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Diet–microbiota interactions as moderators of human metabolism
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It is widely accepted that obesity and associated metabolic diseases, including type 2 diabetes, are intimately linked to diet. However, the gut microbiota has also become a focus for research at the intersection of diet and metabolic health. Mechanisms that link the gut microbiota with obesity are coming to light through a powerful combination of translation-focused animal models and studies in humans. A body of knowledge is accumulating that points to the gut microbiota as a mediator of dietary impact on the host metabolic status. Efforts are focusing on the establishment of causal relationships in people and the prospect of therapeutic interventions such as personalized nutrition.
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“The altered microbiota that is observed in genetically obese mice11,12 is sufficient to promote increased adiposity in lean mice that receive a microbiota transplant12”
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- Not checked yetcites [11] Ley, R. E. et al. Obesity alters gut microbial ecology. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 102, 11070–11075 (2005). source
- Not checked yetcites [12] Turnbaugh, P. J. et al. An obesity-associated gut microbiome with increased capacity for energy harvest. Nature 444, 1027–1031 (2006). The first study to show that the microbiota from an obese mouse could confer increased weight gain to a germ-free recipient mouse. source
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“Germ-free mice are protected from diet-induced obesity when fed a Western-style diet8–10”
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- Not checked yetcites [8] Bäckhed, F., Manchester, J. K., Semenkovich, C. F. & Gordon, J. I. Mechanisms underlying the resistance to diet-induced obesity in germ-free mice. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 104, 979–984 (2007). source
- Not checked yetcites [9] Rabot, S. et al. Germ-free C57BL/6J mice are resistant to high-fat-diet-induced insulin resistance and have altered cholesterol metabolism. FASEB J. 24, 4948–4959 (2010).
- Not checked yetcites [10] Ding, S. et al. High-fat diet: bacteria interactions promote intestinal inflammation which precedes and correlates with obesity and insulin resistance in mouse. PLoS ONE 5, e12191 (2010). source
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“The picture that is emerging suggests that obesity is associated with reduced diversity of the gut microbiota13,17.”
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“long-term dietary habits are a dominant force in determining the composition of an individual’s gut microbiota”
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- Not checked yetcites [20] Wu, G. D. et al. Linking long-term dietary patterns with gut microbial enterotypes. Science 334, 105–108 (2011). source
- Not checked yetcites [25] Muegge, B. D. et al. Diet drives convergence in gut microbiome functions across mammalian phylogeny and within humans. Science 332, 970–974 (2011). source
- Not checked yetcites [27] Koeth, R. A. et al. Intestinal microbiota metabolism of L-carnitine, a nutrient in red meat, promotes atherosclerosis. Nature Med. 19, 576–585 (2013). source
- Not checked yetcites [28] Wu, G. D. et al. Comparative metabolomics in vegans and omnivores reveal constraints on diet-dependent gut microbiota metabolite production. Gut 65, 63–72 (2016). source
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“diet modulates the composition and function of this community of microbes in humans and other mammals18–25”
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- Not checked yetcites [18] David, L. A. et al. Diet rapidly and reproducibly alters the human gut microbiome. Nature 505, 559–563 (2014). source
- Not checked yetcites [19] De Filippo, C. et al. Impact of diet in shaping gut microbiota revealed by a comparative study in children from Europe and rural Africa. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 107, 14691–14696 (2010). The first of several studies to show that the gut microbiota of a traditional rural population is more diverse than and contains distinct taxa in comparison to the microbiotas of Western populations. source
- Not checked yetcites [20] Wu, G. D. et al. Linking long-term dietary patterns with gut microbial enterotypes. Science 334, 105–108 (2011). source
- Not checked yetcites [21] Cotillard, A. et al. Dietary intervention impact on gut microbial gene richness. Nature 500, 585–588 (2013). source
- Not checked yetcites [22] Kovatcheva-Datchary, P. et al. Dietary fiber-induced improvement in glucose metabolism is associated with increased abundance of Prevotella. Cell Metab. 22, 971–982 (2015). source
- Not checked yetcites [23] Walker, A. W. et al. Dominant and diet-responsive groups of bacteria within the human colonic microbiota. ISME J. 5, 220–230 (2011). source
- Not checked yetcites [24] Ley, R. E. et al. Evolution of mammals and their gut microbes. Science 320, 1647–1651 (2008). source
- Not checked yetcites [25] Muegge, B. D. et al. Diet drives convergence in gut microbiome functions across mammalian phylogeny and within humans. Science 332, 970–974 (2011). source
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“reports of alterations in the gut microbiota of obese people4,13–15, which confer the obese or adiposity phenotypes when transferred to mice14,16”
