Inspection of heritable gut microbiota roles in obesity

Nowadays, obesity as a widespread disorder challenges health system worldwide. Obesity is a multifactorial disease. It may cause by various interactions between host genetic and environmental factors. Gut microbiota also have been recognized as a conclusive influential factor in obesity. While it is now widely accepted that the gut microbiota plays an important role in host metabolism, recent researches revealed that gut microbiota are also associated with genetic variations. Current knowledge about...