A genome-wide systems analysis reveals strong link between colorectal cancer and trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), a gut microbial metabolite of dietary meat and fat

BMC Genomics

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Xu, Rong ^a   Wang, QuanQiu ^b   Li, Li ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ThinTek LLC   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Dietary meat and fat; Human gut microbiome; Network medicine; Systems biology; Trimethylamine N oxide (TMAO)

Indexed keywords

FAT; TRIMETHYLAMINE OXIDE; FAT INTAKE; METHYLAMINE; OXIDIZING AGENT; TRIMETHYLOXAMINE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; EPIGENETIC INTERACTION NETWORK; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC PARAMETERS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMAN; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RED MEAT; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FAT INTAKE; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; INTESTINE FLORA; METABOLISM; RISK FACTOR;

ALGORITHMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIETARY FATS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; METHYLAMINES; OXIDANTS; RED MEAT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84969261931     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-16-S7-S4     Document Type: Article

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