Gut microbiota and intestinal FXR mediate the clinical benefits of metformin

The anti-hyperglycemic effect of metformin is believed to be caused by its direct action on signaling processes in hepatocytes, leading to lower hepatic gluconeogenesis. Recently, metformin was reported to alter the gut microbiota community in humans, suggesting that the hyperglycemia-lowering actio...

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Published in:Nature medicine Vol. 24; no. 12; pp. 1919 - 1929
Main Authors: Sun, Lulu, Xie, Cen, Wang, Guang, Wu, Yue, Wu, Qing, Wang, Xuemei, Liu, Jia, Deng, Yangyang, Xia, Jialin, Chen, Bo, Zhang, Songyang, Yun, Chuyu, Lian, Guan, Zhang, Xiujuan, Zhang, Heng, Bisson, William H., Shi, Jingmin, Gao, Xiaoxia, Ge, Pupu, Liu, Cuihua, Krausz, Kristopher W., Nichols, Robert G., Cai, Jingwei, Rimal, Bipin, Patterson, Andrew D., Wang, Xian, Gonzalez, Frank J., Jiang, Changtao
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New York Nature Publishing Group US 01.12.2018
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ISSN:1078-8956, 1546-170X, 1546-170X
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