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SUBMITTER: Gao B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7193112 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gao Bei B Emami Atoosa A Zhou Rongrong R Lang Sonja S Duan Yi Y Wang Yanhan Y Jiang Lu L Loomba Rohit R Brenner David A DA Stärkel Peter P Schnabl Bernd B
Frontiers in physiology 20200424
Excessive alcohol consumption is associated with hepatic steatosis and dysregulation of the gut microbiota in patients with alcohol use disorder (AUD). However, how gut microbiota responds when patients stop drinking has not been well studied. In this study, we use shotgun metagenomic sequencing to elucidate the alterations in the functional capacity of gut microbiota in patients with AUD when they stop drinking for 2-weeks. Sensitive microbial pathways to alcohol abstinence were identified in A ...[more]