Association Between Gut Microbiota and Bone Health: Potential Mechanisms and Prospective
Author(s) -
Yuancheng Chen,
Jonathan Greenbaum,
Hui Shen,
HongWen Deng
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2017-00513
Subject(s) - gut flora , metagenomics , microbiome , biology , osteoporosis , human studies , animal studies , gut microbiome , bone remodeling , bioinformatics , computational biology , medicine , immunology , genetics , endocrinology , gene
It has been well established that the human gut microbiome plays a critical role in the regulation of important biological processes and the mechanisms underlying numerous complex diseases. Although researchers have only recently begun to study the relationship between the gut microbiota and bone metabolism, early efforts have provided increased evidence to suggest an important association.
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