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- Not checked yetcites [14] Ridaura, V. K. et al. Gut microbiota from twins discordant for obesity modulate metabolism in mice. Science 341, 1241214 (2013). This study showed that a microbiota from a lean individual could invade the microbiota of an obese individual and provide protection from weight gain, but that the invasion and protection was dependent on diet. source
- Not checked yetcites [16] Tremaroli, V. et al. Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and vertical banded gastroplasty induce long-term changes on the human gut microbiome contributing to fat mass regulation. Cell Metab. 22, 228–238 (2015). source
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“the composition and function of the microbiota shifted over 1–2 days18,20,23”
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- Not checked yetcites [18] David, L. A. et al. Diet rapidly and reproducibly alters the human gut microbiome. Nature 505, 559–563 (2014). source
- Not checked yetcites [20] Wu, G. D. et al. Linking long-term dietary patterns with gut microbial enterotypes. Science 334, 105–108 (2011). source
- Not checked yetcites [23] Walker, A. W. et al. Dominant and diet-responsive groups of bacteria within the human colonic microbiota. ISME J. 5, 220–230 (2011). source
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“A body of knowledge is accumulating that points to the gut microbiota as a mediator of dietary impact on the host metabolic status.”
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“the time that would be required to perform these steps is probably not compatible with the rapid transit that occurs in the small intestine”
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“mice that harbour microbiotas with low production of trimethylamine (TMA) could be converted into high producers when their diet was supplemented with the TMA-containing compound L-carnitine for 10 weeks27.”
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- Not checked yetcites [27] Koeth, R. A. et al. Intestinal microbiota metabolism of L-carnitine, a nutrient in red meat, promotes atherosclerosis. Nature Med. 19, 576–585 (2013). source
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“These findings suggest that simple carbohydrates and fats could exert unexpected effects on the host metabolism through the microbiota.”
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“high diversity in the microbiota corresponds with high levels of short-chain fatty acid production in rural farmers in Burkina Faso19”
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- Not checked yetcites [19] De Filippo, C. et al. Impact of diet in shaping gut microbiota revealed by a comparative study in children from Europe and rural Africa. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 107, 14691–14696 (2010). The first of several studies to show that the gut microbiota of a traditional rural population is more diverse than and contains distinct taxa in comparison to the microbiotas of Western populations. source
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“germ-free mice are protected from diet-induced obesity when fed high levels of sucrose and lard8”
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- Not checked yetcites [8] Bäckhed, F., Manchester, J. K., Semenkovich, C. F. & Gordon, J. I. Mechanisms underlying the resistance to diet-induced obesity in germ-free mice. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 104, 979–984 (2007). source
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“Emulsifiers and artificial sweeteners have been shown to be involved in the development of metabolic syndrome features through their modulation of the microbiota in mice46,47.”
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- Not checked yetcites [46] Chassaing, B. et al. Dietary emulsifiers impact the mouse gut microbiota promoting colitis and metabolic syndrome. Nature 519, 92–96 (2015). source
- Not checked yetcites [47] Suez, J. et al. Artificial sweeteners induce glucose intolerance by altering the gut microbiota. Nature 514, 181–186 (2014). source
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“Three metagenomic studies13,21,51 have shown that improved metabolic health is associated with a relatively high microbiota gene content and with an increased microbial diversity.”
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- Not checked yetcites [13] Le Chatelier, E. et al. Richness of human gut microbiome correlates with metabolic markers. Nature 500, 541–546 (2013). source
- Not checked yetcites [21] Cotillard, A. et al. Dietary intervention impact on gut microbial gene richness. Nature 500, 585–588 (2013). source
- Not checked yetcites [51] Turnbaugh, P. J. et al. A core gut microbiome in obese and lean twins. Nature 457, 480–484 (2009). source
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“germ-free mice that are fed a high-fat diet with less sucrose are only partly protected against obesity44”
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- Not checked yetcites [44] Caesar, R., Tremaroli, V., Kovatcheva-Datchary, P., Cani, P. D. & Backhed, F. Crosstalk between gut microbiota and dietary lipids aggravates WAT inflammation through TLR signaling. Cell Metab. 22, 658–668 (2015). source
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“the enrichment of genes in the microbiome of hunter–gatherers that are associated with the metabolism of complex carbohydrates62.”
