Temporal stability of fecal metabolomic profiles in irritable bowel syndrome.
Cristina IribarrenOtto SavolainenMaria SapnaraHans TörnblomMagnus SimrénMaria K MagnussonLena ÖhmanPublished in: Neurogastroenterology and motility (2024)
The fecal metabolome is stable over time within IBS patients as well as healthy subjects. This supports the concept of a stable fecal metabolome in IBS despite fluctuations in stool consistency, and the use of single timepoint sampling to further explore how the fecal metabolome is related to IBS pathogenesis.