...Hirokazu Tsuji; Koji Nomoto We have developed a highly sensitive microbial analytical system, the Yakult Intestinal Flora-SCAN (YIF-SCAN), based on reverse transcription-quantitative PCR, to quantify the intestinal microbiota. Targeting ribosomal RNA “molecules,” which are present in abundant...

...Tadaharu Okazaki; Atsuyuki Yamataka; Takashi Asahara; Koji Nomoto; Yuichiro Yamashiro Major surgical procedures can alter intestinal microbiota and disrupt the intestinal barrier function, leaving the patient at risk for infection. Probiotics are defined as live microorganisms that confer a health...

... microbiota Infancy Intestinal microbiota Obesity Overweight Probiotics Prebiotics • Considering that the perinatal microbial contact and initial colonization guide the immune and metabolic programming of an infant, interventions aiming to prevent obesity and its metabolic consequences later...

... of the intestinal microbiota are not without consequence considering the wide effects that the microbes have on both local and systemic immunity. The goal of this review is to give insight into the importance of gut microbiota in disease development and the possible therapeutic interventions in clinical settings...