The gut microbiome in cardio-metabolic health

Genome Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Hansen, Tue H ^a   Gøbel, Rikke J ^a   Hansen, Torben ^a,b   Pedersen, Oluf ^a  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DNA; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RNA 16S;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; CARDIOMETABOLIC DISORDER; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIET; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; FECES MICROFLORA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; METABOLIC DISORDER; METAGENOMICS; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 84925855673     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1756994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13073-015-0157-z     Document Type: Review

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