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- Not checked yetcites [62] Rampelli, S. et al. Metagenome sequencing of the Hadza hunter-gatherer gut microbiota. Curr Biol. 25, 1682–1693 (2015). source
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“a particular change in diet can have a highly variable effect on different people owing to the individualized nature of their gut microbiota”
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- Not checked yetcites [23] Walker, A. W. et al. Dominant and diet-responsive groups of bacteria within the human colonic microbiota. ISME J. 5, 220–230 (2011). source
- Not checked yetcites [21] Cotillard, A. et al. Dietary intervention impact on gut microbial gene richness. Nature 500, 585–588 (2013). source
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“In a study in seven people, artificial sweeteners given at high doses resulted in insulin resistance after only 7 days47”
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- Not checked yetcites [47] Suez, J. et al. Artificial sweeteners induce glucose intolerance by altering the gut microbiota. Nature 514, 181–186 (2014). source
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“it has been estimated that people who consumed a typical British diet in the 1980s received 6–10% of their energy from short-chain fatty acids37.”
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- Not checked yetcites [37] McNeil, N. I. The contribution of the large intestine to energy supplies in man. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 39, 338–342 (1984). source
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“Experiments that use a Western-style diet, which is devoid of fibres and rich in calories from saturated fat and sucrose, demonstrate that the gut microbiota regulates obesity through additional pathways8.”
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- Not checked yetcites [8] Bäckhed, F., Manchester, J. K., Semenkovich, C. F. & Gordon, J. I. Mechanisms underlying the resistance to diet-induced obesity in germ-free mice. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 104, 979–984 (2007). source
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“the fermentation of dietary fibre represents one of the dominant microbial metabolic activities in the colon”
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- Not checked yetcites [35] Lozupone, C. A. et al. The convergence of carbohydrate active gene repertoires in human gut microbes. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 105, 15076–15081 (2008). source
- Not checked yetcites [36] El Kaoutari, A., Armougom, F., Gordon, J. I., Raoult, D. & Henrissat, B. The abundance and variety of carbohydrate-active enzymes in the human gut microbiota. Nature Rev. Microbiol. 11, 497–504 (2013). source
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“germ-free rats harvest less energy from a polysaccharide-rich diet34”
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- Not checked yetcites [34] Wostmann, B. S., Larkin, C., Moriarty, A. & Bruckner-Kardoss, E. Dietary intake, energy metabolism, and excretory losses of adult male germfree Wistar rats. Lab. Anim. Sci. 33, 46–50 (1983).
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“Certain recurrent physiological states in mammals, such as the non-hibernating period in bears41 and advanced pregnancy42, result in a markedly altered microbiota with an increased capacity to harvest energy from the diet without metabolic derangement.”
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- Not checked yetcites [41] Sommer, F. et al. The gut microbiota modulates energy metabolism in the hibernating brown bear Ursus arctos. Cell Rep. 14, 1655–1661 (2016). source
- Not checked yetcites [42] Koren, O. et al. Host remodeling of the gut microbiome and metabolic changes during pregnancy. Cell 150, 470–480 (2012). source
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“The absence of dietary fibre together with an abundance of nutrients that negatively affect the microbiota could be of considerable importance for understanding metabolic diseases.”
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“These data provide evidence that artificial food additives might contribute to metabolic disease through disruption of the microbiota.”
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“These data indicate that the extent of the diversity might be an important factor for metabolic health”
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“This suggests that certain metabolic inputs can select for pathways as well as the organisms that harbour those pathways.”
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“Consequently, complex carbohydrates travel to the distal gut for fermentation by its dense community of microbes.”
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“all protection from obesity (that is, microbiota-dependent obesity) is lost when sucrose is omitted from the diet45.”
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- Not checked yetcites [45] Fleissner, C. K. et al. Absence of intestinal microbiota does not protect mice from diet-induced obesity. Br. J. Nutr. 104, 919–929 (2010). source
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“A dietary intervention that includes a boosted intake of fibre and a decreased intake of energy can increase microbiota diversity — as defined by the gene content of the faecal metagenome — for individuals who start with a low microbiota gene content, but not those who start with a high gene content21.”
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- Not checked yetcites [21] Cotillard, A. et al. Dietary intervention impact on gut microbial gene richness. Nature 500, 585–588 (2013). source
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“the microbial taxa that are absent from the Western gut are found in many populations of traditional people that have been separated for thousands of years on different continents.”
