Global chemical effects of the microbiome include new bile-acid conjugations

Nature, Published online: 26 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2047-9Metabolomics data from germ-free and specific-pathogen-free mice reveal effects of the microbiome on host chemistry, identifying conjugations of bile acids that are also enriched in patients with inflammatory bowel disease or cystic fibrosis.

Source: Nature AOP - February 25, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Robert A. Quinn Alexey V. Melnik Alison Vrbanac Ting Fu Kathryn A. Patras Mitchell P. Christy Zsolt Bodai Pedro Belda-Ferre Anupriya Tripathi Lawton K. Chung Michael Downes Ryan D. Welch Melissa Quinn Greg Humphrey Morgan Panitchpakdi Kelly C. Weldon Alex Source Type: research