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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Obes Rep. 2015 Apr 9;4(2):250–261. doi: 10.1007/s13679-015-0152-0

Figure 1. Candidate mechanisms underlying gut microbiota induced obesity.

Figure 1

Mechanistic pathways between the gut microbiota have been depicted with arrows. These include the following main pathways: 1) Changes in energy harvesting, 2) Changes in metabolic pathways, 3) The role of induced inflammatory responses, and 4) Possible changes in brain and behavior.

Abbreviations: GPR, G-protein receptor; LPS, lipopolysaccharides; SCFA, short-chain fatty acids; TLR, Toll-like receptors.