Chin Yee Tan

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Molecular Genetics and Microbiology

chin.yee.tan@duke.edu

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A commensal-derived sugar protects against obesity by regulating immunometabolism.

Preprint · September 18, 2025 Obesity is a worsening global epidemic that is regulated by the microbiota through unknown bacterial factors. We discovered a human commensal bacterium, Clostridium immunis , that treats obesity by secreting a phosphocholine-modified exopolysaccharide. Los ... Full text Link to item Cite