Marco Manfredi
“Pietro Barilla†Children's Hospital, University , Italy
Title: Intestinal microbiota: A big world of evolving knowledge
Biography
Biography: Marco Manfredi
Abstract
In recent years, the study of human gut microbiota has become one of the most important research fields not only in medicine but in human sciences in general and our knowledge of resident microbial species and their potential functional role is rapidly growing. Actually it is called our “hidden metabolic organ” because of its immense impact on human wellbeing such as on host metabolism, physiology, nutrition and immune function. In fact changes in this microbiota have been linked to several health and pathological diseases including obesity, gastrointestinal infections, inflammatory bowel disease and functional GI disorders. For these reasons the use of probiotics has been extensively studied in promoting health as well as in treating several diseases.