Microbial translocation in type 2 diabetes: when bacterial invaders overcome host defence in human obesity

Gut. 2020 Oct;69(10):1724-1726. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2020-321288. Epub 2020 Jun 9.

Authors

Benjamin Ah Jensen^#^{1

2}, Andre Marette^#¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Universite Laval Faculte de medecine, Quebec, Quebec, Canada andre.marette@criucpq.ulaval.ca benjamin.jensen@sund.ku.dk.
² Center for Basic Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Copenhagen, Denmark.

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 32518079
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2020-321288

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Keywords: diabetes mellitus; fatty liver; inflammation; intestinal microbiology; obesity.

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MeSH terms

Adipose Tissue
Bacteria
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2*
Humans
Inflammation
Obesity / complications