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The gut microbiota in human energy homeostasis and obesity

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Rosenbaum, Michael, Knight, Rob, Leibel, Rudolph L.·2015·Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism

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Numerous studies of rodents suggest that the gut microbiota populations are sensitive to genetic and environmental influences, and can produce or influence afferent signals that directly or indirectly impinge on energy homeostatic systems affecting both energy balance (weight gain or loss) and energy stores. Fecal transplants from obese and lean human, and from mouse donors to gnotobiotic mice, result in adoption of the donor somatotype by the formerly germ-free rodents. Thus, the microbiota is certainly implicated in the development of obesity, adiposity-related comorbidities, and the response to interventions designed to achieve sustained weight reduction in mice. More studies are needed to determine whether the microbiota plays a similarly potent role in human body-weight regulation and obesity.

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  • In humans, when comparing obese and lean individuals, both gut microbiota diversity and the ratio of Bacteroidetes to Firmicutes are decreased in obese individuals.

    “Generally, when comparing obese and lean individuals, both the diversity of the gut microbiota and the ratio of Bacteroidetes to Firmicutes is decreased in obese individuals [145].”

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  • The gut microbiota plays an important role in energy extraction and can be influenced by the composition of the diet and the amount of energy entering this environment.

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  1. [38]Leibel R Rosenbaum M Clément K Metabolic response to weight perturbation Novel Insights into Adipose Cell Functions, Research and Perspectives in Endocrine Interactions 2010 Springer-Verlag 121 133
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Authors
Rosenbaum, M., Knight, R., & Leibel, R. L.
Affiliations
  • Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US)
  • University of California San Diego (US)
  • Columbia University (US)
Corresponding author
Rosenbaum, Michael
Venue
Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2015-09
Volume
26
Issue
9
Pages
493-501
ISSN
1043-2760 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2138330280
Cited by
450
References
98
Citations by year
2026: 15 · 2025: 26 · 2024: 25 · 2023: 34 · 2022: 57 · 2021: 57 · 2020: 58 · 2019: 58 · 2018: 41 · 2017: 39 · 2016: 34 · 2015: 5
FWCI
3.84
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (UL1TR000040)
  • National Human Genome Research Institute (R01HG004872, HG4872)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R37DK030292, DK-30292, DK078669, P01DK078669, DK 70977, DK64774, R01DK070977, P30DK026687, R01DK030292)
  • National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
Keywords
gut microbiota, energy homeostasis, obesity, energy balance, weight gain, weight loss, fecal microbiota transplantation, gnotobiotic mice, germ-free mice, body weight regulation
MeSH terms
Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Animals, Energy Metabolism, Humans, Obesity, Adiposity

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