Gut flora metabolism of phosphatidylcholine promotes cardiovascular disease
- Zeneng Wang, Elizabeth Klipfell, S. Hazen
- Biology, MedicineNature
- 4 March 2011
Discovery of a relationship between gut-flora-dependent metabolism of dietary phosphatidylcholine and CVD pathogenesis provides opportunities for the development of new diagnostic tests and therapeutic approaches for atherosclerotic heart disease.
Intestinal microbiota metabolism of L-carnitine, a nutrient in red meat, promotes atherosclerosis
- Robert A. Koeth, Zeneng Wang, S. Hazen
- Biology, MedicineNature Network Boston
- 14 March 2013
It is demonstrated that metabolism by intestinal microbiota of dietary l-carnitine, a trimethylamine abundant in red meat, also produces TMAO and accelerates atherosclerosis in mice, and intestinal microbiota may contribute to the well-established link between high levels of red meat consumption and CVD risk.
Intestinal microbial metabolism of phosphatidylcholine and cardiovascular risk.
- W. Tang, Zeneng Wang, S. Hazen
- Medicine, BiologyNew England Journal of Medicine
- 24 April 2013
The production of TMAO from dietary phosphatidylcholine is dependent on metabolism by the intestinal microbiota and increased levels are associated with an increased risk of incident major adverse cardiovascular events.
Trimethylamine-N-oxide, a metabolite associated with atherosclerosis, exhibits complex genetic and dietary regulation.
- B. Bennett, T. Q. de Aguiar Vallim, A. Lusis
- BiologyCell Metabolism
- 8 January 2013
Protein carbamylation links inflammation, smoking, uremia and atherogenesis
- Zeneng Wang, S. Nicholls, S. Hazen
- Biology, ChemistryNature Network Boston
- 1 October 2007
The discovery of an alternative and quantitatively dominant mechanism for cyanate formation and protein carbamylation at sites of inflammation and atherosclerotic plaque is reported: myeloperoxidase-catalyzed oxidation of thiocyanate, an anion abundant in blood whose levels are elevated in smokers.
Non-lethal Inhibition of Gut Microbial Trimethylamine Production for the Treatment of Atherosclerosis
- Zeneng Wang, Adam B. Roberts, S. Hazen
- BiologyCell
- 17 December 2015
Gut Microbiota-Dependent Trimethylamine N-Oxide (TMAO) Pathway Contributes to Both Development of Renal Insufficiency and Mortality Risk in Chronic Kidney Disease
- W. Tang, Zeneng Wang, S. Hazen
- Medicine, BiologyCirculation Research
- 30 January 2015
Plasma TMAO levels are both elevated in patients with CKD and portend poorer long-term survival and chronic dietary exposures that increase TmaO directly contributes to progressive renal fibrosis and dysfunction in animal models.
Gut Microbial Metabolite TMAO Enhances Platelet Hyperreactivity and Thrombosis Risk
- Weifei Zhu, J. Gregory, S. Hazen
- Biology, MedicineCell
- 24 March 2016
Prognostic value of elevated levels of intestinal microbe-generated metabolite trimethylamine-N-oxide in patients with heart failure: refining the gut hypothesis.
- W. Tang, Zeneng Wang, S. Hazen
- MedicineJournal of the American College of Cardiology
- 4 November 2014
Prognostic value of choline and betaine depends on intestinal microbiota-generated metabolite trimethylamine-N-oxide.
- Zeneng Wang, W. Tang, S. Hazen
- Medicine, BiologyEuropean Heart Journal
- 7 April 2014
Elevated plasma levels of choline and betaine are each associated with incident MACE risk independent of traditional risk factors and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, and cholineand betaine predicted future risk for MACE only when TMAO was elevated.
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