The Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio of the human gut microbiota is associated with prostate enlargement.
Kentaro TakezawaKazutoshi FujitaMakoto MatsushitaDaisuke MotookaKoji HatanoEri BannoNobutaka ShimizuTetsuya TakaoShingo TakadaKoichi OkadaShinichiro FukuharaHiroshi KiuchiHirotsugu UemuraShota NakamuraYoshiyuki KojimaNorio NonomuraPublished in: The Prostate (2021)
The F/B ratio of the gut microbiota was associated with prostate enlargement. Although the detailed mechanisms are unclear, the gut microbiota might affect prostate enlargement.