Celastrol inhibits intestinal lipid absorption by reprofiling the gut microbiota to attenuate high-fat diet-induced obesity

Summary: Celastrol, a compound extracted from traditional Chinese medicine, has been reported as a potent anti-obesity agent with controversial mechanisms. Here both C57BL/6J and leptin-deficient (ob/ob) mice fed a high-fat diet (HFD) displayed body weight loss after celastrol therapy, opposing the...

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Main Authors: Hu Hua, Yue Zhang, Fei Zhao, Ke Chen, Tong Wu, Qianqi Liu, Songming Huang, Aihua Zhang, Zhanjun Jia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-02-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004221000456