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Abstract
The microbiome heavily influences the metabolism of its host. In this issue of Cell Metabolism, Donohoe and colleagues demonstrate that microbial butyrate, used as a fuel metabolite, prevents autophagy in colonocytes, showing that the microbial-mammalian metabolic axis goes beyond simple metabolism.Entities:
Year: 2011 PMID: 21531329 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2011.04.005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell Metab ISSN: 1550-4131 Impact factor: 27.287