Gut–Lung Microbiota Interaction in COPD Patients: A Literature Review

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2022-11-30

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Respiratory diseases are one of the leading causes of death in the world, which is why a lot of attention has been recently paid to studying the possible mechanisms for the development of pulmonary diseases and assessing the impact on their course. The microbiota plays an important role in these processes and influences the functionality of the human immune system. Thus, alterations in the normal microflora contribute to a reduction in immunity and a more severe course of diseases. In this review, we summarized the information about gut and lung microbiota interactions with particular attention to their influence on the course of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

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Gut–Lung Microbiota, COPD, chronic obstructive lung disease, dysbiosis, lung, microbiota, immunity, 3.2 Clinical medicine, 1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database

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Krūmiņa, A, Bogdanova, M, Gintere, S & Vīksna, L 2022, 'Gut–Lung Microbiota Interaction in COPD Patients: A Literature Review', Medicina (Kaunas), vol. 58, no. 12, 1760. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina58121760