A118 GUT MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION FROM A PATIENT WITH SEVERE CONSTIPATION INDUCED CHANGES IN COLONIC FUNCTION AND STRUCTUR OF GNOTOBIOTIC MICE

Abstract

Background

Increasing evidence suggests that gut microbiota play a key role in gastrointestinal (GI) tract function. We have previously shown that fecal microbiota transplantation diarrhea predominant IBS patients into germ-free mice induces faster GI transit, increased permeability and innate immune activation. However, it is unknown whether gut dysfunction is induced by microbiota from patients with chronic constipation.

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