Host Starvation and Female Sex Influence Enterobacterial ClpB Production: A Possible Link to the Etiology of Eating Disorders

Altered signaling between gut bacteria and their host has recently been implicated in the pathophysiology of eating disorders, whereas the enterobacterial caseinolytic protease B (ClpB) may play a key role as an antigen mimetic of α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone, an anorexigenic neuropeptide. Here,...

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Main Authors: Jonathan Breton, Justine Jacquemot, Linda Yaker, Camille Leclerc, Nathalie Connil, Marc Feuilloley, Pierre Déchelotte, Sergueï O. Fetissov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-04-01
Series:Microorganisms
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/8/4/530