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Gut microbiota as a regulator of energy homeostasis and ectopic fat deposition: mechanisms and implications for metabolic disorders.

Giovanni Musso, Roberto Gambino, and Maurizio Cassader

Curr Opin Lipidol 21(1):76-83 (2010) PMID 19915460

To examine the role of gut microbiota in the regulation of host energy homeostasis and its role in the pathogenesis of obesity, diabetes and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).

DOI: 10.1097/MOL.0b013e3283347ebb
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