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Nathalie M. Delzenne is affiliated with the Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium. Their research contributions focus predominantly on Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant expertise in several related subfields such as Physiology, Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

Their work covers a range of topics within gut microbiota and health, diet and metabolism studies, and the interplay between nutrition and disease. Specific areas of investigation include nutritional studies and diet, dietary effects on health, nutrition and health in aging, and the relationship between tryptophan and brain disorders.

Nathalie M. Delzenne has published extensively in several scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, Gut Microbes, Clinical Nutrition, Scientific Reports, and Cells.

Important recent papers authored or co-authored by Nathalie M. Delzenne include:

  • The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) consensus statement on the definition and scope of synbiotics, 2020, Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  • Microbiota-derived metabolites as drivers of gut-brain communication, 2022, Gut Microbes
  • Pasteurized Akkermansia muciniphila increases whole-body energy expenditure and fecal energy excretion in diet-induced obese mice, 2020, Gut Microbes
  • Discovery of the gut microbial signature driving the efficacy of prebiotic intervention in obese patients, 2020, Gut
  • Novel insights into the genetically obese (ob/ob) and diabetic (db/db) mice: two sides of the same coin, 2021, Microbiome

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, with notable co-authors including Audrey M. Neyrinck, Patrice D. Cani, Laure B. Bindels, Julie Rodriguez, and Jens Walter.

Best Publications

  • Metabolic endotoxemia initiates obesity and insulin resistance

    Patrice D. Cani;Jacques Amar;Miguel Angel Iglesias;Marjorie Poggi

  • Changes in gut microbiota control metabolic endotoxemia-induced inflammation in high-fat diet-induced obesity and diabetes in mice

    Patrice D. Cani;Rodrigo Bibiloni;Claude Knauf;Aurélie Waget

  • Cross-talk between Akkermansia muciniphila and intestinal epithelium controls diet-induced obesity

    Amandine Everard;Clara Belzer;Lucie Geurts;Janneke P. Ouwerkerk

  • Changes in gut microbiota control inflammation in obese mice through a mechanism involving GLP-2-driven improvement of gut permeability

    Patrice D. Cani;S. Possemiers;T. Van de Wiele;Yves Guiot

  • Prebiotic effects: metabolic and health benefits.

    Marcel Roberfroid;Glenn R. Gibson;Lesley Hoyles;Anne L. McCartney

  • Selective increases of bifidobacteria in gut microflora improve high-fat-diet-induced diabetes in mice through a mechanism associated with endotoxaemia.

    Patrice D. Cani;Audrey M. Neyrinck;F Fava;Claude Knauf

  • Supplementation with Akkermansia muciniphila in overweight and obese human volunteers: a proof-of-concept exploratory study.

    Clara Depommier;Amandine Everard;Céline Druart;Hubert Plovier

  • A purified membrane protein from Akkermansia muciniphila or the pasteurized bacterium improves metabolism in obese and diabetic mice

    Hubert Plovier;Amandine Everard;Céline Druart;Clara Depommier

  • The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) consensus statement on the definition and scope of synbiotics

    Kelly S. Swanson;Glenn R. Gibson;Robert W. Hutkins;Raylene A. Reimer

  • Responses of Gut Microbiota and Glucose and Lipid Metabolism to Prebiotics in Genetic Obese and Diet-Induced Leptin-Resistant Mice

    Amandine Everard;Vladimir Lazarevic;Muriel Derrien;Myriam Girard

  • The role of the gut microbiota in energy metabolism and metabolic disease.

    Patrice D. Cani;Nathalie M. Delzenne

  • Towards a more comprehensive concept for prebiotics

    Laure B. Bindels;Nathalie M. Delzenne;Patrice D. Cani;Jens Walter

  • Intestinal permeability, gut-bacterial dysbiosis, and behavioral markers of alcohol-dependence severity

    Sophie Leclercq;Sébastien Matamoros;Patrice D. Cani;Audrey M. Neyrinck

  • Targeting gut microbiota in obesity: effects of prebiotics and probiotics

    Nathalie M. Delzenne;Audrey M. Neyrinck;Fredrik Bäckhed;Patrice D. Cani

  • Dietary prebiotics: current status and new definition

    Glenn R. Gibson;Karen P. Scott;Robert A. Rastall;Kieran M. Tuohy

  • Gut microbiota fermentation of prebiotics increases satietogenic and incretin gut peptide production with consequences for appetite sensation and glucose response after a meal

    Patrice D Cani;Elodie Lecourt;Evelyne M Dewulf;Florence M Sohet

  • Insight into the prebiotic concept: lessons from an exploratory, double blind intervention study with inulin-type fructans in obese women

    Evelyne M Dewulf;Patrice D Cani;Sandrine P Claus;Susana Fuentes

  • The endocannabinoid system links gut microbiota to adipogenesis

    Giulio G Muccioli;Damien Naslain;Fredrik Bäckhed;Christopher S Reigstad

  • Akkermansia muciniphila inversely correlates with the onset of inflammation, altered adipose tissue metabolism and metabolic disorders during obesity in mice.

    Marc Schneeberger;Amandine Everard;Alicia G. Gómez-Valadés;Sébastien Matamoros

  • Functional Food Properties of Non-Digestible Oligosaccharides: A Consensus Report From the ENDO Project (DGXII AIRII-CT94-1095)

    J Van Loo;J Cummings;Nathalie M. Delzenne;H Englyst

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrice D. Cani
Patrice D. Cani Université Catholique de Louvain
Amandine Everard
Amandine Everard Université Catholique de Louvain
Giulio G. Muccioli
Giulio G. Muccioli Université Catholique de Louvain
Marcel Roberfroid
Marcel Roberfroid Université Catholique de Louvain
Willem M. de Vos
Willem M. de Vos Wageningen University & Research
Fredrik Bäckhed
Fredrik Bäckhed University of Gothenburg
Philippe de Timary
Philippe de Timary Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc
Jens Walter
Jens Walter National University of Ireland
Stephan C. Bischoff
Stephan C. Bischoff University of Hohenheim
Glenn R. Gibson
Glenn R. Gibson University of Reading

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