Despite decades of bile acid research, diverse biological roles for bile acids have been
discovered recently due to developments in understanding the human microbiota. As …

The gut microbiome, ie, the community of bacteria and other microorganisms living in the
human gut, has been implicated both directly and indirectly (mediating the effects of diet) on …

Advances in culture-independent research techniques have led to an increased
understanding of the gut microbiota and the role it plays in health and disease. The intestine …

The obesity epidemic has become a global public health crisis in recent years and is
continuing to worsen at an alarming rate. However, the pathophysiological mechanisms …

Gut microbiota and its metabolites such as short chain fatty acids (SCFA),
lipopolysaccharides (LPS), and trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) impact cardiovascular …

The interplay of gut microbiota, host metabolism, and metabolic health has gained increased
attention. Gut microbiota may play a regulatory role in gastrointestinal health, substrate …

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) are a group of chronic gastrointestinal inflammatory
diseases with unknown etiology. There is a combination of well documented factors in their …

A strong and expanding evidence base supports the influence of gut microbiota in human
metabolism. Altered glucose homeostasis is associated with altered gut microbiota, and is …

Normal eating behaviour is coordinated by the tightly regulated balance between intestinal
and extra-intestinal homeostatic and hedonic mechanisms. By contrast, food addiction is a …

The intestinal microbiota has been implicated in insulin resistance, although evidence
regarding causality in humans is scarce. We therefore studied the effect of lean donor …