The gut microbiota, obesity and insulin resistance

Molecular Aspects of Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-58

  Shen, Jian ^a   Obin, Martin S ^c   Zhao, Liping ^a,b  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gut microbiota; Inflammation; Insulin resistance; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN; ANGIOPOIETIN LIKE PROTEIN 4; BINDING PROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE RESPONSE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; CASPASE RECRUITMENT DOMAIN PROTEIN 15; CASPASE RECRUITMENT DOMAIN PROTEIN 4; CD14 ANTIGEN; ENDOCANNABINOID; FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 2; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE KINASE; MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 88; PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR; PLACEBO; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 1C; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APPETITE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM INFANTIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM PSEUDOCATENULATUM; CALORIC INTAKE; CATABOLISM; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOTOXEMIA; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FATTY ACID TRANSPORT; FERMENTATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOBIOLOGY; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; LIGAND BINDING; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLIC REGULATION; METAGENOMICS; METHANOGENIC ARCHAEON; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHYLUM; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ENDOTOXEMIA; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; METAGENOME; MICE; OBESITY; PREBIOTICS; PROBIOTICS; THINNESS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84872161044     PISSN: 00982997     EISSN: 18729452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mam.2012.11.001     Document Type: Review

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