Review

Medical Nutrition Therapy and Intestinal Microbiota in Phenylketonuria

Number: 24 December 30, 2024
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Medical Nutrition Therapy and Intestinal Microbiota in Phenylketonuria

Abstract

The healthy intestinal microbiota has crucial effects, such as protection from pathogenic factors and the development of the immune system. The composition, diversity, and functioning of the microorganisms that make up the microbiota, change at short notice with dietary factors. In this respect, medical nutritional therapies applied in congenital metabolic diseases play a crucial role in shaping the intestinal microbiota. These dietary interventions, with their unique macronutrient and micronutrient compositions, interact with the microbiota, modulate immune responses, and alter the protective integrity of the gut epithelial barrier. In phenylketonuria, the most common amino acid metabolism disorder, it is thought that there may be differences in the microbiota due to the phenylalanine-restricted diet therapy that must be applied throughout life, and studies have been carried out on this subject. Studies have concluded that differences in microbial diversity exist in phenylketonuria patients, although it is not yet known whether it is a result of the disease itself or dietary therapy. This review is intended to examine the medical nutritional therapy administered in phenylketonuria and its effects on the intestinal microbiota.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Nutritional Science

Journal Section

Review

Early Pub Date

December 30, 2024

Publication Date

December 30, 2024

Submission Date

January 26, 2024

Acceptance Date

November 21, 2024

Published in Issue

Year 2024 Number: 24

APA
Doğanay, D., & Olgun Ayazlı, S. N. (2024). Medical Nutrition Therapy and Intestinal Microbiota in Phenylketonuria. Istanbul Gelisim University Journal of Health Sciences, 24, 1347-1356. https://doi.org/10.38079/igusabder.1425111
AMA
1.Doğanay D, Olgun Ayazlı SN. Medical Nutrition Therapy and Intestinal Microbiota in Phenylketonuria. IGUSABDER. 2024;(24):1347-1356. doi:10.38079/igusabder.1425111
Chicago
Doğanay, Derya, and Sevde Nur Olgun Ayazlı. 2024. “Medical Nutrition Therapy and Intestinal Microbiota in Phenylketonuria”. Istanbul Gelisim University Journal of Health Sciences, nos. 24: 1347-56. https://doi.org/10.38079/igusabder.1425111.
EndNote
Doğanay D, Olgun Ayazlı SN (December 1, 2024) Medical Nutrition Therapy and Intestinal Microbiota in Phenylketonuria. Istanbul Gelisim University Journal of Health Sciences 24 1347–1356.
IEEE
[1]D. Doğanay and S. N. Olgun Ayazlı, “Medical Nutrition Therapy and Intestinal Microbiota in Phenylketonuria”, IGUSABDER, no. 24, pp. 1347–1356, Dec. 2024, doi: 10.38079/igusabder.1425111.
ISNAD
Doğanay, Derya - Olgun Ayazlı, Sevde Nur. “Medical Nutrition Therapy and Intestinal Microbiota in Phenylketonuria”. Istanbul Gelisim University Journal of Health Sciences. 24 (December 1, 2024): 1347-1356. https://doi.org/10.38079/igusabder.1425111.
JAMA
1.Doğanay D, Olgun Ayazlı SN. Medical Nutrition Therapy and Intestinal Microbiota in Phenylketonuria. IGUSABDER. 2024;:1347–1356.
MLA
Doğanay, Derya, and Sevde Nur Olgun Ayazlı. “Medical Nutrition Therapy and Intestinal Microbiota in Phenylketonuria”. Istanbul Gelisim University Journal of Health Sciences, no. 24, Dec. 2024, pp. 1347-56, doi:10.38079/igusabder.1425111.
Vancouver
1.Derya Doğanay, Sevde Nur Olgun Ayazlı. Medical Nutrition Therapy and Intestinal Microbiota in Phenylketonuria. IGUSABDER. 2024 Dec. 1;(24):1347-56. doi:10.38079/igusabder.1425111

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