COVID-19 and the Forgotten Organ: Prolonged Changes to the Metabolic Output of the Gut Microbiome

Affiliations

¹ Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine at the Skirball Institute, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York.
² Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine at the Skirball Institute, Department of Microbiology and, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York. Electronic address: ken.cadwell@nyulangone.org.

Editorial

Mericien Venzon et al. Gastroenterology. 2022 Feb.

. 2022 Feb;162(2):394-396.

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2021.11.017. Epub 2021 Nov 17.

¹ Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine at the Skirball Institute, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York.
² Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine at the Skirball Institute, Department of Microbiology and, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York. Electronic address: ken.cadwell@nyulangone.org.

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Prolonged Impairment of Short-Chain Fatty Acid and L-Isoleucine Biosynthesis in Gut Microbiome in Patients With COVID-19.
Zhang F, Wan Y, Zuo T, Yeoh YK, Liu Q, Zhang L, Zhan H, Lu W, Xu W, Lui GCY, Li AYL, Cheung CP, Wong CK, Chan PKS, Chan FKL, Ng SC. Zhang F, et al. Gastroenterology. 2022 Feb;162(2):548-561.e4. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2021.10.013. Epub 2021 Oct 21. Gastroenterology. 2022. PMID: 34687739 Free PMC article.

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