Colonic transit time is related to bacterial metabolism and mucosal turnover in the gut

Nature Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Roager, Henrik M ^a   Hansen, Lea B S ^a   Bahl, Martin I ^a   Frandsen, Henrik L ^a   Carvalho, Vera ^a   Gøbel, Rikke J ^b   Dalgaard, Marlene D ^a   Plichta, Damian R ^a   Sparholt, Morten H ^c   Vestergaard, Henrik ^b   Hansen, Torben ^b   Sicheritz Pontén, Thomas ^a   Nielsen, H Bjørn ^a   Pedersen, Oluf ^b   Lauritzen, Lotte ^d   Kristensen, Mette ^d   Gupta, Ramneek ^a   Licht, Tine R ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Capital Region   (Denmark)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; COLON; FECES; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; METABOLISM; METABOLOME; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOSA; REPRODUCIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMARKERS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; COLON; FECES; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLISM; METABOLOME; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84983651716     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20585276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.93     Document Type: Article

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