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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 7, 2016; 22(45): 9871-9879
Published online Dec 7, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i45.9871
Published online Dec 7, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i45.9871
Gastrointestinal neuromuscular apparatus: An underestimated target of gut microbiota
Michele Pier Luca Guarino, Michele Cicala, Digestive Disease Unit of Campus Bio Medico University of Rome, 00128 Rome, Italy
Lorenza Putignani, Unit of Parasitology, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, 00100 Rome, Italy
Carola Severi, Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University Sapienza, 00100 Rome, Italy
Author contributions: The authors contributed equally to this work.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The author has no conflict of interests.
Correspondence to: Michele Pier Luca Guarino, MD, PhD, Digestive Disease Unit of Campus Bio Medico University of Rome, Via Alvaro del Portillo 200, 00128 Rome, Italy. m.guarino@unicampus.it
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Received: July 29, 2016
Peer-review started: August 2, 2016
First decision: September 28, 2016
Revised: October 13, 2016
Accepted: November 14, 2016
Article in press: November 16, 2016
Published online: December 7, 2016
Processing time: 130 Days and 15.8 Hours
Peer-review started: August 2, 2016
First decision: September 28, 2016
Revised: October 13, 2016
Accepted: November 14, 2016
Article in press: November 16, 2016
Published online: December 7, 2016
Processing time: 130 Days and 15.8 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: This article reviews the current evidence of gut microbiota and neuromuscular apparatus connection that results to be both direct and indirect. Besides dysbiosis-driven mucosal inflammatory mediators, recent evidence suggests that gut neuromuscular apparatus can be modulated directly by microbiota metabolic products or circulating bacterial molecular components translocated from the intestinal lumen.