The Impact of Dietary Fiber on Gut Microbiota in Host Health and Disease

Cell Host and Microbe

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 705-715

  Makki, Kassem ^a   Deehan, Edward C ^b   Walter, Jens ^b   Bäckhed, Fredrik ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Capital Region   (Denmark)

Author keywords

fiber; microbiome; short chain fatty acid

Indexed keywords

SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ASTHMA; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD WEB; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH FIBER DIET; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; BACTERIUM; DIET; ECOLOGY; FOOD CHAIN; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; ECOLOGY; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FOOD CHAIN; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA; OBESITY;

EID: 85047834810     PISSN: 19313128     EISSN: 19346069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2018.05.012     Document Type: Review

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