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ArticleNutrients2020

Combined Soluble Fiber-Mediated Intestinal Microbiota Improve Insulin Sensitivity of Obese Mice.

Chuanhui Xu, Jianhua Liu, Jianwei Gao, Xiaoyu Wu, Chenbin Cui, Hongkui Wei, Rong Zheng, Jian Peng

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Article in Nutrients, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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27citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chuanhui XuDepartment of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Jianhua LiuDepartment of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Jianwei GaoDepartment of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Xiaoyu WuDepartment of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Chenbin CuiDepartment of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Hongkui WeiDepartment of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Rong ZhengDepartment of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Jian PengDepartment of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Huazhong Agricultural University · CNCenter of Hubei Cooperative Innovation for Emissions Trading System · CN

Funding

the Hubei Province Major Technology Innovation Program of China 2017ABA137the National Key Research and Development program of China 2017YFD0400300
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dietary fiber, an important regulator of intestinal microbiota, is a promising tool for preventing obesity and related metabolic disorders. However, the functional links between dietary fiber, intestinal microbiota, and obesity phenotype are still not fully understood. Combined soluble fiber (CSF) is a synthetic mixture of polysaccharides and displays high viscosity, water-binding capacity, swelling capacity, and fermentability. We found that supplementing high-fat diet (HFD) with 6% CSF significantly improved the insulin sensitivity of obese mice without affecting their body weight. Replacing the HFD with normal chow basal diet (NCD), the presence of CSF in the feed significantly enhanced satiety, decreased energy intake, promoted weight and fat loss, and augmented insulin sensitivity. CSF also improved the intestinal morphological integrity, attenuated systemic inflammation, promoted intestinal microbiota homeostasis, and stabilized the production of short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) that was perturbed during HFD-induced obesity, and these stabilizing effects were more prominent when the basal diet was switched to NCD. The enrichment of bacteria of the S24-7 family and

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Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeInsulin ResistanceAnimalsDietary FiberDiet, High-FatGlucose Tolerance TestMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLObesityPolysaccharidesSpecific Pathogen-Free OrganismsWeight LossDietary FiberPolysaccharidescombined soluble fiberinsulin sensitivityintestinal microbiotaobesitysystemic inflammation

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PMID32013093
PMCPMC7071167
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