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Overview

Francisco Guarner is affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona in Spain and conducts research primarily within the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work is focused on multiple subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Gastroenterology, Epidemiology, and Physiology.

The scientist's research topics revolve around the study of gut microbiota and health, covering a broad range of areas such as Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Gastrointestinal motility and disorders, Diet and metabolism studies, Microscopic Colitis, Probiotics and Fermented Foods, as well as research related to Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Francisco Guarner include:

  • Encarna Varela
  • Natalia Borruel
  • Francesc Casellas
  • Claudia Herrera-deGuise
  • L Mayorga

They have a publication record spanning a variety of journals, with notable recurring venues such as:

  • Nutrients
  • Gastroenterología y Hepatología (English Edition)
  • Gastroenterología y Hepatología
  • Gastroenterology
  • Advances in Therapy

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by Francisco Guarner include:

  • World Gastroenterology Organisation Global Guidelines: Probiotics and Prebiotics, 2024, Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
  • Antibiotics as Major Disruptors of Gut Microbiota, 2020, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • Alterations in Gut Microbiome in Cirrhosis as Assessed by Quantitative Metagenomics: Relationship With Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure and Prognosis, 2020, Gastroenterology
  • Gut microbes and health, 2021, Gastroenterología y Hepatología (English Edition)
  • Microbiota intestinal y salud, 2021, Gastroenterología y Hepatología

Best Publications

  • A human gut microbial gene catalogue established by metagenomic sequencing

    Junjie Qin;Ruiqiang Li;Jeroen Raes;Manimozhiyan Arumugam

  • Enterotypes of the human gut microbiome

    Manimozhiyan Arumugam;Jeroen Raes;Eric Pelletier;Denis Le Paslier

  • Expert consensus document. The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics consensus statement on the scope and appropriate use of the term probiotic

    Colin Hill;Francisco Guarner;Gregor Reid;Glenn R. Gibson

  • Gut flora in health and disease

    Francisco Guarner;Juan-R Malagelada

  • Prebiotic effects: metabolic and health benefits.

    Marcel Roberfroid;Glenn R. Gibson;Lesley Hoyles;Anne L. McCartney

  • An integrated catalog of reference genes in the human gut microbiome

    Junhua Li;Huijue Jia;Xianghang Cai;Huanzi Zhong

  • The gut microbiota in IBD.

    Chaysavanh Manichanh;Natalia Borruel;Francesc Casellas;Francisco Guarner

  • Identification and assembly of genomes and genetic elements in complex metagenomic samples without using reference genomes

    H Bjørn Nielsen;Mathieu Almeida;Agnieszka Sierakowska Juncker;Simon Rasmussen

  • A microbial signature for Crohn ’ s disease

    Victoria Pascal;Marta Pozuelo;Natalia Borruel;Francesc Casellas

  • Inflammatory disease processes and interactions with nutrition

    P. C. Calder;R. Albers;J.-M. Antoine;S. Blum

  • An update on the use and investigation of probiotics in health and disease

    Mary Ellen Sanders;Francisco Guarner;Richard Guerrant;Peter R. Holt

  • The intestine and its microflora are partners for the protection of the host: report on the Danone Symposium "The Intelligent Intestine," held in Paris, June 14, 2002

    Pierre Bourlioux;Berthold Koletzko;Francisco Guarner;Véronique Braesco

  • Antibiotics as Major Disruptors of Gut Microbiota

    Jaime Ramirez;Francisco Guarner;Luis Bustos Fernandez;Aldo Maruy

  • Metagenomic species profiling using universal phylogenetic marker genes

    Shinichi Sunagawa;Daniel R Mende;Georg Zeller;Fernando Izquierdo-Carrasco

  • Probiotics and human health: a clinical perspective

    H S Gill;F Guarner

  • World Gastroenterology Organisation Global Guidelines: probiotics and prebiotics October 2011.

    Francisco Guarner;Aamir G. Khan;James Garisch;Rami Eliakim

  • Increased mucosal tumour necrosis factor alpha production in Crohn's disease can be downregulated ex vivo by probiotic bacteria.

    N Borruel;M Carol;F Casellas;M Antolín

  • Should yoghurt cultures be considered probiotic

    Francisco Guarner;Gabriela del Valle Perdigon;Gérard Corthier;Seppo Salminen

  • PASSCLAIM - gut health and immunity

    John H Cummings;Jean-Michel Antoine;Fernando Azpiroz;Raphaelle Bourdet-Sicard

  • Effects of probiotic Lactobacillus casei DN-114 001 in prevention of radiation-induced diarrhea: results from multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled nutritional trial.

    Jordi Giralt;José Perez Regadera;Ramona Verges;Jesus Romero

Frequent Co-Authors

Juan-R. Malagelada
Juan-R. Malagelada Autonomous University of Barcelona
Joël Doré
Joël Doré INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Glenn R. Gibson
Glenn R. Gibson University of Reading
S. Dusko Ehrlich
S. Dusko Ehrlich University College London
Jesús Prieto
Jesús Prieto University of Navarra
Peer Bork
Peer Bork European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Oluf Pedersen
Oluf Pedersen University of Copenhagen
Eric Pelletier
Eric Pelletier Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Søren Brunak
Søren Brunak University of Copenhagen
Torben Hansen
Torben Hansen University of Copenhagen

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