Prebiotic and Probiotic Regulation of Bone Health: Role of the Intestine and its Microbiome

Current Osteoporosis Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 363-371

  McCabe, Laura ^a,b   Britton, Robert A ^c   Parameswaran, Narayanan ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone density; Microbiome; Osteoblast; Osteoclast; Prebiotics; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; CALCIUM; FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; GALACTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; NONDIGESTIBLE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACILLUS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; BONE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE STRENGTH; BONE TURNOVER; CALCIUM ABSORPTION; DRUG EFFECT; DYSBIOSIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS BREVIS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS; LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOCLASTOGENESIS; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR ENTERITIDIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANIMAL; INTESTINE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM; DYSBIOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS; INTESTINES; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREBIOTICS; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 84945476207     PISSN: 15441873     EISSN: 15442241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11914-015-0292-x     Document Type: Review

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