An emerging probiotic with liver health benefits for smokers.

Life Metab

Center for Translational Medicine and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200233, China.

Published: February 2023

Cigarette smoking is considered a risk factor for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). In a study recently published in , Chen unveiled a mechanistic role of nicotine in NAFLD progression. In addition, they identified a gut bacterium that can reduce intestinal nicotine levels, and thus improve nicotine-induced NAFLD phenotypes in mice.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11749835PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/lifemeta/loac033DOI Listing

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