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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Dalby MJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5695904 | biostudies-other | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Dalby Matthew J MJ Ross Alexander W AW Walker Alan W AW Morgan Peter J PJ
Cell reports 20171101 6
Evidence suggests that altered gut microbiota composition may be involved in the development of obesity. Studies using mice made obese with refined high-fat diets have supported this; however, these have commonly used chow as a control diet, introducing confounding factors from differences in dietary composition that have a key role in shaping microbiota composition. We compared the effects of feeding a refined high-fat diet with those of feeding either a refined low-fat diet or a chow diet on g ...[more]