Fecal concentrations of bacterially derived vitamin K forms are associated with gut microbiota composition but not plasma or fecal cytokine concentrations in healthy adults

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1052-1061

  Karl, J Philip ^a,f   Meydani, Mohsen ^a   Barnett, Junaidah B ^a   Vanegas, Sally M ^a   Barger, Kathryn ^a   Fu, Xueyan ^a   Goldin, Barry ^b   Kane, Anne ^b   Rasmussen, Helen ^a   Vangay, Pajau ^c   Knights, Dan ^c,d   Jonnalagadda, Satya S ^e,g   Saltzman, Edward ^a   Roberts, Susan B ^a   Meydani, Simin N ^a   Booth, Sarah L ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d University of Minnesota   (United States)

^e GENERAL MILLS INC   (United States)

^f U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Kerry Ingredients and Flavours   (United States)

Author keywords

Menaquinones; Metabolomics; Microbiome; Phylloquinone; Vitamin K; Whole grain

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 6; MENAQUINONE; PHYTOMENADIONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; CYTOKINE; FARNOQUINONE; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; BLOOD BIOCHEMISTRY; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; EXCRETION; FECES LEVEL; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE FLORA; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVOTELLA; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFINED GRAIN; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TREATMENT DURATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WHOLE GRAIN; BACTERIUM; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DIET; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD HANDLING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTESTINE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT;

BACTERIA; CYTOKINES; DIET; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; VITAMIN K; VITAMIN K 2; WHOLE GRAINS;

EID: 85031701330     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.117.155424     Document Type: Article

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