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SUBMITTER: Xu P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5474441 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xu Pengfei P Hong Fan F Wang Jialin J Cong Yusheng Y Dai Shu S Wang Sheng S Wang Jing J Jin Xi X Wang Fang F Liu Jin J Zhai Yonggong Y
EBioMedicine 20170118
Obesity and its related metabolic disorders are closely correlated with gut dysbiosis. Montmorillonite is a common medicine used to treat diarrhea. We have previously found that dietary lipid adsorbent-montmorillonite (DLA-M) has an unexpected role in preventing obesity. The aim of this study was to further investigate whether DLA-M regulates intestinal absorption and gut microbiota to prevent obesity-related metabolic disorders. Here, we show that DLA-M absorbs free fatty acids (FFA) and endoto ...[more]