title: Role of gut microbiota in food tolerance and allergies.
abstract: Alterations of commensal flora may cause various gastrointestinal and extraintestinal diseases, including food intolerances and food allergies. According to the 'microflora hypothesis', alterations in the composition of gut microbiota in industrialized countries have disturbed the mechanisms of mucosal immune tolerance. Over the past few years several studies have looked for a role for probiotics in the treatment of food allergies with promising results.
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine Department, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Gemelli Hospital, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gigante
authors.forename: Annalisa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tortora
authors.forename: Gianluca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ianiro
authors.forename: Veronica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ojetti
authors.forename: Flaminia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Purchiaroni
authors.forename: Mariachiara
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Campanale
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cesario
authors.forename: Emidio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Scarpellini
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gasbarrini
mesh_terms: D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance / Q000276:immunology*; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D054892:Metagenome / Q000502:physiology*; D019936:Probiotics / Q000627:therapeutic use