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“the numerous enzymes that are required to de-modify, liberate, transport and metabolize component monosaccharides are not encoded within the human genome60.”
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- Not checked yetcites [60] Martens, E. C., Kelly, A. G., Tauzin, A. S. & Brumer, H. The devil lies in the details: how variations in polysaccharide fine-structure impact the physiology and evolution of gut microbes. J. Mol. Biol. 426, 3851–3865 (2014). source
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“an important and unwavering commonality of Western dietary trends is the paucity of plant-based dietary fibre48”
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- Not checked yetcites [48] McGill, C. R., Fulgoni, V. L. III & Devareddy, L. Ten-year trends in fiber and whole grain intakes and food sources for the United States population: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2001–2010. Nutrients 7, 1119–1130 (2015). source
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“mice that are deficient in Angptl4 have increased adiposity, even under germ-free conditions7.”
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- Not checked yetcites [7] Bäckhed, F. et al. The gut microbiota as an environmental factor that regulates fat storage. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 101, 15718–15723 (2004). source
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“the increased abundance of taxa that ferment polysaccharides in the gut microbiota of African populations40.”
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- Not checked yetcites [40] Schnorr, S. L. et al. Gut microbiome of the Hadza hunter–gatherers. Nature Commun. 5, 3654 (2014). source
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“The gut microbiota of eight hunter–gatherer or rural farming populations in various parts of the world showed increased bacterial diversity compared with those of Western populations19,40,52–55.”
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- Not checked yetcites [19] De Filippo, C. et al. Impact of diet in shaping gut microbiota revealed by a comparative study in children from Europe and rural Africa. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 107, 14691–14696 (2010). The first of several studies to show that the gut microbiota of a traditional rural population is more diverse than and contains distinct taxa in comparison to the microbiotas of Western populations. source
- Not checked yetcites [40] Schnorr, S. L. et al. Gut microbiome of the Hadza hunter–gatherers. Nature Commun. 5, 3654 (2014). source
- Not checked yetcites [52] Yatsunenko, T. et al. Human gut microbiome viewed across age and geography. Nature 486, 222–227 (2012). source
- Not checked yetcites [53] Obregon-Tito, A. J. et al. Subsistence strategies in traditional societies distinguish gut microbiomes. Nature Commun. 6, 6505 (2015). source
- Not checked yetcites [54] Martínez, I. et al. The gut microbiota of rural Papua New Guineans: composition, diversity patterns, and ecological processes. Cell Rep. 11, 527–538 (2015). source
- Not checked yetcites [55] Clemente, J. C. et al. The microbiome of uncontacted Amerindians. Sci. Adv. 1, e1500183 (2015). source
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“Faecal microbiota transplantation, which has been shown to cure recurrent infection with Clostridium difficile116”
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- Not checked yetcites [116] van Nood, E. et al. Duodenal infusion of donor feces for recurrent Clostridium difficile. N. Engl. J. Med. 368, 407–415 (2013). source
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“most of whom consume far below the recommended amounts of dietary fibre48”
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- Not checked yetcites [48] McGill, C. R., Fulgoni, V. L. III & Devareddy, L. Ten-year trends in fiber and whole grain intakes and food sources for the United States population: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2001–2010. Nutrients 7, 1119–1130 (2015). source
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“Causality has also been demonstrated in animal models.”
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“aspects of microbial communities and host responses that are specific to the small intestine might be obscured by faecal sampling119,120.”
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- Not checked yetcites [119] Lichtman, J. S. et al. The effect of microbial colonization on the host proteome varies by gastrointestinal location. ISME J. 10, 1170–1181 (2016). source
- Not checked yetcites [120] Turnbaugh, P. J. et al. The effect of diet on the human gut microbiome: a metagenomic analysis in humanized gnotobiotic mice. Sci. Transl. Med. 1, 6ra14 (2009). source
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“Increased levels of polysaccharides are likely to be of benefit to people who follow a typical Western-style diet”
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“meta-analyses show that the increased consumption of fibre significantly decreases the risk of mortality123,124.”
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- Not checked yetcites [123] Kim, Y. & Je, Y. Dietary fiber intake and total mortality: a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies. Am. J. Epidemiol. 180, 565–573 (2014). source
- Not checked yetcites [124] Yang, Y., Zhao, L. G., Wu, Q. J., Ma, X. & Xiang, Y. B. Association between dietary fiber and lower risk of all-cause mortality: a meta-analysis of cohort studies. Am. J. Epidemiol. 181, 83–91 (2015). source
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“Improved tolerance to glucose could be explained largely through enrichment of the genus Prevotella within the microbiota.”
