Role of Gut Microbiota in the Aetiology of Obesity: Proposed Mechanisms and Review of the Literature

Journal of Obesity

Volumn 2016, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Khan, Muhammad Jaffar ^a,b   Gerasimidis, Konstantinos ^b   Edwards, Christine Ann ^b   Shaikh, M Guftar ^c  

^a KHYBER MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; BILE ACID; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; ENDOCANNABINOID RECEPTOR; LIPOPROTEIN; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADIPOCYTE; BILE ACID METABOLISM; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; DIET; DIET RESTRICTION; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; HEREDITY; HOST; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; LIFESTYLE; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SATIETY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; OBESITY, MORBID;

GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA; OBESITY, MORBID;

EID: 84989906845     PISSN: 20900708     EISSN: 20900716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2016/7353642     Document Type: Review

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