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. 2020 Sep 23;11:573891. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2020.573891

Table 3.

Characteristics of included animal studies.

References, country Animals Models N Treatment and daily dose Duration Specimens Analysis methods Comparison Outcomes
α-diversity β-diversity Taxonomic composition SCFAs Bile acids
Studies in mice (n = 30)
Ryan et al. (37), Ireland Male C57BL/6 HFD 14/14 M (300 mg/kg) vs. non-treatment 12 w Ceca 16S rRNA V3–V4 region With vs. without
Ji et al. (38), China Male C57BL/6J HFD 5/5 M (300 mg/kg) vs. non-treatment 3 w Feces 16S rRNA V4 region With vs. without
Adeshirlarijaney et al. (41), USA Male C57BL/6 HFD 10/NA M (300 mg/kg IP) vs. vehicle 10 w Feces 16S rRNA V4 region With vs. without
Liao et al. (60), China Male C57BL/6 HFD NA A (400 mg/kg) vs. Si (4 g/kg) vs. Sa (300 mg/kg) vs. L (200 μg/kg) vs. normal saline 4 w Feces 16S rDNA V3–V4 region With vs. without (Si)
With vs. without (A, Sa, L)
Madsen et al. (65), Denmark Male C57BL/6 HFD 15/15 L (0.4 mg/kg) vs. vehicle 28 d Feces 16S rDNA V3–V4 region and metagenomics Post vs. pre
Wang et al. (45), Korea Male C57BL/6J HFD 16/8 M (100 mg/kg) vs. non-treatment 10 w Feces 16S rRNA gene RT-qPCR With vs. without
Lee et al. (48), Korea Male C57BL/6N HFD 6/6 M (250 mg/kg) vs. non-treatment 16 w Ceca 16S rRNA V4 region With vs. without
Zhou et al. (53), China Male C57BL/6J HFD NA M (100 mg/kg) vs. non-treatment 4 w Feces 16S rRNA gene RT-qPCR With vs. without
Do et al. (63), Korea Male C57BL/6J HFD 9/10 Vo (1 mg/kg) vs. non-treatment 12 w Feces 16S rRNA V1–V3 region With vs. without
Lee and Ko (55), Korea Female C57BL/6 ND, HFD NA M (300 mg/kg) vs. non-treatment 10 w Feces 16S rRNA V1–V3 region With vs. without
Shin et al. (56), Korea C57BL/6 ND, HFD 12/12 M (300 mg/kg) vs. non-treatment 6 w Feces 16S rRNA gene RT-qPCR With vs. without
Dong et al. (39), USA KC Gene knockout with HFCD 8/8 M (5 mg/ml in drinking water) vs. non-treatment 2 m Duodena, ilea, ceca 16S rRNA V4 region With vs. without
Brandt et al. (40), Germany Female C57BL/6J FFCD 6–8/6–8 M (300 mg/kg) vs. non-treatment 4 d Proximal small intestine 16S rRNA V1–V2 region With vs. without
Baxter et al. (61), USA Male C57BL/6 HSD, PPD 25/5 A (25, 400 mg/kg) vs. non-treatment 2 w Feces 16S rRNA V4 region With vs. without
Post vs. pre
Kishida et al. (64), Japan Male C57BL/6J HFHSD 10/10 Mi 0.04% in diet vs. non-treatment 12 w Feces 16S rRNA V3–V4 region With vs. without
Olivares et al. (74), Belgium Male C57BL/6J WD 9/9 Vi (0.6 mg/mL in drinking water) vs. non-treatment 8 w Ceca 16S rRNA V5–V6 region With vs. without
Zheng et al. (44), China Male C57BL/6J HFD/STZ 48/8 M (75, 200 mg/kg) vs. normal saline 5 w Feces 16S rRNA V3–V4 region With vs. without
Wang et al. (70), China Male ApoE−/− HFD ± STZ 20/20/20 L (0.4 mg/kg) vs. Sa (10 mg/kg) vs. non-treatment 8 w Feces 16S rRNA V1–V3 region With vs. without (L, Sa)
Xue et al. (36), China Female C57BL/6J DHEA+HFD 10/10 M (1.9 g/kg) vs. normal saline 21 d Feces 16S rDNA V3–V4 region With vs. without
Moreira et al. (68), Brazil Male C57BL/6J and female ob/ob ND, HFD, gene knockout 24–48/24–48 L (400 μg/kg) vs. normal saline 15 d Feces 16S rRNA V3–V4 region With vs. without
Ma et al. (46), China C57BL/6 ND 10/9 M (300 mg/kg) vs. normal saline 30 d Feces 16S rRNA With vs. without
Xu et al. (62), China Male ICR ND 5/5/5 A (4 mg/kg) vs. Vo (0.008 mg/kg) vs. non-treatment 2 w Intestine 16S rRNA V4 region With vs. without
Zhang et al. (35), China BKSLeprdb (db/db) Gene knockout 5/5 M (113.75 mg/kg) vs. non-treatment 11 w Feces 16S rRNA V3–V4 region With vs. without
Lee et al. (76), USA C57BLKS/J-leprdb/leprdb (db/db) Gene knockout 12/12 D (60 mg/kg in diet) vs. non-treatment 8 w Feces 16S rRNA V4 region With vs. without
Li et al. (75), China Male ICR MafA-deficient Gene knockout 8/8 D (1.0 mg/kg) vs. normal saline 6 w Intestine and feces 16S rRNA V3–V4 region With vs. without
Li et al. (78), China Female KKAy Gene knockout 6/6 P vs. distilled water NA Feces 16S rDNA DGGE With vs. without
Wang et al. (79), China KKAy Gene knockout 7/6 R (2 mg/kg) vs. distilled water 8 w Intestine Cultivation With vs. without
Smith et al. (59), USA Offsprings of female CByB6 mF1/J and male C3D2F1/J ND 71/72 A (1,000 ppm with diet) vs. non-treatment 17–25 m Feces 16S rRNA V4 region With vs. without
Salomäki-Myftari et al. (52), Finland Offsprings of homozygous OE-NPY Gene knockout NA M (300 mg/kg) vs. vehicle (for dams) 18 d Feces 16S rRNA V4–V5 region With vs. without
Mishima et al. (77), Japan Male C57BL/6 Adenine induced renal failure 8/8 C (10 mg/kg) vs. vehicle 2 w Ceca 16S rRNA V1–V2 region With vs. without
Studies in rats (n = 17)
Bauer et al. (43), Canada Male SD HFD 6/6 M (200 mg/kg) vs. normal saline 1 d Lumina 16S rRNA V3 region With vs. without
Zhang et al. (54), China Male W HFD 10/10 M (200 mg/kg) vs. vehicle 8 w Feces 16S rRNA V3 region With vs. without
Pyra et al. (57), Canada Male SD HFHSD 20/10 M (300 mg/kg) vs. non-treatment 7 w Ceca DNA gene RT-qPCR With vs. without
Dennison et al. (72), Canada Female SD HFHSD 11–13/11–13 Si (10 mg/kg) vs. non-treatment 12 w Feces 16S rRNA gene RT-qPCR With vs. without
Liu et al. (47), China Male W HFD/STZ 10/10 M (200 mg/kg) vs. non-treatment 4 w Colon 16S rRNA V3–V4 region With vs. without
Xu M et al. (42), China SD HFHSD/STZ 10/10 M (1.8 g/kg) vs. non-M 4 w Feces 16S rDNA gene qPCR With vs. without
Zhang et al. (69), China Male SD HFD/STZ 6/6 L (0.4 mg/kg) vs. normal saline NA Feces 16S rRNA V3–V4 region With vs. without
Zhang et al. (6), China Male SD HFD/STZ 12/6 Vi (0.01, 0.02 g/kg) vs. vehicle 12 w Feces 16S rRNA V3–V4 region With vs. without
Yan et al. (73), China Male SD HFHC/STZ 10/10 Si (10 mg/kg) vs. non-treatment 12 w Feces 16S rRNA V1–V3 region With vs. without
Yuan et al. (67), China Male SD STZ 6/6 L (0.6 mg/kg) vs. non-L NA Feces 16S rRNA V3 region With vs. without
Zhang et al. (5), China Male ZDF Gene knockout 8/8/8/8 A (32.27 mg/kg) vs. M (215.15 mg/kg) vs. Si (10.76 mg/kg) vs. normal saline 4 w Feces 16S rRNA V3–V4 region A vs. M A vs. Si
With vs. without (A)
With vs. without (M, Si)
Shin et al. (49), Korea Male OLETF Gene knockout 7/7 M (100 mg/kg) vs. water 12 w Feces 16S rRNA V1–V3 region With vs. without
Wang et al. (50), Korea Male OLETF Gene knockout NA M (100 mg/kg) vs. distilled water 12 w Feces 16S rRNA V3 region With vs. without
Han et al. (51), Korea Male OLETF Gene knockout 7/7 M (100 mg/kg) vs. distilled water 12 w Feces 16S rRNA V1–V2 region With vs. without
Zhao et al. (58), China Male GK Gene knockout 6/6 A (50 mg/kg) vs. normal saline 8 w Colon, feces 16S rRNA V3–V4 region With vs. without
Zhao et al. (66), China Male W and GK HFD, gene knockout 16/16 L (400 μg/kg) vs. normal saline 12 w Feces 16S rRNA V3–V4 region With vs. without
Kaya et al. (71), Japan Male OLETF Gene knockout and PS 10/10 An (45 mg/kg) vs. vehicle 8 w Feces 16S rRNA V4 region With vs. without

A, acarbose; An, anagliptin; C, canagliflozin; D, dapagliflozin; G, glipizide; Mi, miglitol; M, metformin; L, liraglutide; P, pioglitazone; R, rosiglitazone; Si, sitagliptin; Sa, saxagliptin; Vo, voglibose; Vi, vildagliptin; HFD, high-fat diet; ND, normal-chow diet; HFHSD, high-fat high-sucrose diet; HFHCD, high-fat high-carbohydrate diet; DHEA, trans-dehydroandrosterone; HFCD, high-fat high-calories diet; FFCD, fat-, fructose-, and cholesterol-rich diet; HSD, high-starch diet; PPD, plant plolysaccharide diet; WD, Western diet; STZ, streptozocin intraperitoneal injection; DHEA, trans-dehydroandrosterone; PS, pocrine serum intraperitoneal injection; IP, Intraperitoneal injection; SD rats, Sprague-Dawley rats; ZDF rats, Male Zucker diabetic fatty rats, induced by leptin receptor gene knockout; KC mice, LSL-KrasG12D/+ and p48-Cre+/- mice, induced by LSL-KRASG12D and Cre alleles knockout; OLETF rats, Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty rats, induced by spontaneous CCK1 receptor knockout; OE-NPY mice, homozygous transgenic OE-NPY mice, induced by transgenic mice overexpressing Neuropeptide Y under dopamine–β-hydroxylase promoter; W rats, Wistar rats; GK rats, Goto-Kakizaki rats, induced by polygenic Wistar substrain; ob/ob mice, mice model induced by Lep°b gene knockout; ICR MafA-deficient mice, model induced by targeted disruption of the mafA gene in ICR mice; db/db mice, model induced by mutation in the leptin receptor gene in mice; KKAy mice, induced by transfer the yellow obese gene (Ay) into KK mice; RT-qPCR, Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction; DGGE, denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; m, months; w, weeks; d, days; NA, not available; vs., versus.