The human gut microbiome metabolizes hundreds of drugs, but the clinical relevance of these biotransformations remains unclear. Chen and colleagues show that gut bacterial nicotine metabolism protects against liver disease.
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This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health (R01DK114034; R01HL122593; T32HL007185).
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Upadhyay, V., Turnbaugh, P.J. nicX-ing bad habits with your microbial friends. Nat Metab 4, 1442–1443 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42255-022-00684-9
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