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SUBMITTER: Zimmermann M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6533120 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zimmermann Michael M Zimmermann-Kogadeeva Maria M Wegmann Rebekka R Goodman Andrew L AL
Science (New York, N.Y.) 20190207 6427
The gut microbiota is implicated in the metabolism of many medical drugs, with consequences for interpersonal variation in drug efficacy and toxicity. However, quantifying microbial contributions to drug metabolism is challenging, particularly in cases where host and microbiome perform the same metabolic transformation. We combined gut commensal genetics with gnotobiotics to measure brivudine drug metabolism across tissues in mice that vary in a single microbiome-encoded enzyme. Informed by thes ...[more]