Research progress of the relationship between intestinal flora and type 2 diabetes mellitus / 中华临床营养杂志

ABSTRACT

Type 2 diabetes is a metabolic disease with increasing prevalence,which causes great socioeconomic burden.Intestinal flora is the microbiota located in the human intestines,which are participating in human growth and development,physiological procedures,or even pathogenesis as a closely connected environmental factor.There have recently been rapid progresses in the research on the relationship between intestinal flora and type 2 diabetes in the field of endocrinology and metabolism.In this article,we reviewed the overall framework and research progress in the relationship between intestinal flora and type 2 diabetes,aiming to shed some light on the future research about this topic.