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Klára Vlčková

- Verified email at ucc.ie - Cited by 1168

Kateřina Vlčková

- Verified email at ped.muni.cz - Cited by 903

[HTML][HTML] Diet and the microbiota–gut–brain axis: sowing the seeds of good mental health

K Berding, K Vlckova, W Marx, H Schellekens… - Advances in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Over the past decade, the gut microbiota has emerged as a key component in regulating
brain processes and behavior. Diet is one of the major factors involved in shaping the gut …

[HTML][HTML] Mining microbes for mental health: Determining the role of microbial metabolic pathways in human brain health and disease

…, TFS Bastiaanssen, K Berding, K Vlckova… - Neuroscience & …, 2021 - Elsevier
There is increasing knowledge regarding the role of the microbiome in modulating brain
and behaviour. Indeed, the actions of microbial metabolites are key for appropriate gut-brain …

Factors associated with prognostic awareness in patients with cancer: a systematic review

K Vlckova, A Tuckova, K Polakova… - Psycho‐Oncology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Prognostic awareness relates to patients' capacity to understand their prognosis
and the likely illness trajectory. Based on the current evidence, accurate PA is associated …

[PDF][PDF] Gut microbiome of coexisting BaAka pygmies and bantu reflects gradients of traditional subsistence patterns

…, MB Burns, CJ Yeoman, KR Amato, K Vlckova… - Cell reports, 2016 - cell.com
To understand how the gut microbiome is impacted by human adaptation to varying environments,
we explored gut bacterial communities in the BaAka rainforest hunter-gatherers and …

Gut microbiome composition and metabolomic profiles of wild western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) reflect host ecology

…, K Petrzelkova, CJ Yeoman, K Vlckova… - Molecular …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The metabolic activities of gut microbes significantly influence host physiology; thus,
characterizing the forces that modulate this micro‐ecosystem is key to understanding mammalian …

Temporal variation selects for diet–microbe co-metabolic traits in the gut of Gorilla spp

…, K Petrzelkova, CJ Yeoman, K Vlckova… - The ISME …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Although the critical role that our gastrointestinal microbes play in host physiology is now
well established, we know little about the factors that influenced the evolution of primate gut …

[HTML][HTML] Altered skin and gut microbiome in hidradenitis suppurativa

…, M Barrett, S Kirthi, P Pellanda, K Vlckova… - Journal of Investigative …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease characterized by the
formation of nodules, abscesses, and fistulae at intertriginous sites. The skin–gut axis is an …

The relationship between ICT use and science knowledge for Czech students: A secondary analysis of PISA 2006

M Kubiatko, K Vlckova - International Journal of Science and Mathematics …, 2010 - Springer
The 2006 Programme for International Student Assessment focussed on students’ scientific
competencies, measured their knowledge and provided questionnaires focussed on different …

[HTML][HTML] Whole blueberry and isolated polyphenol-rich fractions modulate specific gut microbes in an in vitro colon model and in a pilot study in human consumers

…, ME Gheller, TTT Tran, JE Blum, P Pellanda, K Vlckova… - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Blueberry (BB) consumption is linked to improved health. The bioconversion of the polyphenolic
content of BB by fermentative bacteria in the large intestine may be a necessary step for …

Impact of stress on the gut microbiome of free-ranging western lowland gorillas

K Vlčková, K Shutt-Phillips, M Heistermann… - …, 2018 - microbiologyresearch.org
Exposure to stressors can negatively impact the mammalian gastrointestinal microbiome (GIM).
Here, we used 454 pyrosequencing of 16S rRNA bacterial gene amplicons to evaluate …