Gut Microbiota Bridges Dietary Nutrients and Host Immunity

Overview

Journal Sci China Life Sci

Specialties Biology
Science

Date 2023 Jun 7

PMID 37286860

Authors

Lijuan Fan

Yaoyao Xia

Youxia Wang

Dandan Han

Yanli Liu

Jiahuan Li

Jie Fu

Leli Wang

Zhending Gan

Bingnan Liu

Jian Fu

Congrui Zhu

Zhenhua Wu

Jinbiao Zhao

Hui Han

Hao Wu

Yiwen He

Yulong Tang

Qingzhuo Zhang

Yibin Wang

Fan Zhang

Xin Zong

Jie Yin

Xihong Zhou

Xiaojun Yang

Junjun Wang

Yulong Yin

Wenkai Ren

Affiliations

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Abstract

Dietary nutrients and the gut microbiota are increasingly recognized to cross-regulate and entrain each other, and thus affect host health and immune-mediated diseases. Here, we systematically review the current understanding linking dietary nutrients to gut microbiota-host immune interactions, emphasizing how this axis might influence host immunity in health and diseases. Of relevance, we highlight that the implications of gut microbiota-targeted dietary intervention could be harnessed in orchestrating a spectrum of immune-associated diseases.

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