The capacity of gastrointestinal microbiota in kidney transplant recipients to ferment prebiotic starch
Alterations in the gut microbiota following kidney transplantation are associated with gastrointestinal symptoms. High amylose maize starch supplementation did not produce beneficial effects on the gut microbiota in preclinical model studies, either before or after transplantation.
Authors
- Levi Elms
- Anthony Meade (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2316-8872)
- Wan Xian Kang
- Jocelyn M. Choo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9500-8360)
- Sarah K Manning
- Richard K. Le Leu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4704-4943)
- Shilpanjali Jesudason (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9695-0761)
- Claire Trimingham
- Mitali S. Mukherjee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5636-8427)
- Patrick Toby Coates (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0342-8179)
- Geraint B. Rogers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4054-1947)
- Nerylee Watson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2823-0639)
Institutions
- Royal Adelaide Hospital (AU)
- Flinders University (AU)
- South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (AU)
- The University of Adelaide (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Nephrology
- Published
- 2025-10-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s40620-025-02439-7
- Primary Topic
- Gut microbiota and health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00