The Metabolic Role and Therapeutic Potential of the Microbiome

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Here we discuss how the gut bacterial composition is altered in, and can contribute to, cardiometabolic disease, as well as how the gut bacteria can be targeted to treat and prevent metabolic diseases.

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Louise E Olofsson, Fredrik Bäckhed, The Metabolic Role and Therapeutic Potential of the Microbiome, Endocrine Reviews, Volume 43, Issue 5, October 2022, Pages 907–926, https://doi.org/10.1210/endrev/bnac004

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