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Use of metagenomics to understand the genetic basis of malnutrition.
Nutrition reviews - 1 Nov 2009
Ahmed Tahmeed, Haque Rashidul, Shamsir Ahmed Abul Mansur, Petri William A, Cravioto Alejandro
Abstract excerpt
Childhood malnutrition is not just due to lack of nutrients, it can also be caused by enteric infections leading to intestinal inflammation and malabsorption of nutrients. Human genetic polymorphisms can alter host genes that affect nutrient absorption and metabolism. Changes in intestinal microbial ecology and the microbiome (the collective genome of the intestinal microbiota) can also affect the harvest of...
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