Genetically and dietary induced obesity associate differently with gut microbiota in a murine intestinal tumorigenesis model

Background: Overweight and obesity are risk factors for human colorectal cancer. Growing evidence suggests that the gut microbiome affects both obesity and cancer. In this study, we examined how the murine microbiota composition correlated with obesity, intestinal tumorigenesis, glucose regulation,...

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Main Authors: Knut Rudi, Jane Ludvigsen, Hubert Dirven, Inger-Lise Steffensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Environmental Disease
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Online Access:http://www.environmentmed.org/article.asp?issn=2468-5690;year=2017;volume=2;issue=2;spage=45;epage=54;aulast=Rudi