Background: Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery is one of the most efficient procedures for treating morbid obesity and results in weight-loss and improvements in metabolism and inflammation.
Objective: We examined the impact of RYGB on modifications of gut microbiota and its potential associations with changes in gene expression in white adipose tissue (WAT).
American Journal of Clincial Nutrition
Am J Clin Nutr December 2013 vol. 98 no. 6 1385-1394
DOI: http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/98/1/16
Authors: Ling-Chun Kong, Julien Tap, Judith Aron-Wisnewsky, Veronique Pelloux, Arnaud Basdevant, Jean-Luc Bouillot, Jean-Daniel Zucker, Joël Doré, and Karine Clément
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement HEALTH-F4-2012-305312.