The aging mouse microbiome has obesogenic characteristics.

Dana BinyaminNir WerbnerMeital Nuriel-OhayonAtara UzanHadar MorAtallah AbbasOren ZivRaffaele TeperinoRoee GutmanOmry Koren

Published in: Genome medicine (2020)

We conclude that aged mice have a gut microbiota with obesogenic characteristics. In addition, the gut bacterial population itself is sufficient to induce some of the manifestations of obesity.

Keyphrases

high fat diet induced
insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
type diabetes
weight loss
adipose tissue
body mass index