The intestinal microbiota is made up of billions of microorganisms that coexist in an organised ecosystem, where strict and facultative anaerobic bacteria predominate. The alteration or imbalance of these microorganisms, ...

Gastrointestinal (GI) involvement is an early manifestation in systemic sclerosis (SSc), affecting more than 90% of patients, and severe GI disease is a marker of poor prognosis and mortality. Recent studies have hypothesized ...

There is strength in numbers. The 100 trillionstrong human-gut bacterial population, referred to as microbiota, validate this aphorism with the growing recognition of their effect on health and disease…