Gastric bypass surgery in a rat model alters the community structure and functional composition of the intestinal microbiota independently of weight loss

Gastric bypass surgery in a rat model alters the community structure and functional composition of the intestinal microbiota independently of weight loss

Abstract Background Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery is a last-resort treatment to induce substantial and sustained weight loss in cases of severe obesity. This anatomical rearrangement affects the intestinal microbiota, but so far, little information is available on how it interferes with mi...

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Main Authors: Sven-Bastiaan Haange, Nico Jehmlich, Ute Krügel, Constantin Hintschich, Dorothee Wehrmann, Mohammed Hankir, Florian Seyfried, Jean Froment, Thomas Hübschmann, Susann Müller, Dirk K. Wissenbach, Kang Kang, Christian Buettner, Gianni Panagiotou, Matthias Noll, Ulrike Rolle-Kampczyk, Wiebke Fenske, Martin von Bergen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-02-01
Series:Microbiome
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-020-0788-1

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