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Glenn R. Gibson

Researcher at University of Reading

Publications -  484
Citations -  84254

Glenn R. Gibson is an academic researcher from University of Reading. The author has contributed to research in topics: Prebiotic & Gut flora. The author has an hindex of 123, co-authored 476 publications receiving 71956 citations. Previous affiliations of Glenn R. Gibson include National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research & Spanish National Research Council.

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Dietary Modulation of the Human Colonic Microbiota: Introducing the Concept of Prebiotics

TL;DR: By combining the rationale of pro- and prebiotics, the concept of synbiotics is proposed to characterize some colonic foods with interesting nutritional properties that make these compounds candidates for classification as health-enhancing functional food ingredients.
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Metabolic endotoxemia initiates obesity and insulin resistance

TL;DR: It is concluded that the LPS/CD14 system sets the tone of insulin sensitivity and the onset of diabetes and obesity and lowering plasma LPS concentration could be a potent strategy for the control of metabolic diseases.
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Host-Gut Microbiota Metabolic Interactions

TL;DR: A deeper understanding of the axes that physiologically connect the gut, liver, muscle, and brain are a prerequisite for optimizing therapeutic strategies to manipulate the gut microbiota to combat disease and improve health.