The gut-liver axis and the intersection with the microbiome

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2018, Pages 397-411

  Tripathi, Anupriya ^a,b,c   Debelius, Justine ^b   Brenner, David A ^d   Karin, Michael ^b,e   Loomba, Rohit ^d,g   Schnabl, Bernd ^d,f,g   Knight, Rob ^b,e,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ALCOHOL; ANTIFIBROTIC AGENT; BILE ACID; CHOLINE;

ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; BILE ACID SYNTHESIS; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DNA SEQUENCE; DYSBIOSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTESTINE; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES;

EID: 85046724408     PISSN: 17595045     EISSN: 17595053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41575-018-0011-z     Document Type: Review

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