Sex differences and hormonal effects on gut microbiota composition in mice

Gut Microbes

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 313-322

  Org, Elin ^a,b   Mehrabian, Margarete ^a   Parks, Brian W ^a,c   Shipkova, Petia ^d   Liu, Xiaoqin ^d   Drake, Thomas A ^a   Lusis, Aldons J ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

genetics; gut microbiota interactions; hormones; inbred strains; sex differences; sex by diet interactions

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; BILE ACID;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANAEROPLASMA; ARTICLE; C3H/HE MOUSE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ERWINIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIATION; GONADECTOMY; HEREDITY; INBRED STRAIN; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; MOLLICUTES; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HORMONES; MALE; MICE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84978628163     PISSN: 19490976     EISSN: 19490984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19490976.2016.1203502     Document Type: Article

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