The gut microbiome contributes to a substantial proportion of the variation in blood lipids

Circulation Research

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 817-824

  Fu, Jingyuan ^a   Bonder, Marc Jan ^a   Cenit, María Carmen ^a   Tigchelaar, Ettje F ^a,b   Maatman, Astrid ^a   Dekens, Jackie A M ^a,b   Brandsma, Eelke ^a   Marczynska, Joanna ^a,c   Imhann, Floris ^a   Weersma, Rinse K ^a   Franke, Lude ^a   Poon, Tiffany W ^d   Xavier, Ramnik J ^d,e   Gevers, Dirk ^d   Hofker, Marten H ^a   Wijmenga, Cisca ^a   Zhernakova, Alexandra ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

body mass index; cardiovascular diseases; HDL; lipids; lipoproteins; metabolism

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; RNA 16S;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ALGORITHM; BACTERIUM; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BACTERIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TRIGLYCERIDES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942870086     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.115.306807     Document Type: Article

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