Gut microbiota and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Recent evidence has linked obesity and the metabolic syndrome with gut dysbiota. The precise mechanisms underlying that association are not entirely understood; however, microbiota can enhance the extraction of energy from diet and regulate whole-body metabolism towards increased fatty acids uptake...

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Main Authors: Mariana V. Machado, Helena Cortez-Pinto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-07-01
Series:Annals of Hepatology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1665268119314577