Microbial endocrinology: Host-bacteria communication within the gut microbiome

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 225, Issue 2, 2015, Pages R21-R34

  Sandrini, Sara ^a   Aldriwesh, Marwh ^a   Alruways, Mashael ^a   Freestone, Primrose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Gut microbiome; Host microbe communication; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; ENTEROCHELIN; ISOPRENALINE; NORADRENALIN; HORMONE;

ACTINOMYCES; APPETITE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CITROBACTER; EIKENELLA; ENDOCRINOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUBACTERIUM; FUSOBACTERIUM; HOST; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEPTOTRICHIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOUTH FLORA; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PREVOTELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SKIN FLORA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CAPITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; STRESS; VIBRIO MIMICUS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HORMONES; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84930792404     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/JOE-14-0615     Document Type: Review

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