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THE ROLE OF INTESTINAL BACTERIA IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF DIETARY CIRRHOSIS IN RATS

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Rutenburg, Alexander M., Sonnenblick, Edmund, Koven, Irving, Aprahamian, H. Arto, Reiner, Leopold, Fine, Jacob·1957·The Journal of Experimental Medicine

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Diffuse hepatic cirrhosis develops in rats on a choline-deficient diet within 300 days. Absorbable broad spectrum antibiotics added to the daily diet do not prevent the development of fatty infiltration, but they delay the development of cirrhosis for about 100 days more. Non-absorbable antibiotics added to the daily diet prevent the development of cirrhosis in most rats for as long as 750 days. The superiority of non-absorbable antibiotics to absorbable antibiotics excludes a systemic effect of the antibiotics and demonstrates that intestinal bacteria are largely, if not wholly, responsible for the cirrhosis in rats on a choline-deficient diet.

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  • The microbiota-TLR4 axis contributes importantly to liver fibrosis.

    “There is strong evidence for an important contribution of the microbiota–TLR4 axis to liver fibrosis.”
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    “Studies from the past six decades have shown that antibiotics prevent hepatic injury and fibrosis induced by CCl4 treatment, bile duct ligation or a choline-deficient diet, and that endotoxin enhances hepatic fibrosis induced by a choline-deficient diet71–73.”

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Authors
Rutenburg, A. M., Sonnenblick, E., Koven, I., Aprahamian, H. A., Reiner, L., & Fine, J.
Affiliations
Harvard University (US)
Venue
The Journal of Experimental Medicine
Published
1957-07-01
Volume
106
Issue
1
Pages
1-14
ISSN
  • 0022-1007 (ISSN-L)
  • 1540-9538
OpenAlex
W2108335279
Cited by
108
References
16
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 5
FWCI
1.06
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • The Journal of Experimental Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Cancer Institute
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hepatology › Liver Disease and Transplantation
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hepatology › Liver physiology and pathology
Keywords
choline-deficient diet, intestinal bacteria, non-absorbable antibiotics, hepatic steatosis, rats
MeSH terms
Animals, Bacteria, Intestines, Liver Cirrhosis, Liver Cirrhosis, Experimental, Rats

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