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ArticleBioscience of microbiota, food and health2021

Characterisation of gut microbiota of obesity and type 2 diabetes in a rodent model.

Khalid S Ibrahim, Nowara Bourwis, Sharron Dolan, Sue Lang, Janice Spencer, John A Craft

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Article in Bioscience of microbiota, food and health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Khalid S IbrahimDepartment of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, G4 0BA, United Kingdom.
Nowara BourwisDepartment of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, G4 0BA, United Kingdom.
Sharron DolanDepartment of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, G4 0BA, United Kingdom.
Sue LangDepartment of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, G4 0BA, United Kingdom.
Janice SpencerDepartment of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, G4 0BA, United Kingdom.
John A CraftDepartment of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, G4 0BA, United Kingdom.
Glasgow Caledonian University · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Various studies have suggested that the gut microbiome interacts with the host and may have a significant role in the aetiology of obesity and Type 2 Diabetes (T2D). It was hypothesised that bacterial communities in obesity and T2D differ from control and compromise normal interactions between host and microbiota. Obesity and T2D were developed in rats by feeding a high-fat diet or a high-fat diet plus a single low-dose streptozotocin administration, respectively. The microbiome profiles and their metabolic potentials were established by metagenomic 16S rRNA sequencing and bioinformatics. Taxonomy and predicted metabolism-related genes in obesity and T2D were markedly different from controls and indeed from each other. Diversity was reduced in T2D but not in Obese rats. Factors likely to compromise host intestinal, barrier integrity were found in Obese and T2D rats including predicted, decreased bacterial butyrate production. Capacity to increase energy extraction via ABC-transporters and carbohydrate metabolism were enhanced in Obese and T2D rats. T2D was characterized by increased proinflammatory molecules. While obesity and T2D show distinct differences, results suggest that in both conditions

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PMID33520571
PMCPMC7817511
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