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Prebiotics

Prebiotic is a non-digestible food ingredient that selectively stimulates the growth and/or activity of beneficial microorganisms in the gut, thereby improving host health.

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Cross-talk between <i>Akkermansia muciniphila</i> and intestinal epithelium controls diet-induced obesity

Amandine Everard, Clara Belzer, Lucie Geurts et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2013 · 4.4K citations · Full text

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Probiotics in man and animals

R. FULLER AFRC · Journal of Applied Bacteriology · 1989 · 4.1K citations

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Dietary modulation of the human colonic microbiota: updating the concept of prebiotics

Glenn R. Gibson, Hollie M. Probert, Jan Van Loo et al. · Nutrition Research Reviews · 2004 · 2.5K citations · Full text

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Changes in gut microbiota control inflammation in obese mice through a mechanism involving GLP-2-driven improvement of gut permeability

Patrice D. Cani, Sam Possemiers, Tom Van de Wiele et al. · Gut · 2009 · 2.5K citations · Full text

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Probiotics in primary prevention of atopic disease: a randomised placebo-controlled trial

Marko Kalliomäki, Seppo Salminen, Heikki Arvilommi et al. · The Lancet · 2001 · 2.4K citations

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  1. GR
    Glenn R. Gibson

    University of Reading, United Kingdom

    106 publications · 18.6K citations

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    Seppo Salminen

    University of Turku, Finland

    52 publications · 11.9K citations

    42

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  3. AC
    Arthur C. Ouwehand

    University of Turku, Finland

    44 publications · 6K citations

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    Jan Knol

    Nutricia Research (Netherlands), Netherlands

    40 publications · 3.5K citations

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    Patrice D. Cani

    UCLouvain, Belgium

    36 publications · 13.3K citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of Reading

    Reading, United Kingdom

    75 h-index

    447 publications

    65.8K citations

  2. Wageningen University & Research

    Wageningen, The Netherlands

    53 h-index

    307 publications

    51.2K citations

  3. University of Turku

    Turku, Finland

    53 h-index

    198 publications

    41.1K citations

  4. Ghent University

    Ghent, Belgium

    53 h-index

    292 publications

    38.9K citations

  5. University College Cork

    Cork, Ireland

    45 h-index

    338 publications

    63.7K citations

  6. KU Leuven

    Leuven, Belgium

    41 h-index

    235 publications

    26.4K citations

  7. China Agricultural University

    Beijing, China

    41 h-index

    450 publications

    28.1K citations

  8. State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology

    Wuxi, China

    41 h-index

    539 publications

    26.9K citations

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  1. British Journal Of Nutrition

    BJN · 123 publications · 14.4K citations

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  2. Fish & Shellfish Immunology

    126 publications · 13K citations

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  3. Journal of Functional Foods

    176 publications · 11.6K citations

    59

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  4. LWT

    143 publications · 8.7K citations

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  5. Journal of Nutrition

    JN · 82 publications · 9.6K citations

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