The gut microbiota as an environmental factor that regulates fat storage.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on October 25, 2004

Authors

Fredrik Bäckhed1, Hao Ding, Ting Wang, Lora V Hooper, Gou Young Koh, Andras Nagy, Clay F Semenkovich, Jeffrey I Gordon

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Genome Sciences and Department of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.

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Treatment of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease With Probiotics and Prebiotics | NCT00870012

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