Biological Diagram (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis Health

Biological Diagram

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A biological diagram illustrating how chronic kidney disease turbocharges E. coli in the gut to produce indole, which is converted to indoxyl sulfate (a kidney toxin) in the liver, further worsening kidney disease.

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