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Aflatoxin is a carcinogenic foodborne mycotoxin that damages the liver through DNA-reactive metabolites. It also disrupts gut microbiome metabolism and gut–liver signaling, potentially contributing to inflammation and barrier dysfunction. Microbiome medicine integrates exposure biomarkers with microbial and metabolic signatures for risk assessment.

All articles (A-Z)

A
Aflatoxin
Amsel’s Criteria
Autoantibodies
B
Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB)
Bradford Hill Criteria
C
Calprotectin
Chelation
Coelomic Metaplasia Theory
Colibactin
D
Drug Repurposing 
E
EDTA
Endometriomas
Environmental Theory of Endometriosis
Estrobolome
Estrogen
Estrogen Receptors (ER)
F
Facultative Anaerobes
Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT)
Ferroptosis
Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders (FGIDs)
Functional Shielding
G
Genetic and Epigenetic Theory of Disease
Glutathione
Gram-Negative Bacteria
H
Hepcidin
Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)
I
Idiopathic
Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)
Inflammaging: The Chronic Inflammation Hypothesis
Intratumoural Microbiota
K
Koch’s Postulates
L
Lipocalin-2
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)
Lymphovascular Metastasis Theory
M
Major Microbial Associations (MMAs)
Matrix Metalloproteinases (MMPs)
Melanin
Menarche
Metabolomic Signature
Metal Homeostasis
Metallomic Signatures
Metalloprotease
Microbial Metallomics
Microbial Metallomics Theory of Parkinson’s disease
Microbiome Medicine
Microbiome Signatures
Microbiome Theory of Health and Disease
Microbiome-Targeted Interventions (MBTIs)
Mismetallation
Molecular Mimicry
Müllerianosis theory
N
Nugent Score
Nutritional Immunity
O
Organophosphates
Oxidase Positive
P
Pathobiont
Postbiotics
Prebiotics
R
Reactive oxygen species (ROS)
Research Fast-Track (RFT) Designation
Retrograde Menstruation Theory
S
Short-chain Fatty Acids (SCFAs)
Siderophores
STOPs
T
Terpenes and terpenoids
The Microbial Metallomics Theory of Endometriosis
Transferrin
Transvaginal Photobiomodulation
Trimethylamine N-Oxide (TMAO)
U
Urease
V
Vaginal Microbiome Transplant (VMT)
Virulence Factors
Β
β-Glucuronidase
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