The intestinal microbiota fuelling metabolic inflammation

Herbert Tilg, Niv Zmora, Timon E. Adolph, Eran Elinav

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Abstract

Low-grade inflammation is the hallmark of metabolic disorders such as obesity, type 2 diabetes and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Emerging evidence indicates that these disorders are characterized by alterations in the intestinal microbiota composition and its metabolites, which translocate from the gut across a disrupted intestinal barrier to affect various metabolic organs, such as the liver and adipose tissue, thereby contributing to metabolic inflammation. Here, we discuss some of the recently identified mechanisms that showcase the role of the intestinal microbiota and barrier dysfunction in metabolic inflammation. We propose a concept by which the gut microbiota fuels metabolic inflammation and dysregulation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)40-54
Number of pages15
JournalNature Reviews Immunology
Volume20
Issue number1
Early online date6 Aug 2019
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2020

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Immunology and Allergy
  • Immunology

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