title: Metformin Joins Forces with Microbes.
abstract: The gut microbiota is a key player regulating human physiology and can adjust its structure and metabolic activity in response to host health. A recent Nature paper by Forslund et al. (2015) reveals that microbiota adaptation to metformin treatment are responsible for the drug's therapeutic effects against type 2 diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK. Electronic address: f.cabreiro@ucl.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Filipe
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cabreiro
mesh_terms: D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D000069196:Gastrointestinal Microbiome / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008687:Metformin / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D008687:Metformin