Communications Biology (Jan 2023)

High-fat diet and estrogen modulate the gut microbiota in a sex-dependent manner in mice

  • Linnea Hases,
  • Lina Stepanauskaite,
  • Madeleine Birgersson,
  • Nele Brusselaers,
  • Ina Schuppe-Koistinen,
  • Amena Archer,
  • Lars Engstrand,
  • Cecilia Williams

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04406-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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A metagenomic analysis reveals that male and female mice exhibit sex-dependent responses to a high-fat diet (HFD), and that estrogenic ligands can attenuate certain aspects of HFDinduced dysbiosis.