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Bacterial Encroachment in Metabolic Syndrome: Too Much Togetherness?

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: As our understanding of the intestinal microbiota’s structure, function, regulation, and wide-ranging influence on human health grows, several important roadblocks to therapeutic targeting remain. First is the descriptive nature of most studies to date, which in many cases have documented steady-state phenotypes without investigating cause–effect relationships. Substantive progress is underway in this direction, with a number of investigators beginning to mechanistically address causal relationships using mouse models and direct manipulation or transfer of microbial populations.

Source: Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2017.05.006

Author: Mark R. Frey

Institutions: University of Southern California, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Saban Research Institute

Language: English

Topic: Gut microbiota and health

Subfield: Molecular Biology

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $3,430