Intestinal microbiota composition modulates choline bioavailability from diet and accumulation of the proatherogenic metabolite trimethylamine-N-oxide

mBio

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Romano, Kymberleigh A ^a   Vivas, Eugenio I ^a   Amador Noguez, Daniel ^a   Rey, Federico E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; TRIMETHYLAMINE OXIDE; METHYLAMINE; TRIMETHYLOXAMINE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DIET; DNA SEQUENCE; GERMFREE ANIMAL; METABOLISM; MICROFLORA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

ANIMALS; CHOLINE; DIET; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GERM-FREE LIFE; HUMANS; METHYLAMINES; MICE; MICROBIOTA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84930004775     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.02481-14     Document Type: Article

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