Pharmacologically induced weight loss is associated with distinct gut microbiome changes in obese rats

Abstract Background Obesity, metabolic disease and some psychiatric conditions are associated with changes to relative abundance of bacterial species and specific genes in the faecal microbiome. Little is known about the impact of pharmacologically induced weight loss on distinct microbiome species...

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Main Authors: Silvia Raineri, Julia A. Sherriff, Kevin S. J. Thompson, Huw Jones, Paul T. Pfluger, Nicholas E. Ilott, Jane Mellor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-04-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-022-02494-1