Propionate alleviates high-fat diet-induced lipid dysmetabolism by modulating gut microbiota in mice.

B SongY Z ZhongC B ZhengF N LiYehui H DuanJ P Deng

Published in: Journal of applied microbiology (2019)

We demonstrated for the first time that oral sodium propionate significantly improved HFD-induced dysbiosis of gut microbiota, indicating that the mitigative effect of propionate for HFD-induced lipid dysmetabolism might be mediated by gut microbiota in mice.

Keyphrases

high fat diet induced
insulin resistance
high fat diet
high glucose
diabetic rats
fatty acid
endothelial cells
drug induced
skeletal muscle
mouse model