Sex-related alterations of gut microbiota composition in the BTBR mouse model of autism spectrum disorder

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Coretti, Lorena ^a   Cristiano, Claudia ^b   Florio, Ermanno ^b   Scala, Giovanni ^c   Lama, Adriano ^b   Keller, Simona ^b   Cuomo, Mariella ^b   Russo, Roberto ^b   Pero, Raffaela ^b   Paciello, Orlando ^b   Mattace Raso, Giuseppina ^b   Meli, Rosaria ^b   Cocozza, Sergio ^a,b   Calignano, Antonio ^b   Chiariotti, Lorenzo ^a,b   Lembo, Francesca ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI NAPOLI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AUTISM; BACTERIUM; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; COLON; DISEASE MODEL; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; INTESTINE; INTESTINE FLORA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; PHENOTYPE; SEX FACTOR;

ANIMALS; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BACTERIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLON; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; INTESTINES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PERMEABILITY; PHENOTYPE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 85016594581     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep45356     Document Type: Article

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