Nan-Nan Zhou

Gut microbiota dysbiosis and the gut–lung axis in COPD: mechanisms, clinical relevance, and microbiota-targeted interventions

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which is characterised by persistent inflammation and airflow limitation, has increasingly been linked to the gut-lung axis. Patients with COPD commonly exhibit reduced diversity of gut microbiota, decreased levels of bacteria that produce short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), i...