Dietary emulsifiers impact the mouse gut microbiota promoting colitis and metabolic syndrome

Benoit Chassaing, Omry Koren, Julia K. Goodrich, Angela C. Poole, Shanthi Srinivasan, Ruth E. Ley and Andrew T. Gewirtz ()
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Benoit Chassaing: Center for Inflammation, Immunity and Infection, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University
Omry Koren: Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan University, Safed, 13115, Israel
Julia K. Goodrich: Cornell University
Angela C. Poole: Cornell University
Shanthi Srinivasan: Emory University School of Medicine
Ruth E. Ley: Cornell University
Andrew T. Gewirtz: Center for Inflammation, Immunity and Infection, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University

Nature, 2015, vol. 519, issue 7541, 92-96

Abstract: Emulsifying agents, which are common food additives in the human diet, induce low-grade inflammation and obesity/metabolic syndrome in mice, suggesting that further investigation into the potential impact of dietary emulsifiers on the gut microbiota and human heath are warranted.

Date: 2015
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