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Microbial modulation of host body composition and plasma metabolic profile.
Scientific reports - 16 Apr 2020
Nazmul Huda M, Winnike Jason H, Crowell Jocelyn M, O'Connor Annalouise, Bennett Brian J
Abstract excerpt
The gut microbiota is a critical mediator of nutrition and disease risk. Like most complex traits, the microbiome is under genetic regulation and differs between inbred strains of mice. We tested the effect of fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) on obesity, and plasma glucose. For this study, we collected microbiota from 2 inbred strains of mice which differ in adiposity and glucose tolerance, C57BL/6J and...
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