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- Not checked yetcites [22] Kovatcheva-Datchary, P. et al. Dietary fiber-induced improvement in glucose metabolism is associated with increased abundance of Prevotella. Cell Metab. 22, 971–982 (2015). source
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“Similarly, individuals show large differences in glucose metabolism in response to an intervention that is based on whole grains22.”
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- Not checked yetcites [22] Kovatcheva-Datchary, P. et al. Dietary fiber-induced improvement in glucose metabolism is associated with increased abundance of Prevotella. Cell Metab. 22, 971–982 (2015). source
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“IL-23 causes the release of IL-22 from innate lymphoid cells in the ileum”
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- Not checked yetcites [113] Sano, T. et al. An IL-23R/IL-22 circuit regulates epithelial serum amyloid A to promote local effector Th17 responses. Cell 163, 381–393 (2015). source
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“Insulin resistance that is induced through a high-fat diet is associated with reduced levels of T helper 17 (TH17) cells that are positive for IL-17 and retinoic acid receptor-related orphan receptor γt (RORγt)112.”
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- Not checked yetcites [112] Garidou, L. et al. The gut microbiota regulates intestinal CD4 T cells expressing RORγt and controls metabolic disease. Cell Metab. 22, 100–112 (2015). source
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“The use of antibiotics in early life is associated with obesity in both people and mice”
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- Not checked yetcites [66] Cho, I. et al. Antibiotics in early life alter the murine colonic microbiome and adiposity. Nature 488, 621–626 (2012). This study demonstrated that the use of antibiotics in early life might cause metabolic disease in later life. source
- Not checked yetcites [122] Ajslev, T. A., Andersen, C. S., Gamborg, M., Sorensen, T. I. & Jess, T. Childhood overweight after establishment of the gut microbiota: the role of delivery mode, pre-pregnancy weight and early administration of antibiotics. Int. J. Obes. 35, 522–529 (2011). source
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“Although the dietary interventions affect the metabolic responses of hosts in an individualized manner, elements of the microbiome can help to predict the response.”
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- Not checked yetcites [114] Zeevi, D. et al. Personalized nutrition by prediction of glycemic responses. Cell 163, 1079–1094 (2015). This study used a machine-learning approach to mine personal health profiles that included microbiome data to predict the postprandial glycaemic response. source
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“germ-free mice that have been colonized with a ‘kwashiorkor’ microbiota experience weight loss when they are fed a typical Malawian diet, which is based on tomatoes and corn.”
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- Not checked yetcites [115] Smith, M. I. et al. Gut microbiomes of Malawian twin pairs discordant for kwashiorkor. Science 339, 548–554 (2013). source
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“bacterial representatives from the microbiota of lean individuals were associated with an increased production of short-chain fatty acids”
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- Not checked yetcites [14] Ridaura, V. K. et al. Gut microbiota from twins discordant for obesity modulate metabolism in mice. Science 341, 1241214 (2013). This study showed that a microbiota from a lean individual could invade the microbiota of an obese individual and provide protection from weight gain, but that the invasion and protection was dependent on diet. source
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“Importantly, the lean microbiota could only invade and prevent increased adiposity when the recipient mice consumed a diet that was low in fat and high in fruits and vegetables.”
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- Not checked yetcites [14] Ridaura, V. K. et al. Gut microbiota from twins discordant for obesity modulate metabolism in mice. Science 341, 1241214 (2013). This study showed that a microbiota from a lean individual could invade the microbiota of an obese individual and provide protection from weight gain, but that the invasion and protection was dependent on diet. source
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“Levels of the bacterium Bilophila wadsworthia increase when mice are fed a diet rich in milk fat or supplemented with the bile acid taurocholic acid111.”
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- Not checked yetcites [111] Devkota, S. et al. Dietary-fat-induced taurocholic acid promotes pathobiont expansion and colitis in Il10−/− mice. Nature 487, 104–108 (2012). source
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“Twins that are discordant for kwashiorkor have distinct microbiotas”
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- Not checked yetcites [115] Smith, M. I. et al. Gut microbiomes of Malawian twin pairs discordant for kwashiorkor. Science 339, 548–554 (2013). source
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“B. wadsworthia increases gut inflammation in mice that lack in the anti-inflammatory cytokine interleukin (IL)-10.”
