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SUBMITTER: Koffert J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7700738 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Koffert Jukka J Lahti Leo L Nylund Lotta L Salminen Seppo S Hannukainen Jarna C JC Salminen Paulina P de Vos Willem M WM Nuutila Pirjo P
PeerJ 20201126
We studied the impact of bariatric surgery on the intestinal microbiota of morbidly obese study subjects. A total of 13 morbidly obese women (five of which had type 2 diabetes) and 14 healthy age- and gender-matched controls were recruited and the microbiota composition of fecal samples were determined by using a phylogenetic microarray. Sampling of the patients took place just one month before and 6 months after the operation. Within six months after bariatric surgery, the obese subjects had lo ...[more]