An Analysis of the Role of the Indigenous Microbiota in Cholesterol Gallstone Pathogenesis

Jacqueline J. Fremont-Rahl; Zhongming Ge; Carlos Umana; Mark T. Whary; Nancy S. Taylor; Sureshkumar Muthupalani; Martin C. Carey; James G. Fox; Kirk J. Maurer

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0070657

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An Analysis of the Role of the Indigenous Microbiota in Cholesterol Gallstone Pathogenesis

Jacqueline J. Fremont-Rahl,

Current address: Division of Laboratory Animal Medicine, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Zhongming Ge,

Affiliation Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Carlos Umana,

Affiliation Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Mark T. Whary,

Affiliation Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Nancy S. Taylor,

Affiliation Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Sureshkumar Muthupalani,

Affiliation Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Martin C. Carey ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Martin C. Carey, James G. Fox, Kirk J. Maurer

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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James G. Fox ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Martin C. Carey, James G. Fox, Kirk J. Maurer

Affiliations Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Kirk J. Maurer

Contributed equally to this work with: Martin C. Carey, James G. Fox, Kirk J. Maurer

* E-mail: Kirk.J.Maurer@Dartmouth.edu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Center for Animal Resources and Education, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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An Analysis of the Role of the Indigenous Microbiota in Cholesterol Gallstone Pathogenesis

Jacqueline J. Fremont-Rahl,
Zhongming Ge,
Carlos Umana,
Mark T. Whary,
Nancy S. Taylor,
Sureshkumar Muthupalani,
Martin C. Carey,
James G. Fox,
Kirk J. Maurer

Published: July 29, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0070657

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