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- Not checked yetcites [111] Devkota, S. et al. Dietary-fat-induced taurocholic acid promotes pathobiont expansion and colitis in Il10−/− mice. Nature 487, 104–108 (2012). source
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“It is becoming clear that an altered gut microbiota is associated with metabolic diseases in humans that range from obesity to type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.”
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“A switch to a diet rich in saturated fatty acids shifts the composition of the microbiota44.”
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- Not checked yetcites [44] Caesar, R., Tremaroli, V., Kovatcheva-Datchary, P., Cani, P. D. & Backhed, F. Crosstalk between gut microbiota and dietary lipids aggravates WAT inflammation through TLR signaling. Cell Metab. 22, 658–668 (2015). source
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“Similarly, increased levels of Bilophila and a reduced abundance of Desulfovibrio were observed in mice that were fed lard compared with fish oil as a source of fat44.”
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- Not checked yetcites [44] Caesar, R., Tremaroli, V., Kovatcheva-Datchary, P., Cani, P. D. & Backhed, F. Crosstalk between gut microbiota and dietary lipids aggravates WAT inflammation through TLR signaling. Cell Metab. 22, 658–668 (2015). source
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“Insulin clamps that were performed before and after the intervention revealed that the insulin sensitivity of a subset of the participants had significantly improved 6 weeks after the transplant117.”
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- Not checked yetcites [117] Vrieze, A. et al. Transfer of intestinal microbiota from lean donors increases insulin sensitivity in individuals with metabolic syndrome. Gastroenterology 143, 913–916 (2012). This study demonstrated that sensitivity to insulin could be changed by directly altering the gut microbiota through faecal microbiota transplantation. source
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“germ-free mice, which lack a microbiota, have reduced adiposity and improved tolerance to glucose and insulin when compared with conventional (colonized) counterparts7”
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- Not checked yetcites [7] Bäckhed, F. et al. The gut microbiota as an environmental factor that regulates fat storage. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 101, 15718–15723 (2004). source
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“Ruminococcus bromii-related taxa bloomed in response to resistant-starch intervention in most of the 14 obese men in one study; the lack of response in the other individuals might reflect an absence of such taxa in those people23.”
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- Not checked yetcites [23] Walker, A. W. et al. Dominant and diet-responsive groups of bacteria within the human colonic microbiota. ISME J. 5, 220–230 (2011). source
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“The presence of the microbiota is both necessary and sufficient for obesity: the transfer of microbiota from mice fed a Western diet to germ-free mice transfers the obese phenotype43.”
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- Not checked yetcites [43] Turnbaugh, P. J., Bäckhed, F., Fulton, L. & Gordon, J. I. Diet-induced obesity is linked to marked but reversible alterations in the mouse distal gut microbiome. Cell Host Microbe 3, 213–223 (2008). source
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“people who eat large quantities of plants, the main source of dietary fibre38, such as those in certain African communities that consume up to sevenfold more fibre than people the industrialized world39, might generate considerably more short-chain fatty acids, which therefore probably contribute more to the whole-body energy requirement.”
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- Not checked yetcites [38] Bergman, E. N. Energy contributions of volatile fatty acids from the gastrointestinal tract in various species. Physiol. Rev. 70, 567–590 (1990). source
- Not checked yetcites [39] Bingham, S. & Cummings, J. H. in Medical Aspects of Dietary Fiber (eds Spiller, G. A. & Kay, R. M.) 261–2884 (Plenum, 1980). source
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“The microbiota of mice suppress the expression of intestinal angiopoietin-like protein 4, an inhibitor of the enzyme lipoprotein lipase, which increases lipoprotein-lipase activity in adipose tissue and promotes the storage of fat7.”
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- Not checked yetcites [7] Bäckhed, F. et al. The gut microbiota as an environmental factor that regulates fat storage. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 101, 15718–15723 (2004). source
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“industrialization has been accompanied by an overall decline in gut microbiota biodiversity as well as the loss of specific phylogenetic groups — a potential consequence of modern lifestyles, medical practices and processed foods.”
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“Saturated and unsaturated fats have profoundly different effects on the gut microbiota, and the altered microbiota that results from feeding unsaturated fats can offer protection from lard-induced weight gain44.”
