Diet is a key player in gut-liver axis. However, the effect of different dietary patterns on gut microbiota and liver functions remains unclear. Here, we used rodent standard chow and purified diet to mimic two common human dietary patterns: grain and plant-based diet and refined-food-based diet, respectively and explored their impacts on gut microbiota and liver.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFbelongs to Sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB), which are widely present in anaerobic environments, including the human gut. has been associated with many human diseases, including chronic liver disease. However, the characteristics and difference of from fecal samples of healthy volunteers (HV) and patients with liver cirrhosis (LC) have not been fully elucidated.
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