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Gut microbial communities from patients with anorexia nervosa do not influence body weight in recipient germ-free mice
1 Jan 2021
Abstract excerpt
Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a psychiatric disorder that presents with profound weight dysregulation, metabolic disturbances, and an abnormal composition of gut microbial communities. As the intestinal microbiota can influence host metabolism, the impact of enteric microbial communities from patients with AN on host weight and adiposity was investigated. Germ-free (GF) mice were colonized with fecal microbiotas from...
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