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- Not checked yetcites [44] Caesar, R., Tremaroli, V., Kovatcheva-Datchary, P., Cani, P. D. & Backhed, F. Crosstalk between gut microbiota and dietary lipids aggravates WAT inflammation through TLR signaling. Cell Metab. 22, 658–668 (2015). source
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“germ-free mice have a reduced adiposity despite an increased intake of food by comparison with their colonized counterparts7, which demonstrates that the microbiota helps to extract energy from food.”
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- Not checked yetcites [7] Bäckhed, F. et al. The gut microbiota as an environmental factor that regulates fat storage. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 101, 15718–15723 (2004). source
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“a high level of biodiversity does not always correspond to a health-promoting ecosystem: for example, bacterial vaginosis is characterized by a diversity greater than that observed in a healthy state59.”
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- Not checked yetcites [59] Srinivasan, S. et al. Bacterial communities in women with bacterial vaginosis: high resolution phylogenetic analyses reveal relationships of microbiota to clinical criteria. PLoS ONE 7, e37818 (2012). source
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“a microbiota-encoded degradation system for porphyran, a polysaccharide that is found in certain species of edible seaweed, is rare in the microbiotas of Western people but prominent in those of populations that regularly consume seaweed29.”
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- Not checked yetcites [29] Hehemann, J. H. et al. Transfer of carbohydrate-active enzymes from marine bacteria to Japanese gut microbiota. Nature 464, 908–912 (2010). source
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“An inhibitor of TMA lyase that stops the microbial synthesis of TMA and therefore reduces the levels of circulating TMAO prevents the development of atherosclerosis in mice121.”
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- Not checked yetcites [121] Wang, Z. et al. Non-lethal inhibition of gut microbial trimethylamine production for the treatment of atherosclerosis. Cell 163, 1585–1595 (2015). The first example of inhibiting microbial enzymes (or 'drugging the bug') to prevent atherosclerosis. source
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“However, when compared with microbiome profiles and with measurements of metabolism and behaviour, using a machine-learning approach, the response of an individual to a given food could be predicted — even in an independent cohort.”
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- Not checked yetcites [114] Zeevi, D. et al. Personalized nutrition by prediction of glycemic responses. Cell 163, 1079–1094 (2015). This study used a machine-learning approach to mine personal health profiles that included microbiome data to predict the postprandial glycaemic response. source
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“The majority of studies in humans and mice rely on faecal samples, which provide some representation of what is occurring throughout the digestive tract”
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“One study used continuous blood-glucose monitoring to follow postprandial glycaemic responses in 800 people114.”
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“The responses of individuals to particular foods were highly variable.”
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“when the mice are fed a peanut-based, ‘ready-to-use’ therapeutic food, their weight transiently increases and their microbiota normalize115.”
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- Not checked yetcites [115] Smith, M. I. et al. Gut microbiomes of Malawian twin pairs discordant for kwashiorkor. Science 339, 548–554 (2013). source
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“In one-such study, transplantation of the microbiota from obese individuals to germ-free mice transfers the obese phenotype, as determined by increased weight gain, whereas administration of Christensenella minuta prevents weight gain15.”
§ Diet–microbiota interactions as moderators of human metabolism > Perspective
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- Not checked yetcites [15] Goodrich, J. K. et al. Human genetics shape the gut microbiome. Cell 159, 789–799 (2014). source
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“which subsequently induces the production of the proteins serum amyloid A1 and serum amyloid A2 from the epithelium in a paracrine fashion — a process that is required for the activation of TH17 cells in the ileum113.”
§ Diet–microbiota interactions as moderators of human metabolism > Inflammation and diet
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- Not checked yetcites [113] Sano, T. et al. An IL-23R/IL-22 circuit regulates epithelial serum amyloid A to promote local effector Th17 responses. Cell 163, 381–393 (2015). source
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“Prevotella could also improve the glucose metabolism of mice that were fed carbohydrate-rich diets but not a high-fat diet that was devoid of fermentable polysaccharides.”
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“supplementation with Prevotella produces an improved tolerance to glucose only when mice are fed a standard diet that is rich in fibre, and not a Western-style diet, which is devoid of fibre22.”
§ Diet–microbiota interactions as moderators of human metabolism > Dietary interventions and diet-based therapeutics
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- Not checked yetcites [22] Kovatcheva-Datchary, P. et al. Dietary fiber-induced improvement in glucose metabolism is associated with increased abundance of Prevotella. Cell Metab. 22, 971–982 (2015). source
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“the microbiota of obese individuals had an increased abundance of genes that are involved in biosynthesis of branched-chain amino acids, which are associated with impaired sensitivity to insulin14.”
