Sex-Specific Effects of Organophosphate Diazinon on the Gut Microbiome and Its Metabolic Functions

Conclusions: Diazinon exposure perturbed the gut microbiome community structure, functional metagenome, and associated metabolic profiles in a sex-specific manner. These findings may provide novel insights regarding perturbations of the gut microbiome and its functions as a potential new mechanism contributing to diazinon neurotoxicity and, in particular, its sex-selective effects.

Citation: Gao B, Bian X, Mahbub R, Lu K. 2017. Sex-specific effects of organophosphate diazinon on the gut microbiome and its metabolic functions. Environ Health Perspect 125:198–206; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/EHP202
Address correspondence to K. Lu, 140 Environmental Health Science Building, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 USA. Telephone: [phone]. E-mail: [e-mail]
National Institutes of Health grant ES024950 and UGA (University of Georgia) Startup grants provided partial financial support for this work.
The authors declare they have no actual or potential competing financial interests.
Received: 8 July 2015
Revised: 27 October 2015
Accepted: 18 April 2016
Published: 20 May 2016
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