A taxonomic signature of obesity in the microbiome? Getting to the guts of the matter.

Obesity is an important and intractable public health problem. In addition to the well-known risk factors of behavior, diet, and genetics, gut microbial communities were recently identified as another possible source of risk and a potential therapeutic target. However, human and animal-model studies...

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Main Authors: Mariel M Finucane, Thomas J Sharpton, Timothy J Laurent, Katherine S Pollard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3885756?pdf=render