Impact of the gut microbiota on the development of obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue APR, 2014, Pages

  Moreno Indias, Isabel ^a,b   Cardona, Fernando ^a,b   Tinahones, Francisco J ^a,b   Queipo Ortuño, María Isabel ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gut microbiota; Inflammation; LPS; Obesity; SCFA; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BUTYRIC ACID; GLUCAGON; INCRETIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PDX 1;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ATOPOBIUM; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDETES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BODY MASS; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CLOSTRIDIUM; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; ENDOTOXEMIA; ENERGY METABOLISM; FAT INTAKE; FIRMICUTES; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTESTINE FLORA; METABOLIC DISORDER; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; REVIEW; SPECIES COMPOSITION; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 84899676296     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00190     Document Type: Review

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