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Gut dysbiosis, inflammation and type 2 diabetes in mice using synthetic gut microbiota from diabetic humans

Braz. j. biol; 83 (), 2023
Abstract The study was aimed to assess impact of high fat diet (HFD) and synthetic human gut microbiota (GM) combined with HFD and chow diet (CD) in inducing type-2 diabetes (T2D) using mice model. To our knowledge, this is the first study using selected human GM transplantation via culture based method ...

Metagenomics approach to identify lignocellulose-degrading enzymes in the gut microbiota of the Chinese bamboo rat cecum

BACKGROUND: Lignocellulose is considered a renewable organic material, but the industrial production of biofuel from lignocellulose is challenging because of the lack of highly active hydrolytic enzymes. The guts of herbivores contain many symbiotic microorganisms that have evolved to hydrolyze plant lig...

Gut microbiota in Mexican patients with common variable immunodeficiency

Gac. méd. Méx; 155 (5), 2019
Introduction: Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is the main symptomatic primary immunodeficiency and is associated with complex immune disorders. Gut microbiota interacts closely with the immune system, and intestinal dysbiosis is related to multiple diseases. Objective: To describe for the first ...

Postoperative changes in intestinal microbiota and use of probiotics in roux-en-y gastric bypass and sleeve vertical gastrectomy: an integrative review

ABCD (São Paulo, Impr.); 31 (4), 2018
ABSTRACT Introduction: Studies suggest that weight loss induced by bariatric surgery and the remission of some comorbidities may be related to changes in the microbiota profile of individuals undergoing this procedure. In addition, there is evidence that manipulation of the intestinal microbiota may pro...

Bacteriemia por Elizabethkingia meningoseptica en paciente con leucemia linfoblástica aguda

Infectio; 14 (3), 2010
Se reporta un caso de bacteriemia por Elizabethkingia meningoseptica en un paciente inmunocomprometido, con antecedentes de leucemia linfoblástica aguda, que ingresa por infiltración al sistema nervioso central y sospecha de proceso infeccioso. Elizabethkingia meningoseptica es una bacteria oportunista...