The Gut Microbiota in Ulcerative Colitis-Mini review

Abstract

Microbiota in the intestines and the host interact with each other, affecting the host's health and, in turn, the arrangement of gut microbiota. The two important characteristics in this regard are a decrease in beneficial bacteria and an increase in harmful bacteria. In the normal health state, these life forms ‎are in a symbiotic relationship with the host where they can provide some biological functions ‎not executed by the host. Vitamin K biosynthesis is a well-known example of this. On the other ‎hand, in a disease state, these microbiota communities become disturbed where beneficial ‎members are lost in favour of some pathological forms which may increase the pathological ‎process.. Changes in the makeup and quantity of the gut microbiome have been shown to be valuable as diagnostic markers. The gut microbiota plays an essential role in Ulcerative collitis. In this ‎review, we reviewed some of these microbiota changes in different gastrointestinal diseases.