Parabacteroides distasonis (P. distasonis) plays an important role in human health, including diabetes, colorectal cancer and inflammatory bowel disease. Here, we show that P. distasonis is decreased in patients with hepatic fibrosis, and that administration of P. dista...

Hepatic fibrosis decreased feces bile acid level. Hepatic fibrosis increased serum bile acid. This result showed that hepatic fibrosis inhibited the excretion of bile acid in clinical patients. This result provided phenotype for hepatic fibrosis patients. Bile acid was important indexes for liver...