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Editor, Senior Moderator
Front Microbiol
. 2020 Jun 9;11:1388.
doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01388. eCollection 2020.
Intestinal Flora as a Potential Strategy to Fight SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Li-Hong He[SUP] 1 2 3 [/SUP], Long-Fei Ren[SUP] 1 2 3 [/SUP], Jun-Feng Li[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Yong-Na Wu[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Xun Li[SUP] 1 2 3 [/SUP], Lei Zhang[SUP] 1 2 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has spread rapidly worldwide, seriously endangering human health. In addition to the typical symptoms of pulmonary infection, patients with COVID-19 have been reported to have gastrointestinal symptoms and/or intestinal flora dysbiosis. It is known that a healthy intestinal flora is closely related to the maintenance of pulmonary and systemic health by regulating the host immune homeostasis. Role of the "gut-lung axis" has also been well-articulated. This review provides a novel suggestion that intestinal flora may be one of the mediators of the gastrointestinal responses and abnormal immune responses in hosts caused by SARS-CoV-2; improving the composition of intestinal flora and the proportion of its metabolites through probiotics, and personalized diet could be a potential strategy to prevent and treat COVID-19. More clinical and evidence-based medical trials may be initiated to determine the strategy.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; SCFAs; gut-lung axis; immunity; intestinal flora.
. 2020 Jun 9;11:1388.
doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01388. eCollection 2020.
Intestinal Flora as a Potential Strategy to Fight SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Li-Hong He[SUP] 1 2 3 [/SUP], Long-Fei Ren[SUP] 1 2 3 [/SUP], Jun-Feng Li[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Yong-Na Wu[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Xun Li[SUP] 1 2 3 [/SUP], Lei Zhang[SUP] 1 2 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32582138
- PMCID: PMC7295895
- DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01388
Abstract
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has spread rapidly worldwide, seriously endangering human health. In addition to the typical symptoms of pulmonary infection, patients with COVID-19 have been reported to have gastrointestinal symptoms and/or intestinal flora dysbiosis. It is known that a healthy intestinal flora is closely related to the maintenance of pulmonary and systemic health by regulating the host immune homeostasis. Role of the "gut-lung axis" has also been well-articulated. This review provides a novel suggestion that intestinal flora may be one of the mediators of the gastrointestinal responses and abnormal immune responses in hosts caused by SARS-CoV-2; improving the composition of intestinal flora and the proportion of its metabolites through probiotics, and personalized diet could be a potential strategy to prevent and treat COVID-19. More clinical and evidence-based medical trials may be initiated to determine the strategy.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; SCFAs; gut-lung axis; immunity; intestinal flora.