Communications Biology (Oct 2021)
The gut commensal fungus, Candida parapsilosis, promotes high fat-diet induced obesity in mice
Abstract
Shanshan Sun, Li Sun, Kai Wang, et al. report that the gut commensal Candida parapsilosis is a causative fungus for the development of high fat-diet induced obesity in mice. Their results suggest that fungi could represent possible targets for combating obesity.