The relative abundance of fecal bacterial species belonging to the Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes phyla is related to plasma levels of bile acids in young adults.
Francisco J Osuna-PrietoHuiwen XuLourdes Ortiz-AlvarezXinyu DiIsabelle KohlerLucas Jurado-FasoliJosé Rubio-LópezJulio Plaza-DíazRamiro Vilchez-VargasAlexander LinkÁngel GilJonathan R RuizPatrick C N RensenBorja Martinez-TellezPublished in: Metabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society (2023)
The relative abundance of specific fecal bacteria species is associated with plasma levels of BA in young adults. However, further investigations are required to validate whether the composition of the gut microbiota can regulate the plasma concentrations of BA in humans.