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Microbiota Analysis Using Two-step PCR and Next-generation 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing
Published on: October 15, 2019
[Research advances in the relationship between childhood malnutrition and gut microbiota]
Hui-Hui Wang1, Fei-Qiu Wen, Ju-Rong Wei
1Department of Clinical Nutrition, Shenzhen Children's Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518000, China. vwanghuihui@163.com.
Abstract:
Childhood malnutrition is an important disease threatening healthy growth of children worldwide. Gut microbiota has close links to food digestion, absorption and intestinal function. Current research considers that alterations in gut microbiota have been strongly implicated in childhood malnutrition. This review article addresses the latest understanding and evidence of interrelationship between gut microbiota and individual nutrition status, the changes of gut microbiota in different types of malnutrition, and the attribution of gut microbiota in the treatment and prognosis of malnutrition. It provides in depth understanding of childhood malnutrition from the perspective of microbiome.
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