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An opportunistic pathogen isolated from the gut of an obese human causes obesity in germfree mice

Lipopolysaccharide endotoxin is the only known bacterial product which, when subcutaneously infused into mice in its purified form, can induce obesity and insulin resistance via an inflammation-mediated pathway. Here we show that one endotoxin-producing bacterium isolated from a morbidly obese human...

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Autores principales: Fei, Na, Zhao, Liping
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3603399/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23235292
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2012.153