Background and aims Behçet syndrome is a systemic inflammatory condition characterized
by muco-cutaneous and ocular manifestations, with central nervous system, vascular and/or …

Structural changes in the gut microbial community have been shown to accompany the
progressive development of colorectal cancer. In this review we discuss recent hypotheses …

The changing physiology and lifestyle of elderly people affect the gut microbiota
composition, the changes of which can, in turn, affect the health maintenance of the ageing …

Human gut microbiota directly influences health and provides an extra means of adaptive
potential to different lifestyles. To explore variation in gut microbiota and to understand how …

The study of the extreme limits of human lifespan may allow a better understanding of how
human beings can escape, delay, or survive the most frequent age-related causes of …

Objective Ageing is accompanied by deterioration of multiple bodily functions and
inflammation, which collectively contribute to frailty. We and others have shown that frailty co …

Through human microbiome sequencing, we can better understand how host evolutionary
and ontogenetic history is reflected in the microbial function. However, there has been no …

Age-related alterations in human gut microbiota composition have been thoroughly
described, but a detailed functional description of the intestinal bacterial coding capacity is …

Aging is accompanied by physiological changes affecting body composition and
functionality, including accumulation of fat mass at the expense of muscle mass, with effects …

The gut microbiota exerts a role in type 2 diabetes (T2D), and deviations from a mutualistic
ecosystem layout are considered a key environmental factor contributing to the disease …