The rapid increase of cases of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in the past decades has made it a widespread metabolic disorder. In addition to well-established risk factors for T2DM, including genetic predisposition, poor physical activity, fetal programming and obesity, an altered configuration of the microbial community in our gut – the microbiota – has emerged as a new candidate that may be linked to T2DM. The aim of this review is to focus the light on the role of gut microbiota as a novel key organ involved in metabolism, and discussing the putative mechanisms linking gut microbiota and T2DM, as well as the therapeutic perspective of intestinal microbiota modulation for T2DM.
Ibrahim, N. (2016). Gut Microbiota and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus : What is The Link ?. Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases, 6(2), 112-119. doi: 10.21608/aeji.2018.9950
MLA
Nesma A Ibrahim. "Gut Microbiota and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus : What is The Link ?", Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases, 6, 2, 2016, 112-119. doi: 10.21608/aeji.2018.9950
HARVARD
Ibrahim, N. (2016). 'Gut Microbiota and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus : What is The Link ?', Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases, 6(2), pp. 112-119. doi: 10.21608/aeji.2018.9950
VANCOUVER
Ibrahim, N. Gut Microbiota and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus : What is The Link ?. Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases, 2016; 6(2): 112-119. doi: 10.21608/aeji.2018.9950
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