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Lactulose Improves Fecal Microflora in CKD Patients

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Lactulose improved fecal microflora in KD patients by significantly increasing Bifidobacteria and Lactobacilli while stabilizing renal function. These microbiome shifts counteract dysbiosis-associated toxin generation, supporting lactulose as a clinically relevant microbiome-targeted intervention.

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Lactulose Improves Fecal Microflora in CKD Patients
Lactulose Improves Renal Function and Gut Microbiota in CKD
Lactulose Regulates Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis in Acute Pancreatitis with Intestinal Dysfunction
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Nickel chelators and urease inhibition in Klebsiella pneumoniae and bacterial nickel transport
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From Physicochemical Classification to Multidimensional Insights: A Comprehensive Review of Uremic Toxin Research
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The transition from the pre-ESRD to ESRD phase of CKD: much remains to be learned
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Fiber intake and health in people with chronic kidney disease
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Ni(II) Cd(II) mixed ligand complexes as dual antimicrobial and anti inflammatory agents
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The relationship between serum levels of uric acid and prognosis of infection in critically ill patients
The association between low-concentration heavy metal exposure and chronic kidney disease risk through α-klotho
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Susceptibility to environmental heavy metal toxicity among Americans with kidney disease
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Nickel exposure induces gut microbiome disorder and serum uric acid elevation
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Hyperuricemia in chronic kidney disease: Emerging pathophysiology and a novel therapeutic strategy
Heavy metal association with chronic kidney disease of unknown cause in central India: results from a case-control study
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Complex interplay of heavy metals and renal injury: New perspectives from longitudinal epidemiological evidence
Characterization of metal(loid)s and antibiotic resistance in bacteria of human gut microbiota from chronic kidney disease subjects
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Association of serum zinc level with severity of chronic kidney disease in diabetic patients: a cross-sectional study
Association of low-level heavy metal exposure with risk of chronic kidney disease and long-term mortality
A Comparative Study on the Paradoxical Relationship Between Heavy Metal Exposure and Kidney Function
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Iron Supplementation and Infant Gut Microbiota: Meta-Analysis Reveals Bifidobacterium Loss
Interplay between enterobactin myeloperoxidase and lipocalin 2 in the inflamed gut
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Lipocalin 2 and the iroA gene cluster in host iron defense and evasion
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Staphylococcus aureus HrtA-heme-toxicity : ATPase function and heme-stress virulence reprogramming in S. aureus
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UPEC Transition Metal Control in Virulence: Siderophores, Metallophores, and Clinical Implications
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Role of Iron in Bacterial Pathogenesis: Clinical Takeaways from an Editorial
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Candida albicans Enables Staphylococcus aureus “Hitchhiking” Across Mucosa
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The relationship between serum calprotectin levels and disease activity in patients with subacute thyroiditis.
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High Prevalence of Nickel Allergy in an Overweight Female Population: A Microbial Metallomics Commentary
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Gut Microbiota as a Mediator of Essential and Toxic Effects of Zinc in the Intestines and Other Tissues
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Correlation of calprotectin serum levels with degrees of endometriosis: A cross-sectional study
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Mercury and nickel allergy/ Risk factors in fatigue and autoimmunity
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The effect of a low-nickel diet and nickel sensitization ongastroesophageal reflux disease: A pilot study
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Low-Nickel Diet in Endometriosis: Symptom Relief and Nickel Mucositis Evidence
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Nickel Allergy:What Is the Role of the Low Nickel Diet?
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Phage Therapy Against Antibiotic‐Resistant and Multidrug‐Resistant Infections Involving Nonhealing Wounds: A Mini‐Review
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The Influence of Lactoferrin in Plasma and Peritoneal Fluid on Iron Metabolism in Women with Endometriosis
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Plants that Hyperaccumulate Heavy Metals
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Metals at the Host–Fungal Pathogen Battleground
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Role of Nickel in Microbial Pathogenesis
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Heavy Metals in Obese and Non-Obese Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Patients: A Review
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Metallomic signatures of brain tissues distinguishes between cases of dementia with Lewy bodies, Alzheimer’s disease, and Parkinson’s disease dementia
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Urine metallomics signature as an indicator of pancreatic cancer†
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Association Between Heavy Metal Exposure and Bacterial Vaginosis
A Multi-Omic Systems-Based Approach Reveals Metabolic Markers of Bacterial Vaginosis and Insight into the Disease
Association Between Dietary Patterns and Bacterial Vaginosis
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Bacterial Communities in Women with Bacterial Vaginosis:
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Review test
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Lactoferrin: a secret weapon in the war against pathogenic bacteria
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Elevated Lactoferrin and Anti-Lactoferrin Antibodies in Endometriosis: Autoimmune and Microbiome Insights
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Causal effects of gut microbiome on endometriosis: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study
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Serendipity in Refractory Celiac Disease: Full Recovery of Duodenal Villi and Clinical Symptoms after Fecal Microbiota Transfer
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Microbiota–Gut–Brain Axis: Barrier Function and Lymphatic System in Neurological Health
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Analyzing the impact of heavy metal exposure on osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis: an approach based on interpretable machine learning
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Role of Some Heavy Metals in Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Comparative Analysis of Taxonomic and Functional Gut Microbiota Profiles in Relation to Seroconversion of Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies in Euthyroid Participants.
