Obesity and its associated disease: a role for microbiota?

Energy-balance studies reveal associations between gut microbes, caloric load, and nutrient absorption in humans

(2011) Reiner Jumpertz et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Prebiotic fibres dose-dependently increase satiety hormones and alter Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes in lean and obese JCR:LA-cp rats

(2011) Jill A. Parnell et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Human nutrition, the gut microbiome and the immune system

(2011) Andrew L. Kau et al.   NATURE

Targeting gut microbiota in obesity: effects of prebiotics and probiotics

(2011) Nathalie M. Delzenne et al.   Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Vagal afferent neurons in high fat diet-induced obesity; intestinal microflora, gut inflammation and cholecystokinin

(2011) Guillaume de Lartigue et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Extensive personal human gut microbiota culture collections characterized and manipulated in gnotobiotic mice

(2011) A. L. Goodman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Normal gut microbiota modulates brain development and behavior

(2011) R. D. Heijtz et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Diet Drives Convergence in Gut Microbiome Functions Across Mammalian Phylogeny and Within Humans

(2011) B. D. Muegge et al.   SCIENCE

Propensity to high-fat diet-induced obesity in rats is associated with changes in the gut microbiota and gut inflammation

(2010) Claire Barbier de La Serre et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-GASTROINTESTINAL AND LIVER PHYSIOLOGY

High-Carbohydrate Diet Selectively Induces Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Production in Mice Liver

(2010) Adaliene Versiani Matos Ferreira et al.   INFLAMMATION

Prevalence and Trends in Obesity Among US Adults, 1999-2008

(2010) Katherine M. Flegal   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Metabolic Syndrome and Altered Gut Microbiota in Mice Lacking Toll-Like Receptor 5

(2010) M. Vijay-Kumar et al.   SCIENCE

Gut microbiota fermentation of prebiotics increases satietogenic and incretin gut peptide production with consequences for appetite sensation and glucose response after a meal

(2009) Patrice D Cani et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Role of gut-brain axis in persistent abnormal feeding behavior in mice following eradication of Helicobacter pylori infection

(2009) Premysl Bercik et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

The Relationship Between Intestinal Microbiota and the Central Nervous System in Normal Gastrointestinal Function and Disease

(2009) Stephen M. Collins et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

Changes in gut microbiota control inflammation in obese mice through a mechanism involving GLP-2-driven improvement of gut permeability

(2009) P. D. Cani et al.   GUT

Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulates adipokine and socs3 gene expression in mouse brain and pituitary gland in vivo, and in N-1 hypothalamic neurons in vitro

(2009) Russell Brown et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROIMMUNOLOGY

Intestinal Microbiota Regulate Xenobiotic Metabolism in the Liver

(2009) Britta Björkholm et al.   PLoS One

Diet-Induced Obesity Is Linked to Marked but Reversible Alterations in the Mouse Distal Gut Microbiome

(2008) Peter J. Turnbaugh et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Changes in Gut Microbiota Control Metabolic Endotoxemia-Induced Inflammation in High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity and Diabetes in Mice

(2008) P. D. Cani et al.   DIABETES

Obesity pandemics and the modification of digestive bacterial flora

(2008) D. Raoult   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Gut microbiota modulation with norfloxacin and ampicillin enhances glucose tolerance in mice

(2008) Mathieu Membrez et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Systemic multicompartmental effects of the gut microbiome on mouse metabolic phenotypes

(2008) Sandrine P Claus et al.   Molecular Systems Biology