Treating From the Inside Out: Relevance of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation to Counteract Gut Damage in GVHD and HIV Infection

Treating From the Inside Out: Relevance of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation to Counteract Gut Damage in GVHD and HIV Infection

The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is a complex and well-balanced milieu of anatomic and immunological barriers. The epithelial surface of the GI tract is colonized by trillions of microorganisms, known as the gut microbiota, which is considered an “organ” with distinctive endocrine and immunoregulator...

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Main Authors: Jing Ouyang, Stéphane Isnard, John Lin, Brandon Fombuena, Xiaorong Peng, Seema Nair Parvathy, Yaokai Chen, Michael S. Silverman, Jean-Pierre Routy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
fecal microbiota transplantation
graft-vs.-host disease
HIV infection
gut epithelial damage
dysbiosis
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmed.2020.00421/full

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