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  • A new connection between the gut microbiota and prostate inflammation in aging men

    11/11/2023 10:31:20 PM PST · by ConservativeMind · 13 replies
    Medical Xpress / Impact Journals LLC / Aging ^ | Nov. 8, 2023 | Weronika Ratajczak et al
    Recent studies indicate that inflammation is one of the causes of the development of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Inflammation may result from past infections, metabolic disorders, but also from the state of functioning of the intestinal microbiota. In this new study, researchers aimed to assess whether the diagnostic lipid parameters for metabolic syndrome and short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) are related to the immunoexpression of interleukins in prostate tissue with benign hyperplasia. The study involved 103 men with BPH, who were divided into two groups depending on the presence of MetS. "We analyzed tissue immunoexpression of two proinflammatory interleukins: IL-6, which...