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Fishing for obesity-related gut microbiome enterotype.

Xuechen RaoYikai ShaoHao Wu
Published in: Cell host & microbe (2024)
Despite debate, the concept of enterotype-like clusters remains valuable for exploring the human gut microbiome and associated environmental factors. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Wu et al. robustly identified an obesity-related enterotype-like cluster, Megamonas, and demonstrated its clinical relevance through cohort studies, mice, and cell experiments.
Keyphrases
  • high fat diet induced
  • insulin resistance
  • metabolic syndrome
  • single cell
  • weight loss
  • type diabetes
  • cell therapy
  • weight gain
  • stem cells
  • adipose tissue
  • body mass index
  • bone marrow