Plant Secondary Compounds Promote White Adipose Tissue Browning via Modulation of the Gut Microbiota in Small Mammals
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Changes in the Body Mass and BAT of Pikas
2.2. The Differences in the Gut Microbiota Diversity of Pikas
2.3. The Composition and Differences in the Gut Microbiota of Pikas
2.4. The Co-Occurrence Network of Gut Microbiota in Pikas
2.5. The Functional Profile of the Gut Microbiota in Pikas
2.6. The Assembly of Gut Microbiota in Pikas
2.7. The Relationship between BAT and Gut Microbiota
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Experimental Animals
4.2. Experimental Design
4.3. SW Extraction
4.4. The Amplicon Sequencing Analysis of the 16S rRNA Gene
4.5. WAT Morphology
4.6. Statistical Analysis
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Ren, S.; Zhang, L.; Tang, X.; Fan, C.; Zhao, Y.; Cheng, Q.; Zhang, Y. Plant Secondary Compounds Promote White Adipose Tissue Browning via Modulation of the Gut Microbiota in Small Mammals. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24, 17420. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms242417420
Ren S, Zhang L, Tang X, Fan C, Zhao Y, Cheng Q, Zhang Y. Plant Secondary Compounds Promote White Adipose Tissue Browning via Modulation of the Gut Microbiota in Small Mammals. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2023; 24(24):17420. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms242417420
Chicago/Turabian StyleRen, Shien, Liangzhi Zhang, Xianjiang Tang, Chao Fan, Yaqi Zhao, Qi Cheng, and Yanming Zhang. 2023. "Plant Secondary Compounds Promote White Adipose Tissue Browning via Modulation of the Gut Microbiota in Small Mammals" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24, no. 24: 17420. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms242417420