9 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2010-08-05

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

9

Main Subjects

Diseases
Medicine

Abstract EN

The human bowel contains a large and biodiverse bacterial community known as the microbiota or microbiome.

It seems likely that the microbiota, fractions of the microbiota, or specific species comprising the microbiota provide the antigenic fuel that drives the chronic immune inflammation of the bowel mucosa that is characteristic of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.

At least twenty years of microbiological research have been expended on analysis of the composition of the bowel microbiota of inflammatory bowel disease patients in comparison to that of control subjects.

Despite extensive speculations about the aetiological role of dysbiosis in inflammatory bowel diseases, knowledge that can be easily translated into effective remedies for patients has not eventuated.

The causes of this failure may be due to poorly defined and executed bacteriological studies, as well as the overwhelming complexity of a biome that contains hundreds of bacterial species and trillions of bacterial cells.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Tannock, Gerald W.. 2010. The Bowel Microbiota and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. International Journal of Inflammation،Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-9.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)

Tannock, Gerald W.. The Bowel Microbiota and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. International Journal of Inflammation No. 2010 (2010), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-511119

American Medical Association (AMA)

Tannock, Gerald W.. The Bowel Microbiota and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. International Journal of Inflammation. 2010. Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-511119

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-511119