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A Gut-on-a-Chip Model to Study the Gut Microbiome-Nervous System Axis
Published on: July 28, 2023
Feed your microbiome and your heart: The gut-heart axis
Lerner Aaron1, Steigerwald Christian2, Matthias Torsten2
1AESKU.KIPP Institute, Mikroforum Ring 2, Wendelsheim, 55234, Germany, aaronlerner1948@gmail.com.
Abstract:
Cardiovascular and metabolic diseases are the leading causes of disability, morbidity, and mortality worldwide. Genetics plays an important role, but environmental factors change the game and hold the potential for prevention, reversibility, and applied therapy. Nutrition, phenotype, and behavior of microorganisms, intestinal eco-events, and intestinal permeability play a crucial role in the induction of diseases. The present mini-review summarizes nutrients, diets, microbial manipulations, and tight junction function modifiers that might prevent, modulate, or treat certain diseases.
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