Microbiota and Postmenopause: The resilience of intestinal bacteria in the face of female hormonal aging.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Female aging is characterized by a decline in ovarian function until the establishment of the post-menopausal state. Other research lines seek to understand how the gut microbiota contributes to these diseases at all stages of life, including post-menopause, and its potential to be used as an ally to promote healthy aging and as a biomarker that can be associated with the pre-and post-menopausal period.

Methods

Post-menopausal women (n = 44) aged between 45 and 60, divided into Group A n = 34 (up to 10 years postmenopause) and Group B n = 10 (more than 10 years postmenopause) had fecal samples analyzed by metabarcoding using the 16S rRNA gene, and bacterial composition and diversity were compared between the two groups.

Results

Both groups showed high diver

SUBMITTER: Silva TCAD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12176181 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature