Sentences with phrase «bacteria than normal mice»

Gordon and his team found several years ago that genetically obese mice (the animals lacked the ability to make leptin, a hormone that limits appetite) had 50 percent fewer Bacteroidetes bacteria and 50 percent more Firmicutes bacteria than normal mice did.

Not exact matches

Researchers led by Emory University pathologist Andrew Gewirtz found that mice genetically deficient in an immune system receptor have altered gut bacteria, eat more than normal mice do, and develop features of metabolic syndrome.

The older mice fed a diet containing extra amounts of vitamin E, the equivalent to about 200 IU / day consumed by humans — about 10 times the Recommended Daily Allowance but well below the upper limit — were far more resistant to the bacteria than the older mice that had a normal amount of vitamin E in their diet.

Female mice and male mice that had been treated with estrogen were able to clear the bacteria from their lungs more rapidly than normal male mice.

The reason for this response, Gordon says, was twofold: Firmicutes bacteria transplanted from the fat mice produced more of the enzymes that helped the animals extract more energy from their food, and the bacteria also manipulated the genes of the normal mice in ways that triggered the storage of fat rather than its breakdown for energy.