Intestinal mucosal mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation worsens with cirrhosis progression and is ameliorated with fecal microbiota transplantation.

Zeng, Jing; Zhao, Derrick; Way, Grayson; Fagan, Andrew; Fuchs, Michael; Puri, Puneet; Davis, Brian C; Wang, Xuan et al. · JCI Insight · 2025

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Cirrhosis, the end-stage of liver disease, progresses through altered gut-liver axis and microbial change. Here we show that intestinal mucosal mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation, which affects intestinal barrier worsens with cirrhosis progression. This is ameliorated with fecal microbiota transplantation.

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