Microbes REV up Host Metabolism around the Clock.

Autor: Pronovost GN; Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. Electronic address: geoffpro@ucla.edu., Hsiao EY; Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Immunity [Immunity] 2017 Oct 17; Vol. 47 (4), pp. 618-620.
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2017.10.004
Abstrakt: There is increasing evidence that the microbiome regulates host metabolism, but specific mechanisms underlying these interactions remain poorly understood. In a recent paper in Science, Wang et al. (2017) reveal that the gut microbiota regulates the expression of circadian-clock genes to impact host lipid metabolism and body composition.
(Copyright © 2017. Published by Elsevier Inc.)
Databáze: MEDLINE