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ArticleJournal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany)2026

Exploring the pathogenesis of NAFLD: a study of the correlation of gut microbes and metabolites in humanized mouse gut microbiota.

Yuanzhi Cheng, Yun Yang, Yaxi Guo, Yang Shi, Jianghao Feng, Xiaoliang Jiang, Zhiwei Yang, Hua Zhu, Xing Liu

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Article in Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Yuanzhi ChengInstitute of Laboratory Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) & National Center of Technology Innovation for animal model, Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, 100021, China.
Yun YangTaihe County People's Hospital, The Taihe Hospital of Wannan Medical College, Fuyang, 236600, China.
Yaxi GuoInstitute of Laboratory Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) & National Center of Technology Innovation for animal model, Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, 100021, China.
Yang ShiInstitute of Laboratory Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) & National Center of Technology Innovation for animal model, Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, 100021, China.
Jianghao FengInstitute of Laboratory Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) & National Center of Technology Innovation for animal model, Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, 100021, China.
Xiaoliang JiangInstitute of Laboratory Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) & National Center of Technology Innovation for animal model, Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, 100021, China.
Zhiwei YangInstitute of Laboratory Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) & National Center of Technology Innovation for animal model, Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, 100021, China.
Hua ZhuInstitute of Laboratory Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) & National Center of Technology Innovation for animal model, Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, 100021, China. zhuhua0226@vip.sina.com.
Xing LiuInstitute of Laboratory Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) & National Center of Technology Innovation for animal model, Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, 100021, China. j2009110079@pumc.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-8191-5842

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Key Technologies Research and Development Program 2022YFF0710600
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is mounting scientific evidence indicating a robust association between gut microbiota and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Exposure to commensal microbiota in germ-free mice has a significant impact on the regulatory mechanisms of gut genes, in contrast to those conventionally raised. In this study, we have successfully inoculated the gut microbiota from healthy individuals and NAFLD patients into germ-free mice, with the objective of developing a humanized mouse model that accurately replicates the gut microenvironment of NAFLD patients. Changes in blood composition and liver pathology in these mice were systematically measured. Furthermore, we have conducted a detailed analysis of the variations in fecal microbiota and differential metabolites in the blood composition. Our findings indicate a high degree of similarity in disease characteristics between mice colonized with microbiota and humans suffering from NAFLD. Notably, we have observed a strong correlation between alterations in serum differential metabolites and gut microbiota in these mice. KEY MESSAGES: A humanized NFALD mouse model was established based on sterile mice. In microbiota-colonized mice and humans with NAFLD, disease characteristics showed a high degree of similarity. There was a strong association between changes in serum differential metabolites and gut microbiota in mice colonized by intestinal microbiota.

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Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeMetabolomeNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalFecesFemaleHumansLiverMaleMiceGerm-free miceGut microbesMetabolomicsMicrobiomeNAFLD

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