The gut microbiota promotes hepatic fatty acid desaturation and elongation in mice

Nature Communications

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Kindt, Alida ^a,b,g   Liebisch, Gerhard ^b   Clavel, Thomas ^c,d   Haller, Dirk ^d   Hörmannsperger, Gabriele ^d   Yoon, Hongsup ^d   Kolmeder, Daniela ^d   Sigruener, Alexander ^b   Krautbauer, Sabrina ^b   Seeliger, Claudine ^d   Ganzha, Alexandra ^d   Schweizer, Sabine ^d   Morisset, Rosalie ^d   Strowig, Till ^e   Daniel, Hannelore ^d   Helm, Dominic ^d   Küster, Bernhard ^d   Krumsiek, Jan ^a,f,h   Ecker, Josef ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f GERMAN CENTER FOR DIABETES RESEARCH DZD   (Germany)

^g LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE 1; FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID ELONGASE 5; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPID; METRONIDAZOLE; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PROTEOME; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; ACETIC ACID; ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; ACYLTRANSFERASE; ELOVL5 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SCD1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANTIBIOTICS; BIODEGRADATION; COLONIZATION; FATTY ACID; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEOMICS; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDETES; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FEMALE; FIRMICUTES; GERMFREE MOUSE; INTESTINE FLORA; LIPID LIVER LEVEL; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDOMICS; LIPOGENESIS; LIVER; MALE; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEOMICS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; ANIMAL; DIETARY FIBER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GERMFREE ANIMAL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

MUS;

ACETATES; ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; DIETARY FIBER; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GERM-FREE LIFE; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; MICE; PROTEOMICS; STEAROYL-COA DESATURASE;

EID: 85053287277     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05767-4     Document Type: Article

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