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...
Main Authors: | , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Elsevier
2012-07-01
|
Series: | Annals of Hepatology |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1665268119314577 |