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Use of Germ-Free Animal Models in Microbiota-Related Research
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The Korean Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology
, 2015 , Article)
The large intestine is a home for trillions of microbiota, which confer many benefits on the host, including production of vitamins, absorption of nutrients, pathogen displacement, and development of the immune system. For ...
Hepatic circadian clock oscillators and nuclear receptors integrate microbiome-derived signals
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Nature Publishing Group
, 2016 , Article)
The liver is a key organ of metabolic homeostasis with functions that oscillate in response to food intake. Although liver and gut microbiome crosstalk has been reported, microbiome-mediated effects on peripheral circadian ...
Human microbiome and its association with health and diseases
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Wiley
, 2016 , Article)
Human microbiota are distinct communities of microorganisms that resides at different body
niches. Exploration of the human microbiome has become a reality due to the availability of
powerful metagenomics and metatranscriptomic ...
The gut microbiota and developmental programming of the testis in mice
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Public Library of Science
, 2014 , Article)
Nutrients and environmental chemicals, including endocrine disruptors, have been incriminated in the current increase in male reproductive dysfunction, but the underlying mechanisms remain unknown. The gastrointestinal ...
Microbiota and the control of blood-tissue barriers
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Taylor & Francis
, 2015 , Article)
The gastro-intestinal tract is an ecosystem containing trillions of commensal bacteria living in symbiosis with the host. These microbiota modulate a variety of our physiological processes, including production of vitamins, ...