Elucidating the interactions between the human gut microbiota and its host through metabolic modeling

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue APR, 2014, Pages

  Shoaie, Saeed ^a   Nielsen, Jens ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dietary modulation; Gut microbiota; Host metabolism; Metabolic model; SCFAs

Indexed keywords

PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DIET; GENOTYPE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; METABOLIC MODEL; METABOLOMICS; METAGENOMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PHENOTYPE; QUALITY CONTROL; SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84900988344     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2014.00086     Document Type: Article

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