Early gut microbial and metabolic dysregulation with subclinical cardiac alterations in a nonhuman primate model of Rett syndrome

Ting Zhang; Xiaopeng Wang; Peng Li; Junyu Zhang; Wenjie Sun; Zhen Zhang; Yan Zhuo; Wenting Guo; Yongchang Chen

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Early gut microbial and metabolic dysregulation with subclinical cardiac alterations in a nonhuman primate model of Rett syndrome

Ting Zhang ¹^,²^,³
, Xiaopeng Wang ¹^,⁴
, Peng Li ¹
, Junyu Zhang ¹^,⁴
, Wenjie Sun ¹^,³
, Zhen Zhang ¹
, Yan Zhuo ¹^,³
, Wenting Guo ¹^,³
, Yongchang Chen ¹^,²^,³^,⁴

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