High-fat diet and estrogen modulate the gut microbiota in a sex-dependent manner in mice

A metagenomic analysis reveals that male and female mice exhibit sex-dependent responses to a high-fat diet (HFD), and that estrogenic ligands can attenuate certain aspects of HFDinduced dysbiosis.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Linnea Hases, Lina Stepanauskaite, Madeleine Birgersson, Nele Brusselaers, Ina Schuppe-Koistinen, Amena Archer, Lars Engstrand, Cecilia Williams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-01-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04406-5