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. 2021 Jun 29;10(13):2916.
doi: 10.3390/jcm10132916.

How the Gut Microbiome Links to Menopause and Obesity, with Possible Implications for Endometrial Cancer Development (VSports app下载)

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How the Gut Microbiome Links to Menopause and Obesity, with Possible Implications for Endometrial Cancer Development

"VSports注册入口" Malou P H Schreurs et al. J Clin Med. .

Abstract

Background: Interest is growing in the dynamic role of gut microbiome disturbances in human health and disease. No direct evidence is yet available to link gut microbiome dysbiosis to endometrial cancer. This review aims to understand any association between microbiome dysbiosis and important risk factors of endometrial cancer, high estrogen levels, postmenopause and obesity. Methods: A systematic search was performed with PubMed as primary database. Three separate searches were performed to identify all relevant studies. Results: Fifteen studies were identified as highly relevant and included in the review. Eight articles focused on the relationship with obesity and eight studies focused on the menopausal change or estrogen levels. Due to the heterogeneity in patient populations and outcome measures, no meta-analysis could be performed. Both the menopausal change and obesity were noted to enhance dysbiosis by reducing microbiome diversity and increasing the Firmicutes to Bacteroidetes ratio. Both also incurred estrobolome changes, leading to increased systemic estrogen levels, especially after menopause VSports手机版. Furthermore, microbiome dysbiosis was reported to be related to systemic inflammation through toll-like receptor signaling deficiencies and overexpression of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Conclusions: This review highlights that the female gut microbiome is intrinsically linked to estrogen levels, menopausal state and systemic inflammation, which indicates gut microbiome dysbiosis as a potential hallmark for risk stratification for endometrial cancer. Studies are needed to further define the role the gut microbiome plays in women at risk for endometrial cancer. .

Keywords: endometrial cancer; estrogen; gut microbiome; menopause; obesity. V体育安卓版.

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Figure 2
Overview microbes of the gut microbiome that correlates with estrogen levels. All families and genera from the phyla Firmicutes and Protobacteria positively correlate with estrogen levels. On the contrary, all documented families and genera from the phyla Bacteroidetes and Antinobacteria are negatively correlated with estrogen levels.
Figure 1
Figure 1
Changes in microbes of the gut microbiome from postmenopausal women compared to premenopausal women. Phyla are divided in families and genera. Red corresponds with an increase and blue corresponds with a decrease in relative abundance of phylum, family or genus in postmenopausal women. No color represents that this phylum or family was not specifically mentioned in the literature. When text font is bold, more than one article found this effect.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Changes in microbes of the gut microbiome in obese women compared to lean women. Phyla are divided in families and genera. Red corresponds with an increase and blue with a decrease in relative abundance of the phylum, family or genus in obese women. No color represents that this phylum or family was not specifically mentioned in the literature. When text font is bold, more that one article has found this effect.

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