Intestinal inflammation and microbiota modulation impact cochlear function: emerging insights in gut-ear axis
Overall, our findings suggest that gut inflammation, microbiota alteration, or its therapeutic modulation can impact inner ear pathology: worsening gut inflammatory status negatively affects hearing sensitivity, while the restoration of gut microbiota positively impacts auditory function.
Authors
- Federica D. Del Chierico (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4204-4736)
- Letizia Masi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8251-7358)
- Anna Rita Fetoni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5405-4301)
- Anna Pisani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0661-5017)
- Maria Emiliana Caristo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4841-7505)
- V. Emoli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0593-9327)
- Fabiola Paciello (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8473-8074)
- Antonio Gasbarrini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6230-1779)
- Claudio Grassi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7253-1685)
- Valentina Petito (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4396-1613)
- Franco Scaldaferri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8334-7541)
- Loris Riccardo Lopetuso (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5747-2055)
- Maurizio Taglialatela (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8202-0560)
- Gianluca Ianiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8318-0515)
- Jacopo Galli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1599-4573)
- Pierluigi Puca (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0935-8853)
- Giovanni Cammarota (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3626-6148)
- Lorenza Putignani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0134-2830)
- Veronica Mohamed Hizam
- Raffaele Montuoro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4322-4018)
Institutions
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (IT)
- Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic (IT)
- Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital (IT)
- Link Campus University (IT)
- University of Naples Federico II (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cell Communication and Signaling
- Published
- 2025-07-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12964-025-02338-1
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Gut microbiota and health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.81
Funders
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
- Fondazione Roma