Research progress on the relationship between gastrointestinal microbiota and human diseases / 中国医师进修杂志

ABSTRACT

There are a wide variety of gastrointestinal microbiota, and the total number of bacteria reached 100 trillion. The flora interacts with the human body, and has a great impact on human health. In recent years, the relationship between intestinal flora and human diseases has become a hot research at home and abroad. Many studies have shown that intestinal microbiome plays an important role in modulating risk of multiple systemic diseases, including digestive system diseases, metabolic diseases, neuropsychiatric diseases, immune-related diseases and tumors.In this paper, the relationship between intestinal flora and human diseases was reviewed and summarized. The research progress on the relationship between gastrointestinal microbiota and human diseases in recent five years was summarized, which provided new ideas for the diagnosis and treatment of human diseases.