MYCOGUT: Mycotoxins and gut microbiota, an unresolved interplay towards human chronic low-grade gut inflammation Ghent University
There is an urgent demand to investigate combined effects of multiple mycotoxins over the life course on alterations of the gut microbiota and the development of chronic low-grade gut inflammation through observational studies. Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites produced by toxigenic fungi that contaminate food and feed. Practically everyone undergoes chronic, low-dose, variable dietary exposure to mycotoxins throughout their lives, but ...