The Liver Meeting 2019-Identify the Gap: Why Study the Microbiome in Liver Disease

Identify the Gap: Why Study the Microbiome in Liver Disease

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In the introductory lecture of the workshop on microbiome and liver disease, the speaker discusses the significance of microbiome in liver health, emphasizing the role of intestinal microbiome in various bodily functions. They explain the impact of microbiome on health, disease, and metabolic functions. The speaker highlights the gut-liver axis and its role in liver diseases, mentioning studies that suggest causality between microbiome and liver conditions like NAFLD, alcoholic liver disease, and cirrhosis. They stress the need to move towards mechanistic studies to establish causation in liver diseases. The talk concludes with a discussion on gaps in understanding the microbiome in liver disease and the importance of longitudinal studies and functional impact analysis to further research in this area.

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Presenter: Mamatha Bhat

Keywords

microbiome

liver disease

intestinal microbiome

gut-liver axis

NAFLD