Frontiers in microbiology

Front Microbiol · ISSN (print) 1664-302X · 11 papers in corpus
other 2026
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2026.1755725 ·PMID:41767576

INTRODUCTION: The reproductive microbiome plays a key role in disease progression and fertility in women with endometriosis. Vaginal and endometrial dysbiosis has been increasingly linked to inflammation, impaired reproductive outcomes, and…

review 2025
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2025.1552134 ·PMID:40400684

Background Endometriosis, a complex gynecological disorder, has been increasingly linked to gut microbiota dysbiosis, suggesting its potential role in disease pathogenesis. Methods This systematic review and meta-analysis explore the associ…

review 2025
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2025.1521216 ·PMID:40313408

As a heterogeneous disease, endometriosis is associated with diagnostic delay. Delayed diagnosis, physical discomfort, hormone therapy, and inconvenience in daily life and work all contribute to a decreased quality of life for endometriosis…

other 2025
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2025.1713258 ·PMID:41704847

INTRODUCTION: This study investigated whether probiotics alleviate Endometriosis (EMs)-related inflammation by modulating the gut microbiota and short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs). METHODS: An endometriosis model was established in SD rats, w…

review 2024
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2024.1363455 ·PMID:38505548

Endometriosis is classically defined as a chronic inflammatory heterogeneous disorder occurring in any part of the body, characterized by estrogen-driven periodic bleeding, proliferation, and fibrosis of ectopic endometrial glands and strom…

article 2024
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2024.1363080 ·PMID:39027094

Background: Although numerous studies have illustrated the connection between gut microbiota and endometriosis, a conspicuous gap exists in research focusing on the pathogenesis of endometriosis at various sites and its linkage with inferti…

article 2023
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1188458 ·PMID:37829443

Background Recent studies have shown that an imbalance in gut microbiota (GM) may not always be associated with endometriosis (EMS). To investigate this further, we conducted a two-sample Mendelian randomization study. Methods MR analysis w…

other 2023
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1250369 ·PMID:38029073

AIM: Recent observational and small-sample case-control studies have shown a relationship between gut microbiota composition and prostatic cancer (PCa). Nevertheless, the causal association between gut microbiota and PCa is still unclear. H…

article 2023
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1075900 ·PMID:36744089

Introduction The endometrial microbiota plays an essential role in the health of the female reproductive system. However, the interactions between the microbes in the endometrium and their effects on adenomyosis remain obscure. Materials an…

other 2022
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2022.851670 ·PMID:35250962

OBJECTIVE: The vaginal microbiome protects the female genital tract from various diseases, such as vaginitis, a vaginal inflammation characterized by abnormal discharge, itching, and pain. To evaluate the clinical relationship between the v…

2021
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.729744 ·PMID:34659157