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15th European Congress of Endocrinology

Symposia

New mechanisms of energy balance

ea0032s20.2 | New mechanisms of energy balance | ECE2013

Programming of host metabolism by the gut microbiota

Backhed F

The gut microbiota has co-evolved with its mammalian host and is an important factor that contributes to host metabolism. Metagenomic analyses of stool samples from patients have revealed that the gut microbiota is altered in these metabolic diseases and germ-free mice are protected against disease development. Thus, the gut microbiota has been implicated as a causative, or contributing, factor to obesity, diabetes as well as cardiovascular disease. By using germ-free and conv...