Restoration of a healthy intestinal microbiota normalizes portal hypertension in a rat model of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.
Teresa García-LezanaImma RaurellMiren BravoManuel Torres-ArauzMaría Teresa SalcedoAlba SantiagoAndreu SchoenenbergerChaysavanh ManichanhJoan GenescàMaría MartellSalvador AugustinPublished in: Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) (2018)
The IM exerts a direct influence in the development of PH in rats with diet-induced NASH and dysbiosis; PH, insulin resistance, and endothelial dysfunction revert when a healthy IM is restored. (Hepatology 2018;67:1485-1498).