Fecal microbial determinants of fecal and systemic estrogens and estrogen metabolites: A cross-sectional study

Journal of Translational Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Flores, Roberto ^a   Shi, Jianxin ^a   Fuhrman, Barbara ^a   Xu, Xia ^b   Veenstra, Timothy D ^b   Gail, Mitchell H ^a   Gajer, Pawel ^c   Ravel, Jacques ^c   Goedert, James J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

glucosidase; glucuronidase; Enterohepatic circulation; Estrogen metabolites; Fecal estrogens; Feces; Microbiome; Postmenopausal estrogens

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCOSIDASE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; RNA 16S;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPLICON; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENTEROHEPATIC CIRCULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN URINE LEVEL; FECES LEVEL; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PYROSEQUENCING; REPRODUCIBILITY; RUMINOCOCCACEAE; SEX; SPECIES RICHNESS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TAXONOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESTROGENS; FECES; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENOPAUSE; METAGENOME; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871376007     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5876-10-253     Document Type: Article

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