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Intestinal microbiota in human health and disease: the impact of probiotics

Overview of attention for article published in Genes & Nutrition, May 2011
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#18 of 395)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (96th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (92nd percentile)

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Title
Intestinal microbiota in human health and disease: the impact of probiotics
Published in
Genes & Nutrition, May 2011
DOI 10.1007/s12263-011-0229-7
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Authors

Jacoline Gerritsen, Hauke Smidt, Ger T. Rijkers, Willem M. de Vos

Abstract

The complex communities of microorganisms that colonise the human gastrointestinal tract play an important role in human health. The development of culture-independent molecular techniques has provided new insights in the composition and diversity of the intestinal microbiota. Here, we summarise the present state of the art on the intestinal microbiota with specific attention for the application of high-throughput functional microbiomic approaches to determine the contribution of the intestinal microbiota to human health. Moreover, we review the association between dysbiosis of the microbiota and both intestinal and extra-intestinal diseases. Finally, we discuss the potential of probiotic microorganism to modulate the intestinal microbiota and thereby contribute to health and well-being. The effects of probiotic consumption on the intestinal microbiota are addressed, as well as the development of tailor-made probiotics designed for specific aberrations that are associated with microbial dysbiosis.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 7 <1%
United Kingdom 4 <1%
Netherlands 3 <1%
Argentina 3 <1%
Portugal 2 <1%
Belgium 2 <1%
Germany 2 <1%
France 1 <1%
Italy 1 <1%
Other 7 <1%
Unknown 1022 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 185 18%
Student > Bachelor 179 17%
Student > Ph. D. Student 169 16%
Researcher 131 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 71 7%
Other 135 13%
Unknown 184 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 328 31%
Medicine and Dentistry 137 13%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 129 12%
Immunology and Microbiology 77 7%
Nursing and Health Professions 34 3%
Other 144 14%
Unknown 205 19%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 32. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 January 2021.
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#1,118,381
of 23,577,761 outputs
Outputs from Genes & Nutrition
#18
of 395 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#4,418
of 113,627 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Genes & Nutrition
#1
of 13 outputs
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