§ Diet–microbiota interactions as moderators of human metabolism > Perspective
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- Not checked yetcites [14] Ridaura, V. K. et al. Gut microbiota from twins discordant for obesity modulate metabolism in mice. Science 341, 1241214 (2013). This study showed that a microbiota from a lean individual could invade the microbiota of an obese individual and provide protection from weight gain, but that the invasion and protection was dependent on diet. source
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“In a multigenerational study in mice, the consumption of a Western-style diet exacerbated the loss of microbiota diversity compared with a diet that was rich in microbiota-accessible carbohydrates, and the extinction of taxa corresponded with a predicted loss in diversity of glycoside hydrolases63.”
§ Diet–microbiota interactions as moderators of human metabolism > Fuel for the microbial ecosystem
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- Not checked yetcites [63] Sonnenburg, E. D. et al. Diet-induced extinctions in the gut microbiota compound over generations. Nature 529, 212–215 (2016). source
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Findings from animal models about microbiota and metabolism are relevant to human metabolic health.
“Mechanisms that link the gut microbiota with obesity are coming to light through a powerful combination of translation-focused animal models and studies in humans.”
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The gut microbiota is a powerful means of influencing human health.
“The gut microbiota provides a powerful route to influencing human health.”
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Diet, especially polysaccharides, primarily controls the composition and function of the gut microbiota.
“Diet and, in particular, polysaccharides serve as primary modulators of the composition and function of the microbiota.”
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Microbial metabolites likely mediate host metabolism and may be beneficial or harmful.
“Microbial metabolites probably act as mediators for the host metabolism and can be either beneficial (for example, butyrate) or detrimental (TMAO).”
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A single metabolite is unlikely to be solely responsible for promoting or preventing metabolic diseases.
“it is unlikely that one metabolite acts alone to promote or prevent metabolic diseases.”
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“Within 24–48 h of a dietary intervention rapid changes are thought to be made to the microbial composition on a species and family level (but not phyla) [17].”
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“Emerging evidence has shown associations of gut microbiota with obesity.48, 49, 50, 51”
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“the microbiota extracts energy from dietary components that are not digested by the host and converts that energy to nutrients the host can absorb, thereby altering the overall energy balance of the host.”
From Understanding the Holobiont: How Microbial Metabolites Affect Human Health and Shape the Immune System (2017) · cites this paper as Sonnenburg and Bäckhed, 2016
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“Second, microbiota-derived LPS has been suggested to traverse the mucosal barrier of the intestine on chylomicrons, lipoprotein complexes that transport long-chain fatty acids from the gut lumen to the lymph and blood (Ghoshal et al., 2009; Khan et al., 2014; Sonnenburg and Bäckhed, 2016).”
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“Beyond these general mechanisms, the gut microbiome affects atherogenesis more specifically through its degradation of phosphatidylcholine, which is abundant in eggs, cheese, seafood and red meat (Jonsson and Bäckhed, 2017; Sharon et al., 2014; Sonnenburg and Bäckhed, 2016).”
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“The gut microbiota is a central regulator of host metabolism.”
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“Obesity and associated metabolic perturbations primarily have been reflected by altered diversity of the microbiota [73], [74]”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Sonnenburg, J. L., & Bäckhed, F.
- Affiliations
- Stanford Medicine (US)
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- Corresponding author
- Sonnenburg, Justin L.
- Bäckhed, Fredrik
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2016-07-06
- Volume
- 535
- Issue
- 7610
- Pages
- 56-64
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- PMC
- PMC5991619
- OpenAlex
- W2465534016
- Cited by
- 2,257
- References
- 135
- Citations by year
- 2026: 191 · 2025: 203 · 2024: 234 · 2023: 219 · 2022: 287 · 2021: 286 · 2020: 242 · 2019: 200 · 2018: 204 · 2017: 166 · 2016: 24
- FWCI
- 17.98
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Nature (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Novo Nordisk Fonden (NNF13OC0008163)
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R01DK085025)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Keywords
- gut microbiota, obesity, type 2 diabetes, metabolic disorders, host metabolism, animal models, causal relationship, personalized nutrition, therapeutic interventions
- MeSH terms
- Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Animals, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Diet, Fatty Acids, Humans, Inflammation, Metabolic Diseases, Metabolism, Obesity, Signal Transduction, Precision Medicine
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