Research Article

High Fat Diet Alters Gut Microbiota and the Expression of Paneth Cell-Antimicrobial Peptides Preceding Changes of Circulating Inflammatory Cytokines

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Correlations of body weight with abundances of gut microflora. (a) At the phylum level, the abundance of Firmicutes was positively associated with body weight, whereas the abundance of Bacteroidetes was negatively associated with body weight. (b) At the genus level, the abundance of Lactobacillus was positively associated with body weight, whereas the abundance of Turicibacter was negatively associated with body weight.
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