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Molecular estimation of alteration in intestinal microbial composition in Hashimoto’s thyroiditis patients
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Integrative analysis of gut microbiome and host transcriptome reveal novel molecular signatures in Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
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Alterations of the Gut Microbiota in Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis Patients
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Heavy Metals and Pesticides Toxicity in Agricultural Soil and Plants: Ecological Risks and Human Health Implications
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Adverse Events Due to Suspected Nickel Hypersensitivity in Patients with Essure Micro-Inserts
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The influence of nickel on intestinal microbiota disturbances
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Potential Role of Copper in Diabetes and Diabetic Kidney Disease
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The Association between Zinc and Copper Circulating Levels and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Adults: A Study of Qatar Biobank Data
The copper chelator ammonium tetrathiomolybdate inhibits the progression of experimental endometriosis in TNFR1-deficient mice
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Exploring the link between dietary zinc intake and endometriosis risk: insights from a cross-sectional analysis of American women
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Organophosphorus pesticide chlorpyrifos intake promotes obesity and insulin resistance through impacting gut and gut microbiota
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Nickel Allergy is Found in a Majority of Women with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Muscle Pain—and may be Triggered by Cigarette Smoke and Dietary Nickel Intake
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The impact of endometriosis on dietary choices and activities of everyday life: a cross-sectional study
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I Am the 1 in 10—What Should I Eat? A Research Review of Nutrition in Endometriosis
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Elevated levels of whole blood nickel in a group of Sri Lankan women with endometriosis: a case control study
Elevated Lead, Nickel, and Bismuth Levels in the Peritoneal Fluid of a Peritoneal Endometriosis Patient without Toxic Habits or Occupational Exposure following a Vegetarian Diet
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The oral microbiome and breast cancer and non-malignant breast disease, and its relationship with the fecal microbiome in the Ghana Breast Health Study
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Microbial Dysbiosis Is Associated with Human Breast Cancer
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Intestinal microbiota influences clinical outcome and side effects of early breast cancer treatment
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Gut and oral microbial compositional differences in women with breast cancer, women with ductal carcinoma in situ, and healthy women
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Breast cancer in postmenopausal women is associated with an altered gut metagenome
Breast cancer but not the menopausal status is associated with small changes of the gut microbiota
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Association between Gut Microbiota and Breast Cancer: Diet as a Potential Modulating Factor
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Breast cancer patients from the Midwest region of the United States have reduced levels of short-chain fatty acid-producing gut bacteria
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Composition and Functional Potential of the Human Mammary Microbiota Prior to and Following Breast Tumor Diagnosis
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A comprehensive analysis of breast cancer microbiota and host gene expression
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Comprehensive profiles and diagnostic value of menopausal-specific gut microbiota in premenopausal breast cancer
Current Updates on the Role of Microbiome in Endometriosis: A Narrative Review
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The Positive Influence of Polyphenols Extracted From Pueraria lobata Root on the Gut Microbiota and Its Antioxidant Capability
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Plants as source of new therapies for endometriosis: a review of preclinical and clinical studies
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Fruit and vegetable consumption and risk of endometriosis
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Remission of Endometriosis by Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment in Rats
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The effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the inflammatory response in a mouse model of endometriosis: An experimental study
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Plants as source of new therapies for endometriosis: a review of preclinical and clinical studies
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High Glucose Promotes Inflammation and Weakens Placental Defenses against E. coli and S. agalactiae Infection: Protective Role of Insulin and Metformin
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Consumption of Pueraria flower extract reduces body mass index via a decrease in the visceral fat area in obese humans
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1H NMR- based metabolomics approaches as non-invasive tools for diagnosis of endometriosis
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A metabonomics approach as a means for identification of potentialbiomarkers for early diagnosis of endometriosis
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Metabolomics reveals perturbations in endometrium and serum of minimal and mild endometriosis
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A More Diverse Cervical Microbiome Associates with Better Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Endometriosis: A Pilot Study
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The bidirectional relationship between endometriosis and microbiome
The role of gut and genital microbiota and the estrobolome in endometriosis, infertility and chronic pelvic pain
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Does Exposure of Lead and Cadmium Affect the Endometriosis?
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Presence of metalloestrogens in ectopic endometrial tissue
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Nickel Allergy as a Risk Factor for Endometriosis
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