Table 1.
Research progress on intestinal microbiota of animals and humans exposed to plateau environment.
| Research subject | Study time | References | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Study on indigenous animal gut microbiota adaptation to plateau | Variable temperature snake | 2018 | Li et al. (2018) |
| Chinese rhesus monkey | 2018 | Hu et al. (2022) | |
| Yak | 2016 | Zhang et al. (2016) | |
| 2022 | Wang et al. (2022) | ||
| Tibetan antelope | 2016 | Zhang et al. (2016) | |
| 2022 | Wang et al. (2022) | ||
| Equus kiang | 2022 | Wang et al. (2022) | |
| Blue sheep | 2022 | Wang et al. (2022) | |
| Tibetan chicken | 2022 | Du et al. (2022) | |
| Plateau zokor | 2023 | Hu et al. (2023) | |
| Tibetan pig | 2020 | Zeng et al. (2020) | |
| Plateau pika | 2023 | Hu et al. (2023) | |
| Study on intestinal microbiota of high-altitude population adaptation to plateau | Tibetan and Han populations in low- and high-altitude areas | 2015 | Li and Zhao (2015) |
| Tibetan population | 2016 | Greenhill et al. (2015) and Li et al. (2016) | |
| Tibetan population in low- and high-altitude areas | 2015 | Li and Zhao (2015) | |
| 2015 | Greenhill et al. (2015) and Das et al. (2018) | ||
| 2020 | Guo et al. (2014) and Zeng et al. (2020) | ||
| Indian population in high-altitude areas | 2018 | Tandon et al. (2018) | |
| Indian population in low- and high-altitude areas | 2018 | Das et al. (2018) | |
| Papua New Guinean population in low- and high-altitude areas | 2015 | Greenhill et al. (2015) and Das et al. (2018) | |
| Study on intestinal microbiota adaptation to acute plateau exposure | Mountaineers | 2005 | Costea et al. (2018) |
| Mice | 2018 | Zhang et al. (2018) | |
| Rats | 2015 | Zhang et al. (2015) | |
| 2018 | Zhang et al. (2018) | ||
| Study on acute plateau sickness and intestinal microbiota | Mice | 2022 | Li et al. (2022) |
| Rats | 2014 | Cristofori et al. (2021) | |
| 2014 | Adak et al. (2014a) | ||
| 2017 | Adak et al. (2014b) | ||
| 2022 | Bai et al. (2022) | ||
| Healthy males | 2018 | Karl et al. (2018) | |
| Mountaineers | 2013 | Kleessen et al. (2005) and Adak et al. (2013) | |
| Study on plateau-related myocardial injury and intestinal microbiota | Rats | 2022 | Hu et al. (2022) |
| Study on plateau-related decrease in bone density and intestinal microbiota | Multi-ethnic Chinese cohort | 2022 | Zuo et al. (2022) |
| Study on plateau-related cognitive impairment and intestinal microbiota | Healthy college students | 2011 | Yan et al. (2011) |
| 2019 | Ma et al. (2019) | ||
| Mice | 2022 | Zhao et al. (2022) |