The microbiome and blood pressure: Can microbes regulate our blood pressure?

Frontiers in Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Al Khodor, Souhaila ^a   Reichert, Bernd ^a,b   Shatat, Ibrahim F ^a,b,c  

^a SIDRA MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Qatar)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Dysbiosis; Hypertension; Lifestyle; Microbial metabolites; Microbiota; Short chain fatty acid

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027269621     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fped.2017.00138     Document Type: Review

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