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You Are What You Host: Microbiome Modulation of the Aging Process

2014; Cell Press; Volume: 156; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.cell.2014.01.025

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Caroline Heintz, William B. Mair,

Dietary Effects on Health

The critical impact that microbiota have on health and disease makes the interaction between host and microbiome increasingly important as we evaluate therapeutics. Here, we highlight growing evidence that, beyond disease, microbes also affect the most fundamental of host physiological phenotypes, the rate of aging itself.