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Microbiota-induced obesity requires farnesoid X receptor.
Gut - 1 Mar 2017
Parséus Ava, Sommer Nina, Sommer Felix, Caesar Robert, Molinaro Antonio, Ståhlman Marcus, Greiner Thomas U, Perkins Rosie, Bäckhed Fredrik
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OBJECTIVE: The gut microbiota has been implicated as an environmental factor that modulates obesity, and recent evidence suggests that microbiota-mediated changes in bile acid profiles and signalling through the bile acid nuclear receptor farnesoid X receptor (FXR) contribute to impaired host metabolism. Here we investigated if the gut microbiota modulates obesity and associated phenotypes through FXR. DESIGN: We...
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