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SUBMITTER: Witjes JJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7603524 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Witjes Julia J JJ Smits Loek P LP Pekmez Ceyda T CT Prodan Andrei A Meijnikman Abraham S AS Troelstra Marian A MA Bouter Kristien E C KEC Herrema Hilde H Levin Evgeni E Holleboom Adriaan G AG Winkelmeijer Maaike M Beuers Ulrich H UH van Lienden Krijn K Aron-Wisnewky Judith J Mannisto Ville V Bergman Jacques J JJ Runge Jurgen H JH Nederveen Aart J AJ Dragsted Lars O LO Konstanti Prokopis P Zoetendal Erwin G EG de Vos Willem W Verheij Joanne J Groen Albert K AK Nieuwdorp Max M
Hepatology communications 20201007 11
The intestinal microbiota has been linked to the development and prevalence of steatohepatitis in humans. Interestingly, steatohepatitis is significantly lower in individuals taking a plant-based, low-animal-protein diet, which is thought to be mediated by gut microbiota. However, data on causality between these observations in humans is scarce. In this regard, fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) using healthy donors is safe and is capable of changing microbial composition in human disease. W ...[more]