Functional Microbial Responses to Alcohol Abstinence in Patients With Alcohol Use Disorder

Excessive alcohol consumption is associated with hepatic steatosis and dysregulation of the gut microbiota in patients with alcohol use disorder (AUD). However, how gut microbiota responds when patients stop drinking has not been well studied. In this study, we use shotgun metagenomic sequencing to...

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Main Authors: Bei Gao, Atoosa Emami, Rongrong Zhou, Sonja Lang, Yi Duan, Yanhan Wang, Lu Jiang, Rohit Loomba, David A. Brenner, Peter Stärkel, Bernd Schnabl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
Subjects:
AUD
CAP
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2020.00370/full