The nonfermentable dietary fiber hydroxypropyl methylcellulose modulates intestinal microbiota

FASEB Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 692-702

  Cox, Laura M ^a,b   Cho, Ilseung ^a,b,c   Young, Scott A ^d   Anderson, W H Kerr ^d   Waters, Bartholomew J ^d   Hung, Shao Ching ^d   Gao, Zhan ^a,b   Mahana, Douglas ^a,b   Bihan, Monika ^e   Alekseyenko, Alexander V ^b   Methé, Barbara A ^e   Blaser, Martin J ^a,b,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^e J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Liver adiposity; Microbial ecology; Obesity; Prebiotics

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYPROPYLMETHYLCELLULOSE; LEPTIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PREBIOTIC AGENT; SATURATED FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; ERYSIPELOTRICHACEAE; FIRMICUTES; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTESTINE FLORA; LACHNOSPIRACEAE; LIPID DIET; LIVER; LOW FAT DIET; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCACEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROSEQUENCING; RNA GENE; RUMINOCOCCACEAE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BODY WEIGHT; DIET, FAT-RESTRICTED; DIET, HIGH-FAT; DIETARY FIBER; INTESTINES; METABOLOME; METAGENOME; METHYLCELLULOSE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHYLOGENY; PREBIOTICS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 84873471120     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.12-219477     Document Type: Article

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